Tradeify Confirms $1,250 Payout, Then Removes the Account

A payout-proof thread posted on X on September 21 by @PropFirmShinobi documents a $1,250 first payout confirmed by Tradeify on a $25,000 Select account, followed days later by account removal and a final KYC rejection.

The proof, posted by @PropFirmShinobi on X on September 21, walks through a screenshot trail attributed to a trader named Arjunn. According to the post, Tradeify emailed a KYC approval on September 7, then confirmed a $1,250 first payout on September 12 with a note that no further action was required. The receipt itself is what is documented here: an approved KYC and a confirmed first payout on a $25,000 Tradeify Select account.

What followed complicates the picture. The post says the trader subsequently lost platform access, with an on-screen message citing suspicious activity. On September 16, Tradeify's Risk and Compliance team, as quoted in the screenshots, informed the trader that his verification did not meet their security and identity requirements, that the decision was final, and that specific indicators would not be disclosed. The account was removed after the payout had already been confirmed.

“$6,000 PROFIT. $1,250 PAYOUT CONFIRMED. THEN THE ACCOUNT WAS REMOVED.”— @PropFirmShinobi on X

For context on the account type, Tradeify Select runs a flat 90/10 profit split from the first dollar and applies a 40 percent consistency rule on funded accounts, according to the firm's published terms. Tradeify, founded in Boca Raton in June 2024, focuses on US futures on CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT, and reports having paid out more than $200 million to date, a figure the firm states but which is not independently verified.

The proof establishes that a $1,250 payout was confirmed in writing and that access was later revoked following a compliance review. It does not establish the underlying reason for the reversal, whether the payout was ultimately funded to the trader's bank, or what specific identity signals triggered the second review. The instrument traded and the strategy used are not disclosed in the post.

The timeline matters because it sits inside the credibility loop that funded traders scrutinize most closely: KYC, first payout, and continued account access. A confirmed payout followed by a final KYC rejection is an unusual sequence, and the post explicitly frames it as an open question awaiting Tradeify's response. Until the firm addresses the specifics on record, the documented facts remain the screenshots of approval, the confirmed $1,250 amount, and the subsequent removal notice.