Payouts & Reward Share Progression
This guide explains when a payout can be requested from an eligible Qualified Account or other payout-enabled FairTicks account, how payout capacity and Protected Reserve work, how the trader payment is calculated, and how lifetime Qualified Profit Days can permanently unlock higher Reward Share levels on the same account.
Used together with the other payout conditions to determine readiness for the current Performance Cycle.
Preserved across paid payout cycles and used for permanent Reward Share progression.
The active Performance Cycle keeps its snapshotted share. A higher unlocked tier becomes pending for a future cycle.
Payout eligibility and payout capacity are different. Completing the payout checklist means the account can become eligible to request a payout. The amount that can actually be requested is then limited by available realized profit, the Protected Reserve, and the account's payout policy.
FairTicks accounts, balances, positions, trading results, profits, and losses are simulated. A payout is a FairTicks program benefit available only when the applicable account and payout requirements are satisfied.
The payout process in one sentence
When the selected payout-enabled account satisfies all payout conditions, the trader can request a valid gross payout amount between the current minimum payout and the account's calculated maximum gross payout. The active Reward Share then determines the trader payment and the FairTicks share of that gross amount.
Which accounts can request payouts?
Payout is available only from accounts that are configured as payout-enabled account stages.
This can include:
- Qualified Accounts; and
- Straight Accounts where the selected account is configured for payout.
Training Accounts and Free Trials cannot request payouts.
A payout-enabled account must also remain in the required account state. A breached, frozen, closed, or otherwise ineligible account cannot use payout merely because it belongs to a payout-enabled account category.
Each account has its own payout progression
Payout progression belongs to the selected account.
Account-specific values can include:
- Performance Cycle number.
- Current-cycle QPD.
- Lifetime QPD.
- Active Reward Share.
- Pending Reward Share.
- Qualified minimum age.
- Consistency threshold.
- Payout history.
- Protected Reserve.
- Maximum gross payout.
QPD and Reward Share progression earned on one Qualified Account are not automatically transferred to another account, another purchase, or another account family.
Current-cycle QPD vs lifetime QPD
FairTicks tracks current-cycle QPD and lifetime QPD separately because they serve different purposes.
| Counter | Purpose | After payout becomes PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Current-cycle QPD | Used for the current Performance Cycle's payout requirement. | Resets to 0. |
| Lifetime QPD | Used for long-term Reward Share progression on that Qualified Account. | Remains preserved. |
Current-cycle QPD: 10
Lifetime QPD: 18
Payout reaches:
PAID
New current-cycle QPD: 0
Lifetime QPD: still 18
How Reward Share progression works
A standard Qualified Account begins with the starting Reward Share recorded for its account family.
Lifetime QPD can permanently unlock higher tiers according to the Reward Share policy copied into that Qualified Account when it is created.
Once a higher QPD Reward Share tier becomes active on a standard progression-enabled Qualified Account, the QPD progression policy does not reduce it to a previously lower tier.
Why an unlocked Reward Share can stay pending
FairTicks does not change the economics of an active Performance Cycle in the middle of that cycle.
If lifetime QPD reaches a better tier during an active cycle, that higher Reward Share becomes pending.
Active Reward Share: 80%
Lifetime QPD reaches: 10
Newly unlocked tier: 85%
Pending Reward Share: 85%
Current cycle remains: 80%
Once the applicable payout reaches
PAID
and the next eligible Performance Cycle begins,
the pending tier can become active.
FairTicks stores the active profit split used for a payout request. A Reward Share improvement earned later does not rewrite the economics of an earlier payout request.
Standard Reward Share ladders
The following are the current executable standard ladders for Qualified Accounts generated from the main paid families.
The account-specific policy remains authoritative. Special lifecycle configurations, including the Discipline Free Reset path, can use different economics.
Rapid
Classic
Discipline
Instinct
The current Instinct ladder is 80% → 85% → 95%. Older 90% → 95% → 100% descriptions do not match the current executable account configuration.
Where Target 2 exists, it can provide the configured product benefit, such as the applicable Classic activation-fee benefit. It does not replace lifetime QPD as the source of standard Qualified Reward Share progression.
