Balance Management

The Balance system lets you track your account balance, set trading rules, and monitor progress toward goals. It's built for prop firm challenges, funded accounts, and personal trading alike.

Accessing the Balance Page

1. Go to Settings > Trading Accounts
2. Click the Balance button on any account (the banknotes icon in the table row, or in the card footer)

You can also press Ctrl+K and run /balance. If you're in All Accounts mode, an account picker opens so you can choose which account's balance page to open — balance tracking is always per-account.

This opens the Balance overlay for that account. If the account has no balance tracking yet, you'll land on the Configuration page. If balance is already set up, you'll see the Overview dashboard.

Balance Overview

The overview is your balance dashboard. It shows at a glance:

• Current Balance — Your live account value with P&L since starting balance
• Trading Days — Days traded vs your minimum requirement (with progress bar)
• Target Progress — Percentage toward your profit target. Shows "Adjusted" badge if a consistency rule violation increased the target
• Drawdown Used — How much of your drawdown limit is consumed (with progress bar). Shows "Locked" badge when trailing drawdown has stopped at starting balance

Status

Set your account status using the toggle buttons at the top of the overview:

• Active — Challenge or account in progress
• Passed — Met all requirements
• Failed — Violated a rule
• Paused — Temporarily stopped trading

Navigation Cards

Below the metrics, navigation cards take you to different sections:

• Configuration — Edit your balance rules, targets, and drawdown settings
• Prop Firm Overview — Equity curve chart, pass requirements checklist, payout eligibility, and account lifecycle timeline (only appears when linked to a prop firm preset)
• Payout History — All payouts and their statuses (only appears after your first payout)
• Event History — Log of all balance events: status changes, resets, payouts, rule violations

Bottom Actions

• Upgrade to Funded — Appears when all pass requirements are met during an evaluation. Creates a new funded account and optionally archives the evaluation
• Payout / Withdrawal — Request a payout from your balance (available on any account with balance tracking)

Configuration

The configuration page is where you set up or edit your balance tracking rules. You can fill in fields manually or use a prop firm preset to auto-fill everything.

Required Fields

Field	Description
Starting Balance	Your initial account balance. All P&L, drawdown, and target calculations use this as the baseline.
Start Date	When balance tracking begins. Only trades on or after this date count toward your balance.

Trading Rules

Each rule can be toggled between Off, $ (fixed amount), or % (percentage):

Rule	Description
Profit Target	Your goal amount to reach. Set as a fixed dollar amount or percentage of starting balance.
Max Daily Loss	Maximum you can lose in a single trading day.
Max Drawdown	Maximum total drawdown allowed from your starting or high-water mark balance.

Drawdown Method

Method	Description
Static	Fixed from starting balance. Most common for evaluations.
Trailing (EOD)	Updates at end of each trading day based on your high-water mark.
Trailing (Intraday)	Updates in real-time after each closed trade. Most strict.

When using a trailing method, you can enable "Trailing stops at starting balance" — this prevents the drawdown floor from trailing below the starting balance. Standard for most prop firms.

Additional Settings

Setting	Description
Min Trading Days	Minimum number of days you must trade to pass.
Consistency Rule %	No single day's P&L can exceed this percentage of your total profit. When Enforce is checked, exceeding the daily limit increases your profit target to 2x that day's P&L.
Max Position Size	Maximum contracts or lots per trade.
Deadline	Specific end date for the challenge.
Challenge Cost	What you paid for the evaluation. Appears for Evaluation account types. Used in ROI calculations on the Prop Firm Overview.
Activation Fee	Fee to activate a funded account. Appears for Funded and Live Funded account types.

Configuration Actions

Below the save button, additional actions are available when balance tracking already exists:

• Save as Preset — Save your current configuration as a personal preset you can reuse on other accounts
• Reset Balance — Resets your balance back to the starting value and clears all tracked events. Use this when retrying a failed challenge
• Remove Tracking — Completely removes balance tracking from this account. Your trades remain, but all balance rules, targets, and drawdown data are deleted

Prop Firm Presets

Presets auto-fill all configuration fields with rules from popular prop firms. Click Choose Preset on the configuration page to browse available presets.

How Presets Work

1. Click Choose Preset to open the preset browser
2. Click a firm name to expand its section and see available account sizes
3. Click a preset card to select it — all fields are auto-filled
4. The preset is linked to your account (shown as an indicator above the form)
5. You can Unlink a preset at any time to customize fields independently

Preset Sources

• Often Used — Presets you've used before, shown at the top for quick access
• My Presets — Personal presets you've saved via "Save as Preset"
• System Presets — Built-in presets for supported prop firms

Supported Prop Firms

Firm	Market
Topstep	Futures
Apex Trader Funding	Futures
Lucid Trading	Futures
Alpha Futures	Futures
My Funded Futures	Futures
Take Profit Trader	Futures
Top One Futures	Futures
Tradeify	Futures
FTMO	Forex / CFD

Prop Firm Overview

When your account is linked to a prop firm preset, a dedicated overview page becomes available. It provides:

ROI Headline

Three stat cards at the top summarize the account's cost and return:

• Invested — Total spent on the challenge fee plus activation fee (if any)
• Payouts — Net amount actually received across every paid payout (shown in your win color)
• ROI — Payouts minus Invested, with the percentage return. Rendered in your win color when positive, loss color when negative

Equity Curve Chart

Your balance over time, with the max daily loss (MLL) line overlaid and, for evaluation accounts, the profit target line. Hovering reveals the exact date, balance, MLL, and running P&L. Payout markers sit on the balance line where they were taken.

