At a glance
The profit target is the simulated profit an evaluation must reach, in realized net profit, before it can pass:
Product | Profit target |
2-Step | 8% in phase 1, then 5% in phase 2 |
1-Step | 10% |
Flash | 2% |
Instant | None: Instant has no evaluation |
Key rule: Reaching the target does not pass the evaluation on its own. You also need the minimum trading days, where your product has them, all positions closed and pending orders cancelled, no breach of a loss limit and no breach of a trading rule. The target is a threshold to reach, not a prediction of results.
There is no time limit to reach the target on 2-Step, 1-Step or Flash. Opening or closing a trade counts as activity, and so does a change in the profit or loss of a position you hold open. Signing in to your Dashboard or your platform does not. An account with no activity may be closed for inactivity, and we e-mail you first (Terms §5.7). See Is there a time limit to pass an EverFunded evaluation?.
How the target is measured
The target is a percentage of the account size you bought, so on a $100K account 8% is $8,000.
It counts realized net profit. Profit counts once trades are closed, after trading costs, and you close all positions and cancel pending orders before the pass. Open profit does not count toward the target.
The minimum trading days count separately: 3 per phase on 2-Step, 3 on 1-Step, none on Flash. A day counts only when its profit reaches at least 0.5% of the original account balance. On 2-Step and 1-Step you need the days whenever the target is reached; on Flash the number of days does not stop a pass.
The loss limits apply the whole time. A breach before or after reaching the target ends the evaluation. A Flash evaluation has no daily loss limit, but its overall limit applies.
We confirm the pass. On 2-Step, passing phase 1 moves you to phase 2 and its 5% target. Each new phase, and your first funded account, starts at the account size you bought: evaluation profit does not carry forward. Passing the final phase qualifies you for the funded stage.
Flash can pass on its first trading day, once the 2% target is reached and every other condition holds. Passing and the start of your funded account are separate steps, and the funded account does not necessarily start straight away.
Funded accounts have no profit target. Each funded payout cycle has its own conditions instead, including at least 3% net profit and a number of qualifying days. See When can I request a payout?.
Worked examples
Take a 2-Step $100K account in phase 1, with an 8% target of $8,000. All positions are closed in each case, and a qualifying day is one that makes at least $500, which is 0.5% of the original $100,000.
Situation | Profit | Qualifying days | Result |
Short of the target | $6,500 | 4 | Not passed: the target is not reached |
Target reached, days not met | $8,000 | 2 | Not passed: 3 qualifying days are required. Opening a trade alone is insufficient. |
Both met | $8,000 | 3 | Phase 1 objectives met, with no breach. Once confirmed, you move to phase 2 |
Example: The same size on the other products: a 1-Step $100K target is $10,000, with at least 3 qualifying days; a Flash $100K target is $2,000, with no minimum days.
Example: The target reached before the days are done. A 1-Step $200K account has a 10% target, which is $20,000. The trader reaches $20,000 on their second qualifying day. The evaluation has not passed, because 1-Step needs at least 3 qualifying days. A third qualifying day, with the profit still at or above the target, all positions closed and no breach of either loss limit, meets the objectives; we confirm the pass (Terms §5.3). On a Flash $200K the target is 2%, which is $4,000, and Flash has no minimum number of days, so the first trading day can be the day the objectives are met.
Example: The one people get wrong — Instant has no target, but every payout cycle has a profit condition. An Instant $100K account has no profit target at all. Each payout cycle instead needs at least 3% net profit on the balance the cycle started with: in the first cycle that is $3,000 above $100,000, or $103,000. It is not met once and done: every later cycle needs 3% again, measured from that cycle's starting balance, and every funded account on every product has the same condition. See The Instant payout gate: why every payout cycle needs 3% net profit.
What the target does not do
Hitting the target is not a reward. Passing confirms only that you met the objectives (Terms §5.6). Everything is simulated, and rewards are discretionary.
Loss limits still apply after the target. Do not treat reaching it as the end of the risk rules.
There is no consistency rule during an evaluation. One strong day can count toward the target.
Instant has no target. Its payout cycles have the 3% net profit condition every funded account has. See The Instant payout gate: why every payout cycle needs 3% net profit.
Does phase 2 carry over my phase 1 profit? No. Phase 2 has its own, separate 5% target, and it starts at the account size you bought, so phase 1 profit does not carry forward.
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Next step
If you believe you met every objective and your account has not moved on, message us in the chat and ask for a person. Include your account number and a screenshot. A person checks your specific account. Every way to reach us is in How to contact EverFunded support, and the rules hub is What are the Trading Objectives?.