Evaluation Rules Overview

The Evaluation Phase is where you prove your skill before entering the Express Phase.

Here are the rules you must follow:
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✓ Profit Target: 6%
Hit 6% profit on your account balance, while respecting all rules, to pass.
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​✓ Minimum Trading Days: 2
You must trade at least 2 separate days.
There is no maximum time limit, move at your own pace.

✓ End-of-Day Max Loss: 4%
Your account has a fixed EOD drawdown, not a trailing one.

✓ 50% Consistency Rule
No single trading day may account for more than 50% of your profit target.

✓ News Restrictions

You may not open or scale positions 2 minutes before or 2 minutes after a restricted “Red Folder” event.

List of restricted events is in the News Trading Rules article.

✓ Contract Limits

You must follow your account’s contract limits.

Full details in the Contract Limit article.

✓ Market Hour Exceptions

During certain CME volatility events, price-limit moves, or illiquid sessions, trading may be restricted.

Full details in the Market Hour Exceptions article.

Pass Requirements
​Hit the 6% profit target

Once passed → you enter Express Phase automatically.