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Michael, Founder of Day Trader Funding
THE REAL TALK
Trading Is Not What
Instagram Told You
It's not the fancy cars and flashy social media posts. It's not a get-rich-quick shortcut. And it's definitely not easy.
Trading is about working hard, managing risk, and trusting your thesis. It's about learning about yourself — your discipline, your patience, your ability to follow a process when everything in you says to deviate.
It's gamified self-improvement. And if you can fall in love with that game, trading is the best job in the world.
But here's what most people get wrong: the best traders aren't the best at winning big. They're the best at losing small. They build the right processes. They focus on improving their technique. They manage risk like it's their entire job — because it is.
And most of them will tell you the same thing: getting help, using other people's money, learning from mentors, copying proven trades — that's how you skip 10 years of expensive lessons.
That's what this is. Not a promise that every trade wins. A system designed to find and develop the traders who can manage our capital — because when you do well, we do well.
“The best traders don't focus on winning big. They focus on losing small.”
THE PROBLEM
You're Right.
The Market Is Rigged Against You.
You're trading against people who have more money, more knowledge, and better infrastructure. They have fancier degrees and are supported by entire teams. And prop firms know this. They profit off of it.
As long as that gap exists, they collect risk-free capital. So they want to empower you to gamble. They create rules that lead to overtrading, strategy hopping, and pure gambling. They create restrictions that test your psychology and bring out the most impulsive version of your trading.
They gamify every element of your trading dashboard so you forget you're executing in the market and start acting like you're throwing dice at a casino.
And when you start making money, they ban you. Restrict you. Cut you off.
Proving their conflict of interest. When you win, you become a liability. Something that costs them money. Completely contrary to the true prop firm narrative — where companies help you improve so that everyone makes more money.
It's not your fault.
Modern prop firms have rigged the system against you. They don't want you to win. You've failed by design.
Here's how the machine actually works.
$199 a month — whether you trade or not. $250 to reset when you hit the drawdown limit. Separate data fees. Support tickets that go nowhere. Discord servers where your questions stay unanswered for days. You bought a login. They sold you a community.
You blew the eval. That was their product.
The business model of most prop firms doesn't depend on funding profitable traders. It depends on evaluation fees, monthly subscriptions, and reset fees from the 90% who never make it through. Every blown account is revenue. Every re-subscription is profit. The longer you stay stuck in the evaluation loop, the more they earn.
They're not in the prop trading business. They're in the fee extraction business.
The incentives are perfectly misaligned — against you.
You knew something felt off. Now you know exactly what it is.
89%
of traders fail their first prop firm evaluation — and the firms are banking on it
$1,200+
average fees paid before a trader ever sees a funded account — if they ever do
$0
spent on coaching you, improving your strategy, or helping you actually pass
THE OFFER
We Looked to Wall Street
for a Reason
Our business model is more profitable when you succeed.
We believe that transforming you into a profitable trader will make us more money than your reset and subscription fees. Day Trader Funding is the only prop firm built to find and develop traders into consistent winners.
And if we can't help you get funded, we'll reset your account for free.
Use Our Capital — 100% Risk Free
Not yours. Ours.
The average day trader loses forty thousand dollars before ever becoming profitable. Use our capital instead to reduce your risk, increase your upside, and finally learn a profitable trading technique.
Purchase up to five accounts ranging from $50K to $150K in total capital. Pass a simple, guided evaluation to unlock live trading capital.
Watch Our Trades — Profit While You Learn
Or don't. All traders are welcome.
Trade daily with the founder of Day Trader Funding — an ex-hedge fund day trader — Monday to Friday starting at 9:15 AM EST.
The zero-latency stream calls out entry targets, stop losses, profit targets and setups before they happen. All you need to do is show up, watch the stream, and follow along. Suitable for all experience levels.
Day Trader Funding also works with traders looking to improve and execute their own ideas.
Keep 80% of Your Profits — Graduate to Live
Payout eligible from day one.
Other firms make you wait for payouts. Here you become eligible from day one. Request payouts up to four times per month. Processed via Rise Pay, delivered within 24 hours.
