Introduction
You must complete the minimum Profitable Day requirement to pass a stage/challenge or request a payout. The number of Profitable Days you must complete depends on your account size.
A Profitable Day is a day where the closing balance is at least 0.5% of the initial account balance higher than the opening balance. A new trading day starts at 22:00 GMT during standard time and 21:00 GMT during US Daylight Savings.
Profitable Day requirements
This table shows the Profitable Day requirement for each account size.
Account size | Required Profitable Days | Daily profit required |
5K | 2 | $25 |
10K | 2 | $50 |
20K | 2 | $100 |
50K | 3 | $250 |
100K | 3 | $500 |
200K | 4 | $1,000 |
300K | 5 | $1,500 |
Profitable Day calculation
A Profitable Day is calculated as follows:
IF ClosingBalance - OpeningBalance > InitialBalance *0.005 = ProfitableDay
Example #1
If you have a $100,000 account, 0.5% of the initial balance is $500. Therefore, you must make at least $500 to achieve a Profitable Day. This value is not relative to the previous end-of-day balance and will always be 0.5% of the initial balance, which in this example is $500.
Suppose your opening balance on Sunday at 22:00 GMT is $99,600. To achieve a profitable trading day, your balance must reach at least $100,100 by Monday at 21:50.
Do the minimum Profitable Days have to be consecutive?
No. Profitable trading days do not have to be done in a row.
Does a Profitable Day count if the account is in drawdown?
Yes. Your account does not need to be in profit to achieve a profitable day. You need to be 0.5% more profitable than the previous day.
Are Profitable Days required in the funded stage?
Yes. Profitable Days are required to qualify for a payout in your funded account and between each payout.