Take Profit Trader Review 2026
Take Profit Trader scores 76 out of 100 overall. Take Profit Trader gives you a forgiving eval, which it calls the Test, where the drawdown only moves at the close. But once you're funded it trails your peak balance during the day, and bots are banned at every stage.
- Trust 79: Solid track record. Top factor: 5+ years in operation.
- Cost 70: Average cost. Top factor: low or included data fees.
- Payout 83: Strong payout terms. Top factor: frequent, uncapped payouts.
- Rules 73: Workable rules. Top factor: generous or no time limit.
Firm Data Monitoring Status
- Trustpilot RatingChecked weekly - last checked 2026-10-26
- Sales and PromotionsFirm emails received since 2026-08-04
- Rules, Pricing and PayoutsYearly deep dive plus firm emails - terms last verified 2026-07-03
At a Glance: The Four Scores
Four scores, one published method.
Still Funded Score
An equal blend of the four scores below. How the score is calculated.
Data Confidence: High
Trust Score
Is the firm legit: is it a real, accountable business, does it actually pay, and what does its track record show?
Cost Score
What it costs to get funded and stay funded: the eval, resets, the activation fee and data fees. Measured at today's price after any dated sale, plus how deep the firm's sales usually run.
Payout Score
How easy it is to get paid: how much you can take out, how fast it lands, how often, and how many accounts you can stack.
Rules Score
How trader-friendly the rules are: the drawdown type, how big the drawdown is next to the profit target, daily loss limits and consistency rules.
Still Funded has no affiliate relationship with Take Profit Trader and earns nothing if you sign up. Take Profit Trader is scored on the same published methodology as every other firm.
Scores update on their own whenever this firm's data changes.
Trustpilot: The Last Four Checks
The four newest Trustpilot checks that feed the Trust score. Trustpilot is one signal, not the whole picture.
- 10,796 reviews(+84)
Checked 2026-10-05: 4.4 across 10,796 reviews, profile active. Review count +84 since the check before.
- 10,869 reviews(+73)
Checked 2026-10-12: 4.4 across 10,869 reviews, profile active. Review count +73 since the check before.
- 10,935 reviews(+66)
Checked 2026-10-20: 4.4 across 10,935 reviews, profile active. Review count +66 since the check before.
- 11,002 reviews(+67)
Checked 2026-10-26: 4.4 across 11,002 reviews, profile active. Review count +67 since the check before.
The checks that feed this Trust score: 2026-10-05: 4.4 across 10,796 reviews; 2026-10-12: 4.4 across 10,869 reviews; 2026-10-20: 4.4 across 10,935 reviews; 2026-10-26: 4.4 across 11,002 reviews.
Sales We Tracked: The Last 12 Months
The sales this firm has emailed us, one dot per month. Terms only, never codes.
- Nov 2025Nothing tracked
- Dec 2025Nothing tracked
- Jan 2026Nothing tracked
- Feb 2026Nothing tracked
- Mar 2026Nothing tracked
- Apr 2026Nothing tracked
- May 2026Nothing tracked
- Jun 2026Nothing tracked
- Jul 2026Nothing tracked
- Aug 20261 sale40% off evals
Aug 2026: 1 sale
- 40% off evals
- Sep 20261 sale40% off evals*
Sep 2026: 1 sale
- 40% off evals
- No activation
- 40% off evals
- Oct 20261 sale40% off evals*
Oct 2026: 1 sale
- 40% off evals
- No activation
- 40% off evals
Sales tracked by month: Nov 2025: Nothing tracked; Dec 2025: Nothing tracked; Jan 2026: Nothing tracked; Feb 2026: Nothing tracked; Mar 2026: Nothing tracked; Apr 2026: Nothing tracked; May 2026: Nothing tracked; Jun 2026: Nothing tracked; Jul 2026: Nothing tracked; Aug 2026: 40% off evals; Sep 2026: 40% off evals*; Oct 2026: 40% off evals*.
