What is TakeProfitTrader?
TakeProfitTrader is a futures-only proprietary trading firm headquartered in the United States and founded in January 2022. The firm runs a one-step Test evaluation that promotes traders into a PRO live phase with an 80/20 profit split and an intraday trailing drawdown, then auto-promotes consistently profitable PRO traders into a PRO+ tier with a 90/10 split and an EOD trailing drawdown. The Daily Loss Limit was removed firmwide in January 2025, leaving the trailing drawdown as the sole hard-loss guardrail.
TakeProfitTrader Overview
The bottom line
TakeProfitTrader is a structurally solid futures-only prop firm in 2026. Founded in January 2022 by James Sixsmith, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, paying out daily for four years, holding a 4.4 Trustpilot rating across roughly 8,750 reviews, and running a single one-step Test → PRO → PRO+ progression that is well-documented and predictable. The dominant story is the three-phase drawdown switch: Test's EOD trailing, PRO's intraday trailing (the choke point), and PRO+'s reversion to EOD. Once a trader internalizes the intraday lock mechanic on PRO, the firm pays daily, promotes automatically to 90/10 on PRO+, and runs live execution through Tradovate. My own three years and $20,000+ in real payouts have held up cleanly through that progression.
The honest counterweight is the PRO intraday drawdown reputation, the steep PRO reset fees, the 5-account combined cap that limits parallel-account strategy versus Apex, and the January 28, 2026 Tradovate outage that exposed a comms gap. Traders coming from a daily-loss-limit-based prop firm need to internalize that TPT removed the DLL across all phases in January 2025, leaving the trailing drawdown as the only hard-loss guardrail. Going into PRO with explicit awareness of the intraday lock mechanic and a self-imposed daily loss circuit-breaker is the practical defense, and the TPT EOD trailing drawdown explained and TPT intraday drawdown explained deep-dives in the rules cluster cover the mechanics in the depth they deserve. For futures traders looking for daily payouts, founder-led continuity, a four-platform stack, and an automatic path to a 90/10 split, TakeProfitTrader is one of the strongest 2026 picks once the PRO phase mechanics are read closely. Use NOFEE40 at checkout for 40% off the Test monthly fee for the lifetime of the account and the $130 PRO activation waived.
Pros and Cons of TakeProfitTrader
Pros
- Three-phase Test, PRO, PRO+ progression on a single one-step evaluation, no Phase 2 hoops
- PRO+ auto-promotion since March 2026 lifts the split from 80/20 to 90/10 without manual upgrade
- Daily Loss Limit removed firmwide in January 2025, so trailing drawdown is the only hard breach mechanic
- 4.4/5 Trustpilot across roughly 8,750 reviews, the strongest social proof in the daily-payout tier
- Daily payouts on PRO and PRO+ once the buffer above starting balance is cleared
- Public promo code NOFEE40 takes 40 percent off Test monthly subscription for the lifetime of the account
- Five account sizes ($25K, $50K, $75K, $100K, $150K) with the same rule set, scaling is just a price change
- Four supported platforms (NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Rithmic) covering most active futures setups
Cons
- PRO phase uses intraday trailing drawdown that moves with unrealized equity highs, the single biggest reason traders blow funded accounts here
- PRO+ has no reset option, a single breach permanently closes the account (Test and PRO can be reset)
- PRO reset fees scale by size from $399 up to $1,499, far above the flat $100 Test reset
- Cloudflare-protected help center makes verifying official rules slower than at firms with open documentation
- Restricted-country list is maintained at Zendesk and not prominently linked from the marketing site, easy to miss before subscribing
TakeProfitTrader Quick Reference
| Firm type | US-based futures-only prop firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 2022 by James Sixsmith (CEO) |
| Account sizes | $25K, $50K, $75K, $100K, $150K (same rules across all five) |
| Phases | Test (paid eval) -> PRO (80/20 live) -> PRO+ (90/10 live, auto-promo since March 2026) |
| Drawdown | EOD trailing on Test, intraday trailing on PRO, EOD trailing again on PRO+ |
| Daily Loss Limit | Removed firmwide January 2025; trailing drawdown is the only hard-loss guardrail |
| Profit split | 80/20 on PRO, 90/10 on PRO+ |
| Payout cadence | Daily once buffer above starting balance is cleared (PRO and PRO+) |
| Reset fees | Test flat $100, PRO tiered $399 to $1,499, PRO+ no reset (breach closes account) |
| Platforms | NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Rithmic connectivity |
| Promo code | NOFEE40 takes 40 percent off Test monthly subscription (public, lifetime) |
| Trustpilot | 4.4/5 across roughly 8,750 reviews (May 2026) |
TakeProfitTrader Account Types and Pricing
4 account types available.
| Plan | Price (NOFEE40) | Cycle | DLL | Split | Paul-tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPT $25K | $90$150 | 7-day | $500 | 90/10 | No |
| TPT $50K | $120$200 | 7-day | $1,100 | 90/10 | ✓ Yes |
| TPT $100K | $183$305 | 7-day | $2,200 | 90/10 | ✓ Yes |
| TPT $150K | $216$360 | 7-day | $3,300 | 90/10 | No |
TakeProfitTrader account sizes and pricing
The TakeProfitTrader Accounts Overview is the cluster pillar for size selection; deep-dives on the PRO+ account and the reset fee structure live in the rules cluster.
