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Lucid Trading
VerifiedTop RatedCEO
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Country
USA
Date Created
December 2020
Years in Operation
6
4.5
Based on 1 review
About the firm
Lucid Trading is a futures prop firm built around one-time-fee evaluations with no monthly rebilling and no activation fee on the upgrade to a funded account. Four routes are published: LucidPro, which can be passed in a single trading day, LucidFlex and LucidDaily, which trade a consistency rule for a built-in cushion, and LucidDirect, a straight-to-funded account with no evaluation phase. Accounts run from $25,000 to $150,000, the profit split is 90/10, and the dashboard upgrades a passed evaluation to funded within 5 to 30 minutes. Payouts average about 15 minutes once approved, through Plaid for US traders, WorkMarket by ADP internationally, or crypto.
Legal entity: Lucid Trading Group LLC · Based in: United States · Founded: December 2020
Lucid Trading publishes no founding date; Prop Firm Pal dates it from the registration of lucidtrading.com in December 2020.
2020
Founded
United States
Headquarters
$25K–$150K
Account sizes
$150K
Scales up to
Trade on
12
NinjaTrader
Tradovate
TradingView
Tradesea
Sierra Chart
Quantower
MotiveWave
Jigsaw
Bookmap
ATAS
R|Trader Pro
MultiCharts
Instruments & assets
Instruments: Equity index futures, Energy futures, Metals futures, Interest rate futures, Micro futures
Contracts traded: ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, RTY, CL, GC, SI
Exchanges: CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX
You pay with
6Visa
Mastercard
American Express
Discover
Diners Club
Maestro
You’re paid by
3Plaid (instant US bank transfer)
WorkMarket by ADP (bank transfer or PayPal)
Crypto (BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT, USDC)
Leverage & contract limits
Position limits: Approved products are published per symbol with their per-side commission (ES $1.75, MES $0.50, NQ $1.75, MNQ $0.50, RTY $1.75). Position limits are 2 mini / 20 micro on 25K, 4 / 40 on 50K, 6 / 60 on 100K and 10 / 100 on 150K.
Futures accounts are sized by contract limit and exchange margin rather than by a leverage multiplier, so no forex-style leverage figure applies.
Risk model: End-of-day trailing max loss limit of $1,000 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $3,000 (100K) and $4,500 (150K). LucidPro carries a daily loss limit on every size above 25K ($1,200 / $1,800 / $2,700); LucidFlex and LucidDaily drop the daily loss limit and apply a 50% consistency rule with a cushion instead. LucidDirect skips the evaluation and runs a fixed daily loss limit plus a scaling limit set at 60% of the peak end-of-day balance.
Commissions & fees
Evaluations are a one-time purchase with no subscription and no rebilling, so a failed account is restarted by buying a reset rather than waiting for a renewal; resets are neither automatic nor free. There is no activation fee to upgrade a passed LucidPro evaluation to funded, and the dashboard performs that upgrade within 5 to 30 minutes of the target being hit. Platform connectivity runs through CQG (NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView) and Rithmic (Tradesea, Sierra Chart, Quantower, MotiveWave, Jigsaw, Bookmap, ATAS, R|Trader Pro, MultiCharts), and every platform works with every account type. Commissions are charged per side and published per contract - $1.75 on ES, NQ and RTY, $0.50 on MES and MNQ. Lucid publishes separate prohibitions on hedging, high-frequency trading and micro-scalping.
Firm rules
One-time fee, resets are paid
No subscription
LucidPro evaluations and LucidDirect accounts are bought with a single fee. Nothing rebills, and there is no time limit on passing - but because there is no billing cycle there is also no free restart. A failed evaluation is restarted by buying a reset from the dashboard, which returns the balance and risk parameters to their starting state. Reset prices are published per size: $75, $120, $190 and $255.
Max loss limit trails on the close
End of day, not intraday
The max loss limit is $1,000 on a 25K, $2,000 on a 50K, $3,000 on a 100K and $4,500 on a 150K, and it trails on end-of-day balance rather than intraday equity. LucidDirect runs a higher limit ($1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000) because there is no evaluation in front of it.
Payout needs three things
Profit goal, consistency, buffer
A payout request needs the cycle's minimum profit goal ($250 on a 25K up to $1,000 on a 150K), a largest single day no more than 40% of the profit earned in that cycle, and a balance above the buffer - the initial max loss limit plus $100, which cannot itself be withdrawn. All three reset after every approved payout, and requests are final once submitted.
90/10 split
10% to the firm
Every funded payout is split 90% to the trader and 10% to Lucid Trading. Accounts bought or reset before 28 November 2025 keep an older entitlement to 100% of the first $10,000. The minimum request is $500.
Daily loss limits differ by route
And by size
LucidPro applies a daily loss limit of $1,200 on a 50K, $1,800 on a 100K and $2,700 on a 150K, with none on the 25K. LucidFlex and LucidDaily have no daily loss limit and apply 50% consistency in the evaluation instead. LucidDirect pairs a fixed daily loss limit with a scaling one set at 60% of the peak end-of-day balance.
Prohibited strategies
Hedging, HFT, micro-scalping
Lucid publishes separate policies prohibiting hedging across accounts, high-frequency trading and micro-scalping, alongside an inactivity policy and a trade-with-integrity standard. Allowed trading times and approved products are published per contract.
Challenges & pricing
16Challenge
Type
Account sizes
Payout policy
Payout frequency: On request once the cycle's minimum profit goal, the 40% consistency rule and the buffer balance are satisfied. Approved payouts average around 15 minutes; WorkMarket transfers can land the next business day.
Profit split: 90%
Paid through: Plaid (instant US bank transfer), WorkMarket by ADP (bank transfer or PayPal), Crypto (BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT, USDC)
Maximum allocation: $150,000
Restricted countries
FAQs
5The LucidPro ladder was listed at $108 for a 25K, $172 for a 50K, $272 for a 100K and $365 for a 150K on 26 October 2026, with a 30% coupon shown at checkout. It is a one-time fee - there is no subscription and no activation fee when you pass. Resets cost $75, $120, $190 and $255 by size.
LucidPro can be passed in a single trading day and carries a daily loss limit on sizes above 25K. LucidFlex and LucidDaily remove the daily loss limit and apply a 50% consistency rule with a cushion built in, which makes a two-day pass the realistic floor. LucidDirect has no evaluation at all: you start building simulated capital and taking payouts immediately, under a slightly wider max loss limit and a scaling daily limit.
Lucid states that approved payouts average about 15 minutes. US traders are paid by instant bank transfer through Plaid; international traders use WorkMarket by ADP, which can pay to a bank account or PayPal as soon as the next business day, or crypto in BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT or USDC.
Three things at once: the minimum profit goal for your size in that cycle, a largest winning day of no more than 40% of the profit in the cycle, and a balance above the buffer - your initial max loss limit plus $100. The buffer cannot be withdrawn, and a trade that drops you back into it before processing can get the request denied.
Every platform works with every Lucid account type. Through CQG: NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView. Through Rithmic: Tradesea, Sierra Chart, Quantower, MotiveWave, Jigsaw, Bookmap, ATAS, R|Trader Pro and MultiCharts.
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