What the account dashboard can show
| Dashboard value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Active Reward Share | Current trader percentage used for the active Performance Cycle. |
| Pending Reward Share | Higher Reward Share already unlocked but not yet active. |
| Lifetime QPD | Total Qualified Profit Days accumulated on that account. |
| Current-cycle QPD | QPD earned toward the current payout-cycle requirement. |
| Next tier | Next Reward Share level under the account's ladder. |
| QPD remaining | Additional lifetime QPD needed for the next tier. |
| Effective cycle | Performance Cycle from which a pending share can become active. |
Payout eligibility checklist
The backend evaluates the payout requirements for the selected account using its stored payout snapshot.
| Condition | Current payout requirement |
|---|---|
| Payout-enabled account | The selected account must belong to an eligible payout-enabled lifecycle stage. |
| Account in good standing |
The current account status must be
ACTIVE.
|
| Minimum account age | The account must reach the minimum calendar age stored in its payout snapshot. |
| Current-cycle QPD | The account must reach its current-cycle Qualified Profit Day requirement. |
| Payout Consistency | When enabled, the active Performance Cycle must satisfy its snapshotted Consistency threshold. |
| Minimum payout capacity | Current maximum gross payout after reserve controls must be at least $100. |
| Valid active Reward Share | The account must have a valid trader percentage greater than 0 and no more than 100. |
| No active payout | There cannot already be another active payout request on that account. |
| No open positions | Open-position count must be 0. |
| KYC | KYC must be approved when KYC is required for payout. |
| Valid payout destination | The selected payout network and wallet address must pass payout validation. |
The current payout framework does not use the older generic five-active-trading-days requirement as a separate payout gate. Qualified payout uses the account-specific minimum age and QPD rules stored in the account snapshot.
Minimum Qualified Account age
Qualified minimum age is measured in calendar days from the account's Qualified activation.
| Source family | Current standard minimum Qualified age |
|---|---|
| Rapid | 7 calendar days |
| Classic | 10 calendar days |
| Discipline | 10 calendar days |
| Instinct | 7 calendar days |
Rapid and Instinct currently use 7 days. Classic and Discipline currently use 10 days. The selected account snapshot remains the final account-specific reference.
Current-cycle Qualified Profit Days
| Source family | Current standard payout QPD requirement |
|---|---|
| Rapid | 7 QPD |
| Classic | 10 QPD |
| Discipline | 10 QPD |
| Instinct | 7 QPD |
Older descriptions that require 10 payout QPD for Rapid do not match the current account template.
What qualifies as a QPD?
Under the current standard Qualified Profit Day configuration, a completed day must satisfy the QPD policy attached to the account.
The current standard configuration uses:
- at least +0.50% of starting capital for the completed day; and
- at least 1 valid trade.
Review Qualified Profit Days and Valid Trades for the complete day and trade qualification rules.
Required QPD: 10
Current-cycle QPD: 9
Result: the QPD payout condition remains incomplete.
Required QPD: 10
Current-cycle QPD: 10
Result: the QPD condition is complete, but the other payout conditions still apply.
Payout Consistency
Payout Consistency is separate from QPD.
Under the current standard Qualified policy, FairTicks can select a Consistency threshold based on Account Discipline information and snapshot it at the start of the Performance Cycle.
That selected threshold stays stable during the active cycle.
| Qualified Account Discipline state | Current standard Consistency allowance |
|---|---|
| Unrated / Provisional | 30% |
| Established, score below 60 | 30% |
| Established, score 60 to 79 | 35% |
| Established, score 80 or higher | 40% |
A better Discipline Score achieved during the active cycle does not dynamically rewrite the current cycle's Consistency allowance. It can affect a future Performance Cycle instead.
Review Consistency Rule for the detailed formula and cycle policy.
Available realized profit
For payout-capacity calculations, available realized profit is the amount by which the current account balance is above starting capital.
available realized profit
= max(0, current balance − starting capital)
Starting capital: $50,000
Current balance: $52,000
Available realized profit: $2,000
What is the Protected Reserve?
The Protected Reserve is the amount above starting capital that FairTicks requires to remain in the account after a payout.
It is not the FairTicks Reward Share. It remains in the simulated account as part of the post-payout account balance.
Protected Reserve remains inside the account. FairTicks share is calculated from the requested gross payout amount after payout capacity has been determined.
How the Protected Reserve is calculated
Under the current standard payout policy, FairTicks calculates three reserve components:
| Reserve component | Current standard calculation |
|---|---|
| Profit reserve | 25% of available realized profit |
| Capital reserve | 1% of starting capital |
| Trade-risk reserve | Starting capital × the account's configured risk-per-trade percentage |
Under the current reserve mode:
Protected Reserve
= max(
profit reserve,
capital reserve,
trade-risk reserve
)
The trade-risk component depends on the selected account's configured risk-per-trade percentage. Do not assume every account uses the same trade-risk reserve.
