DayTraders Rules — the 150K Target Is $8,500, Not $9,000
The DayTraders 150K profit target is $8,500, not $9,000. Almost every futures prop firm sets its target at 6% of account size; DayTraders does not. The firm also takes no profit split — traders keep up to 100% — and offers a 300K account, the largest we cover.
If you have compared DayTraders on any aggregator site, there is a decent chance you were shown $9,000.
By the end of this you will know the two rules here that behave differently from every other firm, and which of the two DayTraders products is actually survivable.
All figures read from daytraders.com on 9 August 2026.
DayTraders rules: where the numbers break the pattern
Set the targets against the 6% convention and the gap is obvious.
| Account | DayTraders target | 6% convention | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $1,500 | $1,500 | — |
| 50K | $3,000 | $3,000 | — |
| 150K | $8,500 | $9,000 | −$500 |
| 300K | $15,000 | $18,000 | −$3,000 |
The 25K and 50K follow convention, which is exactly why the 150K gets misreported — a table-builder checks the first two rows, sees 6%, and extrapolates the rest. The 300K breaks the pattern even harder at 5%.
This works in your favour. You need $500 less on the 150K than the equivalent Topstep or Apex account, and $3,000 less on the 300K than 6% would demand.
The rule that stops the usual minimum-days trick
At DayTraders, a qualifying day requires real profit — not merely a trade.
At most firms with a minimum trading day requirement, the standard technique is to hit the target as fast as you can, then open and close a single micro contract on each remaining day to tick the box. It takes seconds and satisfies the count.
That does not work here. DayTraders sets a minimum profit for a day to qualify, and it scales with account size:
| Account | Minimum profit for a day to count |
|---|---|
| 25K | $100 |
| 50K | $200 |
| 150K | $300 |
| 300K | $400 |
So the two-day minimum is genuinely two days of trading, not one day of trading and one day of clicking. Plan for it.
EOD or TRAIL — the choice that decides your account
DayTraders sells the same evaluation with two different drawdown mechanics, and this is the real decision.
| EOD | TRAIL | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown type | End of day | Intraday |
| 50K drawdown | $2,000 | $2,500 |
| 150K drawdown | $4,000 | $4,500 |
| 300K drawdown | $6,500 | $7,000 |
| Daily loss limit | Yes | None at any size |
TRAIL is cheaper and gives you a larger drawdown at every size. That looks generous until you understand what intraday trailing means: the threshold follows your equity high in real time, including unrealised profit on an open position. Let a trade run $800 in your favour and hand it back, and your stop-out has permanently moved $800 closer — without you taking a single loss.
The extra $500 of room on TRAIL is a genuine offset, not marketing. But for most traders the end-of-day version is still the right buy, because it removes the failure mode rather than padding it.
Worked example — 150K EOD
Target $8,500, drawdown $4,000, two qualifying days at $300 minimum each, 50% consistency against total profit.
The fastest legal pass is two days: $4,250 + $4,250. Each day is exactly 50% of the total, and the rule is inclusive, so that passes. Both days clear the $300 qualifying threshold comfortably.
With 24 minis available, $4,250 is about 35 points of ES across a full-size position — one clean trending session. The constraint is not the target, it is the $4,000 drawdown sitting underneath a position that size. Twenty-four minis move $1,200 per point. Three points against you is $3,600, and the account is nearly gone.
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Check my fastest path →Who this suits
- Traders who want size — the 300K is the largest account in this comparison
- Anyone for whom the profit split matters most, since DayTraders take none
- Traders aiming at the S2L route to live firm capital
Who should look elsewhere
- Anyone planning to tick minimum days with token trades — the qualifying rule blocks it
- Traders who need more than two days of runway before the consistency rule bites
- Anyone drawn to TRAIL purely on price without understanding intraday trailing
Frequently asked
What is the DayTraders 150K profit target?
$8,500, not $9,000. DayTraders does not follow the 6% target pattern most futures firms use, and this is one of the most commonly misreported figures on comparison sites. The 300K is $15,000, which is 5% rather than 6%.
What counts as a qualifying day at DayTraders?
A day on which you make real profit above a minimum threshold that scales with account size — $100 on the 25K, $200 on the 50K, $300 on the 150K and $400 on the 300K. A token trade opened and closed for a tick does not qualify, unlike at most other firms.
Does DayTraders take a profit split?
No. DayTraders takes no profit split on either the EOD or TRAIL products — traders keep up to 100%. Payout approval is automated, and passing opens a route to a live brokerage account with real firm capital under their S2L program.
Verified against DayTraders' own documentation on 9 August 2026. Firms change rules without notice — confirm in your own dashboard before trading. Plan your own pass in the free calculator, or read the full DayTraders EOD rules.
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