How to pass DayTraders.com (2026 rules)
DayTraders.com is a flexible futures firm that lets you choose any drawdown type — intraday, end-of-day, or static — and run it on Tradovate or Rithmic. After the industry-wide ProjectX shutdown in early 2026, it moved to these mainstream platforms, and a TradingView-based workflow connects through Tradovate.
⚠ Rules change often. Always verify the firm's current rules and Terms of Service directly with the firm before installing or deploying any strategy on their account. The figures below were verified May 2026 and may already have changed.
DayTraders offers several paths — Trail (intraday trailing), Static, EOD, S2F (Straight-to-Funded / instant) and the unusual S2L (Straight-to-Live, a real brokerage account). Sizes run $25K–$300K, you can pass in as little as 2 days, and traders may hold up to 15 funded accounts at once. With deep discounts, a 25K challenge can start around $50.
Pick your drawdown — EOD or static for systematic
Like TradeDay, DayTraders lets you choose intraday trailing, end-of-day, or static. For PVE's EOD-calibrated sizing, the EOD or static option is the natural fit — intraday swings won't tighten the floor. The intraday Trail option, by contrast, trails in real time from your highest balance, which punishes any unrealized heat. This single choice at checkout shapes how the account behaves.
Platforms and the PVE workflow
Note the correction from older guides: the ProjectX platform was discontinued for third-party firms in February 2026, so DayTraders now runs on Tradovate (browser-based) and Rithmic via RTrader. A PVE strategy built on TradingView can execute through the Tradovate connection (TradingView routes orders to Tradovate). Tradovate Prop also includes built-in risk controls and a manual lockout — useful guardrails for staying inside your drawdown. News trading is permitted, though the firm itself cautions about poor fills around major releases.
How to pass it
Apply the standard framework: choose the EOD or static drawdown, size against the floor, and spread profit so no single day exceeds the 50% evaluation consistency limit (this tightens to roughly 20–30% on funded accounts, and to 20–25% on S2F/S2L). You can pass in two days, but don't rush into oversized risk to do it. The funded split is around 80% (verify per account type), and the S2L path is notable for placing you on a real live brokerage account rather than a simulated one.
DayTraders gives you every drawdown type and runs on mainstream Tradovate/Rithmic after the ProjectX shutdown — pick EOD or static, route TradingView via Tradovate, and mind the 50% eval consistency rule. The S2L path to a real live account is a genuine differentiator.
Size any challenge against its drawdown rule
The free Playbook shows the sizing model behind six systematic strategies — built for exactly these trailing-drawdown evaluations.
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