TradeDay Review (2026)
A futures-only prop firm with a cheap monthly subscription and two routes, Quick Pay and Fast Pass. I haven't traded it, so this is a research review. The drawdown type is the thing to check: one route turns intraday once you are funded.
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Verdict: TradeDay is a cheap, rule-light futures firm: a monthly subscription, no activation fee, no daily loss limit and trade copiers allowed. For traders who want end-of-day trailing only, Fast Pass is the closest fit. Quick Pay EOD is end-of-day in the evaluation but intraday once funded, and Quick Pay Intraday is intraday throughout. I haven't traded TradeDay and it hasn't paid me. There is no static drawdown on the current plans. Read the "Watch out" section before you pay.
- Has it paid me?
- No. I haven't traded TradeDay; this is research only
- Best for
- Futures traders who want a low monthly cost and who check the funded drawdown type first
- Drawdown
- Fast Pass: end-of-day trailing. Quick Pay EOD: end-of-day in the evaluation, intraday when funded. Quick Pay Intraday: intraday. No static
- Price
- $45 to $180 a month on Quick Pay and $65 to $265 on Fast Pass at the current sale prices (checked 30 October 2026)
- Trustpilot
- 4.6 from 1,453 reviews (30 October 2026)
- Watch out
- Funded intraday switch on Quick Pay; 50/50 split below $4,000; payout and offboarding allegations; not SEC/CFTC registered
My experience with TradeDay
Drawdown: the main thing to check
| Route | In the evaluation | Once funded | My rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Pass | End-of-day trailing | Sources differ (see below) | Closest fit |
| Quick Pay EOD | End-of-day trailing | Intraday trailing | The switch is the problem |
| Quick Pay Intraday | Intraday trailing | Intraday trailing | I wouldn't buy it |
- Quick Pay EOD turns intraday when funded. TradeDay's payout policy says the trailing drawdown on all Funded Sim Quick Pay accounts is calculated intraday, and the pricing cards label it "End of Day (Intraday Funded Drawdown)" on the 50K, 100K and 150K sizes. You can pass on end-of-day rules and then trade a different rule. A 1-star Trustpilot reviewer complained of exactly this in July 2026; TradeDay replied that it is clearly outlined in its rules.
- Fast Pass funded drawdown is unconfirmed. The pricing cards show end-of-day in the evaluation, and one third-party reviewer says it stays end-of-day when funded. I did not find TradeDay wording that confirms it. Check the Fast Pass funded card at checkout before you rely on it.
- No static drawdown on current plans. TradeDay's own pricing cards and help center show only intraday and end-of-day. Sources differ: one reviewer says static was removed on 29 May 2026, another still lists it. I trust TradeDay's own cards.
- How it works: the end-of-day limit updates only at the end of each trading day from your closing balance, and intraday is enforced in real time. Either way it trails up until the floor reaches your starting balance, then locks. On Fast Pass the floor jumps to the starting balance on your first payout request and stays fixed. Open equity must still not drop below the active level, or the account is liquidated.
Watch out
- Funded intraday switch (Quick Pay EOD). See the drawdown section.
- 50/50 split below $4,000 on Quick Pay. Until your net profit passes $4,000, a $2,000 withdrawal returns $1,000. 80/20 only applies after that.
- Payout and offboarding allegations. A 1-star review (14 August 2026) says three funded accounts were disabled after a first payout request over an alleged third-party service. A 5-star review (23 July 2026) says the trader was suspended after four payouts. A third-party reviewer describes "discretionary offboarding". These are allegations.
- Subscription billing. Fees recur monthly and are non-refundable except where the law requires. One 1-star reviewer (21 September 2026) says a subscription kept billing after cancellation and a refund was refused; TradeDay said it would review. Another reviewer says an evaluation closed when the subscription was cancelled.
- Rules change. The 29 May 2026 relaunch replaced the old line-up, and on 26 July 2026 Fast Pass funded consistency and payout caps changed for newer accounts. Treat any page, including this one, as possibly stale.
- Strict trading rules. Day trading only, forced liquidation before the close, a news blackout and a list of banned practices. See the trading rules section.
- Funded Live costs. Live traders pay CME professional data of $156 a month per exchange plus commissions. One third-party reviewer also says profit above $10,000 is forfeited at the move to Funded Live; I couldn't confirm that on a TradeDay page, so treat it as unverified.
- Support. Trustpilot has several 1 and 2-star reviews about slow replies. It is praised elsewhere.
- Reviewer bias. The two longest third-party reviews I read (DamnPropFirms and PropNavi) earn commission from TradeDay. I used them as secondary sources only.
