TradeDay is a futures prop firm led by James Thorpe. The firm was created in January 2020, has been operating for 6 years, and is based in the United States.
TradeDay uses Tradovate as broker infrastructure and supports Jigsaw Daytradr, NinjaTrader, TradeDayX, TradingView, and Tradovate. Payment methods include credit/debit card and PayPal, while payouts are handled through Riseworks. The firm is futures-only, which keeps the setup relatively focused compared with multi-asset prop firms.
As of June 2026
TradeDay will be at Prop Firm Expo London as a Bronze Sponsor. That makes the booth useful because TradeDay's structure is simple on the surface but more specific once you look at how its account paths, drawdown choices, and payout rules work in practice. For attendees, this is less about hearing a broad brand pitch and more about understanding which route actually matches the way they trade.
What makes TradeDay worth a closer look is not a long menu of models, but the way its choices narrow quickly into practical trade-offs. The firm centers its offer around QuickPay and FastPass, with a second decision layered underneath: Intraday or End of Day drawdown. That gives traders fewer moving parts than some competitors, but the differences that remain matter immediately.
The evaluation structure is built around a few clear objectives rather than a long list of moving parts. QuickPay and FastPass create different paths into funding, with consistency and trading-day requirements shaping how each route behaves in practice. That makes the real comparison less about the label on the account and more about how quickly you want to move, how your performance is distributed across days, and how the payout framework fits your trading style. QuickPay uses a 30% consistency objective, while FastPass uses 45%.
TradeDay's current TradeDay 2.0 material also presents Fast Pass as a route built for speed with no minimum trading days to pass, while Quick Pay is framed around a 5-day path.
The rule framework is also tighter than the branding first suggests. TradeDay is day trading only, limits trading to permitted products and contract caps, auto-closes positions 2 minutes before Tier 1 news, prohibits VPN/VPS masking, restricts HFT-style activity, and uses a trailing max drawdown that locks at starting balance once it gets there. These rules are not unusual in isolation, but together they create a specific trading environment that is best understood before purchase rather than after.
Payout structure is another meaningful differentiator. QuickPay offers on-demand payouts, while FastPass is presented as a faster route into funding and payout progression. TradeDay also states that QuickPay funded-sim accounts are reviewed for Funded Live graduation at the $10,000 total max payout threshold.
The TradeDay booth is most useful once you move past the words QuickPay and FastPass and start testing what those routes mean in practice. Expect the strongest conversations to revolve around:
This should also be a good booth for traders who want a futures firm with a more clearly structured offer, but do not want to miss the fine print that sits underneath it. TradeDay's setup is easier to compare than some, but only if you understand where the important differences actually are.