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A live account trades in live markets. You get one by passing an S2L evaluation, or by invitation from the firm. This article covers live accounts from S2L.
Converted S2L accounts at a glance
| | Core | Edge | Ultra |
|---|
| Starting balance | $50,000 | $150,000 | $300,000 |
| Max contracts | 1 (10 micros) | 2 (20 micros) | 3 (30 micros) |
| Max drawdown | $2,000 | $4,500 | $7,000 |
| Drawdown type | Intraday trailing; stops at starting balance | Intraday trailing; stops at starting balance | Intraday trailing; stops at starting balance |
| Daily Loss Limit | $1,000 | $1,750 | $3,250 |
| Profit split | 80 / 20 | 80 / 20 | 80 / 20 |
| Min. daily profit / consistency | None | None | None |
| Activation fee | Free | Free | Free |
| Setup time | 1–5 business days | 1–5 business days | 1–5 business days |
| Scaling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
More than one live account
You can have up to 5 live accounts from S2L at a time. All of them appear in your trading platform, but only one is tradeable at a time:
- Your first live account is tradeable.
- Once its drawdown locks at your starting balance, or the account is breached, a Risk Manager makes the next account tradeable during business hours.
- This repeats for each of your live accounts.
The reason for this is to give traders the best chance at staying in the live environment longer as well as preventing 1-2 day wash outs.
If you've passed more than 5 S2L evaluations, you'll see the first 5. The others are loaded as earlier accounts are closed and removed from your Dashboard.
Platforms
Onyx is offered on live accounts and the free version of Quantower is available. Other platforms need a paid license; NinjaTrader isn't supported, but some have reported success connecting.
Good to know
- Once you're live, all your simulated accounts are closed and you can't buy new S2L evaluations while trading live. You cannot trade in sim and live at the same time.
- If the account touches the drawdown level, it's closed. You can qualify again with a new S2L evaluation; there's no cooldown.
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