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One path from application to seat, every step written down.

The Trader Program is for traders willing to prove discipline under written rules. The evaluation runs in a simulation, is free, and pays no simulated profit. Passing it does not grant a live seat; a live seat is a separate approval. This page explains the path, who it is for, what it takes and how simulation differs from live.

The path

  1. 01Apply — Sign in and complete a short questionnaire: experience, approach and the time you can commit. Trading records are requested only after your separate consent.
  2. 02Human review — A reviewer reads the application and decides: evaluation, Fast Track, more information needed, or declined. Every decision is recorded.
  3. 03Free simulated evaluation or Fast Track — The evaluation runs in a workspace clearly labelled as simulation and is scored under the published rule version. Experienced traders may go through Fast Track to the step after review.
  4. 04Report — At the end of the evaluation you receive a trade log, a fee record and a risk report. The report names the data and matching models used and their limitations.
  5. 05Separate live approval — A live seat needs its own review: until upstream authorisation, identity mapping, a cash risk budget and engineering acceptance are complete, the desk shows application, pending and read-only states only.

Who it is for

Who it is for

  • People willing to trade under written rules and accept daily and overall risk limits
  • People who can commit time during the US Eastern (ET) trading session
  • People who treat the evaluation as process validation, not as income

What it takes

  • An e-mail address that can receive sign-in codes; no card is needed
  • Acceptance of the published evaluation rule version and adherence to it during the evaluation
  • Confirmation of eligibility for your region: regions not yet determined go on the waitlist first

Simulation versus live

Simulated evaluation SIMULATION

  • The workspace is labelled SIMULATION everywhere
  • Fills follow delayed data and a written matching model; no broker is connected
  • Free; no simulated profit is paid; there is no cash reward
  • Passing brings eligibility to apply for a seat, nothing more

Live seat LIVE

  • Opened by a separate approval, never automatically by an evaluation result
  • Seats, limits and compensation each have their own published rule version
  • You see only your own orders, positions, fees and statements
  • Live entries stay closed until engineering acceptance is complete

Plainly stated: the evaluation is simulated; it pays no simulated profit; passing it does not guarantee a live seat.

Region eligibility

Eligibility has not yet been determined for every region. Applications from such regions go on a waitlist and are notified once eligibility is settled; the waitlist is not a commitment of any kind.

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