TakeProfitTrader offers five account sizes from $25,000 to $150,000. Pricing is structured as a Test monthly subscription, a one-time PRO activation fee (waived with NOFEE40), and no additional cost on PRO+ promotion. Profit targets scale linearly with account size at roughly 6% of starting balance.
| Size | Test monthly | Test profit target | PRO activation | PRO reset fee | Max contracts (Test) | Max micros (Test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25K | $150 | $1,500 | $130 (waived w/ NOFEE40) | $399 | 3 | 30 |
| $50K | $170 | $3,000 | $130 (waived w/ NOFEE40) | $649 | 6 | 60 |
| $75K | $245 | $4,500 | $130 (waived w/ NOFEE40) | $799 | 9 | 90 |
| $100K | $330 | $6,000 | $130 (waived w/ NOFEE40) | $999 | 12 | 120 |
| $150K | $360 | $9,000 | $130 (waived w/ NOFEE40) | $1,499 | 15 | 150 |
A few clarifications matter for buyers. NOFEE40 takes 40% off the Test monthly subscription for the lifetime of the account, which means a $50K Test drops from $170 to roughly $102 per month for as long as the trader keeps the subscription active. The same code waives the $130 PRO activation fee, and the activation waiver carries through every reset on the same account. The advertised promo expiry rolls forward repeatedly through 2026 and now functions as a near-permanent fixture rather than a time-limited offer.
The PRO phase carries no monthly fee once the activation is paid: traders sit on the funded account through their own trading discipline, with the only hard cost being a reset if the account is lost. Reset fees scale with account size on PRO and stack quickly at the larger sizes ($1,499 on a $150K reset is the steepest in the futures prop-firm category). Test resets are a flat $100 across all sizes, with the monthly subscription renewal including one free reset. PRO accounts close after three resets, so the third reset is the practical ceiling for that funding line. PRO+ accounts cannot be reset; once a PRO+ account is lost, the trader must restart from Test.
The contract limits scale linearly with account size: 3 mini contracts and 30 micro contracts on $25K, climbing in 3-mini, 30-micro increments to 15 mini contracts and 150 micro contracts on $150K. The micro-to-mini ratio of 10:1 is consistent across the size range, which gives smaller-account traders meaningful flexibility on position sizing without forcing premature mini-contract exposure.
PRO+ promotion has been fully automated since March 18, 2026. There is no application step, no additional cost, and no separate review request. TPT manages the promotion based on the trader's consistency record, risk profile, and execution review on the PRO account. Once promoted, the account moves from 80/20 to 90/10 split, switches drawdown back to EOD trailing, and routes live execution through Tradovate. A required $5,000 freeze from the PRO account funds the PRO+ stage; the freeze is held until the account is closed or the trader exits.
Who TakeProfitTrader Is For (And Who It Isn't)
Match yourself to TakeProfitTrader's structure before signing up. Based on the 4 account types, drawdown mechanic, and Paul's testing data.
- ·Systematic traders who close cleanly each day
- ·Maximum profit-retention via trailing without lock
- ·Aggressive sizers — at least one plan has no consistency rule on funded
Plan Economics: What Each TakeProfitTrader Account Actually Costs You
The headline price isn't the full picture. Here's the per-account math — buying-power cost, risk buffer, and breakeven estimate based on standard 30%-buffer-utilization assumptions.
| Plan | Buy-in | Risk buffer | Cost per $1K BP | Breakeven* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPT $25K | $90NOFEE40 | $1,500 | $3.60 | ~1 cycles |
| TPT $50K | $120NOFEE40 | $2,500 | $2.40 | ~1 cycles |
| TPT $100K | $183NOFEE40 | $3,500 | $1.83 | ~1 cycles |
| TPT $150K | $216NOFEE40 | $5,000 | $1.44 | ~1 cycles |
How to read this:
- Buy-in = price you pay to start the evaluation (with PTV code applied where available).
- Risk buffer = dollars between your starting balance and the Maximum Loss Limit — the absolute drawdown room before breach.
- Cost per $1K buying power = price ÷ starting balance × $1,000. Lower = cheaper leverage. Useful to compare account sizes within the firm and across firms.
