Traders Launch Review 2026: Rules, Fees & Payouts

Trailing end-of-dayfuturesRules auto-checked 2026-10-18Mixed trust signals

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Traders Launch is a futures prop firm based in the United States, using trailing end-of-day drawdown on its main program. Evaluations start at $99 one-time; the Legacy NYC 100K (80% split) costs $99 with a $2,000 target and $1,000 max drawdown. Profit split: 60% or 80%. Payouts: Daily payout requests when eligible. Evaluation consistency rule: 40%. Funded payouts have no consistency rule. There is no activation fee on the Legacy NYC 100K (80% split). Rules auto-checked 2026-10-18.

From: $99
Profit split: 60% or 80%
Payouts: Daily payout requests when
Products: 2 · 6 sizes

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Traders Launch verdict: pros, cons and who it suits

Our take in one line: Traders Launch offers end-of-day drawdown and no payout consistency rule; the catch is a 40% evaluation consistency rule.

Pros

End-of-day drawdown: intraday peaks do not move the floor
Trailing drawdown stops trailing at the starting balance
No consistency rule on funded payouts
No activation fee after you pass

Cons

40% consistency rule in the evaluation
60-day evaluation time limit

Every point is worked out from one rule field in our data (see the rules below); empty fields are left out, not guessed. Where a plan differs, the point says “on some plans”. Check “What we could not fully verify” further down before you buy. Not financial advice.

Regulation: No financial-regulator licence found. Evaluation fees are not covered by investor compensation.

Products & account sizes

Legacy NYC

from $99 · 3 sizes

80%No activation fee

Traders Launch Legacy NYC account sizes: evaluation price, profit target, max drawdown, daily loss limit and max contracts (rules auto-checked 2026-10-18)
Plan	Price	Profit target	Max drawdown	Daily loss	Contracts
Legacy NYC 100K (80% split)	$99	$2,000	$1,000	—	—
Legacy NYC 200K (80% split)	$149	$3,000	$1,000	—	1
Legacy NYC 300K (80% split)	$279	$5,000	$2,000	—	2

Premium

from $159 · 3 sizes

80%40% consistencyNo activation fee

Traders Launch Premium account sizes: evaluation price, profit target, max drawdown, daily loss limit and max contracts (rules auto-checked 2026-10-18)
Plan	Price	Profit target	Max drawdown	Daily loss	Contracts
Premium 100K (80% split)	$159	$2,000	$1,000	—	2
Premium 200K (80% split)	$299	$4,000	$2,000	—	4
Premium 300K (80% split)	$599	$6,000	$3,000	—	6

Minimum cost if you pass first time · Legacy NYC 100K (80% split)

What you pay up to your first payout when you pass on the first try with no resets. Monthly fees are counted for the number of months you choose.

Evaluation fee · one-time, list price: $99
Activation fee · none: $0
Data feed: Unverified
Minimum total (known costs only): $99

Not included because unverified: data feed fee. The real minimum is higher.

If you pass on the first try: $99 (known costs only)

Each extra try counted as a new evaluation at $99 (reset fee unverified).

Most traders need more than one try. Firm-reported figures: The Funded Trader said 5–10% of its challenges are passed (Finance Magnates), and FPFX Tech data showed that about 7% of traders reached a payout (Finance Magnates, September 2024). At a 10% pass rate you need 10 tries per pass on average (1 ÷ 10%). These are not figures for Traders Launch.

Payout buffer: A buffer account opens automatically after passing

Numbers worked out from the rules (Legacy NYC 100K (80% split))

Evaluation price per $1,000 of account size: $1.0
Total profit target : max drawdown: 2.0 : 1
Rule strictness (estimate): Moderate — total target 2.0× the drawdown, 40% evaluation consistency rule

Calculated from the published numbers above, never typed in by hand. How.

Rules in the cards above are product-specific where shown; the rules below are the firm’s defaults.

Rules that decide pass or fail

The rules that end most Traders Launch evaluations and funded accounts. Main program unless noted.

Max drawdown: Trailing end-of-day
Drawdown lock: Locks once the balance reaches a threshold; floor stops at the starting balance (evaluation and funded) — EOD drawdown with no intraday trailing; floor trails up and locks at the starting balance.
Daily loss limit: Unverified
Consistency (evaluation): 40% — best day measured as a share of total profit
News trading: Unverified
Minimum trade duration: Unverified
Min. trading days: 3
Time limit: 60 days
Commissions: Unverified
Data & platforms: Data feeds: Unverified · Platforms: Quantower, TradingView, Volumetrica
Data fee: Unverified

Rules after you pass

What changes on the funded account: payouts, caps and scaling.

