Lucid Trading vs Take Profit Trader

Lucid Trading suits futures traders who want a low one time price, a 90% split from the first payout, cheaper commissions and the option to run a bot. Take Profit Trader suits traders who want to withdraw from the first day funded with no cap on each payout, no daily loss limit and six contracts from the start. On a 50K account both firms set a $3,000 target, a $2,000 maximum loss and a consistency rule only to pass, so the differences are how you pay, how the funded drawdown works and how payouts are released.

Prices and rules were checked on each firm’s own website and help centre on 9 November 2026. Both firms run frequent discounts.

Lucid Trading vs Take Profit Trader at a glance

The table compares LucidFlex 50K with the Take Profit Trader 50K Test and PRO account, the closest like for like products: one step, a consistency rule in the evaluation and none once funded.

Rules and drawdown

LucidFlex uses an end of day trailing maximum loss of $2,000 in the evaluation and when funded. It locks at $50,100 once the account closes above $52,100, and after the first payout it moves straight to that locked level. Take Profit Trader uses end of day trailing drawdown in the Test, but the funded PRO account trails intraday, open profit included, until it reaches the $50,000 starting balance. A trade that runs up and then reverses can therefore move the PRO limit even if it closes flat. See end of day drawdown firms for the difference.

LucidFlex has an optional $1,200 daily loss limit that stops trading for the day without failing the account, and a version without it costs more. Take Profit Trader has no daily loss limit on the Test, PRO or PRO+.

Both firms set a consistency rule only to pass. LucidFlex needs your best day to be no more than 40% of your profit, or 50% with a paid add-on, and takes as few as three days (two with the add-on). At Take Profit Trader your best day must be under 50% of your net profit; if it isn’t, the target rises rather than the account failing, and the Test takes at least three trading days. Neither firm has a consistency rule once funded, and neither has a time limit.

Size works differently. Funded LucidFlex accounts start at 2 minis, rise to 3 at $1,000 profit and 4 at $2,000. Take Profit Trader allows 6 minis or 60 micros from the start, with no scaling plan.

Pricing and fees

LucidFlex 50K costs $115 once, or $80.50 with the VAULT code on 9 November, with no activation fee and $80 resets. Add-ons that remove the daily loss limit or raise the consistency rule to 50% cost extra. Take Profit Trader charges $170 a month for the 50K Test until you pass, then a one time $130 PRO activation fee, so passing in the first month costs $300 at list price. A Test reset costs $99, and a PRO reset $649, up to three times. An early Black Friday code that halved the monthly fee and waived the activation fee ran until 9 November.

Commissions add up for active traders. Lucid charges $1.75 a side on ES and NQ and $0.50 a side on the micros, which is $3.50 and $1.00 a round turn. Take Profit Trader charges $4.50 a round turn on futures and $1.50 on micros in the Test and PRO.

Payouts

Take Profit Trader pays PRO accounts 80% and lets you withdraw from the first day funded, on any day, with no minimum number of profitable days and no cap, as long as the balance stays above the $52,000 buffer and you are flat when you request. Most Tradovate PRO payouts reach your Take Profit Trader wallet in seconds, and wallet withdrawals to a bank are reviewed within 12 business hours. Withdrawals of $250 or less carry a $50 fee. Live PRO+ accounts are by invitation only, pay 90% and freeze $5,000 of your PRO profit while they run.

LucidFlex pays 90%. A payout needs five days of at least $150 profit in the cycle and a positive net profit, with no balance buffer. Each payout is half of your profit, up to $2,000, with a $500 minimum, and Lucid sends funds within two business days of approval. After five payouts the account moves to live. If you want daily payouts at Lucid, LucidDaily pays out on any day with no cap per payout once the balance is above $52,100. See fast payout prop firms for others.

Platforms, automation and trading rules

Both firms connect through CQG for NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView, and through Rithmic for platforms including Quantower, MotiveWave, Bookmap, ATAS, Jigsaw and MultiCharts. Lucid adds Tradesea and Sierra Chart; Take Profit Trader adds Trade Navigator, VolFix, Investor R/T and Finamark.

Lucid permits bots and trade copiers and bans hedging, microscalping and high frequency trading. Take Profit Trader does not allow automated or bot trading of any kind, but lets you copy trades across your own accounts with approved copiers, and bans opposite positions across accounts. On news, LucidFlex has no restriction, while funded Take Profit Trader accounts must be flat from one minute before to one minute after FOMC statements, NFP and CPI. Both close positions before the end of the session, at 4:45 pm ET at Lucid and 4:55 pm ET at Take Profit Trader, and both allow five funded accounts. Funded Take Profit Trader accounts must trade at least one day a week, and Lucid closes accounts left inactive for 30 days.

Both restrict a long list of countries. Take Profit Trader does not accept traders from Romania, Croatia, Malta or Peru, which Lucid does, and Lucid does not accept traders from Indonesia, Lithuania or Ecuador, which Take Profit Trader does.

Who should choose each firm

Choose Lucid Trading if

• You want a low one time price with no activation fee.
• You trade often and want lower commissions.
• You run a bot, or want 90% from the first payout.

Choose Take Profit Trader if

• You want to withdraw from your first funded day with no cap on each payout.
• You don’t want a daily loss limit.
• You want 6 contracts without a scaling plan.

For other matchups, see Lucid Trading vs Apex, Apex vs Take Profit Trader, Topstep vs Take Profit Trader, Lucid Trading alternatives, every head to head comparison and the futures prop firms hub.