Pricing and Account Tiers
Every active eval at full price, plus the best target-to-drawdown ratio in the lineup.
| Eval | Price | Sale Price | Activation Fee | Max Drawdown | Drawdown Type | Profit Target | Time Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $150/mo | - | $130 | $1,500 | End-of-Day Trailing | $1,500 | None |
| 50K | $170/mo | - | $130 | $2,000 | End-of-Day Trailing | $3,000 | None |
| 75K | $245/mo | - | $130 | $2,500 | End-of-Day Trailing | $4,500 | None |
| 100K | $330/mo | - | $130 | $3,000 | End-of-Day Trailing | $6,000 | None |
| 150K | $360/mo | - | $130 | $4,500 | End-of-Day Trailing | $9,000 | None |
Best Target-to-Drawdown Ratio
Profit target divided by max drawdown, shown target first. Lower is better: less profit to earn per dollar of drawdown. Some firms sell targets smaller than the drawdown, so the ratio can run below 1 : 1, and 1 : 1 is not a bottom.
1 : 1
25K
$1,500 target / $1,500 drawdown
Every account above includes 1 free reset credit at full price.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Registry-verified Florida LLC with a clean filing trail since March 2021 and a publicly named founder and CEO
- Publishes its own pass rates on its terms page: 36.22% of Tests passed in 2025. Not many firms publish theirs
- Payouts backed by many trader reports, with dated same-day payout confirmations through June and July 2026
- Payout requests on demand from day one funded, with no funded consistency rule, no set payout days and no cap per request
- A passable Test by design: end-of-day trailing drawdown, no daily loss limit, no time limit, and going over the consistency rule raises your target instead of failing you
- The monthly subscription stops permanently when you pass, funded accounts carry no monthly fee, and the CQG or Rithmic data feed is included
Cons
- The drawdown switch from eval to funded is the program's biggest risk. The same dollar drawdown that only moved at the 5 PM ET close in your Test trails your peak balance during the day, open profit included, the moment you move to PRO, Take Profit Trader's funded account. Easy to pass, hard to keep is the top complaint in the reviews
- The buffer zone, Take Profit Trader's payout buffer equal to your max drawdown, holds back the standard profit split. Profits above it come out freely at 80/20, but profits inside it pay out only when the account closes: at 50% if it ran 60 trading days or fewer, and 80% after that
- The conduct rules are strict. Holding opposite positions across any accounts you control, including related contracts like ES and MES, gets those accounts closed and the profits forfeited. You must exit before a CME price limit is hit or the funded account is gone, and CME Rule 575 disputes show up in 2026 reviews
- Automation of any kind is banned in every phase. Funded accounts must be flat around FOMC, NFP and CPI (plus crude inventories for CL and bond auctions for ZN), and the terms flag automated trading on a seconds timeframe as grounds for closing the account
- PRO resets are capped at three per account, then the next violation closes it permanently, and Take Profit Trader publishes no clear price list for PRO resets by size
- The January 2026 Tradovate outage left traders with stuck positions and about 2 days of waiting on support before the firm fixed affected accounts
Rules at a Glance
The rules that fail people. Tap the info icon beside a rule for the plain-terms version.
- DrawdownEOD trailing / Intraday trailing
How your drawdown line moves. End-of-day trailing rises with your closing balance; intraday trailing rises with every tick of open profit; static never moves. The type decides how much of your own gains you can give back.
- Daily Loss LimitNo daily loss limit
The most you can lose in one session before the day ends. A soft limit ends your day and keeps the account; a hard limit ends the account.
- Consistency RuleEval only
Caps how much of your profit can come from one day. Some plans use it in the eval, some once you are funded, and some in both.
- How Long You Must Hold a TradeNo minimum
Whether every trade has to stay open for a set time before you can close it. Some firms set no time but still limit scalping.
- Weekend HoldingNot allowed
Whether positions can stay open over the weekend. Not allowed means everything must be flat before the Friday close.
- AutomationNot allowed (eval and funded)
Whether bots, EAs and algos are allowed to place trades, at the eval stage and at the funded stage.
- Markets You Can't TradeSee the list
Markets the firm will not let you trade in this program.
- stocks
- options
- spot forex
- spot crypto
- CFDs
- anything not on the permitted-products list (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX listings including micros and MBT/MET crypto futures are permitted)
- Sim or LiveCan move to live
Whether the funded account is simulated, live, or starts simulated and can move to live.
