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A minimum trading day requirement sets a floor on the number of separate sessions in which activity must occur before an evaluation can be marked as passed. It exists because a profit target can, in principle, be reached by one oversized position held through one favourable move. That outcome tells the firm nothing about how a trader sizes, exits or repeats decisions. By forcing activity to be spread across distinct sessions, the condition converts the test from a single event into a sequence, which is what the firm claims to be measuring. Full explanation →

A profit target is the gain a simulated account must show before an evaluation phase counts as passed. It is measured against the account's nominal size — the notional balance the simulated account is opened with — and not against the fee paid to enter. The two numbers are unrelated in kind: the fee is an amount actually paid, while the nominal size is a reference figure used to scale the rules. Because the target is expressed as a proportion of that reference figure, the same proportional target represents a different absolute gain on each account size offered, while the underlying trading requirement stays the same in relative terms. Full explanation →

A reset is a payment that restarts an evaluation the participant has already failed, returning the simulated account to its starting balance and clearing accumulated profit, loss and elapsed days. It differs from buying a new evaluation in price and in mechanism: the reset is usually priced below the original entry fee and is applied to the existing account rather than issuing a new one. Terms vary as to whether the reset restores the original rule set or the current published one, and whether any time already elapsed counts toward a minimum trading-day requirement. Full explanation →

The evaluation fee is the price of entry to an assessment. It is not a deposit, not margin, and not an amount exposed to market movement. Nothing in the fee is placed into a trading position; the simulated account is credited with a notional starting balance that exists only inside the firm's platform. Because the money never enters a market, it cannot be lost through trading and cannot be withdrawn through trading either. It is paid to the firm and becomes the firm's revenue at the moment of purchase. Full explanation →