Lucid Trading rules and payouts: LucidFlex vs LucidPro vs LucidDaily
Lucid allows trade copiers across your own accounts, but Flex, Pro and Daily pay out on different terms. On a 50K funded account, LucidFlex needs five days of at least $150 profit and has no buffer. LucidPro needs $500 of profit in the cycle, a best day of no more than 40% of it and a balance above $52,100. LucidDaily pays any profit above that same buffer, as often as daily. Every request is at least $500, and you receive 90%.
Rules checked 4 November 2026against the firm's public help center.How we check
At a glance
- Trade copiers
- Allowed on your own accounts
- Platforms
- Tradovate (CQG route) and Rithmic
- Account limit
- 10 in total, at most 5 funded
- Hedging
- Not allowed across accounts, incl. mini vs micro and ES vs NQ
- News trading
- Allowed on Flex, Pro and Direct; a hard breach on Daily
- Daily loss limit
- Optional on Flex, Pro and Daily, chosen at purchase
- Payouts
- $500 minimum, 90% to you
- LucidPro consistency
- Best day up to 40% of cycle profit (35% on older accounts)
LucidFlex vs LucidPro vs LucidDaily
LucidPro puts its consistency rule on funded payouts; LucidFlex and LucidDaily put theirs on the evaluation. A funded LucidFlex account counts qualifying days and has no buffer, while LucidPro and LucidDaily pay only above a buffer balance, and LucidDaily trails intraday once funded by default. Current rules on a 50K account:
| Rule (50K) | LucidFlex | LucidPro | LucidDaily |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profit target | $3,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| Max loss | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Evaluation drawdown | EOD trailing; stops at start + $100 | EOD trailing; stops at start + $100 | EOD or intraday trailing, chosen at purchase; stops at start + $100 |
| Funded drawdown | EOD trailing; stops at start + $100, or jumps there on the first payout request | EOD trailing; stops at start + $100 | Intraday trailing; stops at start + $100 |
| Daily loss limit, if chosen | $1,200 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| Funded contracts | 2 to 4 minis or 20 to 40 micros, scaling with profit | 4 minis or 40 micros | 4 minis or 40 micros |
| Evaluation consistency | 40% of profit made in the evaluation; 50% with the add-on | None | 40% of profit made in the evaluation; 50% with the add-on |
| Funded consistency | None | 40% of profit in the current payout cycle | None |
| Qualifying days | 5 days of at least $150 | None | None |
| Profit needed per cycle | Positive net profit | $500 | Positive net profit |
| Buffer balance | None | $52,100 | $52,100 |
| Minimum request | $500 | $500 | $500 |
| Maximum request | 50% of profit, up to $2,000 | Payout 1: $2,000; payouts 2 to 5: $2,500 | All profit above the buffer |
| Payouts per account | 5 | 5 | Not published |
| Payout frequency | Any day once eligible; intraday with the DLL on | Any day once eligible; intraday with the DLL on | Daily once eligible; several a session with the DLL on |
| Split | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| News trading | Allowed | Allowed | Hard breach: be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after US high-impact news |
LucidPro figures are for accounts purchased or reset on or after 28 Nov 2025, 3:00 PM EST. Accounts purchased or reset on or before 28 Nov 2025, 3:00 PM EST keep 35% consistency and are paid 100% of the first $10,000, then 90%. Lucid's consistency article says "on or after" for the first group and "on or before" for the second, so both cover an account bought or reset at exactly that minute, and its payout article says "before" for the split. If that is your account, ask Lucid which applies.
LucidFlex and LucidDaily evaluations hold the best day to 40% of the profit made, or 50% if you bought Lucid's consistency add-on at checkout. Lucid no longer says which limit a reset uses, and it does not say whether evaluations bought before the add-on appeared keep the higher limit. Its LucidDaily evaluation and consistency articles still give 50% for every account, while its LucidDaily customization article and plan cards offer the choice, so ask Lucid which applies to a LucidDaily evaluation. The plan cards also sell LucidDaily with an end-of-day funded drawdown, with 30% or 40% evaluation consistency; no help article describes it yet, so this page covers the intraday funded account.
Lucid payout rules by program
All three programs pay 90% of the approved amount, with a $500 minimum request and no fixed payout window. What unlocks a request differs.
If you chose the daily loss limit at purchase, a funded account gets Lucid's on-demand payouts: it can request during the session instead of waiting for the end of the day. On LucidFlex and LucidPro the request comes from that session's profit, and trading pauses until the day ends. LucidDaily allows several requests in one session. Without the limit, payouts follow the end-of-day schedule.
