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DayTraders.com rules
DayTraders.com rules for 5 programs: static, end-of-day trailing and intraday trailing drawdown, first payout after 8 to 10 active days. Checked 7 Nov 2026.
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Evaluation rules by program
One row per program. Where a value changes with the account size, each size is listed.
| Program | Sizes | Profit target | Max drawdown | Drawdown type | Daily loss limit | Consistency | Minimum days | Max contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EOD Evaluation Sizes: 25K, 50K, 150K, 300K | 25K, 50K, 150K, 300K | Profit target
| Max drawdown
| Drawdown type End-of-day trailing | Daily loss limit
| Consistency 50% | Minimum days 2 days | Max contracts
|
S2F (Straight to Funded) Sizes: 25K, 50K, 150K | 25K, 50K, 150K | Max drawdown
| Drawdown type End-of-day trailing | Daily loss limit
| Consistency 20% | Max contracts
| ||
S2L Straight to Live Sizes: 50K, 150K, 300K | 50K, 150K, 300K | Profit target
| Max drawdown
| Drawdown type Intraday trailing | Daily loss limit
| Consistency 25% | Minimum days 8 days | Max contracts
|
Static Evaluation Sizes: 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K | 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K | Profit target
| Max drawdown
| Drawdown type Static | Consistency 50% | Minimum days 2 days | Max contracts
| |
Trail Evaluation Sizes: 25K, 50K, 150K, 300K | 25K, 50K, 150K, 300K | Profit target
| Max drawdown
| Drawdown type Intraday trailing | Consistency 50% | Minimum days 2 days | Max contracts
|
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Drawdown in plain words
Each program sets a loss limit: an account that falls to it fails. How the limit moves depends on the drawdown type.
Static
Static Evaluation
The limit is a fixed balance: the starting balance minus the maximum drawdown. Profits do not move it.
Example: DayTraders.com Static Evaluation on a $50,000 account with a $1,000 maximum drawdown. The limit is $49,000 from the first trade, and it is still $49,000 after the balance reaches $50,500. (data checked )
End-of-day trailing
EOD Evaluation, S2F (Straight to Funded)
The limit trails the highest end-of-day balance by the maximum drawdown. It moves only at the daily close and never down; swings inside the day do not move it.
Example: DayTraders.com EOD Evaluation on a $50,000 account with a $2,000 maximum drawdown. The limit starts at $48,000. If a day closes at $51,000, the limit moves up to $49,000 at the close; a losing day after that does not move it back down. (data checked )
Intraday trailing
S2L Straight to Live, Trail Evaluation
The limit trails the highest point the account reaches during the session by the maximum drawdown and moves up as soon as a new high is made. It never moves down.
Example: DayTraders.com S2L Straight to Live on a $50,000 account with a $2,000 maximum drawdown. The limit starts at $48,000. If the account reaches $51,000 during the session, the limit moves up to $49,000 straight away, even if the day then closes lower. (data checked )
Daily loss limit
A daily loss limit caps how much the account may lose in one trading day. Where we hold the firm’s own wording about the limit, it is shown with the program.
EOD Evaluation
Daily loss limit
- $800 at 25K
- $1,250 at 50K
- $2,000 at 150K
- $3,250 at 300K
S2F (Straight to Funded)
Daily loss limit
- $1,250 at 50K
- $3,750 at 150K
S2L Straight to Live
Daily loss limit
- $1,000 at 50K
- $1,750 at 150K
- $3,250 at 300K
Consistency rule
A consistency rule caps the share of total profit that may come from your best trading day.
How this rule worksCheck your best day
Example: DayTraders.com EOD Evaluation on a $50,000 account: the profit target is $3,000 and the rule is 50%. If you finish exactly on the target, no single day may have made more than $1,500 of it. (data checked )
EOD Evaluation
Evaluation
50%Once funded
30%S2F (Straight to Funded)
Evaluation
20%Once funded
20%S2L Straight to Live
Evaluation
25%Static Evaluation
Evaluation
50%Once funded
30%Trail Evaluation
Evaluation
50%Once funded
30%
Minimum trading days
The fewest days with a trade before an evaluation can pass, and the time limit where the program sets one.
EOD Evaluation
Minimum days
2 daysS2L Straight to Live
Minimum days
8 daysStatic Evaluation
Minimum days
2 daysTrail Evaluation
Minimum days
2 days
Payout rules
From the payout schedule we hold for each program, read from the firm’s own payout terms. Days are active days as the firm counts them.
EOD Evaluation, Static Evaluation and Trail Evaluation
- First payout
- After 8 active days
- After that
- Every 8 active days
- Minimum payout
- $500
- Profit split
- 100%
- Request rule
- Min balance to request e.g. 50K $52,600; balance after withdrawal >= $52,000
- Drawdown after the first payout
- Pro keeps same drawdown type as evaluation
- Methods
- Plane, ACH
- Cap per request
$1,000 at 25K, $2,000 at 50K, $3,000 at 100K, $3,500 at 150K, $5,000 at 300K
Re-check pending, last checked · Source: daytraders.com
S2F (Straight to Funded)
- First payout
- After 10 active days
- After that
- Every 10 active days
- Minimum payout
- $500
- Profit split
- 100%
- Request rule
- Payout profit targets between payouts: 25K $2,000/$1,500/$1,000; 50K $3,500/$3,000/$2,500; 150K $10,000/$5,000/$3,500 (1st/2nd/3rd+)
- Drawdown after the first payout
- EOD trailing
- Methods
- Plane, ACH
- Cap per request
$1,000 at 25K, $2,000 at 50K, $3,000 at 150K
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S2L Straight to Live
- Payout cadence
- Every active day
- Minimum payout
- $500
- Profit split
- 80%
- Request rule
- Daily payouts above initial balance + $1,000 buffer, no payout limits
- Drawdown after the first payout
- Intraday trailing locks static once highest unrealized balance reaches start + DD; payouts only after lock
- Methods
- Plane
Data checked · Source: daytraders.com
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