Take Profit Trader picks traders for PRO+, its live account, after reviewing PRO performance, consistency and risk behavior. You need $5,000 of PRO profit, which stays frozen while PRO+ is active. The move is an upgrade, not forced. Once you are told, setup takes 1 to 3 business days.
- Accounts at OnceUp to 5 funded
How many funded accounts you can hold at the same time at this firm.
- Copy Your Own AccountsAllowed
Whether you may copy your trades across your own accounts at this firm with a trade copier or within your broker.
Drawdown: EOD trailing / Intraday trailing; Daily Loss Limit: No daily loss limit; Consistency Rule: Eval only; How Long You Must Hold a Trade: No minimum; Weekend Holding: Not allowed; Automation: Not allowed (eval and funded); Markets You Can't Trade: See the list; Sim or Live: Can move to live; Accounts at Once: Up to 5 funded; Copy Your Own Accounts: Allowed.
Rules Detail
Your drawdown type changes the day you get funded, and that switch is the rule that defines this program. In the Test the drawdown line moves once a day, at the 5 PM ET close, off your highest end-of-day balance, so an intraday dip that recovers never moves it. Once you move to PRO, the same dollar amount trails your peak balance in real time, open profit included, so a runner that comes back to flat has raised your drawdown line for good. I trade the Test the way PRO will judge it, because I treat every account like my own money and never let a trade breathe that long.
Two absences matter as much as the switch. There has been no daily loss limit anywhere since January 2025, so the trailing drawdown is the only hard limit. The Test's 50% consistency rule doesn't fail you; go over it and your profit target goes up to twice your best day. Funded accounts carry no consistency rule at all.
Conduct is what closes accounts here. Holding opposite positions across any accounts you control, including related contracts like ES against MES, gets those accounts closed and the profits forfeited. You must be out before a CME price limit is hit. Funded accounts stay flat around FOMC, NFP and CPI. Automation is banned in every phase. Every position is flat at 4:55 PM ET, a PRO account gets three resets ever, and residents of more than 50 restricted countries cannot sign up at all.
PRO+ in detail: the profit split rises to 90/10; the drawdown goes back to end-of-day trailing from a $0 starting balance, at the same dollar amount as the original PRO drawdown, and stops trailing at $0; there is no buffer zone; PRO+ has its own commission rates; you are classed as a professional trader, so professional data fees may apply; and Self-Match Prevention (SMP), a CME rule that blocks your own orders from trading against each other, is enforced. PRO+ Development, added around May 2026, is a step down for live traders who break risk rules: tighter risk rules, and about 60 days of disciplined trading restores full PRO+, with a manual review available and payouts unchanged. All positions must close inside the 6 PM ET to 5 PM ET session. No minimum hold time is published, but the Terms flag automated trading on a seconds timeframe as a reason to fail an account, and trade copiers are your own responsibility. On 2026-08-08 ZB (30-Year Treasury Bond), ZC (Corn) and HE (Lean Hogs) left the list of markets you can trade; UB, ZN, ZF and ZT remain. When we checked on 2026-08-11, the PRO rules article still listed 30-Year Bond auctions as a banned news event.
Source - logged 2026-07-03
Payouts at a Glance
Profit split, speed and the first payout. Tap the info icon for the detail. The evidence is under Payout Evidence below.
- Profit Split80/20 above the buffer zone, PRO+ 90/10
Your share of the profit you withdraw. The firm keeps the rest.
PRO (the funded account): 80/20 on profits above the buffer zone, Take Profit Trader's payout buffer, which equals the account's max drawdown (a 50K needs a $52,000 balance before standard 80% withdrawals). Profits inside the buffer zone pay out only when the account closes: a 50% split after 60 or fewer active trading days, 80% after more than 60. PRO+ (the live account): 90/10 with no buffer zone.
- First PayoutDay one funded
The number to hit before your first payout: trading days, winning days, or a payout buffer (the profit a firm makes you keep in the account).
Day one of the PRO account: no minimum profitable days and no funded consistency rule. The only limit on standard-split withdrawals is the buffer zone, the payout buffer equal to your max drawdown. Getting to PRO takes at least 3 trading days in the Test on accounts bought from 2026-08-17; Tests bought earlier, and their resets, keep the 5-day minimum (the firm's 2026-08-17 announcement).
