Simulated funded account
A simulated funded account is a funded-stage account that trades in a simulated environment while the firm mirrors profitable performance and pays out against it.
How it works
Standard practice among futures prop firms. Orders route to a simulated matching engine using live market data; fills approximate but do not equal live execution. The firm decides which accounts, if any, to copy to live markets. Payouts are contractual, based on the simulated result, and are not conditional on the firm having traded the same positions.
Why it matters on a funded account
The distinction matters for expectations about slippage and fills, and for understanding why firms enforce rules that would be self-correcting on live capital. It does not change the fact that payouts are real.
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Part of the Puravida Edge prop trading glossary. Firm-specific figures verified September 2026; rules change frequently — confirm on the firm's site.