The free trial
One free evaluation per person, on the same live-priced markets - a real challenge you cannot get funded from.
The free trial is a real evaluation you can start without paying: a $5K Arena · 1-Step account on the same live-priced markets, with the same profit target and the same risk floors a purchased one has. There is no card and no payment.
One thing about it is different, and it is the important one: a trial can never become a funded account. It is there to let you trade the real product before you decide to buy, not to earn a payout.
What you get
The trial runs the same rule set as a purchased account of the same size and type, so what you learn on it transfers exactly.
| Term | Value |
|---|---|
| Account size | $5K simulated capital |
| Evaluation type | Arena · 1-Step - one phase |
| Profit target | +10%, so a balance of $5,500 |
| Daily loss floor | 3%, trailing |
| Max drawdown floor | 6%, fixed at the start |
| Time limit | None |
| Cost | Free - no card, no payment |
Everything in Trading rules applies to it unchanged: the same equity-based floors, the same daily reset at 00:00 UTC, the same leverage and position caps, the same fees.
Who can start one
Three conditions, and they are the only ones:
| Condition | Why |
|---|---|
| A verified email | The trial replaces the price as the thing that keeps one person to one trial, so it needs an identity signal. If your email is not verified yet, the tab offers to resend the link. |
| One per person | You can start a trial once. After that the tab shows you the paid challenges instead. |
| One per device | A trial is also one per device, so a second account on the same machine cannot start another. If that is you, the tab says so and points you at the paid challenges. |
The per-device condition is why a trial can be refused even on a brand-new account: the check is per device as well as per person, so a second account started on a machine that has already had its trial is offered the paid challenges instead. The Free trial tab says which condition is in the way.
How to start one
- Open the Challenges page and choose the Free trial tab.
- Check the card - it shows the size, target, and floors above.
- Press Start your free trial.
Your trial account is created and selected immediately, so you land on it and can place an order in the terminal straight away.
What a trial cannot do
A trial can never be funded
This is the one rule that separates a trial from a purchased challenge, and it holds absolutely: a trial account cannot reach a funded state by any route - not by passing, not by an operator, not by a future automatic funder. Because it can never be funded, it can never generate a payout. If you want a funded account, buy a challenge.
A trial also earns no certificates. Certificates record paid entries, funded accounts, and completed payouts, and a trial is none of those.
What happens when you pass a trial
Hitting the profit target passes the trial exactly as it would pass a purchased account - the pass is real and it is recorded on the account. What follows is different: instead of moving to a funded account, the account reads as a completed trial, and the app points you at the paid challenges. Passing a trial is proof you can clear the target; buying a challenge is what turns that into a funded account and payouts.
Where a trial shows up
| Surface | How it appears |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | In the account switcher alongside your other accounts. |
| Terminal | With a Free trial badge on the account chip, so you always know which account you are trading. |
| Leaderboard | In its own Free trial pool, kept separate from the Evaluation and Funded boards. It is a ranking only - a trial earns no rewards from it. |
| Certificates | Not at all - see above. |
It does not use your paid account slot
During beta you can hold 1 paid challenge account at a time. Your trial sits alongside that limit rather than inside it, so having a live trial never stops you buying a challenge, and buying a challenge never costs you your trial.
Related
- Creating an account - sign up and verify your email, which the trial needs.
- Buying a challenge - the paid evaluation, and the only route to funding.
- Trading rules - the targets and floors, which apply to a trial unchanged.
- The terminal - where you trade it.