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Lightning Funded: Account Payout Policy

Dedicated payout policy for STF accounts with immediate eligibility and scaling paths.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Traders receive 90% of the payout amount requested.

Traders can have a maximum of 5 total Simulated Funded Accounts with any combination of the Growth, Advanced, and Straight to Sim Account types.

Payout Guidelines

  • If you have more than one account, each account is treated independently. You may withdraw from each account according to the schedule below, provided you followed the rules for each account.

  • Once you submit a payout request, it cannot be edited or canceled.

Payout Requirements

Your account must satisfy all of the below criteria for EACH payout request in order to qualify.

  1. Consistency Rule: Meet the 20% Consistency Rule (see: What is the Consistency Rule?)

    1. Lightning Funded Accounts must follow a 20% Consistency Rule for the first payout, then 25% for the second payout, and 30% for all subsequent payouts.

      Important Note: The gradually increasing consistency requirements apply to new Lightning Funded accounts purchased AFTER XX/XX/2025.

    2. Existing accounts maintain their current consistency rules (20% for all payouts).

  2. Minimum Days Traded: No Trading Days Required.

  3. Payout Profit Goals: Payout Profit Goals are the profit you need to reach in between payout requests (from starting balance for your first payout goal).

Payout Profit Goal Table Purchased AFTER XX/XX/2025:

Account Size

Payout 1 Profit Goal

Payout 2+ Profit Goal

$25,000

$1,500

$1,000

$50,000

$3,000

$2,000

$100,000

$6,000

$3,500

$150,000

$9,000

$4,500

Payout Profit Goal Table for Accounts Purchased BEFORE XX/XX/2025:

Account Size

Payout 1 Profit Goal

Payout 2 Profit Goal

Payout 3 Profit Goal+

$25,000

$1,500

$1,000

$1,000

$50,000

$3,000

$2,000

$2,000

$100,000

$6,000

$3,000

$2,500

$150,000

$9,000

$4,500

$3,000

Important Notes:

  • Payout Profit Goals reset after each payout and to achieve the next payout you move on to the next Payout Profit Goal.

  • e.g. for a $150k account when you reach Payout 1 Profit Goal of $9k you can take a payout. You now must achieve Payout 2 Profit Goal of $4.5k to take your next payout. (see Payout Profit Goal Table)

  • Profit is calculated and determined upon account reconciliation, which happens daily between 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. EST/EDT.

Payout Procedure

  • Payouts can be requested at anytime once payout conditions have been met.

  • Once your payout status is changed to APPROVED, your funds are immediately withdrawn from your account. Payments will be issued within 24 hours after the withdrawal has been processed.

  • Payout requests submitted outside of normal business hours (Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST and all Federal holidays) may take up to 72 hours to process.

Payout Tiers

  • The minimum payout amount is $1,000.

  • The maximum payout is dependent on the account size and approved payout request number.

See this table:

Payout Number

$25K Account

$50K Account

$100K Account

$150K Account

1

$1,000

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

2

$1,000

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

3

$1,000

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

4+

$1,000

$2,500

$3,000

$3,500

  • Payouts after the 4th remain capped at the same level as the 4th.

Note: Tradeify reserves the right to move you to a Live Funded Account at any time after a successful payout. Tradeify will contact you via email regarding this decision.

For the full details regarding Live Funded Accounts including remaining account withdrawal balances, please see our article here.

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