Start with real numbers
Every reward MixFunded has paid is published with its transaction ID on the reward ledger, so these are checkable rather than promotional. Individual payments range from a few hundred dollars to five figures, and the traders on our leaderboard — everyone who has taken $5,000 or more in total rewards — got there over months, not weeks.
The maths of a monthly income
What a funded trader earns is three numbers multiplied together:
Account size x monthly return x profit split
A few realistic examples at an 80% split:
| Account | 2% month | 5% month |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | $160 | $400 |
| $50,000 | $800 | $2,000 |
| $100,000 | $1,600 | $4,000 |
A consistent 5% a month is very good trading. Most people who try for 20% a month meet the maximum drawdown instead.
Why the honest figure is lower than advertised
Three reasons the headline numbers you see online rarely arrive:
- Drawdown limits cap size. A 4% daily limit means position sizes that make 20% months usually also make account-ending days.
- Returns are not smooth. A trader averaging 3% a month has losing months. Income from trading arrives in lumps.
- Scaling takes time. Bigger accounts come from a track record. Our scaling plan explains how account size grows from consistent results rather than from a single good week.
What actually separates the traders who get paid
Looking at our own funded accounts, the traders taking regular rewards share very boring habits: small fixed risk per trade, a handful of instruments, and no attempt to hit the profit target quickly. They also request rewards regularly instead of letting a balance ride until a drawdown takes it.
Position sizing for prop accounts and a one-page trading plan are the two pieces of that worth copying.
If you want to test the maths yourself
Take a Pay After Passing evaluation from $5, trade the size you would actually trade on a funded account, and see what your real monthly return looks like before you count any income from it. See the programs — and check the ledger for what gets paid when people get it right.