Build consistency. Unlock larger payouts. Move to live capital. Trade completely unrestricted.
If You Don't Pass, We Reset for Free
No questions asked.
If what we teach doesn't work, we don't charge you again for doing it right.
Coached accounts include one complimentary reset. Follow the strategy faithfully — same setup, same discipline, same risk management — and if you still don't pass the first time, we reset your account at no charge.
Because if you're doing it right, the only variable is time.
Additional resets are $79. That's it. No re-subscription. No new evaluation fee.
Wouldn't it be nice to start looking forward to Mondays?
THE STRATEGY
Your New Morning Routine
All you need is a computer — or a phone — and an internet connection. Accessible from anywhere in the world. Stealthy enough that your boss will never find out.
Stream goes live
15 minutes of pre-market prep. Michael marks the levels — entry targets, stop losses, profit targets. All drawn on the chart before the bell rings.
Market opens — trading begins
Michael talks through exactly what he’s doing before it happens. You see the setup, hear the reasoning, and follow along. Listen. See. Copy. Click.
Trading wraps up
One hour of live trading. Some days it wins. Some days it doesn’t. The strategy doesn’t chase the afternoon session.
Q&A and coaching
30 minutes of questions, trade review, and live coaching. This is where you learn to think like a trader — not just copy one.
Done
Close the laptop. Live your life. Same edge, same time, every morning.
Watch Real Trades from the Live Floor
We show losses because that's what real trading looks like.
But at What Cost?
Real trades from the live stream. Not a highlight reel. Wins and losses both.
The Wall Street Washout
THE STRATEGY
Every morning, hedge funds and banks shake out the weak buyers and sellers. They push price through the levels where retail traders have their stops — triggering a washout. Once the weak hands are flushed, the real trend begins.
We wait for the washout. Then we ride the wave.
The setup is a high-volume breakout away from consolidation — or a reversal back toward it. We wait until the big players start moving the market, then piggyback their momentum once they've cleared out the noise.
THE INSTRUMENT
NQ Futures (Nasdaq 100)
Highly liquid. Consistent action. Strong follow-through. NQ is a 24,000-point index that moves 100 points like it's nothing. You don't need many small wins to pay for a 10-point stop.
THE LEVELS
Auto-drawn. Every morning.
Michael's custom indicator draws the levels automatically — 2x the opening range. All visible on the livestream before the bell rings. Entry, stop, and target are marked before the trade happens.
THE ENTRY
Three lines. One decision.
Red line — stop loss. White line — profit target. Blue line — entry. When price crosses the blue line, that's the trigger. Michael draws it out, talks you through it, and guides you through the entry in real time.
THE EDGE
3:1 reward-to-risk. Consistently.
Average win is 3x the average loss. Risk is kept to ~10 points per trade. Tight stops, asymmetric upside. 2–4 trades a day. Some days zero. Some days ten. The setup decides — not the ego.
The Rules. Non-Negotiable.
“I win because I'm a good loser. And I can always try again.”
— Michael, Founder
The Evaluation. No Fine Print.
No Daily Loss Limit. Most firms close your account for a bad morning. We don't. You manage risk at the account level. That's how real traders trade.
That's it. Five rules. No hidden triggers. No overnight holds clause. No news-event restrictions. You trade the same way Michael trades — within those five parameters.
The evaluation is not designed to be impossible. It's designed to verify that you can follow a disciplined process under pressure. The live trading floor makes that process easier to follow.
THE PROOF
What Our Traders Say
Real feedback from traders using the desk.
“I tried 3 other prop firms before DTF. No comparison. The no-subscription model alone makes this a no-brainer. The coaching is a bonus.”
— Igor S.
What traders said when we asked if they'd do it again
“This is the real deal. Michael's coaching has completely changed how I approach the market. Got funded on my second attempt and already submitted my first payout request.”
— William H.
“Signed up for the Coached account and it was worth every penny. Watching Michael trade live every morning is like getting an MBA in market structure for $221.”
— Jared S.
