Rules snapshot: the trap fields
Side by side, the fields comparison sites usually bury — the drawdown clock, the second fee, the instant option, and how many funded accounts you may run at once. Firm details checked against the firms’ own sites.
| Firm | Drawdown clock | Activation fee | Instant funded? | Funded account cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucid Trading | EOD trailing on Flex / Pro · intraday on Daily | None — any line | Yes — LucidDirect | 5 funded per household |
| Tradeify | End-of-day trailing | None — any account type | Yes — Lightning Funded | 5 funded per household |
| MyFundedFutures | EOD trailing (Rapid EOD, Pro, Builder) · Rapid switches to intraday once funded | None — any plan | No | Per-plan caps (e.g. 3 funded on Rapid EOD) |
| FundedNext | EOD trailing | None — any Futures challenge | Yes — Direct (50K) | 5 active funded accounts |
| Top One Futures | EOD trailing | Elite Access & classic Elite only | Yes — Instant Sim, Ignite | Up to 38 funded in total |
| Topstep | EOD trailing max loss — locks at starting balance | $149 on the Standard Path · $0 on the No-Activation path | No | 5 Express Funded Accounts |
| Apex Trader Funding | Your choice — intraday trailing or EOD trailing | Standard plans: due after passing · No-Activation variants: none | No | 20 funded PAs per household |
| Blue Guardian Futures | EOD trailing | None — any current model | Yes — Direct | 5 funded at once |
| TradeDay | Trailing — intraday or EOD in the eval; Quick Pay funded is always intraday | None | No | 10 accounts in total |
| Goat Funded Futures | EOD trailing (evals) · intraday trailing (Instant Classic) | None — any plan | Yes — Instant Classic, Instant Lite | 5 per plan (3 for Instant Classic) |
| FTMO Futures | EOD trailing, both plans | None | No | 3 Sim-Funded accounts |
| Elite Trader Funding | Live trailing, EOD trailing or static — by plan | Yes — every evaluation | Yes — Direct to Funded | 20 Sim-Funded accounts |
| Take Profit Trader | EOD trailing in the Test → intraday trailing in funded PRO | $130 (waived under NOFEE40) | No | 5 funded accounts |
| Earn2Trade | End-of-day drawdown | None upfront — $139 LiveSim fee comes out of the first withdrawal only | No | 5 eval accounts at once |
| Bulenox | Trailing or EOD — your choice of option | Qualification (classic) line only | Yes — Fast Track | 5 accounts in total |
EOD vs intraday, in one paragraph
Your drawdown is a floor your balance can’t close through — the question is when the floor is checked and when it moves. With end-of-day (EOD) trailing, the floor only recalculates after the session closes, based on your closing balance: dip intraday, recover by the close, and the dip never counted. With intraday trailing, the floor follows your highest open profit in real time, so a trade that runs up and pulls back raises your floor into your pullback — you can be breached while still green on the day. Same account size, same dollar limit, completely different difficulty. That’s why the drawdown clock is the first column we check, and the account size is the last.