TradeDay rules by route
From TradeDay's pricing cards and help center, checked 30 October 2026. Futures only, simulated accounts, sizes $25K to $150K. Profit targets are the same on both routes.
| Quick Pay | Fast Pass | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown | Intraday or end-of-day version (funded: intraday) | End-of-day (funded: sources differ) |
| Profit target | $1,500 (25K), $3,000 (50K), $6,000 (100K), $9,000 (150K) | Same |
| Max drawdown | $1,000 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $3,000 (100K), $4,500 (150K) | Same |
| Daily loss limit | None found | None found |
| Consistency (evaluation) | No day above 30% of total profit | No day above 45% |
| Consistency (funded) | None | 45% on accounts opened on or after 26 July 2026; none on earlier ones |
| Minimum trading days | 5 | 3 (sources differ: one page says no minimum) |
| Contracts (evaluation) | 2 minis (25K), 5 (50K), 10 (100K), 15 (150K), also when funded | Funded: 1 mini (25K), 2 (50K), 3 (100K), 4 (150K), +1 per $2,000 profit. Evaluation limits: check the card |
What it costs
Prices are per month and billed as a subscription, so the evaluation keeps costing while you keep trading it. The "promo" prices are what TradeDay's pricing cards showed on 30 October 2026 under its own site-wide sale (Quick Pay "55% off", Fast Pass "50% off"). TradeDay appears to have run this sale for months, but it may change at any time. Check the checkout for the price you will actually pay.
| Plan | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Pay Intraday | $45 | $59 | $108 | $162 |
| Quick Pay EOD | $54 | $79 | $129 | $180 |
| Fast Pass | $65 | $95 | $175 | $265 |
Prices checked 30 October 2026, per month, promo with list price in brackets. Fees are non-refundable except where required by law. Activation fee: none ("TradeDay no longer has an activation fee"). Reset fee: equal to the promo monthly price on the card (for example $79 on Quick Pay EOD 50K, $95 on Fast Pass 50K), and a reset is free if you wait for your next subscription payment. Trading commissions are on top, with no markup over the broker: per side, including fees, NQ $2.88, MNQ $0.95, ES $2.88, MES $0.95, GC $3.10, MGC $1.20.
TradeDay discount code
I don't have a TradeDay code of my own, and I haven't invented one. TradeDay runs its own site-wide sale, and the prices in the table above already include it. I'm not listing third-party codes from coupon sites, because TradeDay hasn't confirmed them. Open the checkout through the button above and look at what the cart shows.
| Our code | None |
|---|---|
| Public sale | TradeDay's own site-wide sale: about 55% off Quick Pay and 50% off Fast Pass on the pricing cards (30 October 2026) |
| Where to check | TradeDay's checkout and its homepage banner |
Payouts
- Split (Quick Pay): 50/50 below $4,000 net profit, 80/20 above it. A payout that crosses $4,000 gets a mixed split. 90/10 in Funded Live.
- Split (Fast Pass): 80/20 on Funded Sim, 90/10 in Funded Live.
- Minimum payout: $250 on both routes.
- Eligibility: Quick Pay advertises "day-one payouts" with one minimum trading day and no buffer. Fast Pass has no buffer either, but needs 5 profitable days of at least $100 ($25K), $150 ($50K), $200 ($100K) or $250 ($150K), a balance above the start and net profit since your last payout. One older help page still mentions a buffer zone, so sources differ.
- Caps: Fast Pass is capped at 50% of the account balance per request. On accounts opened on or after 26 July 2026 the per-cycle caps are $750 (25K), $1,500 (50K), $1,875 (100K) and $2,250 (150K). Earlier accounts had $2,000, $2,500 and $3,000 on the 50K, 100K and 150K. No cap is listed in the Quick Pay policy.
- Speed: TradeDay says requests made before 5:30 pm are processed within 24 hours, on business days only. Its pages disagree on whether the cutoff is Central or Eastern time. I haven't been paid by TradeDay, so I have no timings of my own.
- How: request in the dashboard, paid through Riseworks, which you must set up first. Don't trade after requesting until you are paid.
- Withdrawal fees: international bank wire $15; US bank wire free; layer-1 crypto $2.50 plus gas; layer-2 crypto free.
- Funded Live: an invitation path. TradeDay says it may move a consistent trader to Live before the fifth payout request.
Our payout speed guide compares firms where I have real timings. TradeDay isn't one of them.
Trading rules: bots, copiers, news, hours
- Bots and automation: allowed only on supported platforms; TradeDay offers no platform API. Banned: bots bought from a third party, multiple users on the same bot (all accounts shut and users suspended), scalping systems producing more than 200 trades a day, a VPN or VPS used to mask your location, order splitting, hedging and ultra-high-speed or mass data entry. Profits from prohibited practices are confiscated. Get the rule in writing before running a bot. See prop firms that allow bots.
