Overview
Traders Launch is a Philadelphia firm selling one-step evaluations for futures and, separately, for crypto. You pay once, there's no subscription, and there's no activation fee after you pass. It suits traders who like an end-of-day drawdown and a tight loss limit.
How the evaluation works
Futures (100K, 200K, 300K): a 2% profit target with a 1% max drawdown, so $1,000 on the 100K. The drawdown trails your end-of-day balance and locks at the starting balance. You need 3 trading days, 60 days at most, and no day can be more than 40% of your total profit.
Crypto (5K, 10K, 20K): BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP at 5x leverage. Target and drawdown are the same dollar amount, from $200 on the 5K to $1,500 on the 20K, also end of day. You need 4 trading days within 60.
Legacy NYC: cheaper futures accounts limited to 9:30am to 4pm ET, with their own targets.
If you're above half the target on day 60, you get a free 30-day extension.
Rules worth knowing
Hedging is banned, including long NQ in one account against short ES in another.
Scalping is fine, but if more than 10% of your trades close within two seconds the account gets paused for review.
You must place at least one trade a week. Missing a week ends an evaluation.
Getting paid
After passing, you trade a buffer account until you've made the same amount as the drawdown, then sign the contract and do KYC. Once the funded account is more than 1% in profit you can request a payout on any day, with no consistency rule or cap. Standard accounts pay 80%, or 60% if you picked that plan at checkout. Crypto (USDT on Solana) and ACH go out daily, and wires weekly.
At a glance
- Platforms
- TradingView, Quantower
- Payouts
- Bank transfer, Crypto
- Based in
- Philadelphia, United States
Good
- One-time fee, no subscription
- End-of-day drawdown that locks at the starting balance
- No consistency rule or payout cap once funded
- No activation fee
Watch for
- Futures drawdown is only 1% of the account size
- Buffer stage to clear before the first payout
- 40% best-day rule during the evaluation
- At least one trade a week or the account lapses
Challenges
Every account Traders Launch sells. Sort by any column.
| Program | Drawdown | Payouts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Futures Evaluation1-step | $100K | $159 | 2% | — | 1% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | 3 days | Daily |
| Futures Evaluation1-step | $200K | $299 | 2% | — | 1% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | 3 days | Daily |
| Futures Evaluation1-step | $300K | $599 | 2% | — | 1% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | 3 days | Daily |
| Crypto Evaluation1-step | $5K | $20 | 4% | — | 4% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | 4 days | Daily |
| Crypto Evaluation1-step | $10K | $69 | 5% | — | 5% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | 4 days | Daily |
| Crypto Evaluation1-step | $20K | $199 | 7.5% | — | 7.5% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | 4 days | Daily |
Trading rules
What the funded account lets you do. Restricted means allowed with conditions; check the firm's terms.
Not available to residents of BY, CU, IR, KP, MM, RU, SD, SS, SY, VE, ZW.
Payouts
How you get paid
- Methods
- Bank transfer, Crypto
- Frequency
- Daily
- First payout
- —
Profit split by program
- Futures Evaluation
- up to 80%
- Crypto Evaluation
- up to 80%
What traders say
Scores from the sites traders use, and our summary of what they're saying, checked 6 October 2026.
Traders Launch is a small futures firm with a short but very positive record: 4.7 on Trustpilot from about 75 reviews, 4.7 on Prop Firm Match from 68 verified traders, and 4.6 on Damn Prop Firms from 18. Payout speed comes up again and again. The main caution is size. There are few reviews, little Reddit or YouTube discussion, and one review roundup scored sentiment a neutral three out of five for that reason.
What traders like
Very fast payouts. Many reviewers on Trustpilot and Prop Firm Match say money arrived within minutes to an hour of asking, and that they can request payouts daily.
Simple rules once funded. Reviewers like the lack of a consistency rule after the evaluation, no payout caps and no activation fee.
Support. Quick replies through Discord and email get frequent praise, and several reviewers mention the CEO answering questions himself.
Price. People call the evaluations affordable for the account size.
Common complaints
A tight drawdown. Several reviewers find the 1% end-of-day drawdown restrictive and say it forces small position sizes.
The dashboard and platform. A few say the dashboard and trading platform could be better.
A thin track record. Some traders hesitate because the firm is young and has little presence outside its own Discord.
Recently
July to August 2026: reviews on Damn Prop Firms and Prop Firm Match stay positive about payout speed, and the firm asked its community for more Prop Firm Match reviews in late August.
September 2026: review sites continue to rate the firm well, with the small drawdown as the main caveat. No complaint pattern has appeared.
Where this comes from
Trustpilot: the firm's review page, about 75 reviews.
Prop Firm Match: verified futures trader reviews.
Damn Prop Firms: a small set of verified trader reviews.
Forex Peace Army: a trader review page for the firm.
Reddit thread: a January 2026 thread asking whether the firm is established enough.
Verified reviews
Reviews from traders who've connected an account at Traders Launch to Chartnaut, so you know they actually traded there. Opening soon.
