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Two new evaluations built around the absence of a consistency rule.
Upcomers has announced Horizon, a one-step evaluation, and Odyssey, a two-step evaluation. Both are CFD programmes. The feature the firm leads with is that neither applies a consistency rule or the Best Day Rule, during evaluation or on funded accounts.
Targets, drawdown, valid days and payouts.
| Term | Horizon (1-step) | Odyssey (2-step) |
|---|---|---|
| Profit target | 9% | 6% in each of two phases |
| Daily drawdown | 3%, evaluation and funded | 4% in evaluation, 3% once funded |
| Dynamic Risk Shield | 6%, evaluation and funded | 6% across all three stages |
| Minimum valid days to pass | 2 | 2 in each evaluation phase |
| Consistency / Best Day rule | None | None |
Upcomers describes the Dynamic Risk Shield as tracking the highest equity achieved, moving only upwards and stopping at the initial balance. A trading day is "valid" when a profit of at least 0.5% of the initial balance is realised.
Payout conditions, as Upcomers states them:
- ✓Valid days needed before payouts: 3 for accounts up to $50,000, 4 for accounts from $50,000 to $200,000, and 5 for accounts above $200,000.
- ✓A minimum profit of 3% of the initial balance is required before each payout, including between payout cycles.
- ✓The first payout can be requested 14 days after the funded account starts, and further payouts are available every 14 days.
Details the announcement does not give.
- ✓The $50,000 boundary. The report lists "up to $50,000" and "from $50,000 to $200,000", so a $50,000 account falls in both bands. It is not clear whether it needs 3 or 4 valid days.
- ✓How the Shield works in practice. Upcomers' description reads like a trailing maximum loss that follows peak equity and stops rising at the starting balance. The announcement does not say so in those terms, so that is our reading.
- ✓Commercial terms. Prices, account sizes, profit split, leverage, instruments and time limits are not given.
- ✓News trading. The report does not say whether news restrictions apply.
A consistency-free rulebook, with its own conditions elsewhere.
Removing the consistency rule and the Best Day Rule from both evaluation and funded stages means one fewer condition on withdrawals. The conditions have moved rather than disappeared, though: traders still need valid days at 0.5% of the starting balance, a 3% profit before every payout, and a 14-day cycle.
The 6% Dynamic Risk Shield and the 3% daily drawdown are the limits that decide survival here. Horizon gives 3% a day throughout. Odyssey is looser in evaluation (4%) and then tightens to 3% once funded.
What to confirm before buying.
Worth confirming directly with Upcomers before purchase: how many valid days a $50,000 account needs, the price and split for each size, and whether any news or leverage restrictions apply.
If you trade futures rather than CFDs.
Horizon and Odyssey are CFD programmes. If you trade futures and want to compare evaluation terms, it is worth looking at an established futures-focused firm.
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What traders also ask.
- The Godfunded, "Upcomers Launches Horizon and Odyssey: New Challenges Without Consistency Rules", 5 October 2026.
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