🔄 Rule Changes Timeline

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Elite Live Rewards Program Updated — Tradeify has upgraded its Elite Live program to include a reward layer for traders performing in the live environment, allowing scaling and double payment on performance. The firm has published an article on X and updated the Help Center with clearer examples.

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Risk Adjustments for Live Funded Traders: Mini Restrictions Due to Volatility — TopStep has restricted trading of mini contracts in equities, precious metals, and energies for live funded traders due to extreme volatility and velocity logic halts. Micros remain available, but participation is cautioned as high volatility can lead to quick losses.

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Position Size Limits Updated for GC, MGC, SI, SIL — Alpha Futures has increased position size limits for Advanced, Standard, and Zero accounts on specific futures contracts. These changes are being rolled out now and will be fully active by the April 7th trading day.

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Good Friday Trading Hours Update — All positions must be closed by 08:00 a.m. CT on April 3, 2026. Positions may reopen after 5:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, April 5, 2026.

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Good Friday Trading Hours and Support Update — Markets will be closed on Good Friday (April 3, 2026) with all positions required to be liquidated by 9:14 AM EST. FFN staff will be off, and payouts will not be processed due to the federal bank holiday.

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April Fools: No Payout Suspensions, $69k Paid Out This Week — Phidias Propfirm clarifies that no payouts were suspended and highlights $69,390 in verified payments to rule-following traders. The firm emphasizes its commitment to processing 90% of requests under 30 minutes despite a misleading April Fools' announcement.

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Increased Account Limits for Funded and S2F Traders — Effective immediately, funded accounts have been increased from 5 to 15 per trader, and Straight-to-Funded (S2F) accounts from 3 to 5. This allows traders to apply execution strategies across a significantly larger allocation.

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Suspension of All Payouts — Phidias Prop Firm is suspending all payouts effective immediately. Full details regarding the new policy can be found on their website.

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Tradeify 3.0 Is Here and Everything Just Changed — Tradeify has launched version 3.0 with major updates including new platform choices (Tradesea, Rithmic), instant activation, and a one-time fee pricing model. Significant rule changes include adjusted profit targets for Select plans and tightened risk parameters for Lightning Funded accounts.

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$1,86

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$1,62

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AquaFutures Major Update: Soft Drawdown & One-Time Fees — AquaFutures has introduced significant changes including soft daily drawdown breaches, one-time fees for beginner accounts, and on-demand payouts. A limited-time 60% discount is available with code LUCKY.

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Lucid Trading: Price Increases and 90% Profit Split Return — Lucid Trading is increasing prices for select Flex Eval and Reset programs while returning to a 90% profit split for live traders. Additionally, a new fixed 2-week cooldown policy has been implemented for blown accounts effective April 26.

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LucidMaxx Update – Daily Payout Plan — LucidMaxx is an invite-only program rewarding profitable traders with daily, uncapped payouts and instant live capital. A dynamic pricing tier system will be implemented to adjust evaluation costs based on trader performance and sustainability.

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No Activation Fee for Futures — Starting today, there will be no activation fee for Futures challenges permanently. This change applies only to challenges purchased from March 27th onwards.

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$100 Million Payout Milestone — Lucid Trading has reached a $100 million payout milestone less than a year after launch. The firm highlights its commitment to fast payouts, noting that most traders receive funds within 5 minutes.

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Weekly Highlights: New Sprint Product & Rule Updates — GOAT Funded Futures has launched a new Sprint product with no consistency rule and expanded news trading permissions. The firm is also growing its support team and migrating the Sprint product to Tradovate soon.

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Rule Updates on News Trading and Holding — The firm has updated its rules regarding trading around news events. Traders can now trade freely around news in the Challenge, while a 2-minute buffer is introduced for the Funded accounts. Additionally, positions can be held through high-impact news events if opened before the pre-news window.

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Rule Updates on News Trading and Holding — The firm has updated its rules regarding trading around news events. There are now no restrictions for the Challenge account, while the Funded account has a 2-minute buffer around high-impact news. Additionally, positions can be held through news events if opened before the buffer period.

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$6M Paid Out to Live Traders — Tradeify has paid out over $6,000,000 to its live traders and continues to fund new members weekly. The firm emphasizes that these are real results from skilled traders accessing real capital.

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Trading Limits Adjusted for Gold and Energy Products — Topstep has increased contract limits for Gold and Micro Gold while decreasing limits for Crude Oil, Heating Oil, and RBOB due to market volatility. Silver, Copper, and Platinum remain restricted with unchanged limits.

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Temporary Margin Changes Announced — The platform margins for Nymex CL, BZ, and ICE Brent, WTI will be increased to $20,000. SierraCharts users who have traded Crude Oil recently will see a 300% exchange margin applied.

