Tradeify Crypto Rules Overview 2026: The Definitive Guide

Tradeify Crypto runs on five core rules — a 3% daily drawdown hard breach, 6% EOD trailing max loss, 12% profit target (1-Step), 5:1 leverage cap, and a 3-day minimum profitable requirement for payouts — and every single one behaves differently than you'd expect coming from futures prop firms.

After trading Tradeify Futures for over 12 months and now running Tradeify Crypto accounts since launch in February 2026, I can tell you the percentage-based system looks clean on paper but creates situations in live crypto markets that catch traders off guard.

The 3% daily DD sounds generous until BTC drops 4% in an hour and your 2x leveraged position eats through it before you can react. The EOD trailing sounds identical to futures drawdown until you realize there's no "session close" in a 24/7 market — the reset window works differently. This guide breaks down every rule with real calculation examples, explains how each one interacts with crypto volatility, and shows you exactly where traders breach so you don't.

Why I trust Tradeify Crypto: I've been actively trading Tradeify Futures for 12+ months — multiple funded accounts, regular withdrawals, $125M+ in total payouts across their trader base. This legitimacy assessment is based on real money in, real money out, and an established relationship with the team.

That said, Tradeify Crypto launched in February 2026 and hasn't built its own payout track record yet. My job isn't to sell you on them — it's to give you an honest breakdown so you can decide if the trust foundation from futures carries over. For the full trust assessment, read my complete Tradeify Crypto review. For the absolute latest, check Tradeify Crypto's website or their help center.

The Complete Rule Framework

Every Rule at a Glance

Before diving into each rule individually, here's the full picture. Tradeify Crypto's rule set is percentage-based and applies identically across all account sizes — what changes is the dollar amounts those percentages translate to.

Why Percentage-Based Rules Matter for Crypto

Every rule is expressed as a percentage of your starting account balance. On a $25K account: daily DD is $750, max loss is $1,500, profit target is $3,000. On a $100K: daily DD is $3,000, max loss is $6,000, profit target is $12,000. Same percentages, different dollar amounts.

This seems straightforward until you realize that crypto volatility doesn't scale linearly with account size. BTC moves the same percentage regardless of whether you're trading a $5K or $100K account. A 2% BTC drop wipes the same proportion of your drawdown on every account. What changes is the absolute dollar impact of your position sizing decisions — and that's where most rule violations happen. Traders who size correctly on a $25K account often over-leverage on a $100K because the larger dollar amounts create a false sense of security.

The 3% Daily Drawdown: The Rule That Kills Most Accounts

How It Works

The daily drawdown is the tightest constraint in Tradeify Crypto's entire rule set. It works like this: at the start of each trading day (defined by the daily reset window), your maximum allowable loss for that day is set at 3% of your original starting balance — not your current balance, not your highest balance, your original starting balance. On a $25K account, that's $750. Every single day. If your account equity drops by $750 or more from its value at the start of that day, the account is breached. Immediately. No recovery, no EOD forgiveness.

This is a hard breach, meaning it triggers in real time during the trading session. Unlike the trailing max loss (which uses end-of-day calculation), the daily DD is monitored tick by tick. You can't be down $800 at noon, recover to -$200 by evening, and survive. The moment you touch -$750, it's over.

The Crypto-Specific Problem

Here's where futures traders get caught. On Tradeify Futures, the daily drawdown (where it exists) operates during a defined 23-hour session with a clear close. You know when your day starts and ends. Crypto trades 24/7 with no natural session boundary.

Tradeify Crypto still uses a daily reset, but the exact timing matters enormously. If the reset happens at midnight UTC and you're holding a BTC position that goes against you from 11 PM to 1 AM, the drawdown calculation splits across two calendar days. Understanding when the daily DD resets — and planning your trading around it — is the difference between a survivable losing session and an unexpected breach.

Real Math: Position Sizing Around the 3% Daily DD

Let me walk through the math I use on my $25K 1-Step account.