Pass Requirements (evaluation only)

A visual checklist showing every requirement the evaluation has — profit target, minimum trading days, and consistency rule if the firm uses one. Each item has:

• A green check when met, a red X when not met
• A progress bar (where numeric) filled in your win color
• An actionable hint when unmet, e.g. "Need $350 more profit" or "Need 2 more trading days"

A footer below the checklist summarizes state: In Progress, All requirements met (ready to upgrade), or Account Failed.

Payout Eligibility (funded only)

Once an account is funded, the Pass Requirements section is replaced by a Payout Eligibility checklist for the next payout. The same visual pattern applies — green checks, red Xs, and one-line hints telling you exactly what's missing. Depending on the firm's rules, it may include:

• Winning Days — minimum number of profitable days, sometimes with a per-day dollar threshold
• Profitable Since Last Payout — at least one net-positive trade since the previous paid payout
• Net Profit Between Payouts — a required dollar profit since the last payout (e.g. MFF Flex $500)
• Days Between Payouts — a mandatory wait period (e.g. Apex 5 days)
• Consistency Target — best day cannot exceed a given percentage of total profit

When every check is met, a summary footer shows the maximum payout number, the gross amount available, and the net you'd receive after the profit split. If you're not yet eligible, no "Not yet" footer is shown — the checklist above already tells you what's left.

Account Lifecycle

A horizontal timeline showing your journey from evaluation through funded phases and every payout along the way. Each node shows the account name, phase, and cost (rendered in your loss color so costs are visually distinct from earnings). Payout nodes show gross amount, split percentage, net received, and status.

Payouts & Withdrawals

Track payouts from prop firms or withdrawals from personal accounts. The Payout / Withdrawal button is available on any account with balance tracking.

Taking a Payout

1. On the Balance overview, click Payout / Withdrawal
2. You'll see your current balance, total payouts taken, and available amount
3. Enter the payout amount
4. For funded accounts with a profit split, the split percentage and net amount are shown automatically
5. Optionally add notes
6. Click Request Payout

Payout History

All payouts are tracked in the Payout History section with:

• # — Sequential payout number
• Date — When the payout was created
• Amount — Gross payout amount
• Split % — Profit split percentage (for funded/evaluation accounts)
• Net Amount — Amount after profit split (for funded/evaluation accounts)
• Status — Pending, Paid, or Rejected

Payout Actions

Status	Available Actions
Pending	Paid — Mark as paid (deducts from balance) Cancel — Remove record entirely Denied — Mark as rejected (keeps record for history)
Paid	Revert — Undo payout and add amount back to balance
Rejected	Delete — Remove from history permanently

Payout Statistics Overlay

Below the Payout History table, a View Payout Statistics button opens a dedicated overlay that aggregates every paid payout for the current scope — one account, or every account in the selected copy group. You can also open it from anywhere in the app by typing /payouts in the search bar.

The overlay shows:

• Net Paid — Sum of all payouts you've actually received (after profit split), with the paid count
• Firm Cut — How much of your gross payouts went to the firm, plus the percentage
• Avg Payout — Average net per payout
• Biggest Payout — Your largest single net payout and the date it happened
• Days Since Last — Gap since your most recent payout
• Avg Days Between — Mean spacing between payouts (shown once you have at least two)
• Pending — Total in flight as pending, approved, or processing (only shown when there are any)

A timeline chart groups payouts by month. You can switch the chart between All, By Account, or By Firm to break the timeline down by source. Below the chart, the full payout list shows every payout with its date, account, firm, gross, split, net, and status.

Archived accounts are excluded from the overlay's totals.

How Payouts Affect Balance

Current Balance = Starting Balance + Trading P&L - Paid Payouts

• Only payouts with status "Paid" reduce your balance
• Pending and Rejected payouts do not affect balance
• Reverting a payout adds the amount back

Upgrading to Funded

When you pass your evaluation (all requirements met), the Upgrade to Funded button appears on the balance overview:

1. Click Upgrade to Funded
2. Choose a funded path if multiple are available (some firms offer different profit split tiers)
3. Enter a name for the new funded account
4. Optionally enter the activation fee
5. Choose whether to archive the evaluation account
6. Click Create Funded Account

A new funded account is created with the appropriate rules from the prop firm's funded phase preset. The evaluation account is marked as "Passed".

Event History

The event history log tracks all balance events:

• Balance created and configuration changes
• Status changes (Active, Passed, Failed, Paused)
• Balance resets
• Payouts taken, reverted, or cancelled
• Phase upgrades (evaluation to funded)
• Rule violations detected

How Balance Updates

Your balance automatically recalculates when:

• You add, edit, or delete a trade
• You import trades via CSV or auto-sync
• You take or revert a payout
• You reset the balance