Glossary · Evaluations
Scaling plan
- Also called
- scaling program
- account scaling
- maximum allocation
What it means
In a prop firm, a scaling plan rewards traders who keep producing results in the funded stage. A typical plan increases the simulated account size by a set percentage after a number of months or payouts with net profit, sometimes alongside a higher profit split.
Scaling plans usually carry a ceiling, called a maximum allocation, across all of a trader's accounts. The conditions for each step, such as minimum profit, minimum payouts and no rule breaches, need to be written as precisely as the evaluation rules.
Because scaling increases the size of the account the firm pays out on, it raises payout liability for the best traders. Firms that mirror top traders to live markets often link scaling to that decision.
Related terms
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Simulated funded account
Profit split
Payout ratio
LTV
Hybrid model
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