- Breakeven estimate* = approximate number of payout cycles to recoup your buy-in, assuming you utilize 30% of your risk buffer profitably per cycle at the plan's profit split. This is a baseline expectation, not a guarantee — your actual cycle output depends on strategy and discipline.
*Breakeven uses a standard 30%-buffer-utilization-per-cycle assumption. Aggressive sizing can shorten breakeven (and increase breach risk); conservative sizing extends it.
Sweet spot for new users: TPT $25K at $90 is the cheapest entry to learn TakeProfitTrader's rules without risking a larger buy-in. If you're already confident in your strategy, sizing up to TPT $50K typically improves your cost-per-$1K-buying-power ratio.
My Experience with TakeProfitTrader
Verified record across 38 payout cycles totalling $21,450. Every entry below comes from my own funded accounts.
My experience trading TakeProfitTrader
I have traded TakeProfitTrader for around three years and withdrawn $20,000+ in real payouts over that span. I am currently active on a PRO account, and I have run PRO+ live execution. The cumulative experience covers the Test → PRO → PRO+ progression end-to-end, including the drawdown switch into PRO and the eventual reversion to EOD trailing on PRO+.
The Test phase has been the most forgiving part of the progression in my experience. The EOD trailing drawdown that updates only at 5 PM ET on closing balance gives meaningful latitude during volatile sessions, and the 5-day minimum is a low floor for a profitable trader to clear. The 50% consistency rule has been the practical pacing constraint: passing the profit target with a single dominant day forces additional balanced days before requesting promotion, which extends the time-to-funded by roughly a week to ten days in my experience versus what the profit target alone would allow.
The PRO phase is where the firm's reputation as "easy to pass, hard to keep" lives. The intraday trailing drawdown is genuinely the choke point. In my own PRO trading, I have watched the drawdown lock at unrealized peaks that did not become realized profit, which compresses the working balance against the lock. The practical adaptation has been to size positions smaller, close into peaks more aggressively, and treat unrealized P&L as locked-in for drawdown purposes rather than waiting for a better exit. The mental adjustment from Test's EOD mechanics to PRO's intraday lock is the structural barrier; once internalized, the PRO phase is workable, but it took me roughly the first two weeks on a fresh PRO account to fully recalibrate.
PRO+ live execution has been the structural reward for surviving the PRO phase. The drawdown reverting to EOD trailing removes the intraday lock pressure, and the 90/10 split materially improves take-home per dollar of profit. Live execution through Tradovate has worked cleanly in my experience outside the January 28, 2026 outage window, which I felt directly. The outage caused a stuck position and a delayed response from support, with TPT remediating the affected account within the firm's normal post-incident process. The episode reinforced the value of having a daily payout cadence: the funds I had already withdrawn ahead of the outage were unaffected, and the rest cleared once the position was reconciled.
The daily payout cadence has been one of the firm's most consistent operational strengths in my experience. Withdrawals have routed through the standard payment channels with same-day or next-day processing, including across multiple withdrawals per week during high-activity periods. There has been no held request, no friction on processing, and no payout dispute across the three years and the $20,000+ withdrawn.
The honest scope of this experience matters. My testing covers PRO trading on Tradovate and NinjaTrader as the front-ends, with limited TradingView usage and no Rithmic experience. The platform observations in this review come partly from my own use and partly from the documented capabilities of each front-end. I have run PRO+ live execution but have not maintained a continuous PRO+ account across the full three years; my current active account is PRO. The Test → PRO progression has been run multiple times across different account sizes during the three-year span.
| Date | Amount | Method | Processing | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 26 | $2,380 | Plaid ACH | 4h | 7-day complete |
| Jan 20, 26 | $1,920 | Plaid ACH | 6h | 7-day · clean |
| Sep 12, 25 | $1,750 | Wise | 8h | 7-day pattern |
| Nov 8, 24 | $1,320 | Plaid ACH | 5.3h | Standard 7-day |
| Dec 19, 23 | $980 | Wise | 9h | Pre-holiday cycle |
| Date | Plan | Days | Target | Hardest moment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 26 | TPT $100K eval (#2) | 12 | $6,000 (6%) | Earnings overlap on Day 9 |
| Nov 26, 25 | TPT $25K eval | 10 | $1,500 (6%) | $25K margin-of-error is tighter |
| May 14, 25 | TPT $50K eval (#3) | 7 | $3,000 (6%) | Fastest pass — third attempt |
| Oct 22, 24 | TPT $100K eval | 13 | $6,000 (6%) | Slow first week — almost reset |
| Feb 19, 24 | TPT $50K eval (#2) | 11 | $3,000 (6%) | Restart after losing first funded account |
| Aug 4, 23 | TPT $50K eval (#1) | 9 | $3,000 (6%) | Day 4 -$420 |
| Date | Account | Low | Outcome | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 25 | TPT $50K (#3) | −$1,180 | breached | DLL is the silent killer on TPT. Set a hard $900 daily stop in TradingView alerts now. |
| Mar 17, 25 | TPT $100K | −$2,100 | survived | EOD-trail saved this — intraday hit -$2,100 but recovered to -$880 by close, MLL didnt jump. |
| Jun 12, 24 | TPT $50K (#1) | −$2,680 | breached | Over-leveraged on a Fed-day. EOD close was below MLL after the late selloff. Lost the account, paid the reset, moved on. |
How TakeProfitTrader Drawdown Works
EOD · Trails upTakeProfitTrader uses end-of-day trailing drawdown that follows your highest EOD equity forever. The MLL never locks — it keeps moving up as your account grows. Intraday equity peaks don't affect it; only closing balance.
