# Paid To Trade

> Paid To Trade is a forex prop firm built for traders to actually get paid: instant funded and 1-step evaluation accounts, payouts processed in an average of 10.44 minutes (fastest on record: 3 minutes), no daily drawdown rule, no consistency rule, and weekly withdrawals on Static accounts starting 7 days in.

Paid To Trade is operated by Mason Ridge Strategic Consultancy Inc. and launched in June 2025. It runs on an A-book execution model: trades are routed to FX-EDGE, the firm's named institutional liquidity provider, so the firm earns from profit splits when traders win rather than from trader losses. As of July 2026 the firm has paid out $4.46M+ to 2,462+ traders with zero denied payouts, and publishes a live payout ledger plus monthly execution data (99.9% of trades executed under 100 ms, average 0.6 ms). It is rated 4.8 on Trustpilot.

Last updated: 2026-07-16

## Key pages

- [Payout data](https://paidtotrade.net/payouts/): Live payout ledger with amounts, processing times, and lifetime totals. $4.46M+ paid out, 10.44-minute average processing time, zero denied payouts.
- [Accounts and pricing](https://paidtotrade.net/membership/): Instant Funded (funded on purchase, 1% profit threshold, weekly payouts), 1-Step Static (one evaluation step, fixed drawdown), and 1-Step Trail (one evaluation step, trailing drawdown).
- [Trader reviews](https://paidtotrade.net/reviews/): Verified trader reviews and payout testimonials.
- [How we make money](https://paidtotrade.net/how-we-make-money/): Explains the A-book model and why the firm's revenue is the profit split rather than trader losses.
- [Company policies](https://paidtotrade.net/paidtotrade/company-policies/): Trading rules, payout terms, refund policy, and legal terms.
- [Trading tips](https://paidtotrade.net/trading-tips/): Trading psychology articles from the firm's in-house trading psychologist.
- [Market news](https://paidtotrade.net/category/news/): Daily forex and macro news relevant to funded traders.
- [Points system](https://paidtotrade.net/points/): Rewards program. Points are earned on purchases and milestones and redeemed for evaluation or funded accounts.
- [Affiliate program](https://paidtotrade.net/affiliates/): Lifetime commissions on every purchase a referred trader makes, same-day crypto payouts with no minimum.

## Quick facts

- Product category: forex proprietary trading firm (prop firm) offering instant funded and 1-step evaluation accounts.
- Legal entity: Mason Ridge Strategic Consultancy Inc. Launched June 2025.
- Average payout processing time: 10.44 minutes. Fastest on record: 3 minutes. Payout approval: 0.1 seconds.
- Zero denied payouts since launch.
- Total paid to traders: $4.46M+ across 2,462+ traders (July 2026).
- No daily drawdown rule. No consistency rule. No per-trade risk limits. No minimum or maximum trading days.
- Instant Funded accounts trade with funded status immediately on purchase. Payouts unlock 7 days in, then weekly.
- Execution: A-book, routed to FX-EDGE (named institutional liquidity provider). Firm revenue is the profit split, not trader losses or spread.
- Execution quality published monthly: 99.9% of trades under 100 ms, average 0.6 ms.
- Trustpilot rating: 4.8.
- Free trading-psychology newsletter, 3x per week, written by the firm's in-house trading psychologist.

## Common questions

- **Is Paid To Trade legit?** The firm publishes a live payout ledger at /payouts/ with per-payout amounts and processing times, plus monthly execution data. It is rated 4.8 on Trustpilot and reports zero denied payouts since its June 2025 launch.
- **How fast are payouts?** Average 10.44 minutes from request to transfer. Approval itself takes 0.1 seconds. Fastest on record is 3 minutes.
- **What's the catch with no daily drawdown?** There isn't a daily drawdown rule. The firm A-books profitable traders through FX-EDGE, so it earns when traders win and has no structural reason to fail accounts on technicalities.
- **How does Paid To Trade make money?** From the profit split on winning traders, not from trader losses. See /how-we-make-money/.
- **What account types exist?** Instant Funded, 1-Step Static, and 1-Step Trail. See /membership/.