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# Payout cycles

> Weekly, bi-weekly, and on-demand payout cadences across supported firms — and why cadence interacts with the consistency rule, scaling plans, and operator cash-flow planning.

Payout cadence is the time between when you can withdraw funded profit. It's not a minor detail — cadence interacts with the [consistency rule](/concepts/consistency-rule), the [scaling plan](/concepts/scaling-plans), and the operator's own cash flow.

## Cadences across supported firms

| Firm                | Cadence             | Notes                                               |
| ------------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| FundingPips Zero    | Bi-weekly (14 days) | First payout after passing eval + 7 trading days    |
| FTMO Phase 1        | Monthly (funded)    | 30 days after first profitable day on funded        |
| MyForexFunds        | Bi-weekly           | Post-relaunch; verify before scaling                |
| Apex Trader Funding | Weekly (funded)     | 5 days minimum from request to payout               |
| The5ers High Stakes | On-demand           | Request any time; settlement within 24h             |
| GetLeveraged Turbo  | Bi-weekly           | Available 14 days after first funded profitable day |

## Why on-demand matters for some operators

On-demand payouts (The5ers in our supported set) are uniquely useful for:

* **News and event traders.** Lock in an oversized win the same day it happens, before the consistency rule can void the cycle.
* **Swing traders with lumpy profit.** A 4R thesis trade closes Tuesday; cash it out Wednesday rather than waiting for the bi-weekly window.
* **Operators who want to compound off-account.** Reinvesting elsewhere needs the cash sooner.

The trade-off: on-demand-payout firms tend to have stricter consistency rules to compensate (The5ers has the most generous 50% threshold but enforces it harder).

## Cadence × consistency rule interaction

The longer the payout cycle, the more time for one outlier day to dominate the cycle profit. A 14-day cycle with one 5R day and thirteen 0.5R days has the 5R day at \~43% of total profit. A 30-day cycle with the same distribution drops to \~28%. So the consistency rule effectively tightens on longer cycles even at the same percentage threshold.

Firms with longer cycles (FTMO monthly) typically don't enforce consistency in eval to compensate; firms with shorter cycles (FundingPips bi-weekly) enforce it strictly.

## Cadence × scaling plan interaction

Most firms scale account size on consistent profitable cycles (e.g., 10% profit in two consecutive cycles → +25% account size). The cadence determines how fast scaling happens:

* Weekly cadence: scale every 2 weeks.
* Bi-weekly: every 4 weeks.
* Monthly (FTMO): every 2 months.
* On-demand: typically gated on calendar quarters, not on payouts directly.

For operators planning to scale into a significant account, the cadence determines the runway.

## Operator workflow

```
Day 0   : Pass eval → funded
Day 1   : Compute next-eligible payout date from cadence
Day N   : Request payout when eligible
Day N+5 : Cash arrives (typical for weekly/bi-weekly)
```

On Glitch Executor, the **payout estimator** at [/tools/payout-estimator](https://glitchexecutor.com/tools/payout-estimator) projects the next payout date + after-split amount given firm cadence and current profit.

See related: [consistency rule](/concepts/consistency-rule), [scaling plans](/concepts/scaling-plans).