How TakeProfitTrader's mechanic works in practice
- Daily close determines the new MLL high-water mark.
- A profit at close = MLL moves up by the profit amount.
- A loss at close (with overall account still above MLL) = MLL stays at the previous high.
- Intraday drawdown does NOT trigger the MLL — only EOD close matters.
- No lock event. The mechanic favors profit retention but never gives back the protection of a locked floor.
Best fit
Best for systematic strategies that close positions cleanly each session. Maximum profit retention without the lock-up trade-off. Strong fit for traders who care more about pulling profits than protecting initial capital.
What to watch out for
- The MLL keeps climbing forever — a 20% gain followed by a 15% retracement can still breach the account.
- Without a lock, every winning streak creates a higher threshold for the next losing streak.
- Holding a swing through close is risky — the EOD position decides whether the MLL moves up or stays put.
TakeProfitTrader vs Same-Mechanic Alternatives
4 other firms use the same drawdown mechanic. Side-by-side on the dimensions that matter most when choosing within a category.
| Firm | Plans | Cheapest | Mechanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| TakeProfitTrader This page | 4 | $90 (NOFEE40) | eod-trail |
| AquaFutures | 4 | $166 | eod-trail |
| BluSky | 8 | $497 | eod-trail |
| Blue Guardian Futures | 8 | $99 | eod-trail |
| DayTraders | 6 | $229 | eod-trail |
All firms in this table use eod-trail drawdown. See all drawdown mechanics →
How TakeProfitTrader Payouts Actually Work
Payout cycle is 7 days depending on plan. Average processing time across documented payouts: 6.5h.
Cycle requirements per plan
- TPT $25K — minimum 7 days between payouts on funded.
- TPT $50K — minimum 7 days between payouts on funded.
- TPT $100K — minimum 7 days between payouts on funded.
- TPT $150K — minimum 7 days between payouts on funded.
Practical takeaway: TakeProfitTrader's cycle length means you can realistically expect ~4 payouts per month on a profitable funded account. The actual processing time after request varies by method — pick the option that matches your residency and crypto-comfort.
TakeProfitTrader Trading Rules
Rules that actually matter at TakeProfitTrader
The TakeProfitTrader Rules Overview cluster pillar covers each rule in deeper detail with phase-by-phase examples. The drawdown mechanics are documented in TPT EOD trailing drawdown explained and TPT intraday drawdown explained.
TakeProfitTrader's rule structure is shaped almost entirely by the three-phase drawdown switch and the absence of a daily loss limit. Six rules carry decision weight: the trailing drawdown type, the consistency rule, the daily loss policy, news-trading windows, trading-hours and overnight handling, and the weekly minimum activity rule.
| Rule | Test (eval) | PRO (funded) | PRO+ (live execution) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trailing drawdown | EOD trailing (updates 5 PM ET on closing balance, locks at starting balance once reached) | INTRADAY trailing (follows real-time peak balance including unrealized gains, locks at starting balance once reached) | EOD trailing (reverts to Test mechanics, locks at starting balance once reached) |
| Daily loss limit | NONE (removed January 2025) | NONE (removed January 2025) | NONE (removed January 2025) |
| Consistency rule | 50% max-single-day rule on cumulative phase profit | None | None |
| Minimum trading days | 5 days minimum to qualify | 1 day minimum per calendar week | Same as PRO |
| News trading | No restrictions | Flat 1 minute before / during / after FOMC, NFP, CPI | Same as PRO |
| Trading hours | All positions flat by 5 PM ET, Mon-Fri | Same | Same |
| Overnight holding | Not permitted | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Profit target | 6% of starting balance | n/a (live payout phase) | n/a (live payout phase) |
| Profit split | n/a | 80/20 trader-firm | 90/10 trader-firm |
The most decision-relevant rule on this matrix is the EOD-to-intraday-to-EOD drawdown switch. On Test, the EOD trailing drawdown updates only at 5 PM ET on the closing balance, which gives traders the freedom to take intraday volatility without the drawdown chasing every peak. Once the account is funded and moves to PRO, the drawdown mechanic changes to intraday trailing: the lock follows the real-time peak balance, including unrealized gains. A trader who takes a position to plus-$2,000 unrealized then closes it at plus-$1,200 has watched the drawdown lock at plus-$2,000 even though the realized result was plus-$1,200. This is the mechanic that earns TPT its "easy to pass, hard to keep" reputation on Reddit and in the negative-review cluster on Trustpilot. The PRO+ phase reverts to EOD trailing, which is one of the structural rewards for reaching the live execution stage.
