Traders Launch
Five one-step products across futures (NYC and 22-Hour sessions) and crypto. EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no daily loss limit, and payouts process daily once above +1% buffer. But marketing claims of "no payout caps" collide with a $100,000 cumulative pause, and terms state traders referred by partners may be denied payouts entirely.
Traders Launch LLC is a Pennsylvania entity with no financial licence and no clearing broker named; all accounts are simulated. While the headline sells "No consistency rules once funded", section 74 of the contract requires satisfying consistency rules before receiving a scalable funding offer, and section 101 reserves absolute discretion over payouts as non-compensatory performance awards.
Not enough published data to simulate this firm’s floor.
This firm publishes its floor by account size — see the cited table below.
Judged, clean of all seven hard bars, and the scorecard still came in under the bar. Nothing here is an accusation — it is a firm we would not open an account with, and the card says on which axes it fell short.
Scorecard
10Trails on daily closes only, then freezes at your starting balance
A named company, but no financial regulator anywhere — or a light-touch one only
A per-request cap well below the account size
Two official channels disagree on a number that matters
Under a year, or too few reviews to mean anything
Each axis is scored 0–5 against a published scale. The line under each bar is the rung this firm landed on — not our summary of it, the scale entry itself.
Trustpilot
What this firm published
Everything below is quoted from a page we opened, on the date shown. The quotes are in the firm’s own language, exactly as published — never edited, never shortened, never swapped for a translation. On the Spanish edition our own rendering appears underneath each one, unquoted and marked as ours: the quotation marks on this site mean the words are the firm’s, and nothing we wrote ever wears them. Where we have not read enough to put a number on an axis, we say so instead of guessing.
3/5
Can you even pass?
Almost nobody who pays for an evaluation ever reaches a funded account, so this is the part of the product most customers actually buy. Every firm advertises its profit target; none of them advertises that target next to how much you are allowed to lose while chasing it.
3/5
Can you keep the money?
The drawdown takes the account away; the payout rules take the money. Answered by whichever of the two we can measure and is worse — they are two ways of losing the same thing, so a good half cannot pay for a bad one.
3/5
Is anyone behind it?
A named company, a market, and rules you could read before paying. These three do not substitute for one another — a company you can sue does not stop existing because the account is a simulation — so this is the average of the ones we could measure, not the worst.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $20.80/8
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$79","split80Fee":"$159","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finish60 days1.80/3
“60-day maximum time limit to pass”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in3 days2/2
“Minimum 3 trading days”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target2%—
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$79","split80Fee":"$159","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.no change2/2
“Daily loss limit None (EOD drawdown only) Strict daily loss rules”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed1%no change0/1
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$79","split80Fee":"$159","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey publish no ceiling.They state there is none.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“No consistency rules once funded”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Any payout constitutes a discretionary, performance-based award and not compensation for services rendered.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money3 days2/2
“3 Days to Your First Payout.
Then Every Day After That.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey state there is none.2/2
“Payout caps None $5K-$10K per cycle”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first request1%1/1
“Eligible for payouts once funded account profit is above +1%”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held2 secondsno change—
“accounts may be paused for review when more than 10% of trades are opened and fully closed within two seconds”Forced close before the weekendThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Futures Evaluation Rules”Limit on position size2we did not read this stage—
“Futures 100K
22‑Hour Session
80 % Profit Split
$100,000
Starting Capital
$159
One-time fee
Profit Target: $2,000
Max Drawdown: $1,000 EOD - Locks at Starting Balance
Starting Size: 2 Mini or 20 Micros
Scale up to 15 mini contracts
No Additional Fees Once Funded”No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growpayouts taken—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”How large it can get$100,000—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Traders who reach $100,000 in cumulative payouts will be paused, and become eligible for additional scaling opportunities, including increased allocations and priority consideration for future live-capital opportunities.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $20.80/8
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$79","split80Fee":"$159","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finish60 days1.80/3
“60-day maximum time limit to pass”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in3 days2/2
“Minimum 3 trading days”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target2%—
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$79","split80Fee":"$159","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.no change2/2
“Daily loss limit None (EOD drawdown only) Strict daily loss rules”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed1%no change0/1
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$79","split80Fee":"$159","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey publish no ceiling.They state there is none.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“No consistency rules once funded”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Any payout constitutes a discretionary, performance-based award and not compensation for services rendered.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money3 days2/2
“3 Days to Your First Payout.
