Is this real money trading or simulated?

All trading on Redline is SIMULATED. Your evaluation and funded accounts are simulated capital on a CME-licensed dxFeed market-data feed — orders go to a simulator, not to a live exchange or broker. Payouts are paid by Redline from real money, based on your performance in the simulator, per the 80/20 profit split. Redline is NOT a broker-dealer; you are NOT placing trades with your own capital and have no claim on real-market positions.

What is a prop trading evaluation?

A prop trading evaluation is a simulated trading challenge where you demonstrate your trading skills. Pass by hitting your profit target while staying above the drawdown limit. No gambling or hedging allowed.

What are the evaluation rules?

Reach your profit target while staying above the trailing drawdown at all times. No daily loss limit — only the trailing drawdown applies. Overnight and weekend holds are permitted. No minimum trading days. No gambling, no hedging, no reckless trading.

Can I hold positions overnight or over the weekend?

Yes — overnight and weekend holds are permitted on both evaluation and funded accounts. The trailing drawdown still applies 24/7, including across overnight and weekend gaps, so manage risk on held positions accordingly.

Is there a daily loss limit?

No. There is no daily loss limit on any account size or account type. The only loss-limit rule on your account is the trailing drawdown ($1,000 for 25K, $2,000 for 50K, $3,500 for 100K, or $5,000 for 150K).

After meeting the requirements (8 trading days with 6 profitable days of $130+), request payouts between $500 and $1,500 per cycle. Payouts are processed within 24-48 hours through ACH (US), domestic wire (US), or international wire (SWIFT/IBAN). You receive 80% of the requested amount in your bank; Redline retains 20% per the trader agreement.

What platforms can I use?

Four platforms work with your account on the same CME-licensed dxFeed data: DeepCharts (included free, in-browser), Deepdom ($50/mo L2 / Depth-of-Market upgrade), ATAS (third-party order-flow), and Quantower (third-party multi-asset). The CME market-data agreement is signed once on DeepCharts, then every platform shows live prices with the same dxFeed credentials.

Can I use a copy trader?

You can copy trades between your own Redline accounts using Volumetrica or TradeSyncer. However, following or copying another person's trades via signal services or trade rooms is prohibited and will result in payout denial.

How many funded accounts can I have at once?

A maximum of 5 active funded accounts per trader at any one time. Evaluation accounts in progress are not counted toward this cap — only funded accounts. All accounts must be under the same verified identity. No hedging between your own accounts.

Is this real money trading or simulated?

All trading on Redline Futures Funding is SIMULATED. Your evaluation and funded accounts are simulated capital provisioned by Volumetrica on a CME-licensed dxFeed market-data feed — orders are placed in a simulator, not routed to a live exchange or broker. Payouts are paid by Redline from real money, based on your performance in the simulator, per the 80/20 profit split in the Trader Agreement. Redline is NOT a broker-dealer; you are NOT placing trades with your own capital and have no claim on real-market positions.

What trading platforms can I use?

DeepCharts is included free with every account — in-browser charts and order entry on our CME-licensed dxFeed data. Your provisioning email has the credentials. For L2 / Depth-of-Market, upgrade to Deepdom for $50/mo from your dashboard → Upgrades. The CME market-data agreement is signed once on DeepCharts before live prices flow.

How many trading days do I need for a payout?

You need a minimum of 8 trading days with at least 6 winning days. Each winning day must have $130+ in profit. Payout requests are capped between $500 and $1,500 per cycle. The 80/20 profit split applies to every payout: you receive 80% of your requested amount in your bank, Redline retains 20%. Once you request a payout, your account resets to base stats — balance returns to its starting size, drawdown resets, and the trading/winning day counters return to 0 for a fresh cycle.

What happens to my account when I request a payout?

Your account resets to base stats the moment you submit a payout request. Your account balance resets to its starting size ($25K / $50K / $100K / $150K), the trailing drawdown floor returns to its starting value, and the trading day counter, winning day counter, and high-water mark all return to 0. The current cycle's P&L is paid out and you start a new cycle from a clean slate.

What is the difference between Standard, Activation, and Instant Funded?

All three plans are one-time purchases — no recurring monthly billing. Standard ($47/$87/$147/$192 for $25K/$50K/$100K/$150K): Pass evaluation, get funded automatically. Activation ($47/$97/$137 for $50K/$100K/$150K; not offered on $25K): Lower upfront price, pay a $129 activation fee after passing. Instant Funded ($197/$327/$427/$527 for $25K/$50K/$100K/$150K): Skip evaluation entirely, start trading funded immediately.

Can I hold positions overnight or over the weekend?

Yes — overnight and weekend holds are permitted on both evaluation and funded accounts. The trailing drawdown still applies 24/7, including across overnight and weekend gaps.

Is there a daily loss limit?

No. There is no daily loss limit on any account size or account type. The only loss-limit rule on your account is the trailing drawdown ($1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000 for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K).

What are the contract limits?

