Challenges
A TradeSport Challenge is a paid, simulated futures trading account where you earn real cash payouts by hitting published profit requirements. Two formats (One-Phase and Two-Phase), three account sizes each ($50K, $100K, $150K), no time limits, and unlimited resets.
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A TradeSport Challenge is a simulated futures trading account you purchase for a one-time fee. You trade with virtual funds against real-time CME market data, and when you meet the published profit and consistency requirements, you earn real cash payouts — you keep 90% of every payout and TradeSport retains 10%.
Challenges come in two formats:
- One-Phase — you trade a funded simulated account from day one. There is no evaluation to pass. The published profit targets determine when you can take payouts, not whether you "pass." The account pays out exactly 5 payouts at published amounts, then closes.
- Two-Phase — you complete an evaluation phase first. When you pass, you complete identity verification (KYC) and sign the Trader Agreement with Prop Account LC, and your funded account is issued at no additional charge. The funded account pays out across 5 milestones before closing.
Both formats come in three tiers: $50,000, $100,000, and $150,000 account sizes.
Key things to know:
- No time limits. Challenges have no expiration — you trade at your own pace. (Just stay active: accounts with no trading activity for 10 consecutive trading days are closed for inactivity.)
- Unlimited resets. If you blow the max loss, you can buy a reset at the same price as your entry, as many times as you want.
- Real payouts. The account is simulated, but the money you earn is real. Payouts are issued by Prop Account, LLC and disbursed via Rise — typically received within 24–48 hours of request — after identity verification (KYC) and payout review clear.
- Futures only. You trade CME Group futures across the major products — equity index futures and their micros, FX futures, metals, energies, agriculturals, and micro Bitcoin/Ether futures — through your choice of connection: Rithmic, DXtrade, or Volumetrica.
Challenges are separate from Trade League, TradeSport's monthly ranked tournament — see "Challenge vs. Trade League" for how they differ.
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- Are challenges real money or simulated?Challenge accounts use simulated (virtual) funds against real-time market data — none of your capital is at risk beyond the fees you pay. The payouts, however, are real cash: you keep 90% of every payout, issued by Prop Account, LLC and disbursed via Rise, typically within 24–48 hours of request.
- Can I run multiple challenges at once?Yes — you can hold up to $1,000,000 in combined active simulated accounts at a time, in any mix of formats and tiers (roughly 20 × $50K accounts). Purchases above the limit wait on hold and activate when a slot opens. One user profile per person.
- Challenge payout amountsEvery challenge account pays out exactly 5 times, then closes. One-Phase pays $1,500–$3,000 per payout by tier with lifetime caps of $9,000–$19,000. Two-Phase milestones range from $500 to a $9,000 final cap with lifetime caps of $6,500–$20,500. You keep 90% of every payout.
- Challenge resets: how they workChallenge resets are unlimited and cost the same as your tier's entry fee. Each reset is a brand-new account with a new account ID — the old account stays closed. Two-Phase resets always start back in the evaluation phase.
- Challenge vs. Trade League: what's the difference?Challenges are individual funded-account products with no timer and published payout amounts — payouts 1–4 are fixed dollar amounts and the 5th pays up to a published cap. Trade League is a monthly ranked tournament where everyone trades an identical $50,000 account and the top 10% of paid entries share a revenue-share pool.