Daily drawdown limit: $750. That's my maximum tolerable loss for any given day. But I don't want to lose $750 — I want room for multiple trades and unexpected slippage. So my actual daily loss budget is 60% of the DD limit: $450.

At 2x effective leverage ($50K notional on BTC), every 1% BTC move equals $500. A 0.9% adverse BTC move at 2x leverage costs $450 — my entire daily budget in a single trade. That's why I rarely run 2x on a single position. I size at 1.5x effective leverage for BTC day trades, which means a 1% adverse move costs $375. That leaves $375 of daily DD remaining for a second entry or an add-on.

For ETH, which is roughly 1.5x more volatile than BTC on average, I drop to 1-1.2x effective leverage. SOL and smaller altcoins? 0.5-0.8x max. The daily DD doesn't change, but the volatility profile of each asset demands different sizing.

Mistake I Almost Made

Week two on Tradeify Crypto. BTC was running during the London session — clean trend, strong volume, textbook continuation. I was already up $400 on a BTC long at 2x leverage. Added to the position. Now I was at 3x effective. BTC pulled back 0.8% over the next 30 minutes, and suddenly I was down $600 on the day. That's 80% of my daily DD consumed in a single pullback that would have been completely normal noise on a futures account with wider drawdown limits.

I closed the position at -$600, saving $150 of daily DD room. Had I held another 20 minutes, BTC continued down another 0.5% before reversing. At 3x leverage, that would have been an additional $375 loss — putting me at -$975 for the day. Breach. The lesson burned into my brain: the daily DD doesn't care how right your thesis is. Size for the 3% limit, not for the opportunity.

The 6% EOD Trailing Max Loss: Understanding the Mechanics

How EOD Trailing Actually Works in Crypto

The maximum loss limit starts at 6% below your original starting balance. On a $25K account, your initial max loss level sits at $23,500. If your account equity closes the day below $23,500, you're breached.

Here's the critical mechanic: the trailing part. As your end-of-day balance rises, the max loss floor trails upward. If you close day one at $25,600 (up $600), your new max loss floor moves to $24,100 ($25,600 minus $1,500). If you close day two at $25,900 (up another $300), the floor moves to $24,400 ($25,900 minus $1,500). It only moves up. Never down.

The EOD part is what makes this rule trader-friendly. On intraday trailing drawdown (used by firms like TakeProfitTrader on PRO accounts), the floor moves in real time with every equity peak during the session. An intraday peak of $26,200 that closes at $25,500 would permanently move the floor to $24,700 on an intraday system. On Tradeify Crypto's EOD system, only the closing balance of $25,500 matters — your floor stays at $24,000 (if that was the previous level) or moves to $24,000 only if $25,500 is a new end-of-day high.

Why This Is Massive for Crypto

BTC regularly swings 3-5% in a single day. A $25K account at 2x leverage seeing a 4% intraday BTC spike means your equity temporarily peaks at roughly $27,000 — up $2,000. On an intraday trailing system, your max loss floor would immediately jump to $25,500. If BTC then pulls back 3%, you're down $1,500 from peak, and your effective remaining drawdown room is now only $500 from your current equity to the new floor. That's how traders breach on intraday trailing firms during volatile crypto moves even when they're net profitable.

On Tradeify Crypto's EOD system, that same intraday spike and pullback doesn't move your floor at all — because your end-of-day balance is what counts. Close the day at $25,300 (still up $300) and your floor barely moves. You kept your drawdown room intact despite the wild ride. This single rule difference is why I'm more comfortable holding BTC positions through volatile sessions on Tradeify Crypto than I would be at a firm using intraday trailing.

The Daily Reset Question

In a 24/7 crypto market, when exactly does "end of day" happen? This is the question every futures trader asks, because on Tradeify Futures, the answer is clear: 5:00 PM ET session close.