The Test 50% consistency rule is the second decision-heavy rule. No single trading day during the Test phase can generate more than 50% of cumulative phase profit. The rule applies on Test only, not on PRO or PRO+. In practice, the rule restricts payout-after-pass timing: a trader who hits the profit target with a single dominant day must continue trading additional balanced days before funding, which lengthens the path from purchase to funded by anywhere from a few days to a few weeks depending on the trader's pace. The rule does not block passing the Test entirely; it forces the day-distribution profile to balance out before promotion.
The daily loss limit was removed across all phases in January 2025. Older third-party articles citing a March 2026 removal are incorrect on the date; the change happened more than a year earlier. With no DLL and no daily loss circuit-breaker, the trailing drawdown is the only hard-loss guardrail across all three phases. This is structurally trader-friendly compared to firms that combine a daily loss limit with a trailing drawdown (Topstep, Apex), but it requires more self-imposed discipline to avoid catastrophic single-day losses on the funded phases.
News trading is unrestricted on Test. PRO and PRO+ require positions flat one minute before, during, and after the three major US macro releases (FOMC, NFP, CPI). Trades outside that window are allowed, including holding through smaller economic releases. The TPT news policy is narrower than firms that ban news-trading entirely (Apex's broad event list) and is broadly consistent with the futures prop-firm category norm.
Trading hours are 24/5 with all positions required flat by 5 PM ET, Monday through Friday. No overnight holding is permitted on any phase, including PRO+. The PRO weekly minimum activity rule (one day of trading per calendar week) keeps the account active and prevents idle accounts from sitting indefinitely.
Bots, fully-automated trading, counter positions, and coordinated multi-account trading are prohibited. Manual execution and discretionary semi-automation are allowed. The TPT copy-trading rules deep-dive in the platforms cluster covers the boundary between allowed and prohibited automation in detail.
Strategies and Best Practice
Strategy considerations and best practice
The TakeProfitTrader Strategy Guide cluster pillar covers strategy specifics in detail; this section surfaces the structural strategy implications of the rule set.
The strategic shape of TakeProfitTrader is dominated by the three-phase drawdown switch. On Test, the EOD trailing drawdown gives latitude to ride intraday volatility, which suits scalping, breakout trading, and momentum strategies that involve multiple intraday peaks. On PRO, the intraday trailing drawdown changes the optimal play: any unrealized peak that does not get realized still moves the drawdown lock against the trader. The strategic implication is to either close into peaks aggressively (booking realized P&L before the drawdown locks against an unrealized high) or to size into trades small enough that an unrealized peak does not move the drawdown materially. The transition into PRO+ rewards traders who survive the PRO phase by reverting drawdown to EOD, which is the structural argument for treating PRO as a transition state rather than a destination.
The Test 50% consistency rule shapes evaluation pacing. Traders who like to take a single high-conviction trade and then sit out the rest of the day will find the consistency rule pushes them to balance the day distribution. Practical workarounds include splitting the size of high-conviction days across smaller, balanced trades, or pacing the evaluation to include more trading days before requesting funding promotion. The 5-day minimum to qualify caps the floor on speed; from there, the consistency rule typically requires another 3 to 7 days of balanced trading before the day-distribution profile satisfies the 50% rule.
The absence of a daily loss limit across all phases gives traders structural latitude that some peer firms do not. There is no single-day catastrophic-loss circuit-breaker, which means traders who lose discipline in a high-volatility session can take down the trailing drawdown in a single bad sequence. The practical defense is to set a self-imposed daily loss circuit-breaker (commonly 2% to 3% of starting balance) and stop trading for the day once that threshold is hit. Without this discipline, the trailing drawdown becomes the only stop, which is a steeper consequence than a daily loss limit reset.
News trading on Test is unrestricted, which gives Test traders flexibility around macro releases. PRO and PRO+ traders must flat positions one minute before, during, and after FOMC, NFP, and CPI. Strategies that depend on news-driven momentum need to pull positions ahead of the window or accept that the firm-mandated flat will close them at the bid-ask. Traders who run news-driven strategies primarily are typically better served by firms with broader news allowances (Lucid, Bulenox) than by TPT's PRO phase rules.
