$25k Scale
| Milestone | Payout cap | Max open size |
|---|---|---|
| Funded start | — | $500 |
| 1st approved payout | $500 | $750 |
| 2nd approved payout | $750 | $1,000 |
| 3rd approved payout | $1,000 | $1,250 |
| 4th and later | $1,500 max | $1,500 max |
$50k Scale
| Milestone | Payout cap | Max open size |
|---|---|---|
| Funded start | — | $1,000 |
| 1st approved payout | $1,000 | $1,500 |
| 2nd approved payout | $1,500 | $2,000 |
| 3rd approved payout | $2,000 | $2,500 |
| 4th and later | $2,500 max | $2,500 max |
$100k Scale
| Milestone | Payout cap | Max open size |
|---|---|---|
| Funded start | — | $1,500 |
| 1st approved payout | $1,500 | $2,000 |
| 2nd approved payout | $2,000 | $2,500 |
| 3rd approved payout | $2,500 | $3,000 |
| 4th and later | $3,500 max | $3,500 max |
What the Two Columns Mean
- Payout cap is the most a single approved payout pays you at that milestone, stated net to you after the 90/10 is handled internally. A $1,000 cap means $1,000 in your hands, which needs $1,000 ÷ 0.90 ≈ $1,111.11 of net realized cycle profit.
- Max open size is the most total exposure the account may hold open at that milestone. The 5% market-volume cap on any one market applies on top and stays at 5% as you scale. See Max Open Size and Market Limits.
- The Funded start row has no payout cap yet because no payout has been approved. Its max open size is live from activation.
- The 4th and later row is the ceiling. Further approved payouts do not raise either figure, however many of them there are — and read the row you are moving to rather than assuming both columns step together, because on the $50k the fourth step raises the payout cap while max open size has already reached its maximum.
When Your Limits Increase
On the approval of a payout. A request still in review has not moved the ladder yet, and the payout you have just been approved for is paid at the row it triggered rather than the next one.
Once a milestone is reached, it is held for the life of that funded account — the ladder only ever goes up. Positions you already hold are not resized; the new ceiling governs what you open next.
Approval also opens a fresh cycle, so the days and profit that earn your next step up come from trading after it. See Payout Cycles and Fresh Profit.
The split, the five qualifying days, the 40% rule and the 5% market cap are the same at every milestone. Scaling moves these two figures and nothing else.
Scaling and a New Account
Scaling belongs to one funded account and does not transfer between them. Funded resets are not available at launch, so if a funded account is breached, the way back is a new evaluation — and the new funded account starts at the Funded start row of its own table. See Breaches and Rule Reviews.
Caps are per approved payout, per account. Across every FPT account you own, $25,000 in net approved payouts per Eastern Time calendar month applies on top — see Account Limits.