Tradeify rules are the conditions that decide whether an Evaluation, Sim Funded or Elite Live account stays active. As of August 2026, the shared core is an end-of-day trailing drawdown that is enforced in real time, but daily loss limits, consistency and contract caps change by product and phase.
The phase distinction matters. A rule that is harmless in Select Flex can stop a Growth account for the day. A consistency percentage that does not exist in Growth Evaluation appears after funding. Treating Tradeify as one flat rule set is the fastest way to size a trade against the wrong limit.
This guide was checked against Tradeify’s full Help Center on August 4, 2026. Where two official pages conflict, the conflict is stated instead of being converted into a fake single number.
How does Tradeify’s EOD trailing drawdown work?
As of August 2026: Tradeify updates the trailing drawdown from the highest balance recorded at the end of a session, then enforces that floor in real time during the next session. Touching the floor is enough to fail. The balance does not need to close below it.
Suppose a 50K account has a $2,000 drawdown and finishes the day at $51,000. The next floor is $49,000. During the following session, an open loss that takes equity to $49,000 breaches the account even if the trade later recovers. Intraday peaks do not move the floor higher on their own; the next end-of-day balance does.
Tradeify Evaluation floors keep trailing and never lock. Current Sim Funded floors lock after an end-of-day balance reaches starting balance plus the original drawdown plus $100. Elite Live uses its own published lock triggers. Select Flex 25K is the awkward exception: official pages conflict between a $26,100 and $26,600 lock trigger. This guide does not choose one.
Which Tradeify accounts have a daily loss limit?
As of August 2026: Tradeify uses daily loss limits on Growth, most Lightning sizes and Select Daily. Select Evaluation, Select Flex and Elite Live have no DLL. A DLL is a soft stop, not the hard account floor.
| Phase | Product | Daily loss rule |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation | Growth | $600 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750 by 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K |
| Evaluation | Select | No DLL |
| Direct Sim Funded | Lightning | No DLL on 25K; $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000 on 50K / 100K / 150K |
| Sim Funded | Select Flex | No DLL |
| Sim Funded | Select Daily | $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750 |
| Elite Live | All sizes | No DLL |
A Tradeify DLL breach disables trading until the next session opens at 6:00 PM ET. If the same loss also pushes equity to the trailing drawdown, the hard breach wins and the account is gone. Growth 150K Sim Funded has an unresolved official conflict: the dedicated DLL page says $3,000 while the Essential Rules page says $3,750. No single funded scalar is safe to publish.
How do Tradeify consistency rules change by phase?
As of August 2026: Tradeify has no universal consistency percentage. The formula is largest positive day divided by total net profit, but the limit depends on the account and payout cycle.
| Tradeify phase | Consistency rule |
|---|---|
| Growth Evaluation | None |
| Select Evaluation | 40% |
| Growth Sim Funded | 35% |
| Lightning payout 1 | 20% |
| Lightning payout 2 | 25% |
| Lightning payout 3+ | 30% |
| Select Flex and Select Daily | None |
| Elite Live | No published payout consistency rule |
Only positive days can be the numerator. Losing days reduce total net profit in the denominator, which can raise the percentage even when the best day does not change. Commissions are not included in Tradeify’s profit calculation for this test. After an approved payout, the cycle calculation resets.
What position limits apply to current Tradeify products?
As of August 2026: Tradeify publishes size-based maximums for Growth, Select Evaluation and Lightning. Select Flex begins with reduced size and scales toward its maximum. Elite Live also starts below its cap.
| Account | 25K | 50K | 100K | 150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Evaluation | 1 mini / 10 micros | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
| Select Evaluation | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
| Lightning | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
| Elite maximum | 2 / 20 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
Tradeify converts ten micros to one mini when both are open in the same direction. One mini plus ten micros therefore counts as two minis. Opposite-direction exposure is hedging and remains prohibited. The Elite 150K starting row is officially published as six minis and 40 micros, even though that does not match the 10:1 convention. The 40-micro value must not be silently changed to 60.
Can Tradeify traders hedge or hold correlated positions?
As of August 2026: Tradeify forbids hedging within one account and across all Tradeify accounts controlled by the trader. The rule covers the same instrument and instruments grouped as correlated products.
Long NQ in one account and short MNQ in another is not a workaround. The mini and micro are the same exposure family. A copier may send same-direction trades across the trader’s own accounts, but opposite directions create the prohibited hedge. Before placing a second market, check Tradeify’s current product-group table rather than assuming a different ticker makes the position independent.
Does Tradeify allow news trading?
As of August 2026: Tradeify allows news trading without a blackout window. FOMC, CPI, payrolls and other scheduled releases do not create a separate breach merely because a trade is open.