LucidFlex funded payouts
A cycle needs five days that each clear the minimum profit below, plus positive net profit for the cycle. There is no buffer, and the cap is the same for every request. Both counters reset after each approved payout, and the first request moves the max-loss floor straight to the starting balance plus $100. Lucid's payout table caps a request at 50% of profit, but a sentence in the same article says 50% of the account balance. The table is used here; confirm with Lucid before you request more.
| Account | Qualifying days | Minimum profit per day | Buffer | Maximum request | Maximum payouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | 5 | $100 | None | 50% of profit, up to $1,000 | 5 |
| 50K | 5 | $150 | None | 50% of profit, up to $2,000 | 5 |
| 100K | 5 | $200 | None | 50% of profit, up to $2,500 | 5 |
| 150K | 5 | $250 | None | 50% of profit, up to $3,000 | 5 |
LucidPro funded payouts
Each cycle needs a profit goal ($250 on 25K, $500 on 50K, $750 on 100K, $1,000 on 150K), a best day of no more than 40% of the cycle's profit and a balance above the buffer balance: the starting balance plus max loss plus $100. Lucid lists no day count, and you cannot withdraw from the buffer. All three conditions reset after each approved payout. The first request has a lower cap than later ones. Lucid's Pro funded article lists "no simulated payout caps" as a benefit, but its payout article sets the caps below.
| Account | Qualifying days | Minimum profit per day | Buffer balance | Balance to request $500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | None | None | $26,100 | $26,600 |
| 50K | None | None | $52,100 | $52,600 |
| 100K | None | None | $103,100 | $103,600 |
| 150K | None | None | $154,600 | $155,100 |
| Request | 25K | 50K | 100K | 150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payout 1 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 |
| Payout 2 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 |
| Payout 3 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 |
| Payout 4 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 |
| Payout 5 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 |
| Five-payout total | $7,000 | $12,000 | $14,500 | $17,000 |
LucidDaily funded payouts
LucidDaily has no day count or consistency rule for funded payouts. Once the balance is above the buffer balance and net profit since the last payout is positive, you can request any profit above the buffer, as often as daily. A day that reaches the maximum daily profit ($8,000on 50K) puts the account in Lucid's live review pool. Lucid does not publish how many payouts a LucidDaily account gets.
| Account | Qualifying days | Minimum profit per day | Buffer balance | Balance to request $500 | Maximum request | Maximum payouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | None | None | $26,100 | $26,600 | No cap | Not published |
| 50K | None | None | $52,100 | $52,600 | No cap | Not published |
| 100K | None | None | $103,100 | $103,600 | No cap | Not published |
| 150K | None | None | $154,600 | $155,100 | No cap | Not published |
LucidFlex and LucidPro accounts get up to five payouts. The last one moves the trader into a live review pool, and the move is at Lucid's discretion. Lucid's older live articles say accounts purchased or reset on or before 27 February 2026 move live after the sixth payout instead, while its October live-structure articles name payout 5. If your account predates that date, confirm the count with Lucid.
Check a LucidFlex payout request with the payout calculatorA first payout on a 50K LucidFlex account, worked
- Evaluation
- +$1,200, +$1,000, +$800 = $3,000, reaching the $3,000 target
- Consistency
- $1,200 ÷ $3,000 = 40%, within 40%
- Funded days
- +$400, +$150, -$300, +$600, +$200, +$350 = $1,400
- Qualifying
- Five days of at least $150, and the cycle is net positive
- Request
- 50% of $1,400 = $700: above the $500 minimum, under the $2,000 cap
- You receive
- $630, 90% of $700
- After it
- The floor moves to $50,100, leaving $600 of room on a $50,700 balance
Lucid's payout table caps a LucidFlex request at 50% of profit; the "account balance" wording in the same article would allow more, so this follows the table. A trade between the request and approval that drops the balance can still get it denied. This is payout 1 of 5.
Copying Lucid accounts: what to watch
Every follower is its own account
Lucid's limits, payout counters and buffers apply per account, even when one leader places every trade.
No opposite positions
Hedging across accounts breaks the rules, including mini against micro and correlated pairs like ES and NQ.
LucidDaily followers and news
Every LucidDaily funded follower must be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after US high-impact news, or it takes a hard breach.
Trade as if the payout is gone
A pending request can be denied if a trade drops the balance below what the request needs before Lucid approves it.
Check the route you were issued
Confirm whether your login is Tradovate or Rithmic before picking a copier connection.
