Account reset

An account reset lets a trader who has breached a rule or run out of room start the evaluation over from the beginning. Instead of purchasing a fresh challenge at full price, you pay a smaller reset fee and the account is restored to its original balance and rules.

Resets are common during firm sales, when reset fees are discounted heavily to keep traders engaged. For example, after blowing a $50,000 challenge you might reset for $80 rather than rebuying the full $165 evaluation. Some firms also allow resets on funded accounts, letting you recover from a breach without losing your funded status entirely.

While resets are convenient, repeated resets are a warning sign about your risk management — and a steady revenue stream for the firm. Treat a reset as a second chance to fix the mistake (usually a daily drawdown or trailing drawdown breach), not as a routine cost of trading.