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.
- Founder-led continuity: James Sixsmith built the firm in January 2022 and still runs it as CEO four years later, which is rare in the prop-futures category.
- Daily payouts after the buffer requirement is met. Most withdrawals clear within ~24 hours per Trustpilot and Reddit, with no scheduled cycle to wait for.
- PRO+ auto-promotion since March 18, 2026: TPT manages the upgrade based on consistency and risk review, with no application, no fee, and a 90/10 split.
- Four supported platforms (NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Rithmic) and live Tradovate execution at PRO+, broader than most futures-only peers.
- NOFEE40 promo gives 40% off Test monthly fee for the lifetime of the account plus waives the $130 PRO activation fee, which carries through resets.
- PRO intraday trailing drawdown is the #1 Trustpilot complaint: the lock-at-peak mechanic earned the firm its 'easy to pass, hard to keep' reputation.
- Test 50% consistency rule restricts payout-after-pass timing: a single dominant day can delay funding even when the profit target is hit.
- Reset fees climb steeply on PRO ($399 to $1,499 by size), and accounts close after three resets with no further restart.
- January 28, 2026 Tradovate outage exposed a ~2-day comms gap; TPT remediated affected accounts but trust impact was real.
- Funded-account ecosystem is smaller than Apex or Topstep; no parallel-account cluster strategy and a 5-account combined PRO/PRO+ cap.
My Experience
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.
Account Types & Pricing
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.
Trading Rules You Need To Know
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.
Platforms You Can Trade With
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.
My Strategy To Regular Payouts
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.
Trust & Legitimacy: What You Need To Know
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 This Firm Compares To Other Ones
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 | HIPROPTRA scaling | 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is TakeProfitTrader legit?
TakeProfitTrader was founded in January 2022 by James Sixsmith (former pro hockey player, Holy Cross alumnus, ran Trade Context 2017-2022) and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The firm holds a 4.4 Trustpilot rating across roughly 8,750 reviews, has been paying out daily for four years, and runs all evaluations in a simulated environment, which is standard for the futures prop-firm category.
How does the TakeProfitTrader Test → PRO → PRO+ progression work?
Test is the single-step evaluation with a profit target, EOD trailing drawdown, a 5-day minimum, and a 50% consistency rule. PRO is the funded phase with an 80/20 split, intraday trailing drawdown, and no consistency rule. PRO+ is the auto-promoted live execution phase with a 90/10 split that reverts to EOD trailing drawdown.
What is the TakeProfitTrader profit split?
TakeProfitTrader pays 80% to the trader on PRO accounts and 90% to the trader on PRO+ accounts. PRO+ promotion runs automatically since March 18, 2026 based on TPT's internal consistency, risk, and execution review with no application or additional cost.
What is the TakeProfitTrader drawdown structure?
Test uses EOD trailing drawdown that updates only on closing balances at 5 PM ET and locks at the starting balance once reached. PRO switches to intraday trailing drawdown that follows real-time peak balance including unrealized gains. PRO+ reverts to EOD trailing drawdown.
When did TakeProfitTrader remove the daily loss limit?
TakeProfitTrader removed the daily loss limit across all phases including Test in January 2025. EOD trailing drawdown on Test and PRO+, plus intraday trailing drawdown on PRO, are now the only hard-loss guardrails. Older articles citing a March 2026 removal date are incorrect.
What account sizes does TakeProfitTrader offer?
TakeProfitTrader offers five account sizes: $25K, $50K, $75K, $100K, and $150K. Test pricing runs $150 / $170 / $245 / $330 / $360 per month with profit targets of $1,500, $3,000, $4,500, $6,000, and $9,000 respectively. Maximum funding is $150,000 per account.
How fast does TakeProfitTrader pay out?
TakeProfitTrader offers daily payouts after the buffer requirement is met on a PRO account. Traders must reach starting balance plus the maximum drawdown amount before any withdrawal. Most payouts clear within roughly 24 hours per Trustpilot and Reddit reports, with no scheduled cycle window.
What platforms does TakeProfitTrader support?
TakeProfitTrader supports four platforms: NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, and Rithmic. PRO+ live execution runs through Tradovate. Data routing on the underlying CQG infrastructure backs all four front-ends with the same market access.
What is the NOFEE40 promo at TakeProfitTrader?
NOFEE40 gives 40% off the Test monthly subscription fee for the lifetime of the account and waives the $130 PRO activation fee. The promo's advertised expiry rolls forward and has functioned as a near-permanent fixture through 2026. Apply NOFEE40 at checkout for the discount.
What is the TakeProfitTrader Test consistency rule?
Test enforces a 50% consistency rule: no single trading day can generate more than 50% of total Test-phase profit. The rule applies on Test only, not on PRO or PRO+. The rule restricts payout-after-pass timing because a single dominant day forces additional balanced trading days before funding.
What are the TakeProfitTrader reset fees?
Test resets cost $100 flat across all sizes, with monthly subscription renewal including a free reset. PRO resets cost $399 / $649 / $799 / $999 / $1,499 by size ($25K to $150K). Maximum three PRO resets, after which the account closes. PRO+ accounts cannot be reset.
What happened with the January 28, 2026 Tradovate outage?
On January 28, 2026, a Tradovate outage caused stuck positions and a roughly 2-day support response gap at TakeProfitTrader. The firm remediated affected accounts but the incident generated a negative review spike. The episode highlighted the importance of platform diversification and an active comms protocol during outages.
What are the TakeProfitTrader news trading restrictions?
Test phase carries no news restrictions. PRO requires positions flat one minute before, during, and after FOMC, NFP, and CPI releases. PRO+ inherits the same news-trading windows as PRO. News trading is allowed outside those windows on every phase.
How many TakeProfitTrader accounts can I run?
TakeProfitTrader caps active PRO and PRO+ accounts at 5 combined. There is no separate cap on Test accounts during evaluation. The combined cap is meaningfully smaller than Apex's 20-account ceiling but consistent with most major peers (Topstep at 5, Tradeify at 5).
Does TakeProfitTrader allow overnight holding?
TakeProfitTrader requires all positions flat by 5 PM ET, Monday through Friday, on every phase including PRO+. No overnight holding is permitted. PRO must trade at least one day per calendar week to keep the account active.
Is TakeProfitTrader available outside the United States?
TakeProfitTrader is headquartered in Orlando, Florida and supports traders in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, India, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, and Nigeria. The full restricted-country list lives in the help center; CME-rule enforcement applies, with VPN or falsified KYC resulting in permanent termination.
How does TakeProfitTrader compare to Apex or Topstep?
Apex and Topstep both run multi-account scaling strategies (Apex's 20-account cluster is the headline) and have larger funded ecosystems. TakeProfitTrader's differentiator is the founder-led structure under James Sixsmith, the daily payout cadence, and the four-platform stack. The 80/90 split scaling at PRO+ matches industry leaders.