Lucid presets in the consistency calculator
Lucid news trading rules
Yes on LucidFlex, LucidPro and Direct accounts. On LucidDaily funded accounts, trading US high-impact news is a hard breach: you must be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after the release, with no open position and no new orders. The rule covers events marked high impact with USD as the currency.
Lucid does not say whether this covers the LucidDaily evaluation. Its general news article says news trading is not allowed on Daily without naming a stage, while the LucidDaily funded article applies the window to funded accounts. Until Lucid confirms, treat a Daily evaluation as covered.
Lucid rules by account size
Targets and max loss are the same on all three programs at each size. Where a rule differs, the cell names each program.
Evaluation
| Account | Profit target | Max loss | Daily loss | Contracts | Minimum days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $1,250 | $1,000 | LucidFlex and LucidDaily: $600; LucidPro: $600 (articles: none) | 2 minis or 20 micros | LucidFlex and LucidDaily: None (3 days at the earliest); LucidPro: None |
| 50K | $3,000 | $2,000 | $1,200 | 4 minis or 40 micros | LucidFlex and LucidDaily: None (3 days at the earliest); LucidPro: None |
| 100K | $6,000 | $3,000 | $1,800 | 6 minis or 60 micros | LucidFlex and LucidDaily: None (3 days at the earliest); LucidPro: None |
| 150K | $9,000 | $4,500 | $2,700 | 10 minis or 100 micros | LucidFlex and LucidDaily: None (3 days at the earliest); LucidPro: None |
Funded
| Account | Max loss | Daily loss | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $1,000 | LucidFlex and LucidDaily: $600; LucidPro: $600 (DLL article: none) | LucidFlex: 1 to 2 minis or 10 to 20 micros, scaling with profit; LucidPro and LucidDaily: 2 minis or 20 micros |
| 50K | $2,000 | $1,200 | LucidFlex: 2 to 4 minis or 20 to 40 micros, scaling with profit; LucidPro and LucidDaily: 4 minis or 40 micros |
| 100K | $3,000 | $1,800 | LucidFlex: 3 to 6 minis or 30 to 60 micros, scaling with profit; LucidPro and LucidDaily: 6 minis or 60 micros |
| 150K | $4,500 | $2,700 | LucidFlex: 4 to 10 minis or 40 to 100 micros, scaling with profit; LucidPro and LucidDaily: 10 minis or 100 micros |
Daily loss limits apply only if you chose one at purchase, and the choice cannot be changed later. On LucidFlex and LucidPro, hitting the limit locks the account until the next session rather than failing it. Lucid's LucidFlex articles give no amounts; the LucidFlex figures here come from its plan cards. On LucidPro funded accounts the fixed limit lasts until a close above the buffer balance; after that it becomes LucidScale, 60% of the highest end-of-day profit, and never decreases. Lucid's Pro funded article bases it on peak end-of-day balance instead, and the two articles disagree on the 25K fixed limit. LucidFlex funded accounts add contracts as simulated profit grows, and a payout can move the account down a tier.
What Copilink can act on
Standalone can act on daily loss, daily profit, evaluation goals and evaluation consistency. Trailing drawdown and funded consistency are monitoring-only. A flatten is a request, so confirm the position at the broker. Copilink cannot guarantee that Lucid approves a payout.
| Rule | Lucid | Copilink Standalone |
|---|---|---|
| Daily loss limit | By account size | Acts on it. Sends a flatten request at the limit you set. |
| Evaluation profit target | LucidFlex evaluation, LucidFlex evaluation with consistency add-on, LucidPro evaluation, LucidDaily evaluation and LucidDaily evaluation with consistency add-on: By account size | Acts on it. Sends a flatten request at the limit you set. |
| Evaluation consistency | LucidFlex evaluation and LucidDaily evaluation: Best day limited to 40% of profit made in the evaluation; LucidFlex evaluation with consistency add-on and LucidDaily evaluation with consistency add-on: Best day limited to 50% of profit made in the evaluation | Acts on it. Sends a flatten request at the limit you set. |
| Intraday trailing drawdown | LucidDaily funded: Intraday trailing; stops at start + $100 | Monitoring only |
| Funded consistency | LucidPro funded: Best day limited to 40% of profit in the current payout cycle; LucidPro funded (legacy): Best day limited to 35% of profit in the current payout cycle | Monitoring only |
| End-of-day trailing drawdown | LucidFlex evaluation, LucidFlex evaluation with consistency add-on, LucidPro evaluation, LucidPro funded and LucidPro funded (legacy): EOD trailing; stops at start + $100; LucidFlex funded: EOD trailing; stops at start + $100, or jumps there on the first payout request; LucidDaily evaluation and LucidDaily evaluation with consistency add-on: EOD or intraday trailing, chosen at purchase; stops at start + $100 | You watch it. Standalone tracks intraday drawdown only. |