Maximum gross payout
The current standard payout policy allows at most 75% of available realized profit to be removed as gross payout in a payout cycle.
In practice, the stronger Protected Reserve requirement can reduce the current maximum even further.
minimum post-payout balance
= starting capital + Protected Reserve
payout risk capacity
= max(
0,
current balance − minimum post-payout balance
)
maximum gross payout
= min(
available realized profit,
payout risk capacity
)
There is currently no additional separate hard-cap percentage of starting capital configured on top of the standard payout-capacity policy.
Protected Reserve example — 50K account
Starting capital: $50,000
Current balance: $52,000
Available realized profit: $2,000
Configured trade risk: 1%
Profit reserve: 25% × $2,000 = $500
Capital reserve: 1% × $50,000 = $500
Trade-risk reserve: 1% × $50,000 = $500
Protected Reserve: $500
Current balance: $52,000
Minimum post-payout balance: $50,000 + $500 = $50,500
Maximum gross payout: $52,000 − $50,500 = $1,500
This also equals 75% of the $2,000 available profit in this example.
FairTicks calculates current payout capacity from the selected account's actual balance, capital, risk-per-trade configuration, payout snapshot, and reserve policy.
Minimum payout
The current minimum gross payout request is:
$100
The account must therefore have at least $100 of current maximum gross payout capacity before the payout condition can become eligible.
Gross payout vs trader payment
The payout amount requested through the FairTicks payout flow is the gross payout amount.
The account's active Reward Share is then applied to determine:
- the trader amount; and
- the FairTicks amount.
Gross payout: $1,500
Trader Reward Share: 85%
Trader amount: 85% × $1,500 = $1,275
FairTicks amount: 15% × $1,500 = $225
Unless the active Reward Share is 100%, the amount entered as gross payout is larger than the amount ultimately allocated to the trader.
Discipline Free Reset adjustment
Discipline has a special Free Reset lifecycle.
When an eligible Discipline Training Account uses the Free Reset pathway before Qualified generation, the resulting Qualified Account uses:
50% trader / 50% FairTicks
Under the current backend generation logic, the standard QPD Reward Share progression is also disabled for that special free-reset Qualified Account.
A Free Reset Qualified Account should therefore not be compared directly with the standard 85% → 90% → 95% → 100% Discipline QPD ladder.
Can I request less than the maximum?
Yes. If the account is eligible, the trader can request a valid gross amount from the current minimum of $100 up to the account's current maximum gross payout.
Why open positions block payout
Payout calculations are based on realized account results.
Open positions still contain unrealized PnL, which can change. For this reason, the selected account must have zero open positions before payout.
Close all open exposure before submitting the payout request.
What happens during an active payout?
Under the current standard payout policy, new trading is locked while the payout is in one of these states:
This prevents the account's payout-relevant financial state from continuing to change while the request is active.
The current standard account snapshot enables
lockTradingDuringActivePayout.
When does the payout lock end?
The active payout lock ends once the request reaches a terminal payout state and the account has no other restriction.
Current payout lifecycle states include:
Payout eligibility is rechecked at request time
Opening the payout page or previously seeing an eligible state does not permanently lock eligibility.
When the trader submits a payout, FairTicks recomputes the authoritative conditions using the latest account state.
The request stores an audit snapshot that can include:
- Performance Cycle.
- Qualified Profit Days.
- Consistency result.
- Consistency threshold.
- Account Discipline snapshot.
- Available profit.
- Maximum gross payout.
- Protected Reserve.
- Reward Share.
- Lifetime QPD.
- Pending Reward Share.
This helps ensure that the payout request can later be reviewed against the exact cycle and account data used when it was submitted.
KYC verification
KYC can be required before a payout request is submitted.
Under the current payout flow, KYC can remain locked until the other financial payout conditions are satisfied.
| KYC status | Meaning |
|---|---|
NOT_STARTED
|
Identity verification has not started. |
PENDING
|
Verification has started and may need to be continued. |
IN_REVIEW
|
Submitted verification is being reviewed. |
APPROVED
|
Identity verification is approved. |
REJECTED
|
Verification was not approved and may need to be restarted. |
EXPIRED
|
The previous verification session expired and may need to be restarted. |
What happens when a payout becomes PAID?
PAID
is the event that closes the current payout Performance Cycle.
- The payout is finalized as paid.
- The payout amount is reflected in the account's financial lifecycle.
- Current-cycle QPD resets to 0.
- Lifetime QPD remains preserved.