“Passed my evaluation in 6 weeks. The live trading floor helped me stay disciplined. I finally understand risk management at a professional level.”
— David R.
“The morning livestreams alone are worth more than any $3,000 trading course I've taken. Getting paid on top? This is the best kept secret in prop trading.”
— Kevin M.
“Professional operation. Clear rules, fast payouts, responsive support. Michael genuinely cares about trader success — you can feel it in every livestream.”
— rlmwcc
REAL TRADERS. REAL STORIES.
They Didn't Just Pass — They Changed Their Lives
No scripts. No actors. Just traders who took the shot.
Rusty
Takes his family on vacation every week.
Callum
Left corporate life behind. Trades from anywhere.
Alfred
Paid for his wedding and honeymoon with trading profits.
Rusty
Takes his family on vacation every week.
Callum
Left corporate life behind. Trades from anywhere.
Alfred
Paid for his wedding and honeymoon with trading profits.
THE EVALUATION
One Fee. No Subscription.Start for $249.
One bad trade on a live account costs more than this evaluation.
You're trading someone else's money to find out if this works for you. The downside is capped. The upside isn't.
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COACHED
$369
- One evaluation account
- Live Trading Floor with Michael (until you pass)
- 1 free reset included
- No data fees
- 80/20 profit split
- Day-1 payout eligibility
STANDARD
$249
- One evaluation account
- Unlimited time to pass
- No data fees
- 80/20 profit split
- $79 resets
RESET PACK
$319
- One evaluation account
- 2 resets included
- Unlimited time to pass
- No data fees
- 80/20 profit split
STANDARD
$249
- One evaluation account
- Unlimited time to pass
- No data fees
- 80/20 profit split
- $79 resets
RESET PACK
$319
- One evaluation account
- 2 resets included
- Unlimited time to pass
- No data fees
- 80/20 profit split
COACHED
$369
- One evaluation account
- Live Trading Floor with Michael (until you pass)
- 1 free reset included
- No data fees
- 80/20 profit split
- Day-1 payout eligibility
Coached accounts include one complimentary reset.
If you follow the strategy and don't pass the first time, we reset your account at no charge.
$99 activation fee after you pass — one time, that's it.
Feature
Day Trader Funding
Typical Prop Firm
Monthly Subscription
None — ever
$99–$199/month
Reset Cost
$79
$200–$250
Live Coaching
Included (Coached)
Not available
Daily Loss Limit
None
3–5% hard cap
Payouts
Up to 4x/month
1–2x/month
Profit Split
80/20
80/20
Path to Live Capital
Available
No
Free Reset
Yes (Coached)
No
Coached accounts include one complimentary reset per evaluation purchase. If you hit the maximum drawdown before reaching the profit target, your account resets to the starting balance at no additional cost. Additional resets beyond the first are $79. There's no limit on how many times you can reset.
Reset for $79 — the lowest in the industry. No subscription required to keep trying. There's no time pressure, no expiration on your account. Take the time you need to build the consistency.
No time limit. The only requirement is one trade every 28 days to stay active. Some traders pass in 3 weeks. Some take 3 months. The strategy works when the process is followed — the timeline varies by person.
Michael trades live on the DTR Trading floor every weekday morning. Coached account holders have access to the live stream until they pass their evaluation. You watch the setup develop in real time, see his entries and exits, and execute the same trades on your evaluation account.
$99 activation fee (one time). Your account is funded at the size you chose — $50K, $100K, or $150K. You can request a payout from the first day of trading. Profits split 80/20. Up to 4 payout requests per month, processed within 5 business days via Rise Pay.
The market opens Monday at 9:30.
15 traders are already on the desk.
The evaluation that gets you there starts at $249.
Start My Evaluation →Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not appropriate for all investors. Results shown on this page are from real accounts and are not typical. Individual results will vary based on skill, discipline, and market conditions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Evaluation accounts are simulated. Funded accounts trade with risk capital provided by DTR Trading.
Day Trader Funding is operated by DTR Trading. Not a financial advisor. Not financial advice.
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