Trade The Pool Core $100K Challenge
1-step · Futures · monthly billing
Trade The Pool’s Core 100K is a 1-step futures evaluation that costs $127.20 with code ES20 ($159.00 without), billed monthly. To pass you need $6,000 profit. The max loss is $4,000, eod trailing, with a $2,000 daily loss limit. Passing triggers a $149 activation fee. The first month comes to $276.20, the 42nd 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 Trade The Pool’s terms, verified 8 Oct 2026.Cost breakdown
With and without our code.| Without code | With code ES20 | |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation fee | $159.00 | $127.20 |
| Discount | — | −$31.80 (20%) |
| Activation fee | $149 | $149 |
| Reset fee | $79.00 | $79.00 |
| First-month cost | $308.00 | $276.20 |
How the Core 100K compares
Against the 50 100K futures challenges we track, the $6,000 profit target is the same as the median ($6,000), the $4,000 max loss matches the median ($4,000), and PT:DD is 1:0.67 against a median of 1:0.67. The 90% split is level with the median of 90%.
What it costs to get funded: $276.20 if you pass on the first attempt (including the $149 activation fee), $355.20 with one reset, or $403.40 if you need a second month instead. The median 100K futures challenge costs $191.40 in the first month.
Core vs Trade The Pool’s other plans
Compared with Trade The Pool’s other 100K plan:
- Rapid: $127.20 first month (vs $276.20), 100% split instead of 90%.
About Trade The Pool: founded in 2022 in the US, 8 challenges across futures, Trustpilot 4.0 from 1,650 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 | $89.00 monthly | $6,000 | None | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $149 | 20 | 200 | None | 20% | 80% | $4,000 | $238.00 incl. $149 activation | No active code Buy | |
| T | $100K 1-step | $149.00$104.30 monthly | $5,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.80 | $130 | 8 | 80 | 40% | 30% | 100% | $5,000 | $234.30 incl. $130 activation | Buy | |
| LT | $100K 1-step | $239.00$119.50 monthly | $6,000 | $2,400 | $5,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.83 | $149 | 6 | 60 | 40% | None | 90% | $5,000 | $268.50 incl. $149 activation | Buy | |
| T | $100K 1-step | $229.00$137.40 monthly | $6,000 | None | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $130 | 8 | 80 | 50% | 20% | 90% | $3,000 | $267.40 incl. $130 activation | Buy | |
| TF | $100K 1-step | $209.00$188.10 monthly | $6,000 | None | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $130 | 8 | 80 | None | 20% | 90% | $3,000 | $318.10 incl. $130 activation | Buy | |
| TL | $100K 1-step | $279.00$195.30 monthly | $6,000 | None | $4,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.67 | $130 | 6 | 60 | None | None | 90% | $3,000 | $325.30 incl. $130 activation | Buy |