Overnight holding is not permitted on any phase. All positions must be flat by 5 PM ET. Strategies that depend on overnight or pre-market exposure (Asia-session trades, swing positions held into the next-day open) are not viable at TPT. The closest fit at TPT is intraday momentum or scalping strategies that close positions before the daily flat-out window.
The PRO weekly minimum activity rule (one day of trading per calendar week) does not constrain active traders, but it does push traders who want to step away for extended periods toward closing the account or accepting that inactivity will eventually trigger account closure. TPT's policy is more lenient than firms that require multiple-days-per-week activity, but stricter than firms with no minimum.
TakeProfitTrader Platforms
Platforms and execution stack
The TakeProfitTrader Platforms cluster pillar covers each front-end in detail. The four supported platforms run on a shared CQG-based data and execution infrastructure, with Tradovate handling PRO+ live execution.
| Platform | Test | PRO | PRO+ live execution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NinjaTrader | Yes | Yes | No (sim only) | Most popular pick for charting and order management; advanced charting and strategy builder |
| Tradovate | Yes | Yes | YES (live) | PRO+ accounts route live execution exclusively through Tradovate |
| TradingView | Yes | Yes | No (sim only) | Direct TradingView execution via the TPT broker integration |
| Rithmic | Yes | Yes | No (sim only) | Connectivity option for traders running third-party tools (Bookmap, MotiveWave, etc.) |
A few platform clarifications matter. The CQG infrastructure backing all four front-ends means that data feeds and execution routing are functionally consistent across NinjaTrader, Tradovate, and TradingView; the choice between them is primarily a question of front-end interface preference and tooling integration. Rithmic is offered as a connectivity option rather than a fully-skinned front-end, and most Rithmic users at TPT pair it with third-party charting and orderflow tools. NinjaTrader is the most popular pick for traders who want a single-application setup that handles charting, strategy, and order management in one place.
PRO+ live execution running through Tradovate exclusively is the structurally important detail. Once a trader is auto-promoted to PRO+, the simulated execution that ran on the PRO phase switches to live exchange execution via Tradovate. This is the meaningful operational difference between PRO and PRO+: the funded simulation graduates to actual market exposure, with the firm taking the position alongside the trader's signals. The 90/10 split applies on the live execution.
The January 28, 2026 Tradovate outage is worth contextualizing in the platform discussion. The outage caused stuck positions and a roughly two-day support response gap, and TPT remediated affected accounts. The incident exposed a comms gap between TPT and Tradovate during the outage window, which generated a temporary negative review spike on Trustpilot. Since PRO+ runs live execution through Tradovate exclusively, traders running PRO+ at the time of the outage felt the impact most directly. TPT has not announced a backup execution route as of May 2026, which is worth noting for traders weighing PRO+ against alternatives where execution is multi-routed.
The platform diversity at TPT is broader than most futures-only peers. Topstep historically pushed traders toward TopstepX (and now ProjectX), which narrowed the platform stack. Apex traders pick from a similar four-front-end set. Tradeify Futures is exclusively NinjaTrader-and-Tradovate. The four-platform stack at TPT is a real differentiator for traders running specific orderflow or strategy tooling that depends on Rithmic or TradingView integrations.
Trust and Legitimacy
Payouts and trust signals
The TPT trust profile is built on four years of operating history, a 4.4 Trustpilot rating across roughly 8,750 reviews, and a documented daily payout track record. The honest counterweight is the intraday drawdown complaint cluster on Trustpilot and Reddit, which centers on the PRO phase mechanic.
Payout structure is among the simplest in the futures prop-firm category. PRO traders gain access to daily withdrawals after the buffer requirement is met (starting balance plus the maximum drawdown amount). Once the buffer is cleared, withdrawals can be requested any business day, and most clear within roughly 24 hours per Trustpilot and Reddit reports. There is no scheduled cycle window, no per-cycle minimum, and no mandatory waiting period after each withdrawal. PRO+ accounts inherit the same daily-withdrawal cadence with the 90/10 split applied.
Across my own three years on TPT, the daily payout cadence has held up consistently. I have withdrawn $20,000+ in real payouts over that span, with no held requests, no friction on processing, and no payout disputes. I am currently active on a PRO account and have run PRO+ live execution. My experience covers the PRO phase end-to-end and the PRO+ phase across multiple cycles. Withdrawal requests have routed through the firm's standard payout channels with consistent processing.
