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Bulenox
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Category winners across the firms you pickedHighest rated
Bulenox
4.7 / 5 trader rating
Most funding
Bulenox
$2.8M max funding
Fastest payout
TradeDay
On demand
The bottom line
Bulenox has the stronger reputation with a 4.7/5 trader rating. Bulenox scales the furthest with up to $2.8M in funding.
44 of 61 metrics differ
| Bulenox$50K | TradeDay$50K | |
|---|---|---|
| Account Pricing | ||
| Price | Not published | Not published |
| Activation Fee | $148 | Best value: None |
| True Cost | Not published | Not published |
| Reset Fee | $78 | Not published |
| Current Promotion | Not published | Not published |
| Evaluation Phase | ||
| Profit Target | $3,0006.0% of account | $3,0006.0% of account |
| Max Drawdown | Best value: $2,500 | $2,000 |
| Drawdown Type | Intraday | Intraday |
| Daily Loss Limit | None | None |
| Max Position Size | Best value: 7 contracts | 5 contracts |
| Consistency Rule | Not published | 30% |
| Funded Phase | ||
| Max Drawdown | Best value: $2,500 | $2,000 |
| Drawdown Type | Intraday | Intraday |
| Daily Loss Limit | None | None |
| Max Payout/Cycle | $1,500Min: $1000 | Not published |
| Consistency Rule | 40% | No |
| Value MetricsDerived from price, discount, targets and payout caps — fewer breakeven cycles and higher first-cycle ROI mean the account pays for itself faster. | ||
| Breakeven Winning Cycles | — | — |
| Max First-Cycle ROI | — | — |
| Target : Drawdown | Best value: 1.20lower = easier to pass | 1.50lower = easier to pass |
| Company Info | ||
| Established | 2022 | 2020 |
| CEO | Not disclosed | James Thorpe |
| Country | United States | United States |
| Trader Rating | Best value: 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Features | ||
| Allows Scaling | No | Yes |
| Daily Payouts | No | Yes |
| 1-Day Pass | Yes | No |
| KYC Required | Required | Required |
| Trading | ||
| Instruments | EMD, ES, RTY, NQ, MES, MNQ, M2K, MBT +35 more | ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, RTY, M2K, NKD, YM +33 more |
| Evaluation Types | 1-step, Instant funding | 1-step |
| Platforms | R|Trader Pro, NinjaTrader, Bookmap +19 more | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView +15 more |
| Max Funding | Best value: $2.75M | $150,000 |
| Profit Split | 90% | Not published |
| Max Accounts | 5 funded · Unlimited evaluation | 3 funded · 6 evaluation |
| Trading Rules | ||
| Scalping | Allowed | Allowed |
| Payouts | ||
| Payout Frequency | Weekly | On demand |
| Min Payout | from $500 | $250 |
| Payout Methods | ACH transfer, Wire transfer +1 more | US bank wire — free, International bank wire — $15 per withdrawal +2 more |
| Payout StructureHow money actually leaves the account: what you must do to qualify, how much each payout may be, and when the cap stops applying. | ||
| Payout cadence | Weekly | On demand |
| Eligibility | 10 trading days · profit above buffer | 1 trading days |
| Payout cap | $1,500 (#1-#3) → uncapped from #4 | Not published |
| Payout limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Safety-net buffer | Max loss + $100 | None |
| Scaling | None | None |
| Activation fee | One-time | None |
| Evaluation TermsThe shape of the challenge itself, including where the consistency rule applies — an evaluation-only rule and one that binds for the life of the account are very different obligations. | ||
| Evaluation type | 1-step | 1-step |
| Time limit | 30 days | None |
| Min trading days | None | 5 |
| Fastest possible pass | 1 day | 5 days |
| Resets | Allowed | Allowed |
| Consistency rule | 40% | 30% |
| Consistency applies to | Whole account life | Evaluation only |
| What You May TradeEach firm's own position on the strategies traders get breached for, with its published qualification. A restriction is not the same as a ban. | ||
| News trading | ✓ Allowed… | ! RestrictedOnly a named tier-1 list is off limits, and the platform enforces it rather than failing the trader… |
| Weekend holding | ✗ Not allowed“All positions must be closed before the session close; overnight and weekend positions are prohibited” (Momentum… | ? Not publishedNo weekend-specific rule is published; it follows from the absolute daily-close rule, which admits no exception for a… |
| Overnight holding | ? Not published“Holding positions overnight is strictly prohibited” (Qualification Rules), with the hard deadline… | ✓ AllowedExplicitly permitted inside a session, which runs overnight: “Trading generally resumes after 5 pm CT.”… |
| Bots & automation | ? Not publishedPermitted by the FAQ and the help centre, but gated by the Terms of Use, and the two are never reconciled.… | ! RestrictedA trader’s own automation is allowed on supported platforms, bought automation is not, and there is no API… |
| High-frequency trading | ? Not publishedProhibited in substance by the same Terms of Use clause.… | ✗ Not allowedBanned with a published numeric threshold, unusually: “Using automated trading systems designed to scalp at an”… |
| Dollar-cost averaging | ? Not publishedNo rule on averaging down, scaling into a position, martingale or grid trading appears anywhere on the public site.… | ? Not publishedOnly legitimate scaling and staged entries at different price levels are explicitly permitted by the order-splitting… |
| Hedging | ? Not publishedThe word “hedge” and its variants appear nowhere in the help centre, the FAQ or the four legal PDFs — no rule addresses… | ? Not publishedBanned in both the multiple-accounts article and the prohibited-practices list, with the same cross-account definition:… |
| Copy trading | ? Not publishedCopiers are named in the same answer as bots and carry the same limit… | ! RestrictedAllowed only into TradeDay accounts and only between Funded Sim accounts, never across the sim/live line… |
| Microscalping | ? Not publishedRestricted, and only in its automated form.… | ? Not publishedDefined but not numerically bounded, and enforced by review rather than by an automatic breach… |
| VPN | ? Not publishedNo VPN, VPS, proxy or connection-location rule is published.… | ✗ Not allowedVPS is barred outright and IP masking must be switched off on demand: “TradeDay does not allow the use of virtual”… |