Across every account size and every billing style, the limit is 5 mini contracts OR 50 micro contracts per side, on both evaluation and funded accounts. Mini-and-micro mixes are scaled at the same 1:10 ratio — the limit caps notional exposure, not raw contract count.

What happens if I gamble or hedge?

Immediate account termination, payout denial, and permanent ban. We have zero tolerance for gambling behavior or hedging between accounts.

How long does payout processing take?

Payouts are processed within 24-48 hours after approval. All payouts are subject to trading review.

Can I have multiple accounts?

Yes — up to 5 active funded accounts at a time per trader (evaluation accounts in progress don't count against the cap; only funded accounts do). All accounts must be under the same verified identity. No hedging between your own accounts.

What is the trailing drawdown?

Your drawdown floor trails upward with your highest closed P&L — only realized profits move it; open-position mark-to-market does not. It starts at starting balance minus max drawdown ($24,000 for 25K, $48,000 for 50K, $96,500 for 100K, $145,000 for 150K) and ratchets up as you book profits, never decreasing. Once it reaches your starting balance, it locks there.

Trading Rules

Simple, straightforward rules for evaluation and funded accounts

1Evaluation Rules

Account Parameters

Parameter	$25K Account	$50K Account	$100K Account	$150K Account
Starting Balance	$25,000	$50,000	$100,000	$150,000
Profit Target	$1,375 (5.5%)	$2,750 (5.5%)	$5,500 (5.5%)	$8,250 (5.5%)
Trailing Drawdown	$1,000 (4%)	$2,000 (4%)	$3,500 (3.5%)	$5,000 (3.3%)
Contract Limit	5 mini contracts OR 50 micro contracts per side (all sizes)
Daily Loss Limit	None
Overnight / Weekend Holding	Overnight and weekend holds allowed
Pricing	Standard (one-time): $47 (25K), $87 (50K), $147 (100K), $192 (150K) Activation (one-time): $47 (50K), $97 (100K), $137 (150K) + $129 activation fee — not offered on $25K Instant Funded (one-time): $197 (25K), $327 (50K), $427 (100K), $527 (150K)

To Pass Evaluation:

✓Hit profit target ($1,375 for 25K, $2,750 for 50K, $5,500 for 100K, $8,250 for 150K)
✓Stay above drawdown limit at all times
✓Overnight and weekend holds allowed
✓No daily loss limit — only the trailing drawdown applies
✓No gambling or reckless trading
✓No bots, EAs, scripts, or automated trading
✓No hedging between accounts

2Payout Rules

Minimum Trading Days

8 Days

Required Winning Days

6 Days

Min Profit Per Win

$130

Profit Split

80/20

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How we count a “trading day”

A trading day and a winning day are counted by CME futures session, not by calendar date. CME equity-index sessions run:

6:00 PM ET (prior day) → 5:00 PM ET (next day) · 5:00 PM ET → 6:00 PM ET daily maintenance break

So the Tuesday session = 6pm ET Monday through 5pm ET Tuesday. A trade you place at 9pm ET Monday is in the Tuesday session, not the Monday session.

• Trading day = a CME session where you placed at least one closed trade.
• Winning day = a CME session where your net P&L closed at $130 or more.
• Counts update after the session closes (5pm ET). A profitable trade taken mid-session won't bank a winning day until the session ends.
• Sunday 6pm ET opens the Monday session. Friday 5pm ET closes the week.

Additional Requirements:

•Minimum payout request: $500 per cycle
•Maximum payout request: $1,500 per cycle
•Profit split: 80% trader / 20% Redline applied to the requested amount
•You can request up to 100% of your accumulated profit — no minimum buffer required to remain in the account (subject to the $500 floor and $1,500 cap)
•Trailing drawdown: $1,000 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $3,500 (100K), or $5,000 (150K) — only loss-limit rule on the account
•Overnight and weekend holds permitted
•Payout methods: ACH (US bank), domestic wire (US bank), or international wire (SWIFT/IBAN).

3Prohibited Activities

❌ No automated trading (bots, EAs, scripts)

Manual trading only. The following are all banned, regardless of profitability:

• Trading bots, EAs, or any automated decision software
• Scripts that send orders programmatically (Python, NinjaScript, MQL, custom DOM scripts, etc.)
• Latency / arbitrage / order-flow scripts
• Signal services where a bot — not you — places the order on your account
• Auto-execution copy-trading software where execution is hands-off

What IS allowed:

• Hotkeys and bracket orders configured in your trading platform
• Pre-set stop-loss / take-profit levels
• Manual mirroring of trades you place by hand on another Redline account (Volumetrica copy trading, TradeSyncer)

How we catch it: trades closed within 1 second of opening with significant profit are an unmistakable bot signature (see Rule 6 below). But we don't need that detection to trigger to act — if we identify bot usage by ANY means (Discord chat, support tickets, trader admissions, order-flow telemetry), the account is closed immediately, no payout.

❌ Trading conduct rules

The AI compliance evaluator runs deterministic math on your trade history at every payout. Below is exactly what it looks at. Calibrated to catch gambling, not to penalize legitimate strategies.