Then Every Day After That.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey state there is none.2/2
“Payout caps None $5K-$10K per cycle”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first request1%1/1
“Eligible for payouts once funded account profit is above +1%”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held2 secondsno change—
“accounts may be paused for review when more than 10% of trades are opened and fully closed within two seconds”Forced close before the weekendThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Futures Evaluation Rules”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growpayouts taken—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”How large it can get$100,000—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Traders who reach $100,000 in cumulative payouts will be paused, and become eligible for additional scaling opportunities, including increased allocations and priority consideration for future live-capital opportunities.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $20.80/8
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$49","split80Fee":"$99","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finish60 days1.80/3
“60-day maximum time limit to pass”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in3 days2/2
“Minimum 3 trading days”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target2%—
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$49","split80Fee":"$99","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.no change2/2
“Daily loss limit None (EOD drawdown only) Strict daily loss rules”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed1%no change0/1
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$49","split80Fee":"$99","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey publish no ceiling.They state there is none.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“No consistency rules once funded”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Any payout constitutes a discretionary, performance-based award and not compensation for services rendered.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money3 days2/2
“3 Days to Your First Payout.
Then Every Day After That.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey state there is none.2/2
“Payout caps None $5K-$10K per cycle”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first request1%1/1
“Eligible for payouts once funded account profit is above +1%”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held2 secondsno change—
“accounts may be paused for review when more than 10% of trades are opened and fully closed within two seconds”Forced close before the weekendThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Futures Evaluation Rules”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growpayouts taken—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”How large it can get$100,000—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Traders who reach $100,000 in cumulative payouts will be paused, and become eligible for additional scaling opportunities, including increased allocations and priority consideration for future live-capital opportunities.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $20.80/8
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$49","split80Fee":"$99","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finish60 days1.80/3
“60-day maximum time limit to pass”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in3 days2/2
“Minimum 3 trading days”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target2%—
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$49","split80Fee":"$99","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“EOD drawdown locks at starting balance with no intraday trailing”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.no change2/2
“Daily loss limit None (EOD drawdown only) Strict daily loss rules”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed1%no change0/1
“{"size":"$100,000","split55Fee":"$49","split80Fee":"$99","profitTarget":"$2,000","eodDrawdown":"$1,000"}”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey publish no ceiling.They state there is none.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“No consistency rules once funded”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Any payout constitutes a discretionary, performance-based award and not compensation for services rendered.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money3 days2/2
“3 Days to Your First Payout.
Then Every Day After That.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey state there is none.2/2
“Payout caps None $5K-$10K per cycle”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first request1%1/1
“Eligible for payouts once funded account profit is above +1%”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held2 secondsno change—
“accounts may be paused for review when more than 10% of trades are opened and fully closed within two seconds”Forced close before the weekendThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Futures Evaluation Rules”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growpayouts taken—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”How large it can get$100,000—
“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Traders who reach $100,000 in cumulative payouts will be paused, and become eligible for additional scaling opportunities, including increased allocations and priority consideration for future live-capital opportunities.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $14.40/8
“Crypto 5K
80 % Profit Split
$5,000
Starting Capital
$ 20
One-time fee
Profit Target: $ 200
Max Drawdown: $ 200 EOD - Locks at Starting Balance”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finish60 days1.80/3
“60-day maximum time limit to pass”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in4 days2/2
“Minimum 4 trading days”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target4%—
“Crypto 5K
80 % Profit Split
$5,000
Starting Capital
$ 20
One-time fee
Profit Target: $ 200
Max Drawdown: $ 200 EOD - Locks at Starting Balance”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“Crypto 5K
80 % Profit Split
$5,000
Starting Capital
$ 20
One-time fee
Profit Target: $ 200
Max Drawdown: $ 200 EOD - Locks at Starting Balance”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“Crypto 5K
80 % Profit Split
$5,000
Starting Capital
$ 20
One-time fee
Profit Target: $ 200
Max Drawdown: $ 200 EOD - Locks at Starting Balance”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed4%no change0.25/1
“Crypto 5K
80 % Profit Split
$5,000
Starting Capital
$ 20
One-time fee
Profit Target: $ 200
Max Drawdown: $ 200 EOD - Locks at Starting Balance”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey state there is none.3/3
“No 25%/consistency rule once funded”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Any payout constitutes a discretionary, performance-based award and not compensation for services rendered.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for moneyThey state there is none.2/2
“No time restriction on withdrawals”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey state there is none.2/2
“Payout caps None $5K-$10K per cycle”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.no change—
“One-step evaluation
24/7 crypto trading
Minimum 4 trading days
60-day maximum time limit to pass
Trade BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP”Leverage1:5by instrument
no change—
by instrument
“Symbols
BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP
Leverage
5x
Profit split
80%”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How large it can getThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Where the path endsThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
The rules in writing
Could you read the rule before paying, and can they change it afterwards?