- How Often You Can Get PaidOn demand
How often you can request a payout once you meet the first payout rules.
On demand from day one of the PRO account, Take Profit Trader's funded account, any day: no minimum profitable days, no funded consistency rule and no set payout days.
- Payout MethodPlaid, PayPal, Wise
How the money reaches you: a bank transfer, a payment app, or a brokerage transfer.
Plaid (US bank accounts; the account must be in your own name, an anti-money-laundering rule), PayPal, and Wise (international, 160 countries). LLC payouts must go through Wise or a PayPal account in the LLC's name. No crypto payouts.
- Max Payout per RequestNo cap
- Lifetime CapNone published
The most one account can pay out before it closes or moves to live, if the firm publishes a limit.
- ScalingNo scaling plan
How the account grows: with your balance, by contract limit steps, or by profit split steps.
- Payout SpeedWithin 12 business hours
How long the firm takes to process a payout request. Your bank or payout service can add its own time.
Plaid to US banks: usually real time to a few minutes, up to 1 to 2 business days depending on the bank. PayPal and Wise: processed within 12 business hours. The first step, from your trading account to your Take Profit Trader wallet, is automatic and near instant on Tradovate PRO accounts; Rithmic and PRO+ accounts are reviewed by hand.
Profit Split: 80/20 above the buffer zone, PRO+ 90/10; First Payout: Day one funded; How Often You Can Get Paid: On demand; Payout Method: Plaid, PayPal, Wise; Max Payout per Request: No cap; Lifetime Cap: None published; Scaling: No scaling plan; Payout Speed: Within 12 business hours.
Payout Evidence
- Firm-published, 2026-07-06: The firm's Trading Test Disclaimer, on its terms page when we checked on 2026-07-06, says 36.22% of all Trading Tests passed between January 1 and December 31, 2025. Earlier firm figures were 16.86% for 2024 and 20.37% for January through August 2023, and the homepage FAQ still showed that 2023 figure. Not many firms publish their own pass rate, let alone for several years, and the rising trend is the firm's own data. Source
- Community-reported on Trustpilot, 2026-07-03: Dated payout confirmations in June and July 2026 reviews: a payout approved within an hour (June 2026), a first withdrawal paid the same day (2026-06-18), a payout described as easy to withdraw (2026-07-01), and an international payout confirmed through Wise by an Australian reviewer (June 2026). Reported but not verified, and specific. Source
- Community-reported on community forum, 2026-07-03: Isolated payout-delay and compliance-dispute reviews exist alongside the positive reports, including a promo-related refund and withdrawal delay complaint that was later partially resolved, and a CME Rule 575 dispute (May to June 2026). Dated, community-reported, and few in number next to the positive reports. Source
What Has Changed at Take Profit Trader
Everything we have logged about this firm, newest first. Tap the info icon for the note. Sources are under All Events below.
- Rules2026-08-17
Rules, 2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026 Take Profit Trader cut the Test's minimum trading days from 5 to 3 for all new Test accounts bought from that date onward. The firm states the change is permanent and not tied to the flash sale that ran alongside it. Tests bought before August 17, and resets of those accounts, keep the 5-day minimum. No other Test rule changed.
- Rules2026-07-20
Rules, 2026-07-20
The account-to-wallet withdrawal step on Tradovate PRO accounts is now fully automated: what previously took up to 12 business hours of manual review runs in seconds, and the dashboard balance update moved up about two hours to roughly 8-9 PM ET. You must be flat, with no open positions or working orders, at the moment of the request. Rithmic and PRO+ withdrawals keep manual review for now, and the wallet-to-bank leg is unchanged. A processing improvement, not a policy change: eligibility, caps, and splits are untouched.
- Trustlogged 2026-07-06
Trust, logged 2026-07-06
This is a pattern spanning 2025 into 2026 with no single event behind it. The top recurring complaint is the drawdown switch from end-of-day to intraday at the PRO stage, which makes the program easy to pass and hard to keep. Secondary themes are CME Rule 575 and compliance disputes, plus occasional support-delay reports.
