TradeDay is a Chicago-based futures prop firm (est. 2020) offering a one-step evaluation with a first-class product decision at signup: Intraday trailing drawdown versus End of Day trailing drawdown.
Accounts are further sold under variants such as Quick Pay and Fast Pass with different consistency and funded payout philosophies. Quick Pay is commonly described with ~30% consistency, about five minimum trading days, and fewer funded-stage payout milestones once funded.
Fast Pass is commonly described with tighter/faster evaluation framing (e.g. ~45% consistency and fewer min days) but funded-stage gates such as multiple profitable days and slower initial position sizing — do not buy Fast Pass thinking it is universally easier. Funded Sim split marketing is progressive: often 50/50 below ~$4,000 net profit, 80/20 above that, stepping toward 90/10 on live progression paths — first dollars are not always top-split dollars.
Seed catalog currently emphasizes Quick Pay Intraday lines at $50K ($125 eval / $62 monthly, $3,000 target / $2,000 drawdown, 5 contracts), $100K, and $150K with proportional targets and contracts. Platform focus is Tradovate (and Tradovate data), which is a feature if that is your stack and a hard filter if you need Sierra/MultiCharts-first workflows.
Payout language for Quick Pay Funded Sim can be on-demand with short minimum time-to-request once eligible; methods and exact processing should be verified on official pages because marketing pages lag.
Honest tradeoffs
Clean drawdown-choice UX and established brand presence, offset by narrower platform menu and variant confusion (Quick Pay vs Fast Pass).
Compare with
Topstep for US futures brand gravity, Apex for fee-driven attempts, Tradeify for multi-platform multi-path packaging.
Research checklist
Choose Intraday vs EOD first, Quick Pay vs Fast Pass second, write split breakpoints, then paper under the exact trail type. If you are not a Tradovate user, price the switching cost honestly — platform friction fails more accounts than drawdown type marketing. Quick Pay progressive splits mean your first few thousand of net profit may not feel like a 90% brand.