Tradeify Crypto uses a fixed daily reset time for both the daily drawdown and the EOD trailing calculation. Your account balance at that reset point becomes the reference for the next day's daily DD and the potential new floor for the trailing max loss. The exact timing should be confirmed on their platform, but the mechanism is the same regardless: your intraday volatility between resets is forgiven as long as you don't trigger the real-time daily DD breach.

My approach: I plan trades to be flat or in profit at the daily reset. If I'm holding a position that's underwater, I close it before the reset rather than risk having a lower starting balance for the next day's DD calculation.

The 12% Profit Target: Breaking Down the Math

What 12% Actually Requires

On the 1-Step evaluation, you need to generate 12% in net profit while staying above the drawdown limits. No time limit. No minimum trading days during evaluation. Just hit the number.

The 2:1 Target-to-Drawdown Ratio

The profit target is exactly 2x the maximum loss. That means you need to generate $2 in profit for every $1 of risk room the firm gives you. This is tighter than some competitors — Breakout's 10% target against an 8% max loss gives a 1.25:1 ratio, which is far more forgiving. Crypto Fund Trader's 10% target with a 10% max loss is 1:1 — almost generous by comparison.

At 2:1, there's very little room for drawdown during the evaluation. If you lose 3% of your account (half of your max loss), you now need to generate 15% from your current balance to reach the original 12% target. That math gets ugly fast. The practical implication: your first few trading days matter disproportionately. A clean start with 2-3% account growth in the first week gives you breathing room. A bad start puts you in a hole that's exponentially harder to climb out of.

Comparing to Tradeify Futures Targets

On Tradeify Futures Select accounts, the profit target varies by plan but is generally lower as a percentage of account balance. The crypto side demanding 12% reflects the higher volatility of crypto markets — in theory, the same quality trader should reach 12% on crypto faster than 6-8% on futures because BTC moves more in a day than NQ does.

In practice? The higher volatility cuts both ways. Yes, 1% BTC days are common and can generate meaningful P&L. But so are 3-5% adverse BTC days that trigger the daily DD or eat deep into the trailing drawdown. The 12% target assumes you can capture the upside volatility while avoiding the downside volatility, and that's the hardest part of crypto trading at any firm.

Rules That Don't Exist (And Why That Matters)

No News Trading Restrictions

On Tradeify Futures, you can't trade within a defined window around CPI, NFP, FOMC, and other high-impact releases. These restrictions exist because CME futures experience extreme volatility and widened spreads during macroeconomic events.

Tradeify Crypto has no news trading restrictions. None. You can trade through FOMC, NFP, CPI, Bitcoin halving events, Ethereum upgrades, exchange hacks — anything. Crypto reacts to macro news (BTC dropped 8% after a surprise rate hike in Q4 2024), but Tradeify doesn't restrict your ability to trade through these events.

My take: this is both a freedom and a trap. Trading during high-impact news gives you access to explosive moves, but spreads widen significantly on DXtrade during these events. A BTC "fill" that's $200 worse than expected on a 2x leveraged position can eat $400 of your daily DD in slippage alone. I generally avoid opening new positions during the first 5 minutes after major macro releases, even though the rules allow it. The edge isn't worth the execution risk.

No Forced Position Closure

Tradeify Futures forces all positions closed at 4:59 PM ET. No exceptions. This shapes every trading decision — you can't hold a winning trend trade through the session close, and you can't ride a swing trade for multiple days.

Tradeify Crypto? Hold whatever you want, whenever you want, for as long as you want. BTC long from Monday morning through Friday evening? Fine. ETH short over a weekend? Go for it. The 24/7 market structure means there's no session close forcing you flat.

This fundamentally changes strategy. On futures, I'm purely a day trader — in and out within hours. On crypto, I can swing trade. A BTC position that's up $800 intraday doesn't need to be closed before a deadline. I can set a stop at breakeven, let it run overnight, and capture the next leg if the trend continues. That optionality is worth real money over time.

No Consistency Rule

Some crypto prop firms impose consistency rules similar to futures firms — no single day can represent more than X% of total profits. Tradeify Crypto has no such restriction during evaluation. You can make 90% of your profit target on a single monster BTC trade and the remaining 10% across subsequent sessions.

