Take Profit Trader $25,000 Account Rules

Last verified: 2026-03-21 | Official rules page

Take Profit Trader's $25,000 evaluation has a $500 daily loss limit (2.2%), $1,500 maximum drawdown (trailing eod (floor moves up at end of day)), and a $1,500 profit target. No minimum trading days. Fee: $150.

Rules by Phase
evaluationfunded
Daily Loss$550 (2.2%)$550 (2.2%)
Max Drawdown$1,500$1,500
DD TypeTrailing EODTrailing EOD
Profit Target$1,500None
Min DaysNoneNone
News Tradingallowedallowed
OvernightNoNo
What This Means In Practice

You can lose max $500 in a single day.

Your account can never drop below $23,500.

If you grow to $26,000 by end of day, the floor moves up to $24,500. Your safety net stays the same size, but it follows you up.

At 1% risk per trade ($250), you can take 2 losing trades before hitting the daily limit.

How Many Losing Trades Before You Blow

Understanding how many consecutive losers your account can survive is the difference between passing and failing. Here is the math for the Take Profit Trader $25,000 account at different risk levels, based on the $1,500 max drawdown (trailing eod (floor moves up at end of day)).

Risk Per TradeDollar RiskLosers to Max DDLosers to Daily Limit
0.5%$125124
1%$25062
1.5%$37541
2%$50031
3%$75020

At the commonly recommended 1% risk per trade ($250), you can absorb 6 consecutive losing trades before breaching the $1,500 max drawdown. However, the $500 daily loss limit means you can only take 2 losers in a single day before getting locked out. This is the constraint that bites most traders first.

Because Take Profit Trader uses trailing eod (floor moves up at end of day), profits do not create additional buffer. If you are up $1,000 and then start losing, you still only have $1,500 of drawdown room from your peak. This is why trailing drawdown firms require more conservative risk management.

Position Sizing Guide for $25,000

Proper position sizing on the Take Profit Trader $25,000 account depends on your stop loss distance, the instrument you trade, and the rules you need to respect. Below are practical guidelines for this specific account.

Futures (ES / NQ micro and standard):

At 1% risk ($250) on the Micro E-mini S&P 500 (MES, $5/point), you can risk 50 points per contract, or trade 5 MES contracts with a 10-point stop. On the standard ES ($50/point), a 10-point stop means a $500 risk per contract, so you can trade 0 contracts at 1% risk. Daily limit of $500 means a maximum of 10 points of loss on 1 ES contract per day.

Conservative vs. aggressive sizing:

Conservative (0.5% risk): Risk $125 per trade. You can survive 12 consecutive losers before max drawdown. At a 2:1 reward-to-risk ratio, you need 6 winning trades (with no losers) to hit the $1,500 profit target.

Standard (1% risk): Risk $250 per trade. You can survive 6 consecutive losers. At a 2:1 reward-to-risk ratio, you need 3 winning trades to hit the target.

Aggressive (2% risk): Risk $500 per trade. Only 3 losers before breach. Just 1 losers hit the daily limit. Not recommended unless you have a proven win rate above 60%.

The key takeaway: on a $25,000 account with $1,500 max drawdown, trailing drawdown means you need to be especially disciplined because your floor follows your peak equity. Your profit target is $1,500 (6%), which means you need to earn 2.0x what you can afford to lose. Use the drawdown simulator to test different scenarios.

Pros
  • +No minimum trading days
  • +No consistency rule
  • +EOD trailing drawdown (not intraday)
  • +Weekly payouts
  • +TradingView supported
Cons
  • -Trailing drawdown floor moves up with profits
  • -No overnight holding
  • -Futures only — no forex
  • -Less promotional discounts than competitors
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