DayTraders Core $100K Challenge
1-step · Futures · one-time billing
DayTraders’s Core 100K is a 1-step futures evaluation that costs $104.25 with code ES25 ($139.00 without), billed one-time. To pass you need $5,000 profit. The max loss is $4,000, eod trailing, with a $2,000 daily loss limit. There is no activation fee after you pass. The first month comes to $104.25, the 8th cheapest of the 50 100K futures challenges we track. Funded accounts get a 90% split, and the payout rule is: 5 winning days of $200+.
Rule sheet
From DayTraders’s terms, verified 8 Oct 2026.Cost breakdown
With and without our code.| Without code | With code ES25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation fee | $139.00 | $104.25 |
| Discount | — | −$34.75 (25%) |
| Activation fee | $0 | $0 |
| Reset fee | $79.00 | $79.00 |
| First-month cost | $139.00 | $104.25 |
How the Core 100K compares
Against the 50 100K futures challenges we track, the $5,000 profit target is lower than the median ($6,000), the $4,000 max loss matches the median ($4,000), and PT:DD is 1:0.80 against a median of 1:0.67. The 90% split is level with the median of 90%.
What it costs to get funded: $104.25 if you pass on the first attempt, $183.25 with one reset. The median 100K futures challenge costs $191.40 in the first month.
Core vs DayTraders’s other plans
About DayTraders: founded in 2022 in the US, 4 challenges across futures, Trustpilot 4.2 from 640 reviews (their data), no country restrictions listed.
Other sizes of Core
Similar 100K futures challenges
Other firms, same 1-step format and eod trailing drawdown, closest in first-month cost.| ☐ compare firm · ★ Trustpilot | Code · buyaffiliate links | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | $100K 1-step | $149.00$89.40 monthly | $5,000 | None | $5,000 | EOD trailing | 1:1.00 | $0 | 8 | 80 | 40% | 40% | 90% | No cap | $89.40 | Buy | |
| ET | $100K 1-step | $139.00$97.30 one-time | $6,000 | None | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $0 | 20 | 200 | 50% | 30% | 90% | $4,000 | $97.30 | Buy | |
| TP | $100K 1-step | $169.00$101.40 one-time | $6,000 | None | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $0 | 20 | 200 | None | None | 80% | $4,000 | $101.40 | Buy | |
| GF | $100K 1-step | $159.00$111.30 one-time | $6,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.83 | $0 | 12 | 120 | None | None | 100% | $4,000 | $111.30 | Buy | |
| FF | $100K 1-step | $149.00$111.75 one-time | $6,000 | None | $5,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.83 | $0 | 12 | 120 | 50% | 30% | 90% | No cap | $111.75 | Buy | |
| LT | $100K 1-step | $239.00$119.50 one-time | $5,000 | $2,400 | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.80 | $0 | 20 | 200 | 50% | 40% | 90% | $5,000 | $119.50 | Buy |