- A pending higher Reward Share can become active if its effective cycle has arrived.
- The next Performance Cycle begins.
- A new cycle-specific Consistency threshold can be snapshotted.
- Trading can resume if the account remains active and no other account restriction applies.
Before payout reaches PAID:
Current-cycle QPD: 10
Lifetime QPD: 18
Active Reward Share: 80%
Pending Reward Share: 85%
After PAID and next-cycle activation:
Current-cycle QPD: 0
Lifetime QPD: 18
Active Reward Share: 85%
Pending Reward Share: none
Creating,
approving,
or processing a payout does not reset current-cycle QPD
and does not activate the pending Reward Share.
Those cycle changes occur when the payout reaches
PAID.
Payouts and Instinct Trailing Drawdown
A payout does not reset Instinct's Intraday Trailing Drawdown history.
Current standard Instinct uses a persistent high-water-mark framework, so the trailing state should be reviewed carefully after a payout.
Standard Instinct 50K currently uses: $2,000 trailing distance, 80% follow rate, persistent high-water mark, starting-balance cap, and a 15-second breach-confirmation buffer.
Review Intraday Trailing Drawdown for the complete rule.
Payout statuses
| Status | Meaning | Can another payout be active? |
|---|---|---|
PENDING
|
Request has been submitted and is waiting for the next payout action. | No |
APPROVED
|
Request has been approved for processing. | No |
PROCESSING
|
Payout payment processing is underway. | No |
PAID
|
Payout has been finalized as paid. | A future payout can be requested after the next Performance Cycle becomes eligible. |
REJECTED
|
The payout did not complete successfully under the payout review process. | A later request can be possible when the account is eligible again. |
Payout processing time
FairTicks currently communicates an estimated payout-processing period of up to 5 business days.
The 5-business-day period is an operational expectation, not an automatic payout guarantee. Additional review, KYC, payment-provider, wallet, compliance, or operational issues can require additional handling.
Current payout currency and networks
The current payout API supports USDT payout destinations on these networks:
| Currency | Network | Expected wallet format |
|---|---|---|
| USDT |
TRC20
|
TRON-style address,
normally beginning with
T.
|
| USDT |
ERC20
|
EVM address beginning with
0x.
|
| USDT |
BEP20
|
EVM address beginning with
0x.
|
Always verify that the receiving wallet supports the selected payout network. Blockchain transactions can be irreversible after sending.
Common reasons payout is not ready
“Current-cycle QPD incomplete”
Continue trading until the selected account reaches its current QPD requirement.
“Minimum Qualified age incomplete”
Wait until the account reaches the calendar age stored in its payout snapshot.
“Minimum payout amount not reached”
Current maximum gross payout capacity after reserve controls must be at least $100.
“Payout Consistency incomplete”
More current-cycle net profit may be required to bring the best-day ratio within the active cycle's Consistency threshold.
This is an eligibility condition, not a hard-risk breach.
“Open positions detected”
Close every open position on the account before requesting payout.
“KYC required”
Complete the payout KYC workflow when it becomes available.
“Active payout already exists”
Wait for the current active payout request to reach a terminal status.
“Profit split requires review”
The account's active Reward Share may be missing or invalid. Contact FairTicks Support if the dashboard indicates that the split requires review.
Common mistakes to avoid
| Mistake | Correct understanding |
|---|---|
| Thinking Rapid needs 10 payout QPD | Current standard Rapid requires 7 QPD. |
| Thinking Rapid requires 10 Qualified days | Current standard Rapid minimum age is 7 calendar days. |
| Thinking Instinct starts at 90% | Current executable Instinct starts at 80%. |
| Thinking Instinct reaches 100% | Current executable Instinct Reward Share tops out at 95%. |
| Thinking payout request equals wallet payment | The entered amount is gross; active Reward Share determines the trader amount. |
| Treating Protected Reserve as a FairTicks fee | Protected Reserve remains inside the account. |
| Thinking all realized profit is withdrawable | The current payout policy preserves the strongest applicable reserve and limits maximum gross payout. |
| Thinking payout resets lifetime QPD |
Only current-cycle QPD resets after
PAID.
|
| Expecting pending Reward Share on the current payout | The active cycle keeps its current Reward Share. |
| Thinking QPD progression applies after Discipline Free Reset | Current Free Reset Qualified generation uses a fixed 50 / 50 split and disables the standard QPD Reward Share ladder. |
| Using an old generic five-trading-days payout rule | Current payout eligibility uses account-specific minimum age and QPD. |
Common questions
Does my Reward Share reset after payout?