On funded accounts, the only gating requirement is 3 profitable days at 0.5% minimum each before requesting a payout. That's not a consistency rule in the traditional sense — it's a minimum activity requirement. You could theoretically make $10,000 in one session, add $125 each on three separate days, and request a full payout. That flexibility is unusual and valuable for traders who have lumpy P&L distribution.

No Time Limit

Unlimited evaluation time. Take 10 days or 10 months. The one-time fee model means there's no recurring cost punishing you for trading slowly. This is a massive advantage for crypto traders who prefer to wait for high-probability setups rather than forcing trades daily.

On my Tradeify Futures evaluations, I felt constant pressure from the monthly subscription — every day I wasn't trading was a day I was paying for without progress. On Tradeify Crypto, I've had multiple days where I looked at BTC, saw nothing compelling, and walked away. No cost. No pressure. Just patience until the next clean setup.

Funded Account Rules: What Changes After You Pass

The Payout Gate

Once funded, the rule framework stays identical — 3% daily DD, 6% EOD trailing, 5:1 leverage — with one addition: you need 3 profitable trading days of at least 0.5% each before requesting a payout. On a $25K account, 0.5% is $125 per day. Three days at $125 minimum.

This is deliberately low. They're not asking for consistency in the traditional sense. They're asking you to demonstrate that you're actually trading, not just holding a lucky position from one explosive day. I hit the 3-day minimum within my first week of funded trading on futures, and crypto should be similar — $125/day on a $25K account with BTC trading is achievable with minimal risk.

Profit Split Mechanics

80% of profits go to you, 20% to Tradeify. This applies to every payout regardless of amount, frequency, or account age. There's no tiered progression to 90% like Alpha Futures' Standard accounts offer, and there's no 100% first-$X threshold like Bulenox or some Tradeify Futures plans include.

On a $5,000 gross profit payout, you receive $4,000. Tradeify keeps $1,000. For comparison: on Tradeify Futures at 90/10, you'd keep $4,500. That 10% difference means on $50,000 of annual payouts, the crypto side costs you $5,000 more than futures. Not a dealbreaker — but it's real.

How the Trailing Max Loss Interacts with Payouts

This is where traders need to think carefully. Your EOD trailing max loss level moves up as your balance grows. If you're funded on a $25K account and grow it to $28,000 (up $3,000), your max loss floor has trailed up to $26,500 ($28,000 minus $1,500). If you now withdraw $2,400 (80% of $3,000), your account drops to $25,600 — and your max loss floor is still at $26,500 from the earlier high.

Wait. Your account is at $25,600 and the breach level is $26,500? That means you're already below the max loss floor and would breach immediately — unless the max loss adjusts post-withdrawal.

This is a critical detail you must verify with Tradeify Crypto's help center before requesting payouts. On Tradeify Futures, withdrawals are handled as accounting adjustments that don't trigger the trailing drawdown. But the mechanics may differ on the crypto side, especially at launch. Before you request your first withdrawal, confirm exactly how the trailing max loss interacts with payout processing.

Rules Compared to Crypto Competitors

Where Tradeify Crypto Rules Are Tighter

The 3% daily DD is the tightest in the comparison. Breakout, Crypto Fund Trader, and HyroTrader all offer 4-5%. That extra 1-2% of daily drawdown sounds small but translates to $250-$500 more room per day on a $25K account — multiple trades worth of buffer.

The 12% profit target is the highest. Every competitor asks for 10% or less. Combined with the 6% max loss (vs 8-10% at competitors), Tradeify has the least forgiving target-to-drawdown ratio in the crypto prop market.

Leverage at 5:1 is the most conservative. HyroTrader and Crypto Fund Trader offer 100:1. Breakout offers up to 50:1. More leverage means you need smaller moves to hit the profit target — but also means a smaller move can breach you. I actually prefer 5:1 because it forces disciplined sizing, but traders who want to scalp small moves will find 5:1 restrictive.

