Tradeify Lightning Funded, 2026
Lightning skips the evaluation entirely and you trade a funded account from day one. But it carries the tightest consistency rule of Tradeify’s three plans, and a profit goal that is not what you can withdraw.
Here are the real rules, the real price, and whether skipping the evaluation is worth roughly three times the cost.
Want to skip the wait without the cap? Here is Phidias Express to Live. First, how Lightning really works.
What is Tradeify Lightning Funded?
Lightning Funded is Tradeify’s instant funding account: you skip the evaluation entirely and start trading a simulated funded account immediately, in Tradeify’s words “straight to sim funded”. It comes in 25K, 50K, 100K and 150K, pays a 90% split and requires no minimum trading day count. The trade-offs are the price, roughly three times an evaluation, the tightest consistency rule in the lineup, opening at 20% and climbing to 30%, and a profit goal that unlocks a payout without being the amount you can withdraw.
List prices from tradeify.co. Tradeify runs frequent promotions: at the time of writing a July code took the 25K to $207, so check the live price at checkout.
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What you buy: a simulated funded account with no evaluation, tradeable from day one, with no minimum trading day count.
What it costs: on a 25K, around three times the price of an evaluation, and roughly two to two and a half times on the larger sizes. That is the premium for skipping the test.
What to watch: a consistency rule that opens at 20% on your first payout and climbs to 30%, and a profit goal that, on that first payout, is larger than the amount you are allowed to withdraw.
Our verdict (William G.)
Lightning solves a real problem: some traders genuinely do not want to sit an evaluation, and Tradeify’s version has no minimum trading days, which is rare. But on a 25K you are paying roughly 3x to skip a test that Tradeify itself says can be passed in one to three days, and in exchange you inherit the strictest consistency rule they run. Lightning buys speed at the front, then makes the exit narrower.
How Lightning Funded works
Tradeify describes it plainly in its help center: “A Lightning Funded account allows traders to skip the typical evaluation phases and begin trading simulated funds immediately.” There is no profit target to hit before you are funded, because you are funded on purchase.
From there the account behaves like any other Tradeify simulated funded account. You trade under a trailing end-of-day drawdown, respect a daily loss limit on the larger sizes, and build toward a profit goal that unlocks your first payout request. There is no minimum trading day count before a payout, and you can hold a maximum of five simulated funded accounts across Growth, Select and Lightning combined.
The Lightning rules that matter
Trailing end-of-day drawdown
The account widget shows a “Payout Frequency: 5 Days” line, and it is not a waiting period. Tradeify’s own Lightning payout policy lists Trading Days to Payout: None at every account size, and states “No Minimum Trading Day Count. You can request a payout after any number of trading days, as long as you meet the Profit Goal and Consistency Rule.” The 5 Days figure is a label on the card, not a rule in the policy. What actually gates your payout is the profit goal and the consistency rule, not the calendar.
Your floor is a trailing maximum drawdown calculated at the end of the day, not intraday. It runs $1,000 on a 25K up to $5,250 on a 150K. Because it is end-of-day, an unrealized spike during the session does not drag the floor up behind you, which is a meaningful advantage over an intraday trail.
Daily loss limit, on everything but the 25K
Tradeify applies a daily loss limit as a soft breach of $1,250 (50K), $2,500 (100K) and $3,000 (150K). The 25K carries none. Note that 150K accounts purchased before March 31 use a $3,750 limit instead.
Position limits are tight at the bottom
The 25K Lightning allows one mini contract (or ten micros). That is a small engine for an account you paid a premium to access. Size scales to 4, 8 and 12 minis on the 50K, 100K and 150K.
Lightning payout rules, and the profit goal trap
This is where Lightning gets genuinely misunderstood. There is no minimum trading day count: Tradeify states you can request a payout after any number of trading days, provided you meet the profit goal and the consistency rule. That is a real advantage over Growth, which demands five qualifying days for every payout.
But the profit goal is not the amount you can withdraw, and Tradeify says so directly:
“Your Profit Goal (for example, $9,000 for Payout 1 on a $150K account) is the profit you must earn to unlock a payout request. It is not the amount you can withdraw… on a $150K account you reach the $9,000 Payout 1 Profit Goal but can withdraw at most $3,000 on Payout 1.”
Tradeify Help Center, Lightning Funded Account Payout Policy.
The gap is widest on payout one, where the goal exceeds the cap at every size, up to three times over on a 150K. It narrows from payout two, and by payout four the cap actually sits slightly above the goal on the 50K, 100K and 150K. So the squeeze is front-loaded, not permanent.
After each payout the profit goal resets and any leftover profit does not carry over. The minimum payout is $1,000, and you receive 90% of the amount you request.