Where the rule that binds you is publishedin the document its own contract points at4/4
“This "Agreement" contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to your participation in our site.”If the rule that binds you lives in a help article your contract never mentions, you did not sign it.
Can it change the rules without noticeyes, and it says so0.60/3
“Amendments to this agreement can be made and effected by us from time to time without specific notice to your end.”The clause that makes every dated verdict perishable, including ours. Near-universal, so not fatal.
Is the binding document datedyes2/2
“Last Updated: July 16, 2026”Without a date you cannot tell whether the rule you read is the rule they apply.
Two official pages that disagree
the payout terms · costs money
“No Payout Caps
Withdraw your profits in full”“Traders pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts and become eligible for scaling opportunities”the consistency rule · costs money
“No consistency rules once funded”“As soon as an Evaluation Funded Trader reaches the set profit goals set forth upon signup, and satisfies the consistency rule, without violating any risk rules and trade restrictions, the Evaluation Account will automatically be paused and a Traders Launch funding specialist will reach out to schedule a funding call.”the payout terms · costs money
“3 Days to Your First Payout.
Then Every Day After That.”“Notwithstanding the forgoing, if you are introduced to Traders Launch by a Traders Launch partner program, you may not be eligible for payouts on simulated trading profits.”The company behind it
If it goes wrong, which company do you claim against, and under whose laws?
The company you contract withTraders Launch LLCno change4/4
“Traderslaunch.com a property of Traders Launch LLC did not summon and/or recommend ANY kind of trading, trading decisions, investment and investment decisions but is a platform to prove you have what it takes to be a consistent trader.”With no named company there is nobody to sue.
Where it is registeredCommonwealth of Pennsylvaniano change1/2
“These Terms, the Services, any purchase, account, evaluation, SimFunded account, trading activity, payout, suspension, termination, or other relationship between you and Traders Launch LLC shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict-of-law rules that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.”A claim in the Czech Republic and a claim in St Vincent are not the same claim.
Its registration numberThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What turns a name into something checkable in a public register.
That company owns the brandyes2/2
“Traderslaunch.com a property of Traders Launch LLC did not summon and/or recommend ANY kind of trading, trading decisions, investment and investment decisions but is a platform to prove you have what it takes to be a consistent trader.”Signing with a company other than the brand’s owner separates who sold to you from who answers to you.
The people behind it are namedThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Named people can be looked up. A company on its own cannot always be.
Almost no firm here has a financial regulator, because selling simulated evaluations is not a regulated activity anywhere. Of the 114 firms we scored by hand, 96 sat in the bottom two rungs of backing for this reason. So we do not count it against anyone — it only adds when a firm genuinely has one.
The market
Do your orders reach a market, or is all of it a simulation?
What the funded account issimulated, with a published route to a live stage2/4
“Traders who reach $100,000 in cumulative payouts will be paused, and become eligible for additional scaling opportunities, including increased allocations and priority consideration for future live-capital opportunities.”The question that separates a firm that earns when you lose from one that earns when you last.
Conditions to reach a real marketnot published0.40/2
“There is no guarantee to receive a funding offer.”Promising a route to a real market without publishing the conditions is promising nothing.
Almost none names a broker or a clearing house either, and that follows from the account being a simulation rather than being a second, separate failing. Charging for both would count one fact twice.
We read the rules of every plan it sells and issued a verdict on each one.