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Lucid Trading is a US futures firm offering four one-time-fee account families — LucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDaily and LucidDirect — from $25K to $150K with 2 to 10 minis, a 90/10 split, end-of-day drawdowns and no activation fee. Consistency rules differ by plan (40% funded on Pro, 50% in evaluation on Flex and Daily, 20% on Direct), and payout rules vary by plan with a $500 minimum.

Trading Rules

Rules change without notice and vary by account type. Confirm with the firm before you trade.

ALLOWED

Expert Advisors (EAs)

Bots allowed if they follow the rules.

News Trading

Except LucidDaily: Not allowed — Be flat 1 min before to 1 min after red-folder USD news; trading it is a hard breach.

RESTRICTED

Copy Trading

Trade copiers allowed for your own accounts. Coordinated trading with others banned.

Scalping

Under 50% of profit may come from trades held 5 seconds or less.

Hedging

Banned across accounts. In one account, mini vs micro of the same contract is allowed.

Martingale

DCA allowed; martingale strongly discouraged.

NOT ALLOWED

HFTWeekend Holding

Arbitrage

Exploiting price-display errors or slow data feeds.

Overnight Holding

Flat by 4:45 PM ET Monday–Friday; positions are auto-closed.

Prohibited Conduct

Spoofing, trades outside the best bid/offer, exploiting sim fills.

From our firm record — not independently re-verified

True Cost Calculator

See how much it truly costs to get funded at Lucid Trading, including multiple failed attempts.

Fee

$515

Split to you

90%

Account

$50K

How many attempts?

Drag to model your worst-case scenario

2attempts
1Best
2
3
4
5Worst
Total Spent

$1,030

2 attempts × $515 fee

Net Cost

$1,030

No fee refund on this plan

Break-Even

2.29%

Profit needed on $50K after 90% split

Fees shown in USD. Break-even is the minimum profit % you need on your funded account to cover all challenge costs.

Leverage and Platforms

Tradeable Asset Classes

  • Futures

Available Trading Platforms

  • NinjaTrader logo
    NinjaTrader
  • Tradovate logo
    Tradovate
  • TradingView logo
    TradingView
  • Q
    Quantower
  • S
    Sierra Chart
  • B
    Bookmap
  • A
    ATAS
  • J
    Jigsaw Daytradr
  • M
    MotiveWave
  • M
    MultiCharts
  • R
    R Trader Pro
  • T
    Tradesea

Frequently Asked Questions

Lucid Trading is a US-based futures prop firm. It connects through CQG and Rithmic, and pays out via crypto, Plaid or WorkMarket by ADP (bank transfer or PayPal).
Lucid Trading pays a 90/10 profit split, meaning traders keep 90% of profits.
$25,000, $50,000, $100,000 and $150,000, with position limits of 2, 4, 6 and 10 minis respectively (20 to 100 micros).
It depends on the plan: LucidPro 40% on funded accounts, LucidFlex and LucidDaily 50% during the evaluation, and LucidDirect 20% on funded payouts.
It depends on the plan. LucidDirect pays on a 5-day cycle, with a higher profit goal for the first payout. LucidPro has no fixed window, but each payout needs a profit goal of $250–$1,000. LucidFlex needs 5 profitable days per cycle. LucidDaily pays daily. The minimum payout is $500.
NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Quantower, Sierra Chart, Bookmap, ATAS Orderflow Trading, Jigsaw Daytradr, MotiveWave, MultiCharts, R Trader Pro and Tradesea.

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