The ordinary risk rules remain live during the spike. A fast move can touch the hard drawdown before an order fills, and a Growth or Select Daily account can hit its DLL. News permission is not slippage protection and does not suspend the real-time equity check.
Which bots and trade copiers can be used at Tradeify?
As of August 2026: Tradeify permits a trader-owned algorithm only when the trader owns it exclusively, uses it only inside Tradeify, does not share it and does not deploy it at another prop firm. High-frequency trading is excluded, and Tradeify may request proof of ownership.
Copy trading is narrower than the word suggests. A trader may copy same-direction orders between accounts that the same person owns and manages at Tradeify. Copying signals from another trader, sharing a strategy, or running the same bot at a second firm falls outside the published permission. Third-party copier software is used at the trader’s own operational risk.
What does Tradeify’s microscalping rule require?
As of August 2026: Tradeify publishes a two-part test: more than 50% of trades and more than 50% of profit must come from trades held longer than ten seconds. A trader who misses either half risks an enforcement problem.
The official scope is not clean. Tradeify’s Guidelines labels the rule Sim Funded only, then discusses evaluation activation later in the same guidance. That contradiction remains unresolved. A cautious trader should meet the holding-time mix in both phases until Tradeify publishes a reconciled rule.
What other conduct can threaten a Tradeify account?
As of August 2026: Tradeify requires at least one trade per account during each Monday-to-Friday week and prohibits login through a VPN or VPS. After a normal login, VPS use is described as the trader’s own risk.
DCA, flipping, scaling and martingale are allowed only while every other limit is respected. That permission does not override the position cap, DLL, hard floor or hedging rule. Tradeify also requires positions to be flat by 4:45 PM ET and does not allow a hold through the maintenance break or weekend.
The bottom line
Tradeify fits traders who can track rules by phase and want EOD-based trailing floors with news permission. The best match is a trader who can stop well before the real-time hard floor and can keep copied accounts aligned in one direction.
Skip Tradeify if you need one identical rule set from evaluation through live trading or want to deploy the same bot across several firms. Look for a program with fixed phase rules and explicit cross-firm automation permission instead.
What are the most common questions about Tradeify rules?
Does Tradeify use an EOD trailing drawdown?
Yes. As of August 2026, Tradeify calculates the trailing floor from the highest end-of-day balance for current Evaluation, Sim Funded and Elite Live accounts. The floor is still enforced in real time during the next session.
Is a Tradeify daily loss limit breach a failed account?
No, not by itself. A Tradeify daily loss limit is a soft breach that pauses trading until the next session at 6:00 PM ET. The account fails only if equity also touches or falls below the hard trailing drawdown floor.
Does every Tradeify account have a daily loss limit?
No. As of August 2026, Tradeify Select Evaluation and Select Flex have no daily loss limit, while Growth and some Lightning sizes do. Select Daily has its own daily loss limits, and Elite Live has none.
What is the Tradeify consistency rule?
Tradeify calculates consistency as the largest positive trading day divided by total net profit. Growth Evaluation has no consistency rule, Select Evaluation uses 40%, Growth Sim Funded uses 35%, and Lightning uses 20% for payout one, 25% for payout two and 30% from payout three.
Can Tradeify traders hedge?
No. Tradeify forbids opposite positions in the same instrument or product group within one account or across a trader’s Tradeify accounts. The restriction applies even when the symbols are closely correlated rather than identical.
Can Tradeify traders use minis and micros together?
Yes. Tradeify permits minis and micros in the same direction at a 10-to-1 conversion, provided the combined exposure stays inside the account cap. Opposing mini and micro positions remain prohibited.
Does Tradeify allow news trading?
Yes. As of August 2026, Tradeify allows trading through scheduled news on current accounts. The normal drawdown, daily loss and position rules continue to apply during the release.
Can a bot be used at Tradeify and another prop firm?
No. Tradeify permits a trader-owned algorithm only when it is used exclusively inside Tradeify, is not shared and is not deployed at another firm. Tradeify may ask for proof of ownership.
Is copy trading allowed at Tradeify?
Yes, but only between accounts owned and managed by the same Tradeify trader and only in the same direction. Copying another person or copying across firms is not allowed.
What is Tradeify’s microscalping rule?
Tradeify publishes a test requiring more than 50% of trades and more than 50% of profit to come from trades held longer than ten seconds. The official guidance conflicts on whether the scope is Sim Funded only or can affect evaluation activation, so the scope remains unresolved.
When must Tradeify positions be closed?
Tradeify requires all positions to be flat by 4:45 PM ET. A position may be held from the evening into the next afternoon within the same session, but it may not be held through the daily maintenance break or over the weekend.
Can a Tradeify drawdown lock?
Yes, in Sim Funded and Elite Live accounts. The Sim Funded floor locks after the end-of-day balance reaches starting balance plus the original drawdown plus $100. Evaluation drawdown does not lock.