Tradeify vs DayTraders.com: prop firm rules compared

DayTraders.com's Full plan trails the drawdown intraday: the floor follows the highest balance the account reaches during the session, open profit included, and never moves back down — a winning trade given back before it is closed still lifts it. For example, at DayTraders.com's Full plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $47,500, $2,500 under the start.

On Tradeify and DayTraders.com's EOD and S2F plans the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at Tradeify and DayTraders.com's EOD and S2F plans a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

DayTraders.com's Static plan uses a static drawdown: the floor is set once, the drawdown below the starting balance, and does not move for the whole evaluation. For example, at DayTraders.com's Static plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $49,000, $1,000 under the start.

A soft daily loss limit pauses the day instead of failing the account: reach it and open positions are flattened, trading stops until the next session, and the account stays open. Tradeify's Growth Evaluation plan sets it at $1,250 on $50,000 and DayTraders.com's EOD plan sets it at $1,250 on $50,000. Tradeify's Select Evaluation plan and DayTraders.com's Full and Static plans have no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

Tradeify and DayTraders.com start the trading day at the same moment, 6:00 PM ET (5:00 PM CT); a daily loss limit counts from that reset, not from midnight.

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. Tradeify's Select Evaluation plan caps any single day at 40% of total profit, so it takes at least 3 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,200 of a $3,000 target. Tradeify's Lightning plan and DayTraders.com's S2F plan cap any single day at 20% of total profit, so it takes at least 5 profitable days to finish inside the rule. DayTraders.com's Full, Static and EOD plans cap any single day at 50% of total profit, so it takes at least 2 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,500 of a $3,000 target and $1,875 of a $3,750 target. Tradeify's Growth Evaluation plan applies no consistency rule in the evaluation, so one large day can count in full.

Tradeify requires at least 1 trading day on Growth Evaluation and 3 on Select Evaluation before a pass; DayTraders.com requires at least 2 trading days before a pass; Tradeify's Lightning plan sets no minimum number of days.

On automated trading — a strategy or bot sending the orders — at Tradeify it is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account; at DayTraders.com it is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account. Written answers: Tradeify (read Oct 21, 2026), DayTraders.com (read Oct 21, 2026).

Tradeify and DayTraders.com differ on 4 of the evaluation rules compared here: drawdown model, consistency rule, max drawdown at $50K and minimum trading days. If your trades often run into open profit that you give back before closing them, start with the drawdown: Tradeify trails at end of day, while DayTraders.com trails intraday or at end of day or holds a static floor, depending on the plan. If one or two large days make up most of your profit, the consistency rule sets how fast you can finish: Tradeify caps one day at 20–40% of total profit on some plans and has no cap on others; DayTraders.com caps one day at 20–50% of total profit. In dollars at $50K, Tradeify asks for $3,000 of profit with $2,000 of drawdown room, DayTraders.com for $3,000 with $2,500. To finish in as few sessions as possible, compare the minimum days: Tradeify sets no minimum on some plans and up to 3 trading days on others, DayTraders.com needs at least 2 trading days.

Once funded, the profit split is 90/10 at Tradeify and 100% (Pro sim) at DayTraders.com. Payout terms — Tradeify: Per cycle (Growth 5 profitable days · Select Flex 5 winning days · Select Daily daily); DayTraders.com: Every 8 qualifying days. Tradeify sells 3 plans: Growth Evaluation, Select Evaluation and Lightning; DayTraders.com sells 4 plans: Full, Static, EOD and S2F. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on Tradeify's site and DayTraders.com's site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.