TradersYard Review

Two futures challenges, Standard and Premium, each in $25,000, $50,000, $100,000 and $150,000 sizes. Both are one step: pass Step 1 and you go straight to a funded account. Standard costs $49, $99, $219 and $339; Premium costs $109, $219, $459 and $699. Fees are one-time, with no monthly or activation fee. TradersYard's earlier FX programs are no longer sold.

Standard has a 5% profit target and a 3% drawdown; Premium has a 6% target and a 4% drawdown. Premium doubles the contract limits and raises the per-payout reward caps, and it has no minimum profitable days once funded. In exchange, Premium keeps a 40% consistency rule after funding, while Standard drops consistency once funded but needs 5 profitable days per payout cycle.

There is no daily drawdown on either plan. The maximum drawdown is 3% (Standard) or 4% (Premium), trailing on end-of-day values: at 17:00 ET the floor moves up to follow the highest end-of-day equity or balance, never moves down, and locks permanently once it reaches the starting balance. On a $100,000 Standard account the floor starts at $97,000. After a payout, the floor moves to the starting balance and stays there.

No. There are no time limits in the challenge or on the funded account, and no minimum trading days to pass. Once funded, Standard accounts need 5 profitable days per payout cycle, each closing at least 0.4% of the starting balance ($400 on a $100,000 account). Premium has no profitable-day requirement. You must place at least one trade every 30 days or the account is closed permanently.

Yes. Your best day must be under 40% (Standard) or 51% (Premium) of your total closed profit to pass Step 1. Once funded, Standard has no consistency rule and Premium must stay under 40%, measured across the whole funded period and not reset after a payout. Exceeding the limit is not a breach: you keep trading until the ratio falls back under it.

After 10 days on the funded account, then every 10 days. Each payout needs at least 1% profit in the current cycle, and the minimum payout is 1% of the starting balance. You can withdraw up to 50% of your available profit each time; the rest stays in the account for later cycles. Standard accounts also need their 5 profitable days.

You keep 100% of the first $300 of each payout and 90% of everything above it, on both plans. On $1,200 of eligible profit you receive $300 plus $810, or $1,110.

Yes, per payout. Standard caps are $1,000, $1,500, $2,500 and $3,500 for the $25K, $50K, $100K and $150K accounts. Premium caps are $2,000, $3,000, $4,000 and $5,000. The caps do not expire.

Through Rise, in fiat or crypto, or directly in crypto, after KYC (Veriff or Rise) and a signed contract. TradersYard says it processes rewards within 1–2 business days of KYC approval and most traders are paid within 4–6 business hours. If a reward takes longer than 48 business hours, it adds 1% of the reward pool, up to $500.

No. Instead, after 10 payouts in total, 3 payouts from one account or $20,000 in rewards, the risk team reviews you for a live account, which pays 90% with daily payouts. If you are not selected, there is a 30-day cooldown before your funded accounts reopen. The risk team can also apply that cooldown after any account review.

No to both. News trading is not allowed from 10 minutes before to 5 minutes after a high-impact release: positions cannot be opened or closed, and stop loss and take profit orders do not fill. Every position must be closed before the 17:00 ET daily reset, so overnight and weekend holding are not allowed either.

Yes. No more than 30% of your total closed profit may come from trades held for under 10 seconds. Anything above 30% is deducted: with $10,000 of profit and $4,000 from sub-10-second trades, $1,000 is removed.

Arbitrage and latency exploitation, hedging between accounts, copy trading from external accounts or across linked accounts, third-party account management, gambling-style account churning, system exploits, bracket orders around news, and VPN or VPS use. Arbitrage, cross-account hedging, copy trading and account management are hard breaches that can end in suspension and offboarding; minor violations can mean warnings or profit deductions.

Futures accounts use contract limits instead of leverage. Standard allows 1 mini or 10 micros at $25K, 2/20 at $50K, 4/40 at $100K and 6/60 at $150K. Premium allows double: 2/20, 4/40, 8/80 and 12/120.

Commissions are $1.50 per side ($3 round trip) on standard and mini contracts and $0.50 per side ($1 round trip) on micros. There are no swaps, no monthly fee and no activation fee; the data feed and platform are included in the challenge fee.

Up to 5 funded accounts at once, of which at most 2 can be Premium, so up to $750,000 in funded capital. You can buy unlimited evaluations; if you pass while at the limit, the new funded account waits until a slot opens. Traders in Malaysia, Pakistan, Indonesia and India are limited to $100,000 in funded accounts combined.

TradersYard's own platform: WebTrader in the browser plus an iOS and Android app. It lists 52 futures on CME, COMEX, NYMEX, CBOT and NYBOT: equity indices, currencies, metals, energy, agriculture, livestock, interest rates and Treasuries, and micro bitcoin and ether futures.

You get a full refund if you ask within 14 days of purchase and have not placed a trade; after a trade there is no refund. There are no resets. If a challenge fails, TradersYard emails a 10% discount code for a new one, which starts fresh.

TradersYard GmbH, at Kärntner Ring 5-7 in Vienna, Austria, led by CEO and co-founder Manuel Sonnleithner. It began as a trading community in 2020, is backed by Andromeda Capital Partners Suisse, launched as a prop firm in 2024 and added futures in 2025. Futures challenges are not available in 47 countries, listed in its help centre.