- Copy trading: allowed from your personal accounts or other evaluations into TradeDay. Across 2 to 10 accounts on evaluation and Funded Sim, up to 5 on Funded Live, and not between Live and Eval/Sim. The help page lists Tradesyncer among suggested copiers.
- Day trading only: the session opens at 5 pm CT. All positions must be closed 10 minutes before the daily close; evaluation accounts are auto-liquidated, and funded traders must close themselves. Funded traders may not trade within 2% of a price limit.
- News rule: tier 1 releases are blocked. Positions are liquidated 2 minutes before and trading resumes 2 minutes after. Tier 1 covers FOMC minutes and rate decisions, CPI and NFP, plus EIA crude and gas and crop reports for those markets only. Accidental breaches don't fail the account; abuse does.
- Account limits: up to 10 accounts at once, one username, one user per household, one broker only (sources differ on how the 10 splits between evaluation and funded).
Platforms, company and countries
- Platforms: Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView and Jigsaw, plus Rithmic-based platforms (R | Trader Pro, Quantower, ATAS, Motivewave, Bookmap, Sierra Chart and others). Quick Pay can use Tradovate or Rithmic. If you place orders from TradingView, see our TradingView guide.
- Data: Level 1 is free on evaluations and Funded Sim. No outside data feeds.
- Company: TradeDay LLC, Chicago, Illinois. The homepage says "Established 2020". The footer states it is not registered with the SEC or CFTC. A third-party reviewer says the executing broker isn't disclosed. I found no regulator warning, but I didn't search every register.
- Restricted countries: a third-party reviewer says about 80 countries are restricted, set by the US clearing firm. I did not read the list, so check TradeDay's before you buy.
- Reputation: Trustpilot shows 4.6 from 1,453 reviews (30 October 2026), 85% five-star and 6% one-star, and TradeDay replied to 86% of negative reviews. That is a public score, not my rating. TradeDay's homepage also claims "$10M+ verified payouts"; that figure is self-reported and I couldn't verify it. TradeDay's footer puts its pass rate at 36% for January to June 2026, which is the firm's own figure; one reviewer cites about 28% from third-party sources, also unverified.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Low monthly price and no activation fee
- No daily loss limit; drawdown is the headline rule
- Fast Pass uses end-of-day trailing in the evaluation
- Trade copiers allowed (Tradesyncer listed)
- Free Level 1 data on evaluations and Funded Sim
- Trustpilot 4.6 from 1,453 reviews (30 October 2026)
Cons
- I haven't traded it and it hasn't paid me
- Quick Pay funded accounts trail intraday; no static option
- 50/50 split below $4,000 on Quick Pay; Fast Pass payouts capped
- Non-refundable subscription; sale prices may change
- Payout and offboarding allegations; not SEC/CFTC registered
- Day trading only, news blackout, strict banned-practice list
Who TradeDay is for
A possible fit: futures day traders who want a low monthly cost, choose the plan by its drawdown (Fast Pass for end-of-day), trade by hand or with a copier, and are prepared to test a small account and request a first payout early.
Not a good fit: anyone who wants a static or end-of-day drawdown guaranteed after funding, swing traders, traders who hold through the close or the news, bot users who bought their bot, and anyone who needs a firm with a payout record of their own to show. If you want a futures firm that has paid me, look at Lucid Trading.
FAQ
Does TradeDay actually pay out?
I don't know first-hand: I haven't traded it and it hasn't paid me. TradeDay shows 4.6 on Trustpilot from 1,453 reviews and says over 98% of payouts are approved, but some reviewers allege accounts were disabled after payout requests. Those are unverified allegations, so test with a small account and an early payout.
Is TradeDay's drawdown trailing or end-of-day?
Both exist. Fast Pass is end-of-day trailing in the evaluation. Quick Pay comes as Intraday or EOD, but funded Quick Pay accounts calculate trailing drawdown intraday. There is no static option on the current plans, though sources differ on that. See the table above.
Is there a TradeDay discount code?
I don't have a code of my own, so I'm not listing one. TradeDay runs its own site-wide sale and the prices here already include it. It may change, so check the checkout.
Can I use a bot or copy trader on TradeDay?
Copy trading is allowed from your own personal accounts or other evaluations, across up to 10 accounts on evaluation and Funded Sim. Automation is allowed only on supported platforms, and bots bought from a third party, VPN or VPS use to mask location, and more than 200 trades a day are banned. Check the current policy with support first.
Does TradeDay have an activation fee, and can I get a refund?
There is no activation fee. Subscription fees are non-refundable except where the law requires, and a reset costs the same as one month at the promo price (free if you wait for the next subscription payment). Cancelling may close an evaluation, according to one reviewer.
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