Tradeify’s microscalping rule, the test that counts trades held under 10 seconds, no longer applies while a trader is working through an evaluation. The firm’s help center says the rule applies to funded accounts only, where it gates payout requests. El Trader Financiado dates the removal to July 29, 2026. An evaluation is a paid service traded in simulation, so the change lands on the test stage.
What changed
The rule itself keeps its numbers. What moved is the stage at which it is measured.
| Was | Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation stage | Breaking the rule could block account activation or a payout | Rule does not apply |
| Funded account | Rule applies at the payout request | Rule applies at the payout request |
The before-state comes from El Trader Financiado. Tradeify’s own help center states the current position plainly: “It does not apply during an evaluation.”
How the payout test works
On a funded account, Tradeify’s help center sets two conditions for a payout request. Over 50% of trades must be longer than 10 seconds, and over 50% of profit must also come from trades held longer than 10 seconds. A trader can clear the first half on trade count and still miss the second half if the short trades carried the money.
Failing the criteria blocks the payout request but does not fail the account, the firm says. Its stated reason for the rule is that trades under 10 seconds are difficult to reliably replicate or copy for live.
Who it affects
Traders who scalp in and out inside 10 seconds during an evaluation are the group this reaches. They now pass or fail on the other rules alone, then meet the 10-second test for the first time when they ask to withdraw.
Lightning Funded, Tradeify’s instant-funding route, has no evaluation stage, so it is unaffected by the change, according to El Trader Financiado.
One caution on the timing: the July 29 date comes from El Trader Financiado rather than from a dated announcement by the firm, and Tradeify’s help center describes the rule without dating the change.
What traders should check
Check both halves of the 50% test against your own fills, count and profit, before the first withdrawal rather than after. Read the current help-center wording at the point you request a payout, since the rule is measured there and the firm can restate it.
