Getting funded isn't luck — it's a repeatable process. You choose a firm, pass a structured evaluation, and then trade its capital for a profit split. This is the practical, step-by-step path from "I can trade" to "I have a funded account and I've taken a payout."
The short version
Pick a reputable firm, buy an evaluation at a size you're comfortable with, learn the risk rules, pass by hitting the target without breaching a limit, get funded, then withdraw your profit split. The limits — not the target — are what decide who makes it.
The step-by-step path
- Choose a reputable prop firm. Look for a registered company, short and clear rules, verifiable payouts, and genuine reviews. (See how prop firms work and our reviews.)
- Pick your account size. Bigger accounts cost more to evaluate but give more buying power. Choose a fee you'd be comfortable losing on a first attempt.
- Learn the rules before you place a trade. Know the profit target, the maximum overall drawdown, and the daily-loss limit cold. These are the lines you cannot cross.
- Build a simple plan. Define your setup, your risk per trade (small — often well under 1%), and a daily stop so one bad day can't breach the limit.
- Pass phase 1. Trade your plan to the first target. Don't rush — a steady grind passes; swinging for the target blows accounts.
- Pass phase 2. A smaller target that confirms the first result wasn't luck. Same discipline, same plan.
- Get funded. The firm issues your funded account — usually with no profit target, just the same risk limits.
- Take your first payout. Trade in profit, then withdraw your split on the firm's schedule — at LEVAFX, paid in crypto and verifiable on-chain.
How to actually pass (not just attempt)
- Risk tiny per trade. If you risk 0.5% per trade, it takes a long, deliberate losing streak to approach a 5% daily limit. That's the point.
- Trade the limit, not the target. Protecting the account is the job; the target takes care of itself when you don't blow up.
- Set a daily stop. Decide a "done for the day" loss figure below the firm's daily limit, and honour it.
- Fewer, better trades. You don't need to trade every day. Wait for your setup.
- Use the full time. If the firm has no time limit (LEVAFX doesn't), there's no reason to force trades — pace yourself.
Mistakes that fail most accounts
- Oversizing to hit the target fast — one bad move breaches the daily loss.
- Revenge trading after a loss, turning a small red day into a blown account.
- Ignoring the daily limit because the overall drawdown still has room.
- Trading news they haven't planned for with full size.
Reframe: the evaluation isn't a profit contest — it's proof you can manage risk. Trade like the account is already funded and your own money is on the line.
Get funded with LEVAFX
Two simple rules, up to 90% split, no time limit and no minimum days — and every payout verified on-chain. Gold, Bitcoin and forex.
Start your evaluationNew to the model? Start with what funded trading is, or if crypto's your market, read how to start crypto prop trading.