Take Profit Trader lowered the minimum number of trading days on its evaluations from five to three, effective August 17, 2026. The shorter minimum applies only to test accounts opened from that date. Evaluations already running, and resets of them, keep the five-day minimum. The profit target, drawdown and consistency requirement are unchanged. An evaluation is a paid service traded in simulation.
What changed
The firm says the trading-day minimum on all new test accounts moves from five days to three, that this is a program change rather than a temporary promotion, and that it is not retroactive. Its announcement put the point plainly: “The rules didn’t get easier, the timeline just got shorter.”
| Account | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|
| New test accounts from August 17, 2026 | 5 trading days | 3 trading days |
| Evaluations already open, and their resets | 5 trading days | 5 trading days |
According to ForexLive, the minimum stood at ten trading days before it was reduced to five, and now to three.
Who it affects
Only traders who buy a test account on or after August 17 get the three-day minimum. A trader part-way through an evaluation stays on five days, and so does a trader who resets an existing evaluation.
In a press release issued at 10:00 ET from Orlando, Florida, chief executive James Sixsmith described the timeline as a start on Monday, a pass by Wednesday and profits taken on Thursday. He said the firm is “getting traders to payout eligibility even faster”, and called this the second payout-timeline change in a few weeks, after it automated transfers from the account to the trader’s wallet.
What stays the same
The profit target, position size limits, drawdown, approved products and counter-position rules are unchanged, and so is the 50% profit consistency requirement, the firm says. Its daily payout policy is unchanged too, including day-one and daily payouts on PRO and PRO+ accounts.
What traders should check
Three trading days is a floor on the calendar, not a shortcut through the rules: the profit target and the consistency requirement still have to be met, and the consistency requirement can hold up a pass even when the target is reached quickly.
The firm also ran a one-week sale alongside the announcement, 50% off all evaluations with no activation fee under the code 50AND3, ending August 24, 2026. ForexLive put the discounted cost of a first evaluation month at $75 to $180 rather than $150 to $360.
