Prove your process first.
Have a journaled setup, risk rule, sample size, and mistake review before paying for an evaluation.
Buyer Guide
How to choose a funded trading account.
Do not start with advertised account size. Start with the rulebook, your journaled edge, and the cost of failing an evaluation.
Steps
Use this order.
Model drawdown rules.
Daily, total, trailing, and static drawdowns change the real difficulty of the account.
Read payout rules.
Minimum trading days, consistency rules, profit split, verification, and restrictions matter.
Check prohibited strategies.
News trading, copying, hedging, latency, weekend holding, and platform rules can cause failure.
Next
Compare the providers.
Educational only. Funded trading can involve fees and losses. No payout or profit is guaranteed.
Read risk disclosure