At a glance
The short version
TradeDay runs 3 evaluation programs for futures traders. The headline one, QuickPay Intraday, asks for a 6% profit target with a 4% intraday trailing max loss and no daily loss limit. This page puts every TradeDay rule set in one table, runs each through thousands of simulated challenges to show what the rules alone do to your odds, and opens a chart that enforces them candle by candle — so you can rehearse the TradeDay challenge on real historical data before you pay for one.
TradeDay challenge rules, program by program
Rules as published on tradeday.com, checked 21 October 2026. Prop firms revise rules often — confirm on their site before you buy; the source for each program is in the fine print below. Account sizes offered: $50k, $100k, $150k.
What the TradeDay rules do to your odds
The same trader passes one firm's challenge far more often than another's, and the difference is the rules, not the trader. To isolate it, each program below was run through the CRTLAB challenge simulator for three traders: a break-even one (50% wins at 1:1 — zero edge, so any pass is the rules' slack plus luck), a small edge (45% at 1:1.5) and a solid edge (45% at 1:2).
Of TradeDay's 3 programs, QuickPay Intraday leaves a break-even trader the most room (26% pass) and QuickPay End of Day the least (26%).
| Program | Break-even trader | Small edge | Solid edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| QuickPay Intraday | 26% | 40.5% | 59.1% |
| FastPass End of Day | 26% | 40.5% | 59.1% |
| QuickPay End of Day | 26% | 40.5% | 59.1% |
Simulated: $100k account, 1% risk per trade, 2 trades a day, 60 trading days or the program's own limit; multi-phase programs multiply each phase's pass rate. Min-day and consistency rules are not simulated. Run your own numbers in the prop firm challenge calculator.
The rule most likely to end a TradeDay attempt
On QuickPay Intraday the target (6%) is 1.5× the room you have to lose (4%). That gap is the whole difficulty: a trader has to make 1.5 units for every unit they can afford to give back, so a cold streak early in the phase ends more attempts than a lack of edge does.
The max loss trails intraday, including open profit: a trade that runs 4% in your favour and comes back to break-even has used your entire allowance without closing a loss. This is the rule that catches traders who let winners breathe, and it is the first thing to rehearse.
There is no daily loss limit in the evaluation, so the max loss is the only floor — one undisciplined day can use all of it.
You need at least 5 trading days before a phase can pass, so a single big day does not finish it.
A 30% consistency rule applies: your best day can be at most 30% of total profit. One outsized winner can leave you above the target and still not passed.
In simulation, a trader with a small edge (45% wins at 1:1.5, 1% risk) fails 59.5% of phase-one attempts on the max loss; the ones who pass take a median of 6 trading days.
Rehearse the TradeDay challenge on a real chart
The button opens CRTLAB with prop firm mode running on TradeDay's QuickPay Intraday rules. The chart's HUD carries your progress to target, the distance to the max loss and the daily floor, and it calls the verdict — passed, phase two, or breached — the moment a rule is hit, exactly as the firm's dashboard would. Every TradeDay program and account size is one click away in the rules panel, and so are the other 98 firms in the catalogue.
What makes it a rehearsal rather than a demo account: you replay real historical data, candle by candle, on any of 38 markets from 1-minute to weekly, and you can do in an evening what a live challenge takes a month to show you. Run the same week three times with three different risk sizes and watch which one the intraday trailing floor catches.
There is no account to fund and no time limit on practice — the replay waits for you. When your rehearsals pass consistently, you know the edge survives TradeDay's rules before the fee is spent.
TradeDay fine print worth knowing
QuickPay Intraday: Intraday trailing drawdown; no daily loss limit. TradeDay's rules page.
FastPass End of Day: No daily loss limit. TradeDay's rules page.
QuickPay End of Day: No daily loss limit. TradeDay's rules page.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the official TradeDay challenge?
No. CRTLAB is an independent backtesting platform and is not affiliated with TradeDay. It reproduces TradeDay's published rules (checked 21 October 2026) so you can practise against them on historical data; passing here does not fund an account.
What is the TradeDay max drawdown?
QuickPay Intraday: 4% intraday trail; FastPass End of Day: 4% EOD trail; QuickPay End of Day: 4% EOD trail.
Does TradeDay have a daily loss limit?
QuickPay Intraday: none; FastPass End of Day: none; QuickPay End of Day: none.
What is the TradeDay profit target?
QuickPay Intraday: 6%; FastPass End of Day: 6%; QuickPay End of Day: 6%.
Is the TradeDay simulator free?
CRTLAB is free to try. You get prop firm mode with TradeDay's rules and every other firm's, with every tool the product has, for your first 10,000 candles of replay — roughly two hours of stepping through a chart, no card needed. After the sample, unlimited replay is $14.99 a month, cancel any time. Prop firm mode itself is never behind a paywall.