| Minimum trading days | LucidFlex evaluation and LucidDaily evaluation: None (3 days at the earliest); LucidFlex evaluation with consistency add-on and LucidDaily evaluation with consistency add-on: None (2 days at the earliest) | You watch it |
| Payout eligibility | LucidFlex funded: Qualifying days, minimum request and a cap per request; LucidPro funded and LucidPro funded (legacy): Buffer balance, minimum request and a cap per request; LucidDaily funded: Buffer balance and minimum request | You watch it |
| Contract limits | By account size | You watch it |
| News trading | LucidFlex evaluation, LucidFlex evaluation with consistency add-on, LucidFlex funded, LucidPro evaluation, LucidPro funded and LucidPro funded (legacy): Allowed; LucidDaily evaluation and LucidDaily evaluation with consistency add-on: Not allowed per Lucid's news article, which names no stage; LucidDaily funded: Hard breach: be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after US high-impact news | You watch it |
| Same direction and hedging | Not allowed across accounts, incl. mini vs micro and ES vs NQ | You watch it. Follower protection can send a flatten request for a follower left opposite or out of sync with its leader on the same instrument, after its delay. Hedging through a correlated instrument is not detected. |
Recent Lucid rule changes
Lucid Trading copy trading questions
Does Lucid Trading allow copy trading?
Yes. Lucid permits automated systems and trade copiers on your accounts, subject to every program rule, and you carry the risk of software errors. Hedging across accounts is not allowed, including mini against micro and correlated pairs like ES and NQ.
What are Lucid's copy trading rules?
Each copied account is judged on its own: its drawdown, daily loss limit, payout counters and payout count are separate, even when one leader places every trade. Opposite positions across accounts count as hedging. A first offence brings an email notice and a reset to the prior day's balance; repeat offences are a breach. On LucidDaily funded accounts every follower must also be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after US high-impact news.
Does Lucid allow news trading?
Yes on LucidFlex, LucidPro and Direct accounts. On LucidDaily funded accounts it is a hard breach: you must be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after any US high-impact release. Lucid does not say whether the LucidDaily evaluation is covered, so treat it as covered until Lucid confirms.
What is the difference between LucidFlex and LucidDaily?
Drawdown, payouts and news. A LucidFlex funded account trails at the end of day, pays after five days of at least $150 profit (50K), has no buffer and caps each request at 50% of profit, up to $2,000. A LucidDaily funded account trails intraday by default and pays any profit above a $52,100 buffer balance (50K), as often as daily. LucidDaily also makes US high-impact news a hard breach, and a day that reaches $8,000 on a 50K puts the account in Lucid's live review pool.
What is the difference between LucidPro and LucidFlex?
Where consistency applies. LucidPro has no evaluation consistency and no minimum days, but each funded payout needs a best day of no more than 40% of the cycle's profit, a $500 profit goal and a balance above $52,100 (50K). LucidFlex applies 40% consistency in the evaluation only, or 50% with the checkout add-on; funded payouts need five days of at least $150 and no buffer. LucidPro gives full contract size from the start and caps payout 1 at $2,000, then $2,500; LucidFlex scales contracts with profit and caps every request at $2,000.
How many Lucid accounts can you copy trade?
Up to 10 active evaluation accounts per household and 10 evaluation and funded accounts in total; no more than 5 active funded accounts per household and 5 LucidLive accounts. Copying does not change these limits; every follower counts toward them.
Does Lucid allow hedging?
No. Lucid bans hedging across your own accounts, across users and across firms: a long and a short in the same contract on different accounts, mini against micro, and correlated markets such as long ES and short NQ. Inside one account, mini against micro or different contracts is allowed.
What are Lucid's payout rules?
Every program pays 90% of the approved amount, with a $500 minimum request. LucidFlex needs five days of at least $150 profit (50K) and positive net profit in the cycle. LucidPro needs a $500 profit goal, a best day of no more than 40% of cycle profit and a balance above $52,100. LucidDaily pays anything above the same buffer balance, daily. Flex and Pro accounts get up to five payouts.
How do you copy trade Lucid accounts?
Check whether each login is Tradovate (through Lucid's CQG route) or Rithmic. Connect the leader and followers in your copier, size each follower for its program, then place one small test order and confirm every account at the broker.
These are Lucid's current public rules. Older accounts can keep earlier terms. Check your own agreement before trading.