- RulesMay 2026
Rules, May 2026
A PRO+ Development demotion tier was introduced for live-account risk violations. The firm frames it as rehabilitative: payout policy is unchanged, and roughly 60 days of discipline restores full PRO+ status. Structurally this is a middle option between a warning and a termination.
- RulesJan 2025
Rules, Jan 2025
Take Profit Trader removed the daily loss limit program-wide, leaving the end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown as the only hard guardrail. The live pricing cards now advertise the removal per account size, confirmed when we checked on 2026-07-06. Fewer rules reads as trader-friendly on the surface, but it also means the one guardrail left is the one that ends accounts, so understand the trailing drawdown before you treat this as a gift.
- Founded2021-03-29
Founded 2021-03-29. Events, newest first: 2026-08-17 Rules; 2026-07-20 Rules; logged 2026-07-06 Trust; May 2026 Rules; Jan 2025 Rules.
All Events
- Rules
On August 17, 2026 Take Profit Trader cut the Test's minimum trading days from 5 to 3 for all new Test accounts bought from that date onward. The firm states the change is permanent and not tied to the flash sale that ran alongside it. Tests bought before August 17, and resets of those accounts, keep the 5-day minimum. No other Test rule changed.
- Rules
The account-to-wallet withdrawal step on Tradovate PRO accounts is now fully automated: what previously took up to 12 business hours of manual review runs in seconds, and the dashboard balance update moved up about two hours to roughly 8-9 PM ET. You must be flat, with no open positions or working orders, at the moment of the request. Rithmic and PRO+ withdrawals keep manual review for now, and the wallet-to-bank leg is unchanged. A processing improvement, not a policy change: eligibility, caps, and splits are untouched.
- Trust
This is a pattern spanning 2025 into 2026 with no single event behind it. The top recurring complaint is the drawdown switch from end-of-day to intraday at the PRO stage, which makes the program easy to pass and hard to keep. Secondary themes are CME Rule 575 and compliance disputes, plus occasional support-delay reports.
- Rules
A PRO+ Development demotion tier was introduced for live-account risk violations. The firm frames it as rehabilitative: payout policy is unchanged, and roughly 60 days of discipline restores full PRO+ status. Structurally this is a middle option between a warning and a termination.
- Rules
Take Profit Trader removed the daily loss limit program-wide, leaving the end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown as the only hard guardrail. The live pricing cards now advertise the removal per account size, confirmed when we checked on 2026-07-06. Fewer rules reads as trader-friendly on the surface, but it also means the one guardrail left is the one that ends accounts, so understand the trailing drawdown before you treat this as a gift.
Verdict: Who Take Profit Trader Fits
Who this firm fits and who should walk away, in my words.
Good Fit For
- Scalpers who are flat by the close anyway. The 4:55 PM ET auto-flatten costs me nothing, and it will cost you nothing too.
- Anyone who buys by the target-to-drawdown ratio like I do. The 25K Test is 1:1, the only 1:1 on this page.
- Anyone who wants the data feed included and a monthly renewal that resets a failed Test. That is what I buy.
Walk Away If
- You lean on the end-of-day trailing drawdown to bring the account back. PRO switches to intraday trailing, so treat the Test that way too.
- You want more than five funded accounts. Five is limiting to me, and unlimited Tests in waiting do not change that.
- You run bots or any automation. Banned in every phase, and the terms flag even seconds-timeframe automation as grounds for termination.
Strategic Edges
- Pull profit off fast: no funded consistency rule and on-demand day-one payout requests mean nothing forces a balance to sit under the intraday trailing drawdown
- Trade your Test like it is already PRO: the eval's end-of-day drawdown forgives swings the funded account will not, so build the habits where mistakes are cheap
- Know your buffer zone, the payout buffer, before your first request: it equals your max drawdown, and the 80/20 profit split only applies above it
- Aim for PRO+, the live account: 90/10 with no buffer zone, and the price of getting there is $5,000 of PRO profit that stays frozen
- Size withdrawals above $250: at or under that number the flat $50 fee eats up to a fifth of the pull
Compared with Other Firms
The firm scored closest to this one on each score, and the lists this firm is on.