Funded account: Unverified
Funded drawdown: No separate funded rule on file
Consistency (payouts): None
Starting contracts: Unverified
Scaling plan: Premium start size 2 mini/20 micro (100K), 4/40 (200K), 6/60 (300K); all standard accounts scale up to 15 mini contracts.
First payout: Unverified — Homepage headline '3 Days to Your First Payout' is marketing; evaluation minimum is 3 trading days. Payout minimum, methods and buffer not stated.
Profit split: 60% or 80% (chosen at purchase; prices read only for the 80% option)
Payout frequency: Daily payout requests when eligible (funded futures account above +1% profit); same-day processing
Payout cap: 'No payout caps'; payouts pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts, after which traders become eligible for scaling.
Max payouts: Unverified
Payout buffer: A buffer account opens automatically after passing; the required buffer amount is not stated on the pages read.
Move to live: Unverified
Funded monthly fee: None

Trust signals

Mixed trust signals

Trustpilot: 4.7 / 5 from 80 reviews, checked 2026-10-18
Track record: Domain registered 2022 (4 years; says little about the firm itself)
Transparency: company named (United States (Pennsylvania; Philadelphia address)), terms are dated, payout proof published
Reported events (18 months): None found in our checks
Payout proof: Published as screenshots

These are public signals about Traders Launch, not a verdict and not financial advice. Third-party reports are not verified by us; only a primary-sourced payout, closure or regulator event in the last 12 months affects the label. Signals are never combined into one score and an affiliate link does not change them. See how we assess them.

More rules and fees

Challenge rules

Challenge steps: Legacy NYC: 1-step · Premium: 1-step
Stop-loss required: Unverified
Inactivity rule: Unverified
Max risk per trade: Unverified
Rule notes: Hedging banned (same instrument, correlated instruments, coordinated across traders). Repeatedly adding to losers may trigger review; reasonable scaling/averaging allowed. Scalping (5-30 s holds) allowed. HFT not allowed: more than 10% of trades opened and closed within 2 seconds may get the account flagged and paused.

What you may trade and how

News trading: Unverified
Weekend holding: Unverified
Overnight holding: Unverified
Automation / EAs: Unverified
Accounts you may hold: 5 — Up to 5 active Futures accounts per user (homepage meta description).
Hedging: Not allowed
Copy trading: Unverified
Scalping: Allowed
Martingale: Restricted

Fees

Activation fee: 100K: none · 200K: none · 300K: none
Reset fee: Varies / unverified
Fee refund: No — Terms: refunds generally not provided except for fraud; dissatisfied purchasers can email support to try to resolve.

Payouts

Payout size: Unverified
Payout methods: Unverified

Company & access

Markets: futures
Headquarters: United States — Traders Launch LLC, 1700 Market St Suite 1005, Philadelphia, PA 19103; governed by Pennsylvania law (terms, 16 Jul 2026). No founding year stated.
Founded: Unverified
Not open to residents of: Unverified

What we could not fully verify (8)

Prices come from the homepage pricing section for the 80% profit-split option only; the 60% option and the 'Static - no buffer, $25K-$100K' account type shown in the selector were not readable.
Premium (24-hour trading) $100K/$200K/$300K and Legacy NYC (9:30am-4:00pm ET) $100K/$200K/$300K are listed; legacy rules are said to be 'existing rules', so consistency, time limit and minimum days are left null for legacy tiers.
Time limit conflict: the rules page says '60-day maximum time limit to pass' while the homepage banner says 'No Time Restrictions'; 60 days used from the rules page.
Rules page also lists 'at least 1 trade per week' as an activity requirement.
FAQ answers (restricted countries, contract limits, commissions, buffer stage amount, trading hours, max accounts detail) are accordions that did not render, so those fields are null.
A separate Crypto product (traderslaunch.com/crypto) exists and was not researched.
Daily loss limit, news trading, overnight/weekend holding, EA/bot and copy-trading rules are not stated on the pages read.
Payouts pause at $100,000 cumulative payouts until scaling eligibility, which sits next to the 'No Payout Caps' claim.

Is Traders Launch legit?

Its terms name Traders Launch LLC (United States (Pennsylvania; Philadelphia address)) as the operating company. On Trustpilot it has 4.7 / 5 from 80 reviews (checked 2026-10-18). It publishes payout proof. No financial-regulator licence found. Evaluation fees are not covered by investor compensation. Our label from these public signals: mixed trust signals. It is a summary of checkable facts, not a guarantee.

Traders Launch consistency rule

Evaluation: 40% — best day measured as a share of total profit. Funded payouts have no consistency rule. Details: Evaluation: best day must be 40% or less of total profits (rules page). Funded: no consistency rule (homepage, payout-rules page).