Where Tradeify Crypto Rules Are More Forgiving

EOD trailing drawdown is a significant advantage. Every other firm in the comparison uses equity-based (intraday) drawdown tracking. In a market where 3-5% intraday swings are normal, EOD calculation preserves substantially more drawdown room across volatile sessions.

No news restrictions is genuine freedom. Breakout and Crypto Fund Trader both restrict trading around macro events. Tradeify doesn't.

No time limit eliminates the evaluation pressure that Breakout's 30-day deadline creates. You trade at your own pace without a clock.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the daily drawdown limit on Tradeify Crypto?

3% of your starting account balance, calculated in real time. On a $25K account, that's $750. It triggers as a hard breach — the moment your equity drops $750 from the start of that day's session, the account is terminated.

How does EOD trailing drawdown work in a 24/7 crypto market?

The trailing max loss recalculates at a fixed daily reset time rather than tracking intraday equity peaks. Only your account balance at the reset point matters for moving the floor. Intraday spikes and pullbacks between resets don't affect the trailing calculation.

What happens if I breach the daily drawdown?

Immediate account termination. Hard breach. No recovery, no appeal, no waiting until end of day. This applies to both evaluation and funded accounts. You'll need to purchase a new account to continue.

Is there a consistency rule?

No consistency rule during evaluation. On funded accounts, the only requirement is 3 profitable days at 0.5% minimum each before requesting a payout. No cap on how much of your total profit can come from a single day.

Can I hold positions overnight?

Yes. Overnight holds and weekend holds are both allowed on all account types. There is no forced position closure at any time. You can hold a BTC position from Monday through the following Sunday if your thesis supports it.

Are there news trading restrictions?

None. You can trade during FOMC, CPI, NFP, crypto-specific events, and any other news releases. However, spreads widen significantly during high-impact events, so execution quality may vary.

What leverage does Tradeify Crypto offer?

5:1 across all account sizes and types. This is system-enforced — DXtrade won't allow you to exceed 5:1 notional exposure. This is lower than most crypto competitors offering 50:1 to 100:1.

What's the profit target on the 1-Step evaluation?

12% of starting balance. On a $25K account, that's $3,000 in net profit. There's no time limit to reach it, but the 6% max trailing loss means you need to generate $2 of profit for every $1 of risk room available.

Does the trailing drawdown affect my funded account payouts?

The trailing max loss level moves up with your highest end-of-day balance. Before requesting payouts, confirm with Tradeify Crypto support exactly how withdrawals interact with the trailing floor to avoid an accidental breach post-withdrawal.

Can I use bots or automated trading?

The platform supports manual and potentially semi-automated execution through DXtrade. Fully automated trading bots, high-frequency trading, and copy trading across multiple accounts may be restricted. Verify current automation policies on their website.

What happens if I hit the daily DD but not the max loss?

The daily drawdown is a hard breach regardless of your overall max loss position. You can be up $2,000 on the evaluation overall, hit -$750 on a single day, and lose the account. The daily DD is independent of the trailing max loss.

Are there any restricted trading strategies?

No explicit strategy restrictions at launch — no martingale bans, no grid trading bans, no DCA limits. The rules are drawdown-based: stay within the daily DD and max loss limits using whatever strategy you choose. This contrasts with Tradeify Futures, which restricts certain strategies on specific account types.

How do funded account rules differ from evaluation rules?

The core drawdown rules are identical. The differences: no profit target on funded accounts (you've already passed), 3 profitable days at 0.5% minimum required before payout requests, and an 80% profit split on all withdrawals. Everything else — daily DD, trailing max loss, leverage, trading hours — stays the same.

What's the minimum payout amount?

Payouts are processed on demand through Rise after meeting the 3-day profitable requirement. Verify minimum withdrawal amounts on Tradeify Crypto's website, as these may differ from the futures platform's minimums.