Post-Funding
Passing your evaluation is not the end. It is the starting point. Scaling is how funded trading becomes a real income source.
A 25K account with 6 contracts has limited earning potential. A 150K account with 24 contracts can produce meaningful income from the same strategy. The bridge between the two is demonstrated consistency over time.
Account scaling refers to the progression from smaller funded accounts to larger ones: more buying power, higher contract limits, and larger drawdown buffers.
A firm may increase the parameters of your existing account based on performance milestones.
Qualify for and purchase larger evaluations as your confidence and track record grow.
At DayTraders.com, traders can hold up to 15 Pro accounts and 5 live accounts simultaneously. Start with a single 25K and add more over time.
25K Static at $150 (lower during promotions). Low risk. Learn the rules. Build habits. Prove the strategy. Make mistakes cheaply.
300K Trailing at $879. $15,000 profit target. High pressure. If you are still refining, that is expensive failure.
This approach distributes risk. If one account has a bad week, the others may offset it. You can apply different strategies to different accounts. Losing one does not eliminate your entire funded position.
Avoid the temptation to take bigger risks to "prove" you deserve a larger account. The fastest way to scale is to trade the smaller account exactly the way you would trade the larger one.
Learn the rules, build habits, prove the strategy works within the funded structure.
Confirm the withdrawal process. Build confidence that the system works. Collect real money.
Same size or one tier larger. Run both simultaneously. Distribute attention between them.
Add more accounts, move to larger sizes, or transition to S2L for live market access with daily payouts.
Pro and S2F traders keep 100% of profits. Live traders keep 80%.
These numbers assume consistent profitability. Plenty of months will fall below average. Some accounts will fail. But losing one account out of five still leaves four producing income. That diversification is the real power of multi-account scaling.
Adding a second account before the first is consistently profitable. Each account requires mental bandwidth. If you are still fighting the trailing drawdown on account one, account two will suffer.
Sounds like diversification. In practice, it splits focus and prevents mastering either approach. Use the same strategy across all accounts until fully proven.
Each account has its own drawdown, daily loss limit, and consistency rule. A bad session on one should not cause emotional trading on another.
The 300K at $879 is tempting, but $15,000 profit target requires sustained performance at higher contract sizes. If you cannot manage 10 contracts on 50K, 40 contracts on 300K will amplify mistakes.
The ultimate destination at DayTraders.com is the Straight to Live (S2L) program.
Scaling from a single 25K evaluation to a portfolio of live funded accounts is a 6 to 12 month journey for disciplined traders. The infrastructure exists, the rules are clear, and every step rewards consistency over shortcuts.
