How to pass Take Profit Trader (2026 rules)
Take Profit Trader is a futures-only firm with a clean one-step Test — but its headline quirk catches people after they pass: the drawdown type switches from end-of-day in the Test to intraday trailing on the funded PRO account. Plan for the switch, not just the evaluation.
⚠ 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.
TPT (founded 2022, Orlando) runs a single Test evaluation that promotes to a funded PRO account and then auto-promotes to PRO+ live execution. Account sizes run $25K–$150K, with a 6% profit target and a 5-day minimum. So far, standard.
The drawdown switch is the whole story
The Test uses an EOD trailing drawdown — forgiving of intraday swings, recalculated at the close. Pass, and the funded PRO account flips to intraday trailing, which tightens on your live unrealized peak and is TPT's single most-cited trader complaint. PRO+ then reverts to EOD. The practical implication: a strategy you sized comfortably for the EOD Test can blow the intraday PRO account if it tolerates any intraday heat. You must validate your sizing against the harsher PRO phase, not just the Test you bought.
Passing the Test
On the EOD Test, the standard systematic framework applies cleanly: size against the trailing floor, bank gains, respect the 50% consistency rule (no single day over half your total Test profit), and keep a small news blackout around high-impact releases. The 5-day minimum means you can't smash it in one session even if you hit target early — plan for at least a week of disciplined, balanced days.
Surviving the funded PRO phase
This is where PVE's approach matters. Intraday trailing punishes unrealized drawdown, so strategies that close cleanly each session and don't sit in heat are structurally favored — exactly the profile of a systematic intraday edge. Treat the PRO buffer zone (starting balance plus the drawdown amount) as the threshold to clear before withdrawals, and don't increase size to clear it faster. PRO+ then returns you to the friendlier EOD regime our model is built for.
The Test is the easy part — it's EOD. The funded PRO account switches to intraday trailing, so size for the strictest phase you'll face, not the one you bought.
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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