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YRM Prop review: fees, rules and all-in cost
Every figure on this page is read from YRM Prop's own site and dated line by line. Last checked: August 18, 2026.
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Is YRM Prop the right choice?
YRM Prop holds on to one thing many programmes let go of along the way: the drawdown stays end-of-day once the account is funded. The drawdown type does not change between the evaluation and the real account, where other firms switch to intraday trailing at the exact moment the money gets serious. Add to that a daily loss limit confirmed absent during the evaluation — not merely not recorded, absent — and an evaluation that is paid for once, with no monthly subscription running while you look for your setups.
The other thing to know fits into a single word from the firm's help centre: “currently”. The activation fee is shown at zero today, but with a struck-through base price beside it and an official wording that commits to nothing beyond the present. That is not a policy, it is a state. The cheapest line on the bill is also the one that can reappear without notice, and it is the one that decides whether this firm's economics hold up or not.
Finally, YRM's documentation does not agree with itself about resets: one help article states they do not exist, the pricing grid bills them. It is the grid that was kept here, because it is dated and carries an amount — but a trader planning from the help centre is preparing for a constraint that does not exist. For the rest, the record is solid on both sides: every fee announced carries a public figure, and the funded account's rules — split, consistency, wait and minimum withdrawal — all appear in the table.
Strengths
- Every fee announced carries a published amount: no “not published” line, so the total cost on this page is a firm amount and not a floor, which is not the case for every firm in the comparison.
- The end-of-day drawdown applies to the evaluation and to the funded account: the rule you learn during the test is the one you will live under afterwards.
- The evaluation is paid for once, with no monthly subscription: the bill does not grow while you wait for your setups — subject to a maximum evaluation duration, which this pass did not record.
- The daily loss limit is confirmed absent during the evaluation, and not merely not recorded: only one limit can liquidate the account, and you know which one.
- According to the firm, the current code discounts the price of the reset as much as that of the evaluation: the cost table below is calculated without the promo and therefore credits you with none of it, but the calculator applies the discount to both lines — evaluation and reset — as long as the current-codes box stays ticked, which it is by default.
Watch out for
- Activation at zero is a state and not a commitment: the base price is still displayed struck through and the help centre writes “currently”, so the line can come back — at the worst moment, once the evaluation has been paid for and passed.
- The firm's own site contradicts itself on whether resets are available: one help article declares them unavailable while the pricing grid sells them.
- A reset is billed at almost the price of a fresh evaluation: the comfort of paying once disappears at the first failure, where the bill very nearly doubles.
- The current discount has no announced end date and the base price never appears other than struck through: the real price is the discounted price, and the struck-through amount works as an anchor rather than as a rate.
- All four tiers are recorded, but only the 50K carries a minimum trading days figure in our record: on the other three the rule is still to be checked on the firm's site before you pay, since nothing guarantees it is the same there.
Who it suits
This model suits the trader who wants a predictable risk envelope and a bill known in advance: end-of-day drawdown in both phases, no daily limit to watch, and a one-off payment that does not penalise the weeks without a trade. It therefore suits someone patient, who gives themselves one or two attempts and knows what they want from a market before opening the platform. It suits three profiles poorly: the one who fails often and starts again, because the price of a reset cancels out the advantage of paying once from the second attempt on; the one counting on taking their gains out quickly: the funded account imposes its own consistency rule, a minimum wait expressed in trading days and a minimum withdrawal amount, all three in the table below; and the one comparing several account sizes, only one tier having been verified. Finally, if a return of the activation fee would push this firm out of your budget, treat that risk as real rather than theoretical.
What are the trading rules at YRM Prop?
The drawdown type is EOD: the threshold is recalculated at the close of the session, not continuously. In practice, a trade that runs strongly in your favour during the day does not lift your loss floor hour by hour, and you can give back unrealised profit without being liquidated for it. That is the opposite of intraday trailing, which follows the highs you never banked and turns every good move into an extra constraint. YRM keeps this drawdown type once the account is funded — the data records it explicitly for both phases — so you do not have to relearn your risk management on the day you pass.