The consistency rule: the tightest Tradeify runs
A consistency rule caps how much of your total profit may come from your single best day, and a lower percentage is stricter. Lightning starts at 20%, which means your best day must account for less than a fifth of your profit. That is tighter than Growth’s 35%, and tighter than most rules in the futures prop space.
The good news is it loosens as you go: 20% for payout one, 25% for payout two, 30% from payout three onward. This applies to accounts purchased after September 12, 2025. Accounts bought before that date stay at 20% for every payout, which is the harder setting.
The 25K Lightning reality check
Run the smallest account end to end and the shape of the product becomes clear. On a 25K Lightning you pay $345 list, trade one mini contract under a $1,000 drawdown, must earn $1,500 in profit while keeping your best day under 20% of it, and are then allowed to withdraw $1,000, of which you keep 90%. For comparison, a Growth 25K evaluation asks the same $1,500 profit target and lists at $99.
And that $1,000 cap never rises. On the larger sizes the ceiling steps up once, at payout four; on the 25K it is $1,000 on payout one and still $1,000 on payout ten. It is a legitimate product, but it is a narrow one.
Is Lightning worth the premium?
Here is the comparison that decides it. On a 25K, Tradeify’s Select evaluation lists at $109 and the Lightning funded account at $345, so you are paying roughly three times to skip an evaluation that Tradeify advertises as passable in three days. The multiple narrows on bigger accounts: the 150K Lightning is $796 against a $369 Select evaluation, closer to 2x.
Lightning makes sense if you have failed evaluations before and value certainty of access over price, or if you want to add funded size quickly without sitting more tests. The evaluation route makes sense for almost everyone else: on a 25K it is a third of the price and, on Select, leaves you with no consistency rule at all once funded.
How Phidias compares
Lightning exists because evaluations feel like a delay. Phidias attacks the same problem from the other end: instead of charging a premium to remove the evaluation, Express to Live can compress the entire journey into a single day.
If instant access is what you are buying, it is worth asking what you get at the end of it. For the full firm picture, see our Tradeify review.
Tradeify Lightning Funded: frequently asked questions
How does Tradeify Lightning Funded work?
You buy the account and are funded immediately, with no evaluation to pass. You then trade under a trailing end-of-day drawdown, reach a profit goal to unlock a payout request, and withdraw up to the cap for your account size and payout number.
What are the Lightning Funded payout rules?
No minimum trading days, a $1,000 minimum payout, a 90% split, and a hard cap per request ($1,000 on a 25K up to $3,500 on a 150K). Your profit goal must be reached first, and on payout one it is larger than the cap at every size.
Does Lightning Funded have a consistency rule?
Yes, and it is the tightest of Tradeify’s plans: 20% for payout one, 25% for payout two, and 30% from payout three, on accounts bought after September 12, 2025. Earlier accounts stay at 20% throughout.
How much does Tradeify Lightning Funded cost?
List prices are $345 (25K), $492 (50K), $660 (100K) and $796 (150K). Against the Select evaluation that is about 3x on a 25K ($345 vs $109) and closer to 2 to 2.5x on the 100K and 150K. Tradeify discounts frequently, so check the live price at checkout.
Is Tradeify instant funding worth it?
It is worth it if you value guaranteed access over price, or you have failed evaluations before. For most traders the evaluation route is a third of the cost and, on Select, leaves you with no consistency rule once funded.
How many Lightning accounts can I have?
A maximum of five simulated funded accounts in total, in any combination of Growth, Select and Lightning.
The bottom line
Lightning Funded does exactly what it says: no evaluation, funded from day one, no minimum trading days. Those are real advantages and Tradeify delivers them cleanly. The price is roughly three times an evaluation, the consistency rule is the strictest they run, and the profit goal means you routinely have to earn more than you are allowed to take out.
If what you actually want is speed to money rather than speed to a funded label, Phidias Express to Live runs the whole cycle, evaluation to payout to a real LIVE account, in a single day, with a record of 6 hours 18 minutes.
Sources and official references
• Tradeify: Lightning Funded Accounts (official): position limits, drawdown, daily loss limits.
• Tradeify: Lightning Funded Payout Policy: profit goals, caps and the consistency schedule.
• Tradeify (official): current pricing for Lightning and the evaluation plans.
• Phidias accounts: Express to Live and the LIVE conversion.
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About the author
William G. is a futures prop-trading analyst at Phidias. He tests prop firms hands-on, reads the fine print in every help center and rulebook, and translates payout, drawdown and funding mechanics into plain English for traders deciding where to put their capital.
Last reviewed 2026.
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Risk disclosure: Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Tradeify Lightning Funded pricing, drawdown, position limits, profit goals, caps and consistency requirements reflect publicly available information from Tradeify’s website and help center as of July 2026 and are subject to change; some figures differ for accounts purchased before September 12, 2025 or March 31. Verify current terms on tradeify.co before purchasing. This article is informational and not financial advice.
