Prime payouts

Once your Prime account is funded, you can request a payout on your profits. This article covers everything that governs a Prime payout — what you need to qualify, how much you can take, and what happens after your fifth.

The three gates

To qualify for a Prime payout you must clear all three of these. They're independent, and they all reset the moment a payout is approved — see when your next cycle starts:

1. A minimum profit goal for your account size.
2. The 40% consistency check — your largest single day can't exceed 40% of the cycle's profit.
3. Profit above your buffer balance — you can't withdraw from the buffer itself.

Each is covered below. Your dashboard shows where you stand against all three at the time you request.

Minimum

• $500 minimum per payout request — the same across every account size.
• You keep a 90% profit split. Our only cut is 10%, with no other fees.

Maximum per payout

Your maximum depends on your account size and on whether it's your first payout or a later one. The first is capped a little lower; payouts after that have a higher ceiling.

The higher ceiling applies once your first payout has completed — not merely been approved. The exact maximum for your next request is always shown in your dashboard at the time you request.

Gate 1 — minimum profit goal

Each cycle you have to earn a minimum profit before a payout is available. It's measured on the profit you've made since your last payout was approved — starting with the trading day after the one your payout was approved in. How the cycle is measured.

This isn't the same thing as the $500 request minimum — they're two separate gates and you have to clear both. On a $25,000 account, for example, reaching the $250 profit goal doesn't by itself let you request: you still need at least $500 available above your buffer to make a request at all.

Gate 2 — the 40% consistency check

Your largest single day can't exceed 40% of that cycle's profit. If your best day is too large a share, keep trading — every further day of profit lowers its percentage.

This resets when a payout is approved, so one big day never blocks you long-term. Full explanation with worked examples: Prime consistency.

Gate 3 — profit over the buffer balance

Before you can withdraw, your profit has to clear a buffer balance. The buffer is a safety net: it stops a payout from dropping you straight back down onto your Max Loss Limit.

Your buffer is your account size + your Max Loss Limit + $100 — the same balance at which your trailing Max Loss Limit locks in place.

Your balance has to be above the buffer, and only the amount above it can be withdrawn — you can't take a payout out of the buffer itself. Your dashboard shows your available amount with the buffer already subtracted, so you never have to do this math yourself.

Trade as if the payout has already left

Funds are deducted within minutes of approval, but your request is reviewed against your account as it stands at review time — not as it stood the moment you submitted. So if you keep trading after requesting and your balance slips back into the buffer, the request may no longer qualify.

There's a second reason it matters: sessions you trade while your request is under review count toward the cycle that's ending, not the new one. A big winning day in that window changes the numbers we check at approval.

The safe habit: once you've requested a payout, trade as though that money has already left your balance.

When you can request, and how you're paid

There's no fixed payout window — request on any day you're eligible. Payouts are typically processed within 3–5 business days, and once approved, funds are deducted within minutes and disbursed within 1–2 business days through Rise, our global payout partner.

Before your first payout you complete a one-time verification with Rise. From then on, approved payouts land in your Rise account and you withdraw to your bank or in USDC. See Getting paid through Rise and Payout eligibility and verification.

For the eight steps a payout moves through after you request it, see When payouts are processed.

Up to five payouts, then live

Prime allows up to five payouts. After your fifth completed payout — the money actually paid, not just approved — the account becomes eligible to move to a live program. See Prime: after five payouts.

One thing to keep in mind

Performance payouts are discretionary compensation based on your simulated results — not returns on investment, wages, or guaranteed income. Meeting the criteria doesn't by itself guarantee approval: we may review, delay, reduce, or deny a payout where we identify a rule violation, fraud, or a risk-management concern.