Tradeify removes its microscalping rule during evaluation, keeps it for funded accounts.

A rule that used to apply everywhere, now applies to half the journey.

Tradeify has removed its microscalping rule from the evaluation stage, according to a report dated 28 July 2026. The rule, which previously applied to both evaluation and funded accounts, remains in place once a trader is funded.

The change is narrow but genuine: a restriction that has been documented consistently across independent reviews, including one verified against Tradeify's own site just eleven days before the reported change, no longer applies while a trader is working through the evaluation itself.

Tradeify's microscalping rule required traders to meet two conditions simultaneously: more than 50% of trades held longer than 10 seconds, and more than 50% of total profit generated by those longer-held trades. Failing either condition could block account activation or a payout request, depending on the account stage.

The rule has been documented as applying to "every account" across multiple independent reviews published throughout 2026. Following the reported change, evaluation accounts are no longer subject to this restriction, meaning traders can hold positions for any duration, including very short holds, while working toward their evaluation profit target. The rule continues to apply once an account is funded, where it can still affect payout eligibility.

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What is confirmed.

The prior rule, applying to both evaluation and funded stages, is confirmed across multiple independent reviews, including one explicitly verified against Tradeify's own site on 17 July 2026, eleven days before the reported change. The change itself is now confirmed by two independent sources: PropScorer's report, and a second outlet, El Trader Financiado, which states it verified the change directly against Tradeify's own official announcement.

The change affects Tradeify's evaluation plans specifically: Growth, Select Daily, and Select Flex all benefit, since these are the plans that include an evaluation stage. Lightning, Tradeify's instant-funding option, is unaffected, since it has no evaluation stage and starts directly in the stage where the rule still applies. Nothing else in Tradeify's rules changed: drawdown, profit targets, minimum trading days, trading hours, and payout conditions all remain as they were.

What remains uncertain.

Direct confirmation against Tradeify's own announcement resolves the main open question from earlier reporting. What remains unconfirmed is whether the change applies retroactively to evaluations already in progress at the time of the announcement, versus only to new purchases from that date, neither source specifies this directly.

Why this matters.

The microscalping rule was one of the more commonly cited "gotchas" in independent Tradeify reviews, several noted that traders with naturally short holding periods could pass the evaluation on paper but be unable to collect a funded payout without adjusting their style. Removing the restriction during evaluation lowers the bar to getting funded for traders who scalp, though it's worth being clear that the underlying restriction still applies once funded, so a scalping-heavy style that clears evaluation may still need adjustment to actually collect a payout.

What happens next.

We will update this piece if Tradeify publishes its own confirmation of this change, or clarifies how it applies to evaluations already in progress.

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