Payout (prop firm withdrawal)
A payout is the transfer of a share of the profit made on a funded prop-firm account from the firm to the trader. It is only released once the account meets the firm's withdrawal conditions, such as a minimum profit, a minimum number of trading days and a consistency check.
Senzoukria · Glossary · Updated September 2026
What a payout actually is
On an evaluation account nothing can be withdrawn: the balance is simulated and the profit target only unlocks the next stage. A payout exists only on the funded (or "performance") stage, and it is the firm that pays it, from its own funds, against the simulated profit the trader produced. That is why every firm attaches conditions to it. The trader receives their share of the withdrawn amount, defined by the profit split; the rest stays with the firm.
A payout is not the same thing as the profit on the account. A funded account may show a large open or closed gain and still be unable to withdraw because a consistency rule, a minimum number of trading days or a minimum profit threshold has not been met yet.
Conditions usually attached
- A minimum profit to withdraw, expressed in dollars, above a buffer the firm keeps on the account.
- A minimum number of trading days before the first payout, and a minimum number of days between two payouts.
- A cap on the first payout (and sometimes on the following ones) for smaller account sizes.
- A consistency rule: no single day above a percentage of the total profit, otherwise the withdrawal is held until it evens out.
- A withdrawal fee or a processing delay, which change the net amount and the timing.
- The exact values differ from one firm and one program to another; read your own contract rather than a summary.
In Senzoukria
In the Results space of the Backtest and Replay pages, the "Prop firm rules" form has a "Payouts" section with four fields: "Minimum profit to withdraw ($)", "Minimum trading days before the first payout", "Days between two payouts" and "Cap on the first payout ($)". Once the rules are saved, the prop simulation shows "Reached a payout" in the account funnel, "Funded → payout" in the performance block and "Net payouts received", "Average payout" and "Cost per payout" in the economics block.
The sessions those simulations run on come from the Journal page of the desktop, which fills from broker fills or hand-logged trades. The software does not talk to any firm's payout desk and does not know when a real withdrawal was approved.
Common mistakes
- Counting the gross profit as the payout: only the trader's share of the withdrawable amount is paid.
- Ignoring the days-between-payouts rule when planning cash flow.
- Assuming the first payout cap applies to every payout; at many firms it lifts after the first one, but the contract decides.
- Treating an evaluation gain as withdrawable money.
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Frequently asked questions
- Why can a funded account be profitable and still not pay out?
- A funded account can be profitable and still not pay out because the withdrawal conditions are separate from the balance. The account may not have enough trading days yet, the profit may sit below the minimum withdrawal amount, or one day may weigh more than the consistency rule allows. Until each condition is met the profit stays on the account.
- Does a payout reset the drawdown or the balance?
- Whether a payout resets the drawdown or the balance depends on the firm. Some programs bring the balance back toward the starting balance after a withdrawal, which also moves the drawdown limit; others let a buffer remain. The Senzoukria prop simulation applies the rules you entered in the form; it does not guess a firm's behaviour.