Lucid Trading launched LucidDaily on July 27, an account type whose funded traders can request a payout on any day they qualify, with no cap on the size of a request and no consistency rule. In exchange, every funded LucidDaily account uses an intraday trailing drawdown, and trading U.S. high-impact news in one is a hard breach. Evaluations are paid, simulated trading.
How the payouts work
The firm’s help center sets two conditions for a request: the account must be above its buffer balance, and it must show positive net profit since the last payout, even $1. The minimum request is $500 and the maximum is whatever simulated profit sits above the buffer. There is no fixed payout window, and approved funds go out within two business days. The same page lists a 90/10 split and says a request is final once submitted.
In place of a per-request cap, LucidDaily limits simulated profit per day. “If you meet or exceed the daily amount you are automatically moved live,” the help center says. A Phidias education page lists those daily maximums by account size.
| Account size | Maximum daily simulated profit |
|---|---|
| 25K | $6,000 |
| 50K | $8,000 |
| 100K | $10,000 |
| 150K | $12,000 |
According to El Trader Financiado, the buffer funds the live drawdown when an account moves live, and simulated profit above it is paid out, capped at $15,000 in total.
Drawdown, consistency and news rules
A LucidDaily evaluation can run on end-of-day or intraday drawdown, chosen at checkout. Funded accounts are always intraday, so the loss limit follows the account’s peak during the session rather than settling at the close. The site’s page on trailing drawdown covers the difference.
Funded accounts carry no consistency percentage, the rule that caps how much of total profit one day may contribute. El Trader Financiado reports the evaluation stage keeps a 50% consistency requirement with a cushion that allows a two-day pass.
The news restriction is stricter. Trading U.S. high-impact red folder news in a funded LucidDaily account is a hard breach, and traders must be flat from one minute before the release through one minute after it.
Prices and the rest of Lucid’s lineup
El Trader Financiado puts list prices between $95 for a 25K intraday account with a daily loss limit and $436 for a 150K end-of-day account without one, charged once, with no activation fee. The same report says LucidPro, LucidFlex and LucidDirect are unchanged. The Phidias page says LucidDaily carries no Live Bonus, which other Lucid plans pay at $1,000 to $4,500.
What to check at checkout
The drawdown choice applies to the evaluation only, since the funded stage is intraday either way. The daily maximum matters for anyone who trades size, because reaching it ends the simulated stage and moves the account live automatically. Payout requests cannot be withdrawn once sent.