No. Standard activated QPD Reward Share progression does not reset after payout.
Do lifetime QPD reset after payout?
No. Lifetime QPD remain preserved on that account.
What resets after payout becomes PAID?
The current-cycle QPD counter resets, and FairTicks begins the next Performance Cycle.
Can QPD earned on one account improve another account?
No. QPD Reward Share progression belongs to the account where the lifetime QPD were earned.
Why is my pending Reward Share not used now?
The active cycle keeps its snapshotted Reward Share. A pending tier activates only for an eligible future cycle.
Can an activated Reward Share tier decrease?
Standard QPD Reward Share progression does not step backward once a tier has become active.
Does Target 2 increase Reward Share?
No. Standard Reward Share progression is based on lifetime QPD. Target 2 is a separate product benefit where configured.
How many payout QPD does Rapid require?
Current standard Rapid requires 7 QPD.
How many payout QPD does Classic require?
Current standard Classic requires 10 QPD.
How many payout QPD does Discipline require?
Current standard Discipline requires 10 QPD.
How many payout QPD does Instinct require?
Current standard Instinct requires 7 QPD.
What is Rapid's minimum Qualified age?
7 calendar days.
What is Classic's minimum Qualified age?
10 calendar days.
What is Discipline's minimum Qualified age?
10 calendar days.
What is Instinct's minimum Qualified age?
7 calendar days.
What is the current minimum payout?
The minimum gross payout request is currently $100.
Can I withdraw all available realized profit?
Normally no. The current payout-capacity policy preserves a Protected Reserve.
What is the standard maximum gross payout percentage?
The current standard policy permits at most 75% of available realized profit to be removed as gross payout, subject to any stronger reserve requirement.
Is Protected Reserve a FairTicks fee?
No. It remains inside the account.
Is the amount sent to my wallet the same as the gross amount I request?
Not necessarily. The trader receives the trader portion calculated using the active Reward Share.
Does submitting a payout reset my QPD?
No.
Current-cycle QPD resets only when the payout reaches
PAID.
Can I keep opening positions while payout is active?
No under the current standard policy.
New trading is locked while the payout is
PENDING,
APPROVED,
or PROCESSING.
Can I request payout with open positions?
No. The account must have zero open positions.
Does payout reset Instinct Trailing Drawdown?
No. Instinct's persistent trailing state is not reset simply because a payout is completed.
Does completing QPD guarantee payout?
No. Minimum age, Consistency, payout capacity, account status, no-open-position, KYC, active-payout, and other applicable checks still apply.
Do I need five separate active trading days in addition to QPD?
No under the current snapshot-based standard payout configuration. The account uses its specific minimum age and Qualified Profit Day requirements instead.
Summary
FairTicks payout progression uses two separate QPD concepts: current-cycle QPD for the current payout cycle, and lifetime QPD for long-term Reward Share progression.
Under the current standard Qualified policy:
- Rapid: 7 QPD, 7-day minimum Qualified age, Reward Share 75% → 80% → 85% → 90%.
- Classic: 10 QPD, 10-day minimum Qualified age, Reward Share 80% → 85% → 90%.
- Discipline: 10 QPD, 10-day minimum Qualified age, Reward Share 85% → 90% → 95% → 100%.
- Instinct: 7 QPD, 7-day minimum Qualified age, Reward Share 80% → 85% → 95%.
The standard payout-capacity policy allows at most 75% of available realized profit to be removed, while preserving the strongest applicable reserve among the profit reserve, capital reserve, and trade-risk reserve.
The minimum gross payout is currently $100.
Current-cycle QPD resets only when the payout reaches
PAID.
Lifetime QPD remains preserved,
and an eligible pending Reward Share can then become active
for the next Performance Cycle.
Complete the account-specific payout checklist, preserve the Protected Reserve, request a valid gross payout, and build lifetime QPD to unlock better Reward Share on the same Qualified Account.
Your Performance Cycle resets. Your lifetime QPD progression does not.
Use the payout panel to monitor current-cycle QPD, lifetime QPD, active and pending Reward Share, Consistency, Protected Reserve, maximum gross payout, KYC, and payout status.
Reward Share, QPD, or payout amount looks unexpected?
Check the selected account's current-cycle QPD, lifetime QPD, active Reward Share, pending Reward Share, minimum account age, Consistency threshold, available realized profit, Protected Reserve, maximum gross payout, payout status, open positions, and KYC state. If something still appears incorrect, contact FairTicks Support with your account number and relevant screenshots.