DayTraders Core $150K Challenge
1-step · Futures · one-time billing
DayTraders’s Core 150K is a 1-step futures evaluation that costs $141.75 with code ES25 ($189.00 without), billed one-time. To pass you need $7,500 profit. The max loss is $6,000, eod trailing, with a $3,000 daily loss limit. There is no activation fee after you pass. The first month comes to $141.75, the 8th cheapest of the 50 150K 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 | $189.00 | $141.75 |
| Discount | — | −$47.25 (25%) |
| Activation fee | $0 | $0 |
| Reset fee | $109.00 | $109.00 |
| First-month cost | $189.00 | $141.75 |
How the Core 150K compares
Against the 50 150K futures challenges we track, the $7,500 profit target is lower than the median ($9,000), the $6,000 max loss matches the median ($6,000), 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: $141.75 if you pass on the first attempt, $250.75 with one reset. The median 150K futures challenge costs $250.40 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 150K futures challenges
Other firms, same 1-step format and eod trailing drawdown, closest in first-month cost.| ☐ compare firm · ★ Trustpilot | Code · buyaffiliate links | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | $150K 1-step | $209.00$125.40 monthly | $7,500 | None | $7,500 | EOD trailing | 1:1.00 | $0 | 12 | 120 | 40% | 40% | 90% | No cap | $125.40 | Buy | |
| ET | $150K 1-step | $199.00$139.30 one-time | $9,000 | None | $6,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $0 | 30 | 300 | 50% | 30% | 90% | $6,000 | $139.30 | Buy | |
| TP | $150K 1-step | $239.00$143.40 one-time | $9,000 | None | $6,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $0 | 30 | 300 | None | None | 80% | $6,000 | $143.40 | Buy | |
| GF | $150K 1-step | $219.00$153.30 one-time | $9,000 | $3,000 | $7,500 | EOD trailing | 1:0.83 | $0 | 18 | 180 | None | None | 100% | $6,000 | $153.30 | Buy | |
| FF | $150K 1-step | $209.00$156.75 one-time | $9,000 | None | $7,500 | EOD trailing | 1:0.83 | $0 | 18 | 180 | 50% | 30% | 90% | No cap | $156.75 | Buy | |
| LT | $150K 1-step | $329.00$164.50 one-time | $7,500 | $3,600 | $6,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.80 | $0 | 30 | 300 | 50% | 40% | 90% | $7,500 | $164.50 | Buy |