The maximum loss limit is expressed in fixed dollars rather than as a percentage, and the daily loss limit is confirmed absent during the evaluation. That removes a classic trap — being liquidated on a single bad session while the account is still holding up overall — but it also removes a guardrail: nothing mechanically stops you from burning the whole cushion inside the day, and the discipline is entirely yours to supply. The evaluation also imposes a consistency rule, and the funded account its own, tighter one: those are the two figures to read together in the table below before building a plan for passing.
The fee structure is entirely up front: the evaluation is paid for once, the reset is paid per attempt, activation is free today. In a scenario where you pass first time, the bill is predictable and known before you begin. In a scenario where you fail, the slope is steep, because a reset costs almost the price of a fresh evaluation: two attempts and you have paid for roughly two evaluations. The reference scenario on this page includes one reset — replace it with your own according to the confidence you place in your first attempt.
That leaves the line to keep an eye on. An activation fee is settled after passing the evaluation and before trading the funded account: at the moment when you have already spent, already passed, and when walking away costs more than paying. That is exactly the line YRM shows at zero without committing to it. As long as it stays there, this firm's real cost is limited to the evaluation and any resets it takes; if it returns to its struck-through amount, every total on this page moves a notch and deserves a second reading. As for the promo code, it has no announced end date and discounts, according to the firm, the evaluation as much as the reset: treat it as the current rate, not as an opportunity to seize.
| Evaluation rule | 50K 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | 25K 25K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | 100K 100K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | 150K 150K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit target | $3,000 | $1,500 | $6,000 | $9,000 |
| Minimum trading days | 2 | not checked on this pass | not checked on this pass | not checked on this pass |
| Maximum contracts | 5 mini / 50 micro | 2 mini / 20 micro | 10 mini / 100 micro | 15 mini / 150 micro |
| News trading | Allowed | |||
| Microscalping | Prohibited or restricted | |||
| Interest rate products (bonds) | not checked on this pass | |||
| Platforms | ATAS · DeepCharts · NinjaTrader · Quantower · Tradesea · TradingView · Tradovate · Volumetrica | |||
"Not checked" means this comparison did not verify the point on the pass of August 16, 2026 — not that the firm hides it. Gaps that are the firm's own doing are listed separately below.
How much is the YRM Prop activation fee?
Activation fee at YRM Prop: the firm states the item is free on 4 plans. Recorded August 18, 2026.
| Size | Plan | Item | Amount | Frequency | Verification | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50K | 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | Activation (funded account) | $0 | one-off | verified August 16, 2026 · source | Base activation fee $99, shown struck through and currently at $0 with no code needed. The help centre confirms “currently activation fees for all challenge accounts are $0” — so it is reversible |
| 25K | 25K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Activation (funded account) | $0 | one-off | verified August 18, 2026 · source | The product page shows $99 struck through, then $0 |
| 100K | 100K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Activation (funded account) | $0 | one-off | verified August 18, 2026 · source | The product page shows $99 struck through, then $0 |
| 150K | 150K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Activation (funded account) | $0 | one-off | verified August 18, 2026 · source | The product page shows $99 struck through, then $0 |
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How much does a reset cost at YRM Prop?
Reset fee at YRM Prop: the firm charges from $90 to $265 (per reset) on 4 plans. Recorded August 18, 2026.
| Size | Plan | Item | Amount | Frequency | Verification | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50K | 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | Reset | $123 | per reset | verified August 16, 2026 · source | Base price struck through; $74 with YRM40. A help article stating that resets are not available is out of date — the pricing grid lists them |
| 25K | 25K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Reset | $90 | per reset | verified August 18, 2026 · source | Base reset price; the same code applies to it |
| 100K | 100K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Reset | $215 | per reset | verified August 18, 2026 · source | Base reset price; the same code applies to it |
| 150K | 150K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Reset | $265 | per reset | verified August 18, 2026 · source | Base reset price; the same code applies to it |
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Does YRM Prop charge monthly or data fees?
