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Base price: $699
Base price · no live code
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Base price: $407With code CRITIC: $250.40
38% off with CRITIC · saves $156.60 · all challenges · DLL on
Cost
Base price
$699
$407
Price with code
No live code
$250.40
38% off with
CRITIC — all challenges — DLL onAccount size
$150K
$150K
Profit split
90%
90% trader / 10% firm
Evaluation rules
Profit target
6% in one step; no time limit
Evaluation — 25K $1,250; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
Max drawdown
5% end-of-day trailing
EOD trailing max loss limit — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500. Locks at starting balance + $100 once the account closes above the initial trail balance (25K $26,100; 50K $52,100; 100K $103,100; 150K $154,600); a payout drops the limit straight to the locked figure.
Daily loss limit
3% of the starting balance, hard breach
Optional at checkout — $600 (25K) · $1,200 (50K) · $1,800 (100K) · $2,700 (150K) when enabled, none when off. Turning it on does not change the list price.
Min trading days
None to pass; 5 profitable days of 0.5%+ per payout
Evaluation none — no time limit; payout eligibility needs 5 profitable days per cycle
Funded rules
Funded drawdown
Same 3% daily and 5% EOD trailing; balance must stay 3% above start after each payout
EOD Trailing
Consistency rule
Best day 50% or less of total profit to pass
50% during the evaluation — largest single day divided by total profit. A small cushion is built in, so passing in two days is possible. Drops away at live status.
Consistency rule (funded)
None
None — LucidFlex funded accounts carry no consistency requirement
News trading (challenge)
Allowed: positions no longer have to be flattened for news, in evaluation or funded
Not recorded
News trading (funded)
Allowed: positions no longer have to be flattened for news, in evaluation or funded
Not recorded
Max live balance
Up to $4,000,000 across all Alpha Funded accounts
Up to 5 active funded accounts per household or family, combined across all funded account types
Scaling plan
Not recorded
Funded accounts only, updated at the end of each session as simulated profit moves. 25K: 1 mini at $0–999, 2 minis at $1,000+. 50K: 2 minis at $0–999, 3 at $1,000–1,999, 4 at $2,000+. 100K: 3 minis at $0–999, 4 at $1,000–1,999, 5 at $2,000–2,999, 6 at $3,000+. 150K: 4 minis at $0–999, 5 at $1,000–1,999, 6 at $2,000–2,999, 8 at $3,000–4,499, 10 at $4,500+. No scaling plan during the evaluation.
Options & add-ons
Customizable at checkout
Not recorded
daily loss limit (on or off)
Payouts
Payout frequency
Every 5 profitable days
No fixed window — request any day once eligibility is met
First payout
After 5 profitable days of 0.5%+
Five separate days at or above the minimum daily profit (25K $100; 50K $150; 100K $200; 150K $250) plus positive net profit for the cycle; $500 minimum request. No buffer balance to maintain.
Min days to payout
5 profitable days of 0.5%+
5 profitable days per payout cycle
Processing time
24 business hours after approval
No fixed payout window; once approved funds leave the account within minutes and are disbursed within 2 business days via Plaid, WorkMarket by ADP or crypto
Refund policy
No refund program on futures accounts is published
Not recorded
Payout methods
Rise (crypto, ACH or wire)
Not recorded
Trading rules
Weekend holding
Allowed
No — the session closes 4:45 PM EST Friday and trading resumes 6:00 PM EST Sunday
Overnight holding
Allowed
No — all positions are auto-closed at 4:45 PM EST Monday to Friday. Holding past the cutoff does not fail the account.
Hedging
Prohibited, within one account and across accounts
Prohibited in every form — long and short the same contract in one or separate accounts, between different users, and across firms. Flagged accounts are reset to the prior day's balance; repeat offences breach all accounts involved.
Copy trading
Allowed only between accounts you own; no signal services or copying anyone else
Permitted — trade copiers are allowed, subject to the HFT and microscalping policies
Expert advisors (EAs)
HFT and software built for an unfair speed advantage are prohibited
Permitted — automated trading systems are allowed; the trader carries responsibility for software errors, and HFT remains prohibited
Other restrictions
Prohibited: account stacking or draining, grid, martingale, tick scalping (trades of ~30 seconds or less), latency or reverse arbitrage, hedging within or across accounts, max size into news or macro reports for unrealistic fills, trading outside the best bid/offer, HFT or speed software, signal copying and account management. Not available in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, India, China or Myanmar, or to sanctioned persons.
Microscalping flagged when more than 50% of profits come from trades held 5 seconds or less; HFT prohibited; hedging prohibited across accounts, users and firms; martingaling discouraged. DCA, genuine scalping, flipping and trade copiers are allowed. 30 calendar days without at least $1 of net profit or loss permanently deletes the account; breached evaluations are deleted after 30 days unless reset.
Commission / lot
Not recorded
One-time fee · no subscription or automatic rebilling · no activation fee · resets not automatic or freefirm-level
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Where they differ
Lucid Trading leads 2 of 2
Alpha Funded Futures
Flex
Lucid Trading
LucidFlex
Base price
$699
Winner: $407
Price with code
$699
Winner: $250.40
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