There is no salary#
How much do funded traders make? There is no salary: a funded trader earns a share of the profit they make on a funded account, capped by the firm's payout rules, minus the evaluation fee. At Fullport the most one account can pay is $2,400, $4,800 or $7,200, depending on its size.
A funded trader at a challenge-based prop firm is not an employee. Nobody pays a wage, a retainer or a minimum. Earnings come from payouts on the profit you make, requested every 5 days, so the number scales with your trading rather than a fixed rate.
Is there an average funded trader income?
Not a reliable one. Figures for an "average funded trader" circulate online, usually without a method behind them; we do not publish one and do not quote others.
The honest answer is a formula, a ceiling set by the payout caps, and a wide range below it that depends entirely on the trader. Everything below is arithmetic on Fullport's published rules, which you can check on the rules page.
The formula#
For one Fullport funded account, each payout is:
You receive 80% × the smaller of (balance − withdrawal buffer) and the request cap. The buffer is the starting size plus 4%. After the payout, the balance resets to the buffer.
Over an account, that happens at most three times, every 5 days at the earliest. Subtract the evaluation fee once and you have what the account earned you.
Two features of the formula shape everything else. The buffer means the first 4% of funded profit is never withdrawable.
The cap means profit above it at the time of a request is not carried forward. A trader who lets profit run past the cap earns no more than one who requests on time.
The ceiling per account#
| Account and request cap | Most you receive (3 capped payouts) | Net of the fee: list / FULLPORT20 |
|---|---|---|
| $25,000: $1,000 cap, $800 to you | $2,400 | $2,280 / $2,304 |
| $50,000: $2,000 cap, $1,600 to you | $4,800 | $4,605 / $4,644 |
| $125,000: $3,000 cap, $2,400 to you | $7,200 | $6,900 / $6,960 |
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How much profit does it take to reach the maximum?
Reaching that ceiling takes a specific amount of trading profit on the funded account, on top of the profit needed to pass the evaluation. The first full request needs the balance at the buffer plus the cap. Each later request needs the cap again, from the reset buffer.
| Account (profit to pass at +6%) | Funded profit for the maximum | Share of starting size |
|---|---|---|
| $25,000 ($1,500 to pass) | $4,000 ($2,000 + $1,000 + $1,000) | 16% |
| $50,000 ($3,000 to pass) | $8,000 ($4,000 + $2,000 + $2,000) | 16% |
| $125,000 ($7,500 to pass) | $14,000 ($8,000 + $3,000 + $3,000) | 11.2% |
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How fast can an account reach its ceiling?
Two profitable days to pass a Standard evaluation (one on the 1-Day Pass), a funded account typically issued the same day after an automated review, then requests at 5, 10 and 15 days after funding.
So the fastest an account can reach its ceiling is a little over two weeks, and only if every cycle produces at least the cap.
Below the ceiling: what smaller results pay#
Most payouts will not hit the cap every time. Here is what one request pays on the $25,000 funded account for different amounts of profit above the $26,000 buffer:
| Profit above the buffer | Request | You receive |
|---|---|---|
| $250 | $250 | $200 |
| $500 | $500 | $400 |
| $1,000 | $1,000 | $800 |
| $2,000 | $1,000 (cap) | $800; the other $1,000 does not roll over |
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A trader who makes $500 above the buffer in each of three cycles receives $1,200 from the account, or $1,080 after the $120 list fee. That is a very different number from the ceiling, and it is still a good outcome on a $120 evaluation.
The payout calculator runs any balance through the cap, split and buffer.
What shapes the net figure#
- The fee. Each account starts with its one-time fee of $120, $195 or $300, or less with FULLPORT20 on Standard, so subtract it from what the account pays.
- The SOL price. Payouts are calculated in USD and sent in SOL at the conversion rate when the transfer goes out. After that, their dollar value moves with SOL.
- Taxes. Payouts are generally taxable as income where you live. Keep a record of every payout; Fullport does not issue tax forms.
- Timing. The five-day cycle sets when you can request, and trading pauses briefly while a request is reviewed.
Each of these is in the published rules or follows from them. Plan around the net figure: after the fee, at the SOL price on the day, and before tax.
Can you run more than one funded account?
Yes, up to three active accounts at once, in any mix of evaluations and funded accounts. Every funded account completes after its third payout, so to keep earning you pass new evaluations.
Three $125,000 accounts each reaching the ceiling would pay $21,600 before $900 of list fees. That requires $14,000 of funded profit on each of them, so read it as an upper bound, not a forecast.
The useful question is what your own trading produces after realistic costs. If you are coming from another firm, the Fullport terms are short: one step, no daily drawdown, no time limit, memecoins that trade 24/7, and every number public on the rules page and pricing page.
How to pass a crypto prop firm challenge covers the first half of that, and how prop firm payouts work covers the second.
Quick answers
- Do funded traders get a salary?
- No. Funded traders at challenge-based prop firms are not employees and receive no wage. They earn a share of the profit they make on a funded account, paid under the firm's payout rules, minus the evaluation fee. A period without profit pays nothing.
- What is the most you can make from one Fullport account?
- $2,400 on the $25,000 account, $4,800 on the $50,000 and $7,200 on the $125,000: three payouts at the request cap, each split 80/20. After the list fee that is $2,280, $4,605 or $6,900. After the third payout the account completes.
- How much profit does a funded account need for a maximum payout?
- At Fullport, the balance must reach the withdrawal buffer plus the request cap. On the $25,000 account that is $27,000: $2,000 of funded profit for the first $1,000 request, then $1,000 more from the reset buffer for each later one.
- What is the average prop firm payout?
- There is no reliable public average. Figures that circulate rarely state which firms, traders or periods they cover, and we do not publish one. What can be checked is each firm's caps and split, which set the maximum any single account can pay.