In evaluation, YRM Prop bills a single payment: from $99 to $298 — nothing repeats while the evaluation runs. No data fee and no monthly fee line was recorded at YRM Prop on this pass: that silence is ours — the firm has not stated that there are none.
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How does the YRM Prop drawdown work?
The YRM Prop drawdown is EOD in evaluation, and EOD once funded. Maximum threshold: from $1,000 to $4,500, depending on account size. No plan imposes a daily loss limit. From the pass of August 16, 2026.
| Evaluation rule | 50K 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | 25K 25K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | 100K 100K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | 150K 150K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drawdown type | EOD — the same at every size | |||
| Maximum loss limit | $2,000 | $1,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| Daily Loss Limit | None — the same at every size | |||
| Drawdown type (funded) | EOD | |||
"Not checked" means this comparison did not verify the point on the pass of August 16, 2026 — not that the firm hides it. Gaps that are the firm's own doing are listed separately below.
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What is the YRM Prop consistency rule?
In evaluation, YRM Prop imposes a 50% consistency rule. On the funded account, the consistency rule is 35%. The maths: best day divided by total profit, kept at or below the stated rate. From the pass of August 16, 2026.
| Evaluation rule | 50K 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | 25K 25K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | 100K 100K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | 150K 150K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consistency rule | 50% — the same at every size | |||
| Consistency rule (funded) | 35% | |||
"Not checked" means this comparison did not verify the point on the pass of August 16, 2026 — not that the firm hides it. Gaps that are the firm's own doing are listed separately below.
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What are YRM Prop's payout rules?
Payouts at YRM Prop: split 90/10, payouts under a scaling cap, minimum withdrawal $250, first payout after 6 trading days. From the pass of August 16, 2026.
| Payout split | 90/10 |
|---|---|
| Payout model | Scaling cap |
| Minimum withdrawal | $250 |
| Wait before first payout | 6 trading days |
| Payout fee | not checked on this pass |
"Not checked" means this comparison did not verify the point on the pass of August 16, 2026 — not that the firm hides it. Gaps that are the firm's own doing are listed separately below.
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What does YRM Prop cost to first payout?
The price a prop firm advertises covers the evaluation alone. The table below adds activation, resets and recurring fees on a realistic scenario.
| Size | Plan | Cost to 1st payout |
|---|---|---|
| 50K | 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | $255 |
| 25K | 25K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | $189 |
| 100K | 100K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | $447 |
| 150K | 150K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | $563 |
Reference scenario, the same for every firm on this site: 2 months in evaluation, 1 reset, 1 funded month, before any promo code. Change the scenario →
What are YRM Prop's prices, tier by tier?
YRM Prop publishes 4 evaluation plans across 4 account sizes — from $99 to $298 (one-off). Recorded August 18, 2026.
| Size | Plan | Item | Amount | Frequency | Verification | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50K | 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | Evaluation | $132 | one-off | verified August 16, 2026 · source | Base price shown struck through; $79 with the code YRM40. One-off fee, no monthly subscription |
| 25K | 25K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Evaluation | $99 | one-off | verified August 18, 2026 · source | Base price; the code YRM40 applies 40% at checkout. Trailing drawdown, stopped at the end of the day |
| 100K | 100K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Evaluation | $232 | one-off | verified August 18, 2026 · source | Base price; the code YRM40 applies 40% at checkout. Trailing drawdown, stopped at the end of the day |
| 150K | 150K Starter Challenge (one-off payment) | Evaluation | $298 | one-off | verified August 18, 2026 · source | Base price; the code YRM40 applies 40% at checkout. Trailing drawdown, stopped at the end of the day |
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Every fee stated by YRM Prop carries a public amount: the total cost on this page is therefore a firm figure, not a minimum.
Is there a promo code for YRM Prop right now?
| Code | Discount | Scope | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
YRM40 |
−40% | all sizes | not stated |
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