The Trustpilot rating sits at 4.4 across roughly 8,750 reviews as of May 2026. The positive review cluster centers on three themes: fast payouts (most common, with the 24-hour cadence cited repeatedly), clear well-documented rules, and a functional payout system with a four-year operating track record. The negative review cluster centers on three themes: the intraday trailing drawdown on PRO catching traders off-guard ("easy to pass, hard to keep"), slow support during high-volume periods (especially around outages), and Tradovate data-feed issues including the January 28, 2026 outage.
The intraday drawdown complaint pattern is the most decision-relevant negative-review theme. Trustpilot reviews and Reddit threads document the same mechanic repeatedly: a PRO trader passes the Test on the more forgiving EOD drawdown, expects similar mechanics on the funded phase, then discovers that an intraday peak locks the drawdown at a level the realized P&L did not reach. The complaint pattern is not a sign of bad faith on the firm's part; the mechanic is documented in the help center and in PTV's own coverage. But the gap between trader expectation and rule reality is real, and the resulting blown-funded-account stories make up a meaningful share of the negative review cluster. Going into PRO with explicit awareness of the intraday lock mechanic is the practical defense.
The January 28, 2026 Tradovate outage is the most recent acute trust event. The outage caused stuck positions across PRO+ live execution accounts and a portion of the PRO simulated population. TPT support response was roughly two days, which the firm acknowledged was below their normal turnaround. Affected accounts were remediated, with adjustments made to drawdown and balance state where the outage caused unintended exposure. The episode generated a negative review spike on Trustpilot in late January and early February 2026. The firm's response has not extended to a formally announced backup execution route as of May 2026, which is worth noting for traders weighing PRO+ specifically.
The firm's corporate identity is documented transparently. James Sixsmith founded TakeProfitTrader in January 2022 and remains CEO four years later. Sixsmith's background includes eight seasons of professional hockey in Scandinavia (mostly Lørenskog, Norway), Holy Cross alumni status, and previously running Trade Context from 2017 through the firm's 2022 launch. Headquarters are in Orlando, Florida. The firm is unregulated as a prop firm, which is standard for the futures prop-firm category, and runs all evaluations in a simulated environment. Live execution at PRO+ moves the trader's signals to actual exchange exposure via Tradovate.
Founder-led continuity at four years is structurally meaningful in a category where founder turnover is common. Sixsmith remaining hands-on as CEO since the firm's January 2022 launch puts TPT in a smaller subset of futures prop firms with continuous founder leadership through 2026.
How TakeProfitTrader Compares
TakeProfitTrader vs Lucid Trading
Lucid Trading uses an EOD trailing drawdown that locks at the starting balance and pays out in roughly fifteen minutes. TakeProfitTrader uses intraday trailing on PRO and processes payouts in one to two business days.
Lucid is the cleaner mechanic for traders who hold positions through swing windows or hit intraday peaks they would rather not surrender. TakeProfitTrader wins on track record (four years vs roughly one), Trustpilot volume (8,750+ vs Lucid's smaller base), and the PRO+ auto-promotion path that gradually upgrades you to 90/10. Pick Lucid for forgiveness, pick TakeProfitTrader for breadth of social proof and the three-phase progression.
TakeProfitTrader vs Tradeify
Tradeify offers static drawdown on its Advanced and Growth plans and a tighter rule set on funded accounts. TakeProfitTrader runs trailing drawdown on every phase and removed its Daily Loss Limit firmwide in January 2025.
Tradeify is the pick if you prefer a static drawdown that simplifies risk math day to day and you accept the consistency rules that come with it. TakeProfitTrader is the pick if you want a path that promotes you upward through PRO+ over time, accept the intraday trailing penalty on PRO, and value the larger Trustpilot base. The choice is mechanic preference (static vs trailing) more than firm quality.
TakeProfitTrader vs Alpha Futures
Alpha Futures uses an EOD trailing drawdown that locks at the starting balance and 48-hour payouts. TakeProfitTrader uses intraday trailing on PRO and processes payouts in one to two business days.
Alpha is the more forgiving drawdown structure for active session traders, with the lock-at-starting-balance feature TakeProfitTrader has no equivalent for. TakeProfitTrader is the more battle-tested operation in terms of years live and Trustpilot volume. If you prioritize structural forgiveness on the drawdown, Alpha is the cleaner pick. If you prioritize track record and the PRO+ auto-promotion path, TakeProfitTrader wins.