- Closest on Overall: Tradeify (79 vs 76)
- Closest on Trust: Apex Trader Funding (80 vs 79)
- Closest on Cost: Apex Trader Funding (70 vs 70)
- Closest on Payout: Apex Trader Funding (75 vs 83)
- Closest on Rules: Tradeify (72 vs 73)
The lists this firm is on:
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the trailing drawdown work at Take Profit Trader?
It depends on the stage, and the stage change is the whole story. In the Test it is end-of-day trailing: your drawdown line is worked out only at the 5 PM ET close, off your highest end-of-day balance, so intraday dips that recover never move it. Hitting it during the day still blows the account, whether the loss is open or closed. On PRO, Take Profit Trader's funded account, the same dollar amount switches to intraday trailing on your peak balance, open profit included. In both stages the drawdown line stops for good once it reaches your starting balance. PRO+, the live account, goes back to end-of-day trailing from a $0 start.
What gets your account terminated at Take Profit Trader?
Besides the trailing drawdown, the conduct rules end accounts fast. Holding opposite positions across any accounts you control, including related contracts like ES and MES, gets those accounts closed and the profits forfeited. Holding through a CME price limit loses the funded account. Trading the banned news windows on a funded account, running any bot or automation, and spoofing-style orders under CME Rule 575 all end the account. And a PRO account that has used up its three resets closes for good on the next violation.
Does Take Profit Trader have a consistency rule?
Only in the Test, and it doesn't fail you. No single trading day may be 50% or more of your total net profit; go over it and your profit target goes up to twice your best day, until that day is back under 50%. PRO and PRO+ have no consistency rule at all, which is why you can request a payout from day one there.
Does Take Profit Trader actually pay out?
Dated payout confirmations run through June and July 2026, including same-day first withdrawals and an international payout through Wise, so we grade the payout evidence as backed by many trader reports, our stronger grade. There are a few dated negatives too: a promo refund and withdrawal delay that was later partly resolved, and a CME Rule 575 dispute. Payout Evidence and What Has Changed above give each one its dates and sources.
What is the buffer zone at Take Profit Trader?
The buffer zone is Take Profit Trader's payout buffer, the profit that has to stay in your account, and it equals your account's max drawdown. It splits your profits into two buckets. Everything above it you can withdraw on demand at an 80/20 profit split from day one of your PRO account. Everything inside it pays out only when the account closes: at 50% if the account was active 60 trading days or fewer, and 80% after that. So a 50K account with its $2,000 drawdown needs a $52,000 balance before standard withdrawals open up.
Is Take Profit Trader legit?
Legit, yes. TAKEPROFITTRADER LLC is an active Florida company with a clean Sunbiz filing history since March 2021, a publicly named CEO, and payouts backed by many trader reports. It even publishes its own pass rates, which not many firms do. None of that makes it easy: the drawdown switch when you get funded and the conduct rules are laid out in full in the sections above, and both are why this firm demands more discipline than its eval suggests. Read the terms before you buy, too: when we checked on 2026-07-06 they carried a chargeback and dispute waiver, a class action waiver with individual arbitration under Florida law, and a 72-hour refund window on unused accounts minus a $75 fee.
What is Take Profit Trader's pass rate?
36.22% of all Trading Tests passed in calendar 2025, by the firm's own published disclosure on its terms page. Earlier firm figures: 16.86% in 2024% and 20.37% for most of 2023. Keep in mind those are Test passes, not funded survival rates; the firm publishes nothing on how long PRO accounts live.
Does Take Profit Trader have a monthly fee?
During the Test, yes: the eval is a monthly subscription that bills every 30 days until you pass or cancel, and each rebill includes a free reset. The subscription stops for good the moment you pass, and you pay a one-time $130 activation fee then, unless a sale waives it. Funded PRO accounts carry no monthly fee and no separate data or platform fee. On PRO+, the live account, you are classed as a professional trader, so professional data fees may apply.
How many accounts can you have at Take Profit Trader?
Five funded accounts at once, PRO, PRO+, or a mix, and the firm's own FAQ confirms you can copy trade your own five funded accounts. Test accounts are unlimited, so passed Tests can queue for activation while you stay under the funded cap.
About the Author
Active futures day trader with more than 13 years in the markets. Founder of Still Funded and operator of Trend Friend.
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