What Take Profit Trader is
Take Profit Trader is a futures-only proprietary trading firm that runs a single-step evaluation, funds the traders who pass as PRO accounts, and routes its top tier to the live exchange through Tradovate. The firm restricts trading to CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT listed futures, the same contract set as its larger peer Topstep, and markets itself on speed to funding and speed to payout (Take Profit Trader).
I position the firm against Topstep from the start because the two chase the same futures trader. Take Profit Trader charges more for its evaluation but pays out faster and charges a one-time funded fee rather than a recurring one, and which of those matters more is the real question for a prospective trader.
The firm's pitch is a one-step, no-nonsense route to a funded futures account, and the terms mostly back that up, with the caveat that the pass rate, which I cover below, still filters most attempts out.
How the evaluation works
The evaluation is a single Trading Test on a simulated account, with a profit target of around 6 percent of the account size, for example 9,000 dollars on a 150K account, and a minimum of five trading days to pass. Reaching the target within the risk rules earns a PRO account, and there is no second phase (Take Profit Trader).
The monthly test subscription runs from roughly 150 dollars for a 25K account to 360 dollars for a 150K, with 170 dollars at 50K, 245 at 75K, and 330 at 100K in between, and passing triggers a one-time 130 dollar PRO activation fee. The firm caps the maximum cost of failing a test at about 360 dollars and offers up to three resets, which is a more defined downside than an open-ended monthly rebill (Take Profit Trader).
I read the pricing as the cost of a structured attempt, the same way I read any evaluation fee. The subscription is the firm's revenue whether the trader passes or not, and the firm's own data shows most do not, so the fee is best sized as money you accept losing for the chance.
The funded account and the profit split
Passing the test moves you to a PRO account, a simulated funded account on which you keep 80 percent of profits. The top tier, PRO Plus, routes orders to the actual exchange through Tradovate as a live environment, drops the buffer requirement, applies an end-of-day drawdown, and lifts the split to 90 percent (Take Profit Trader).
The jump from 80 to 90 percent is the incentive to graduate from simulated PRO to live PRO Plus, and a trader can hold up to five funded accounts in any mix of the two. The split only matters once you reach and keep a funded account, and the firm's data, covered below, shows how many do.
I treat the two tiers as a progression rather than a choice. Most traders start on the simulated PRO account, prove the consistency, and then move to live PRO Plus for the better split and the real-capital execution, and the structure is built to reward that path.
The drawdown rules and contract limits
Take Profit Trader runs an end-of-day trailing drawdown, which means the loss limit is measured against your highest closing balance and ratchets up as that balance grows. The end-of-day measurement is more forgiving than an intraday trail, but the trailing part still means a profitable trader can breach it on a pullback from a peak (Take Profit Trader).
| Account size | Max contracts | Micro equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| 25K | 3 | 30 |
| 150K | 15 | 150 |
Contract limits scale with the account, from 3 contracts on a 25K up to 15 on a 150K, with the micro equivalents running ten times higher. The limits are a position-sizing ceiling that forces discipline on larger accounts, and a position size calculator is the tool that keeps a trade inside both the contract cap and the drawdown limit.
The payout rules, which are the standout
The term that sets Take Profit Trader apart is the payout. A PRO trader can withdraw from day one of the funded account, with no minimum profitable days, no maximum withdrawal, and no payout window, and withdrawals are automated through Plaid for US bank accounts, PayPal, or Wise, typically inside one business day (Take Profit Trader).
That is a faster, looser payout structure than the winning-day requirements and per-payout caps you find at peers like Topstep. The trade-off is that the firm charges more for the evaluation, so the trader pays more upfront for a friendlier payout once funded.
I weigh that trade-off as a question of confidence. A trader who expects to pass quickly and trade a meaningful size may prefer the day-one payout despite the higher fee, while a trader unsure of passing may prefer the cheaper evaluation elsewhere and accept the slower payout.
The pass rate most reviews skip
The most honest figure in any firm review is the firm's own disclosed pass rate, and Take Profit Trader publishes its. Between the start of January and the end of December 2025, 36.22 percent of all Trading Tests were successfully passed (Take Profit Trader).
That is a higher disclosed pass rate than Topstep's 16.8 percent Combine completion, though the two figures are not strictly like-for-like, since one counts tests and the other counts Combines. Even at 36 percent, it means roughly two of every three paid tests did not result in funding, which is the filter the evaluation fee pays for.
I lead with the figure because it reframes the offer honestly. Take Profit Trader is a legitimate, faster-paying futures firm, and the data it publishes itself shows the funded account is a real but minority outcome, which is the single most useful thing a prospective trader can know before they subscribe.
What you can trade, and on what
Take Profit Trader is futures-only, and the allowed markets are CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT listed contracts, covering equity index futures, energy, metals, grains and rates. The firm does not support stocks, options, spot forex, spot crypto, or contracts for difference, so it is for futures traders specifically (Take Profit Trader).
The platform list is broad, with around 15 options across two data feeds. The CQG feed supports NinjaTrader, TradingView and Tradovate, the Rithmic feed supports RTrader, Quantower and MotiveWave, and Tradovate acts as the regulated broker for the live PRO Plus accounts (Take Profit Trader).
The platform choice matters because it sets the execution and the data you trade on, and the breadth here is a real plus over firms that lock you into a single proprietary platform. A trader who already runs NinjaTrader or TradingView can keep their charts, which lowers the friction of switching to firm capital.
How Take Profit Trader compares with Topstep
The comparison with Topstep is the decision most futures traders actually face, and the two firms split cleanly on cost versus payout. Take Profit Trader charges more for the evaluation, from about 150 dollars a month against Topstep's roughly 49 at the small end, but it pays out from day one with no caps where Topstep requires winning days and caps each withdrawal (Take Profit Trader; Topstep).
The funded-account fee also differs in shape. Take Profit Trader charges a one-time 130 dollar PRO activation fee, while Topstep's Express account carries a 149 dollar activation fee, so the activation cost is similar, but Take Profit Trader's higher monthly test fee is the real premium you pay for the faster payout.
My read is that Take Profit Trader suits a confident futures trader who expects to pass and values immediate, uncapped withdrawals, while Topstep suits a trader who wants the cheapest possible attempt and will accept the slower payout structure. Both are legitimate, and the right choice depends on your edge and your patience, not on which firm advertises harder.
Where Take Profit Trader fits your trading
A firm review sits inside the wider question of whether funded trading is right for you, and the foundational guide to prop trading covers that. The evaluation and challenge rules walk through the model in general terms, and the futures firm comparison frames where Take Profit Trader sits among its peers.
The skill that passes a Trading Test is the same skill that trades live, which is disciplined risk on a real futures contract. A Henry Hub natural gas future or an equity index future will punish anyone who ignores the drawdown limit, so the risk discipline is the asset, not the funded account itself.
For live execution and accountability rather than a solo test attempt, the futures trading rooms on Whop include desks that run the same CME contracts under real risk, and watching experienced operators manage a drawdown ceiling in real time is one of the fastest ways to build the discipline a funded account rewards.