How to pass a Take Profit Trader evaluation: the rules and the math
- Take Profit Trader sells one evaluation: Test. At 50K each asks for $3,000 of profit with $2,000 of drawdown.
- Drawdown: it trails end of day and stops at the starting balance.
- Consistency to pass: Test 50%.
- These are Take Profit Trader's published rules as of September 25, 2026. Take Profit Trader's current help center always governs.
This guide walks through what each Take Profit Trader evaluation actually requires, with the numbers worked out at 50K, and what changes once you're funded. It explains the rules and the arithmetic; it doesn't recommend a plan or a strategy.
The evaluations at a glance
| Plan | Target | Max drawdown | Consistency | Daily loss limit | Min days | Max minis / micros |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test (50K) | $3,000 | $2,000, end of day | 50% | None | 3 | 6 / 60 |
Every plan and size, with sources, is on the Take Profit Trader rules page.
Plan by plan
Test
On a 50K, your floor starts at $48,000 and trails your highest end-of-day balance. It stops rising once it reaches $50,000, your starting balance, which happens the first time your close reaches $52,000. From then on it's fixed.
Your best day can be at most 50% of your total profit. On a $3,000 target that makes $1,500 the biggest day that keeps the target where it is. A $2,000 best day would mean you need $4,000 of total profit ($2,000 ÷ 0.5). It also means you can't pass in fewer than 2 days.
Daily loss limit: no daily loss limit. List price (50K): $170 a month, plus a $130 activation fee when you pass.
Take Profit Trader's own notes on this plan:
- Consistency is strict: your best day must be under 50% of profit. Going over raises the target instead of failing you.
- Minimum 3 trading days.
- Flat by 4:55 PM ET. No overnight positions.
The math of the race
Every evaluation is a race: the target up before the drawdown down. At 50K on Test, that's $3,000 before $2,000, so you need 1.5 times the drawdown in profit before losing it once, and while the floor is trailing, your room never exceeds $2,000.
One way traders reason about this is a daily risk budget sized against the room they have. With $2,000 of room, a $500 budget survives four full losing days; a larger one reaches the target sooner but survives fewer. Which balance fits depends on your win rate, average win and loss, and trade count. The pass rate calculator runs your numbers against every Take Profit Trader plan, and TradeHarbor's Pass simulator does the same with your real trades.
After you pass
- PRO: trails intraday, stops at the starting balance; no payout consistency rule in the firm's published rules we track.
- PRO+: trails end of day, stops at the starting balance ($0); no payout consistency rule in the firm's published rules we track; the balance starts at $0.
Payout requirements for each funded plan are on the Take Profit Trader rules page.
This guide explains Take Profit Trader's published rules and the arithmetic behind them. It isn't trading or financial advice, and it doesn't recommend any firm or strategy. Take Profit Trader changes its rules from time to time; check its help center before you buy.