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Temporary Margin Changes Announced — The firm has announced temporary margin changes on CQG and Rithmic for several crude oil products, increasing platform margins to $20,000. SierraCharts users who traded Crude Oil recently will see their margins set to 300%.

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Major Daytraders Update Just Dropped — Daytraders has rolled out two significant upgrades: the minimum qualifying days to pass an evaluation has been reduced from 4 to 2 days, and the maximum contract size across accounts has been doubled. These changes are effective immediately and aim to help traders get funded faster and trade bigger.

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Major Daytraders Update Just Dropped — Daytraders has announced two significant upgrades: the minimum qualifying days to pass an evaluation has been reduced from 4 to 2 days, and the maximum contract size across accounts has been doubled. These changes are effective immediately and aim to help traders get funded faster and trade bigger.

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Major Daytraders Update Just Dropped — Daytraders has reduced the minimum qualifying days to pass an evaluation from 4 to 2 days, allowing traders to get funded faster. Additionally, the maximum contract size across accounts has been doubled, providing more buying power and flexibility.

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Tradovate

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Rithmic

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Tradovate

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Rithmic

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$1,90

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$1,00

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ELITE Account Consistency Rules Updated — New ELITE accounts now require a 50% consistency requirement during the evaluation stage, while the 40% rule is removed from the funded stage for new accounts. Prime and Instant accounts remain unchanged.

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Mise à jour règles legacy

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Abonnement

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OTP

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Free

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$79,00

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Limited Micro Trading Reinstated on GC/SIL — Effective immediately, limited micro trading is allowed on GC/MGC and SI/SIL contracts with specific position limits based on account size. Other restricted commodities remain suspended pending a reassessment on March 15th.

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Limited Micro Trading Reinstated on GC/SIL — Effective immediately, limited micro trading is allowed on GC/MGC and SI/SIL contracts with specific limits per account size. Other restricted commodities remain suspended pending a reassessment on March 15th.

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Update on Micro Trading Restrictions — Top One Futures has announced the re-allowance of limited micro trading on specific contracts due to changing market conditions. New limits per account size have been established to manage risk effectively.

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Prohibited: Hedging — Lucid Trading has automated its hedging violation system to address ongoing issues with traders continuing to hedge. The firm reiterates that hedging between funded accounts and evaluations is strictly prohibited, and violators will face additional penalties.

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Prohibited: Hedging — Lucid Trading has automated its hedging violation system to address ongoing issues with traders continuing to hedge. The firm reiterates that hedging between funded accounts and evaluations is strictly prohibited, and additional penalties will be enforced for violations.

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Prohibited: Hedging — Lucid Trading has automated its hedging violation system to prevent traders from hedging funded accounts with other funded accounts or evaluations. Additional disincentives have been implemented for those caught hedging, including losing the ability to upgrade evaluations in real-time.

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Tradovate Payouts Resolved — The issue with delayed payouts on Tradovate accounts has been fully resolved. Payouts will be processed in the morning.

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Temporary Product Restrictions — Sim Funded & Brokerage Accounts — Due to extreme volatility driven by the ongoing situation in the middle east, we are temporarily adjusting contract limits on select commodities effective immediately. These limits are temporary and will be reassessed as market conditions stabilize.

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Trailing drawdown only, 30% consistency, MAE rule, 5:1 risk-reward, 80% profit split, subscription billing, 8 days to payout

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2 account types (Intraday trailing + EOD), 50% consistency, no MAE (DLL instead), no payout denials, 100% profit split, one-time eval fee, 5 days to payout, max 6 payouts/account, no hedging

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Flex and Direct Updates — Lucid Trading is reviewing its Flex program due to traders exploiting its structure, which may lead to a price increase next month. Additionally, changes to the Direct product include removing the minimum trading day requirement and price increases on certain accounts.

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RIP LucidBlack. Hello Upgraded LucidPro? — Lucid Trading is merging the best features of the Pro and Black plans into a new structure called LucidPro. This includes a one-day pass evaluation, payouts every 3 days, and an improved payout structure, although there will be a modest price increase.

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LucidMaxx Account - Live Daily Payout Plan — Lucid Trading introduces a new daily payout plan for consistent traders, allowing them to purchase the LucidMaxx evaluation. This plan features daily payouts, no payout caps, and instant live capital for eligible traders.

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Major Update: Let's Try This Again — Lucid Trading is making significant changes to their Live Program based on trader feedback. The website will go down for updates, and changes will take effect on 2/28 at 12 AM EST, including a transition to a $0 starting balance and a new live bonus system.

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90% profit split

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80% profit split

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No consistency rule

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30% max daily profit rule added

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50K Full: $197

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50K Full: $187

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Payout every 5 trading days

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Payout every 10 trading days

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price: 125, profit_split_pct: 80

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price: 150, profit_split_pct: 70

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New Flex 50K plan added ($107)