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Paid To Trade Program Overview

Full overview of Static, Instant, and Trail Accounts: rules, sizes, evaluation targets, drawdown limits, consistency, payout timing, profit splits, profit caps, add-ons, prohibited trading, and risk disclosure.

Written by Will | Paid To Trade
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Overview

Paid To Trade is built around Instant Payout Approvals and is designed for traders who expect payouts, not hope for them.

We publish a weekly transparency report. We target appeals responses in around 2 minutes during business hours.

Account Programs

Paid To Trade currently offers three main program categories:

  1. 1-Step Static Accounts

  2. Instant Funded Accounts

  3. 1-Step Trail Accounts

You can have all types of accounts at the same time.

Static Accounts

Static Accounts are built for traders who want static drawdown limits, faster payout access, and no consistency rule.

Static Account Sizes: 5K, 10K, 20K, 40K

Key Program Features:

  • Instant payout approvals

  • Payouts every 7 calendar days

  • No consistency rule

  • No profit cap

1-Step Static Evaluation Rules:

  • Profit target: 10%

  • Daily drawdown: 3% (static, calculated from the higher of end-of-day balance or equity)

  • Max drawdown: 6% (static, based on starting balance)

  • Minimum trading days: 4

  • No time limit

  • After passing: activated to Performance Account after KYC

1-Step Static Performance (Funded) Rules:

  • Daily drawdown: 3% (static, calculated from the higher of end-of-day balance or equity)

  • Max drawdown: 6% (static, based on starting balance)

  • Profit split: up to 90% (base 70%, upgradeable to 80% or 90% with Split Upgrade add-on)

  • No consistency rule

  • No profit cap

  • Payout schedule: weekly (first payout after 7 days, subsequent every 7 days)

Static Trading Rules:

  • News trading: prohibited (no trades within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after high-impact news events)

  • Weekend hold: allowed

  • EAs: allowed

  • Hedging: not allowed

  • Copy trading: not allowed

Static Add-ons:

  • Extended Drawdown: upgrades daily drawdown from 3% to 4% and max drawdown from 6% to 8% on the Performance account

  • Split Upgrade (80% / 90%): upgrades the base profit split from 70% to either 80% or 90%, depending on the option selected

Instant Funded Accounts

Instant Funded Accounts let you skip the evaluation and start trading immediately. There is no profit target to meet and no evaluation step.

Instant Account Sizes: 5K, 10K, 20K, 40K

Key Program Features:

  • No evaluation required

  • Instant payout approvals

  • Payouts every 7 calendar days

  • No consistency rule

  • No profit cap

Instant Funded Rules:

  • Daily drawdown: 4% (static, calculated from the higher of end-of-day balance or equity)

  • Max drawdown: 8% (static, based on starting balance)

  • Profit split: 80%

  • No consistency rule

  • No profit cap

  • Payout schedule: weekly (first payout after 7 days, subsequent every 7 days)

Instant Trading Rules:

  • News trading: prohibited (no trades within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after high-impact news events)

  • Weekend hold: allowed

  • EAs: allowed

  • Hedging: not allowed

  • Copy trading: not allowed

Instant Add-ons:

  • Payout Accelerator (1st payout only): request your first payout as soon as you reach 4% profit, bypassing the 7-day calendar day requirement. This applies exclusively to the first payout and does not carry over to subsequent payouts. All other payout rules continue to apply. Not available for 40K accounts.

Trail Accounts

Trail Accounts are designed for traders who want no daily loss rule, HFT support, and a clear path from evaluation to performance with scaling profit splits.

Trail Account Sizes: 25K, 50K, 100K

Key Program Features:

  • HFT allowed on evaluation

  • No daily loss rule

  • Scaling profit splits: 50% → 70% → 90%

1-Step Trail Evaluation Rules:

  • Profit target: 10%

  • Overall trailing drawdown (OTDD): 10%

  • No daily loss limit

  • No minimum trading days

  • No time limit

  • After passing: activated to Performance Account after KYC

1-Step Trail Performance (Funded) Rules:

  • Overall trailing drawdown (OTDD): 6% trailing from peak equity

  • No daily loss limit

  • Consistency rule (20%): no single trading day's profit and no single trade's profit may exceed 20% of total profit in the payout cycle. Must be satisfied before requesting payout.

  • Minimum trading days: 5 calendar days per payout cycle

  • Minimum profit target per day (to qualify as a valid trading day): 25K: $100, 50K: $200, 100K: $300

  • Profit split: 50% → 70% → 90% (advances to the next tier only when a payout is approved)

  • Profit cap: 6% of starting balance per payout cycle

  • Payout schedule: bi-weekly (first payout after 21 days, subsequent every 14 days)

Trail Payouts:

  • Payout approvals are instant after risk review

  • Transfers executed within minutes or hours

  • First payout: after 21 calendar days from first trade

  • Second and succeeding payouts: every 14 calendar days

Trail Trading Rules:

  • News trading: allowed

  • Weekend hold: allowed

  • EAs: allowed

Trail Add-ons:

  • Extended Drawdown: upgrades OTDD from 6% to 8% trailing from peak equity on the Performance account

  • No Minimum Trading Days: removes the 5-day minimum trading day requirement and the per-day minimum profit target on the Performance account

  • Payout Accelerator (1st payout only): request your first payout as soon as you reach 4% profit, bypassing the 21-day (or 7-day on Static Accounts) calendar day requirement. This applies exclusively to the first payout and does not carry over to subsequent payouts. All other payout rules and conditions continue to apply, including the consistency rule and minimum trading days (if applicable).

Risk Disclosure

Trading FX on simulated funding is risky and may not be suitable for everyone. No simulated profits are guaranteed. Funding depends on adherence to these rules and KYC. Prices and execution can be impacted by liquidity and market conditions, which may lead to slippage, delays, partial fills, or fills at worse prices than expected, so only participate if you fully understand these risks and can afford the potential loss.

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