ThinkCapital Lightning rules
Account sizes and limits
| Size | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | $59 homepage program widget 2026-10-27 | Track·Would I pass? |
| $10,000 | $99 homepage program widget 2026-10-27 | Track·Would I pass? |
| $25,000 | $199 homepage program widget 2026-10-27 | Track·Would I pass? |
| $50,000 | $299 homepage program widget 2026-10-27 | Track·Would I pass? |
| $100,000 | $499 homepage program widget 2026-10-27 | Track·Would I pass? |
List prices, without temporary discounts. “—” means the firm doesn't publish that value for this size.
Daily loss limit
- Limit
- 3%
- Measured from
- start-of-day balance
- If you hit it
- The account fails
Max loss (drawdown)
- Limit
- 6%
- Type
- Trailing
The floor follows your highest balance up by the same distance, so profits move it up. See it on a chart
trails until it locks at initial balance once account grows 6%
Phases
- Target
- 10%
- Minimum days
- 3
- Time limit
- None stated
Funded account and payouts
- Profit split
- 80% (90% with scaling or add-on)
- First payout
- —
- Payout cycle
- 14 days (7 days with add-on)
- Consistency rule
- None stated
- Scaling
- +20% account size after 10% return over 3 months; max allocation $1,500,000
- Leverage
- 1:30
- Platforms
- ThinkTrader, TradingView
What you can trade and how
No trades opened/closed 2 min before or after high-impact news (5 min on Bolt) in challenge and funded; Dual Step Swing and the add-on are exempt.
Applies to: Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Intraday (2 min); Bolt and Bolt Flex (5 min); Dual Step Swing and News add-on exempt
Source, checked 2026-11-02 News rules at every firm →Good to know
Funded news trading restricted (4-min window), add-on available. Inactivity: min 1 trade per 30 days.
Your odds of passing
Enter how you trade and we run 1,000 evaluations of the ThinkCapital Lightning against its own daily limit, drawdown, target and day rules.
- Passed 47%
- Max loss 47%
- Still going after 130 days 6%
A model, not a forecast: each trade wins or loses your average amount at random, days are whole weekdays, and trailing floors never lock. Consistency, news and weekend rules aren't applied. Expected spend assumes every attempt costs the same as the first. Have real results? Replay your own days.
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Related
ThinkCapital Lightning — common questions
Trading the ThinkCapital Lightning?
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