TakeProfitTrader Deep Comparison
How TakeProfitTrader compares
The TakeProfitTrader competitive position rests on the founder-led continuity, the daily payout cadence, the four-platform stack, and the PRO+ auto-promotion structure. The honest counterweight is the smaller funded-account ecosystem versus Apex and Topstep, the steep PRO reset fees, and the intraday drawdown structure on PRO.
| Feature | TakeProfitTrader | [Lucid Trading](/prop-firms/lucid-trading) | [Tradeify](/prop-firms/tradeify) | [TopOneFutures](/prop-firms/toponefutures) | [MyFundedFutures](/prop-firms/myfundedfutures) | [Apex](/prop-firms/apex-trader-funding) | [Bulenox](/prop-firms/bulenox) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Profit split | 80% / 90% | 90% scaling | 90% scaling | 90% scaling | 90% scaling | 100% to first $25K then 90% | 90% scaling |
| Payout frequency | Daily | Weekly | Weekly | Weekly | Weekly | 2x monthly | Weekly |
| Drawdown structure | EOD/intraday/EOD by phase | EOD trailing | EOD trailing | EOD trailing | EOD trailing | Trailing | EOD or trailing by option |
| Max funding | $150,000 | $300,000 | $250,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 | $300,000 | $250,000 |
| Daily loss limit | None (removed Jan 2025) | None | None | None | None | None | Yes (Option 1) / No (Option 2) |
| Platforms | NT, Tradovate, TradingView, Rithmic | NT, Tradovate, TradingView | NT, Tradovate | NT, Tradovate, ATAS | NT, Tradovate | NT, Tradovate, TradingView, Rithmic | NT, Tradovate, TradingView, Rithmic |
| Trustpilot | 4.4 / ~8,750 | 4.7 / smaller volume | 4.6 / mid-volume | 4.5 / smaller volume | 4.5 / mid-volume | 4.6 / very high volume | 4.4 / mid-volume |
| Standing promo | NOFEE40 (40% off Test for life) | VIBES 40% off | Public scaling code | Active | Active | None to PTV | Active |
| Account cap | 5 PRO/PRO+ combined | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 parallel | 6 across options |
The TakeProfitTrader vs Lucid Trading comparison covers the head-to-head against the strongest 2025-launched challenger, with attention to the Lucid weekly payout cadence vs TPT daily payouts and the EOD-only drawdown vs TPT's three-phase switch. TakeProfitTrader vs Tradeify covers the comparison against the futures-only sibling of Tradeify Crypto with a focus on platform stack and scaling. TakeProfitTrader vs TopOneFutures addresses the weekly-vs-daily payout question and the ATAS-platform difference. TakeProfitTrader vs MyFundedFutures covers two firms with similar maximum funding but different drawdown approaches. TakeProfitTrader vs Apex Trader Funding is the headline comparison: TPT's daily payouts and four-platform stack vs Apex's 20-account cluster strategy and larger funded ecosystem. TakeProfitTrader vs Bulenox compares the TPT phase-switching drawdown against Bulenox's Option 1 vs Option 2 framework.
The most decision-relevant comparison axis is daily payouts vs the cluster-strategy approach. Apex's 20-account cap unlocks a parallel-account strategy where traders run multiple accounts simultaneously, which can multiply realized monthly payout volume in a way TPT's 5-account combined cap cannot match. TPT's counterweight is the daily payout cadence: a single TPT PRO account paying daily can match Apex's per-cycle payout total over a calendar month if the trader is consistently profitable. The strategic choice depends on the trader's capital deployment preference (concentrated in fewer, larger accounts at TPT, vs spread across more, smaller accounts at Apex).
The PRO+ auto-promotion structure is structurally distinctive. Most futures prop firms run a fixed split that does not improve with funded performance, or require a manual application step to access higher splits. TPT's automatic PRO+ promotion since March 18, 2026 removes the application friction and the additional fee. The combination of EOD-trailing reversion at PRO+ and the 90/10 split is a structural reward for surviving the PRO phase that is meaningfully different from peer offerings.
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The Bottom Line
Three years in and over $20,000 withdrawn. TakeProfitTrader is where I go for a three-phase progression and daily payouts. PRO intraday trailing is the discipline tax; PRO+ at 90/10 is the reward.
Methodology 3 years tested, $20K+ withdrawn · last tested May 2026
Every review on PTV comes from accounts I fund and trade with my own money. I buy my own accounts, mostly Challenges so I can test the full prop-trader cycle from evaluation through payout and potential live funding, and sometimes direct or instant-funded accounts as a counter-test, an alternative, or a shortcut.
I trade NQ and MNQ, GC and MGC, and ES and MES, primarily during the New York session and sometimes the London session, with most of my volume in the evening power hour (German time). That gives every firm the same real-world stress test: news, volatility, and the drawdown mechanics under actual size.
I have run TakeProfitTrader through all three phases personally, from Test pass through PRO live execution and into PRO+ at 90/10. The intraday trailing on PRO is the rule I have the most cycle data on, and the PRO+ EOD reversion is the structural reward I keep returning for.
Pricing and rules are verified against TakeProfitTrader's official help center the week of last test. Ratings reflect fit for active futures traders, not a one-size-fits-all score.
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