1. Excessive single-trade risk

A single trade whose worst unrealized drawdown ate a large chunk of your trailing drawdown limit. Measured by Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE) — the deepest the trade went against you before it closed — as a % of your trailing drawdown.

MAE ≥ 50% of trailing drawdown	🔴 Denied
MAE ≥ 40% of trailing drawdown	🟡 Manual review
MAE < 40%	✅ No flag

Example: 50K account → $2,000 trailing drawdown. A trade that went $800 against you (40%) before turning around → manual review. A trade that went $1,000 (50%) → denied.

2. Doubling down after a loss

Increasing your contract size after a losing trade on the same day, with no break to reassess. We count “hard doublings” — the size on the next trade is at least 2× the previous loser's size, within 60 minutes, same session.

5+ hard doublings in the cycle	🔴 Denied
2–4 doublings + any trade hit ≥ 40% MAE	🔴 Denied (Rule 1)
2–4 doublings, no high-MAE, no prior warning	🟡 Approved + warning
2–4 doublings, no high-MAE, prior warning on file	🔴 Denied (escalation)
1 doubling	🟡 Logged, no action

We recognize some traders use legitimate scale-in strategies. First offense is a heads-up. A repeat with an open warning is intentional behavior and gets the auto-deny.

3. Event pre-positioning

Putting on large positions in the seconds before/after a scheduled news release. Measured by: trades opened within ±5 seconds of a major release window, held less than 5 seconds, with ≥ 3 full contracts (or 30 micros).

Events we watch: FOMC rate decisions, CPI, PPI, NFP, jobless claims, PCE, GDP, ISM, JOLTS, Treasury auctions, and the standard US 8:30 / 9:00 / 9:30 / 10:00 ET release windows.

4+ instances in the cycle	🔴 Denied
1–3 instances	🟡 Manual review

4. Over-trading / tilt

A single day where you traded WAY more than your normal pattern AND had a long streak of losses — the classic revenge-trading signature. Measured by: day's trade count ≥ 4× your daily median for the cycle AND ≥ 4 consecutive losing trades on that day.

Both signals on the same day	🔴 Denied
Just one signal	✅ No flag

5. Profit concentration

Your entire cycle's profit comes from one or two trades; the rest is roughly break-even or losing. Measured as: top 1 trade as a % of cycle net P&L; top 2 trades combined.

Single trade > 100% of cycle profit (rest is net negative)	🔴 Denied
Single trade > 75% of cycle profit	🟡 Manual review
Top 2 trades combined > 90% of cycle profit	🟡 Manual review
Profit distributed across many trades	✅ No flag

6. Bot-like execution

Trades opened and closed within a second with significant profit. Indicates an automated script — see “No automated trading” above. Measured by: trades with hold duration ≤ 1 second AND net P&L > $100.

3+ instances in the cycle	🔴 Denied
1–2 instances	🔴 Denied

How decisions are made

✅ APPROVE — all checks pass, no flags. Payout auto-fires.
🟡 APPROVED + WARNING — first-offense doubling-down only. Payout auto-fires; warning lands on your record. Next cycle with the same pattern auto-denies.
🟡 HELD FOR REVIEW — borderline case or a warn flag we don't auto-handle. Admin reviews manually.
🔴 DENY — any check fails or any deny-severity flag fires. Payout rejected; account stays open.

What we DON'T flag

• Overnight holds and weekend holds — explicitly permitted.
• Number of trades per day — only flagged in combination with consecutive losses (Rule 4).
• Single trade size — only flagged via MAE, not by contract count alone.
• Use of stop losses — your discretion; not a compliance signal.

Last updated: 2026-05-19. Thresholds reflect current production calibration. We adjust these as we see real-trader data — never to retroactively penalize traders who already met the prior bar.

❌ No Hedging

Hedging between multiple Redline accounts is strictly prohibited. Trading opposite positions across your accounts or coordinating with other traders will result in permanent ban.

⚠️ Copying a Professional Trader Requires Notification

If you copy, mirror, or follow a professional trader's positions — whether manually, via signal services, trade rooms, or any copy trading software connected to an external source — you must notify Redline in advance. We don't prohibit it outright, but we need to know about it. Failure to disclose may result in payout denial or account termination.

Note: Copying trades between your own Redline accounts (e.g. via Volumetrica or TradeSyncer) is always allowed and does not require notification.

❌ Other Violations

• Account sharing or allowing others to trade your account
• Using exploits or manipulating the platform
• Providing false information during registration or KYC

4Trading Platform

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DeepCharts by dxFeed

All Redline accounts use DeepCharts, powered by dxFeed — a professional-grade data provider licensed by the CME.

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Frequently Asked Questions

⚠️ Agreement

By creating an account or trading with Redline Futures Funding, you acknowledge that:

✓You have read and understood all rules on this page
✓You agree to trade skillfully without gambling or reckless behavior
✓You will not hedge between accounts or engage in prohibited activities
✓Redline has sole discretion to deny payouts or terminate accounts for rule violations