Three $500 days open the window
0.5% of $100,000 is $500. Three such days are $1,500 and they qualify the on-demand request. They are not the $8,000 Phase 1 target and they are not a scaled allocation. The flagship 2-Step still has to clear $8,000 and then $5,000, with 3 minimum trading days, inside a $4,000 daily loss and a static $8,000 maximum. Pay-Later changes when you pay the $398. It does not change the three-day test.
Start on Venasri and log closed profit by session. A day that made $420 is not a 0.5% day. Counting it because it was green is how the first payout request comes back short. After that first request, the rhythm is bi-weekly. Plan the trading week around that clock instead of around a screenshot of someone else's larger balance.
Forty percent is the scale-killer
Instant and Triple Payday cap one day near 35% to 40% of cycle profit. A best day of $3,200 needs a full $8,000 of profit before a 40% reading clears, and about $9,143 before a 35% reading clears. One trade above 40% of the cycle can delay approval by itself. Scaling does not average a fat Tuesday into a polite month. The next allocation, if the firm grants one, assumes this score was respected.
The daily flatten at $3,250 on Equity Guard stops the losing version of a chase. It does not stop you from clicking a $3,500 winner. Add a personal stop on the upside once the day is already $1,500 and the cycle is still near $4,000. That is 37.5% and close enough to the cap to quit.
Do not size up because a milestone might exist
The rule card says capital increases when milestones are met without breaching the 4% daily floor. It does not print a universal step such as "25% more buying power after payout two." Until your dashboard shows a new balance, the ticket stays $350 to $650 on the old $100K. A 0.80 gold lot is about $4,000 of risk at 50 pips. That single ticket is the daily breach that makes the milestone irrelevant.
The 1-Step trail is a hidden scale change. After you close a green week, the 6% end-of-day floor has moved up, so the same $500 ticket is a larger share of remaining room. The 2-Step static floor does not do that. If you are waiting on a capital increase, know which floor you are standing on. A trailed floor that has stepped up is not spare risk for a bigger lot.
Keep the first bi-weekly cycle small
Bot Control should lock the lot at the $500 gold equivalent, pause the 2-minute funded news window, and stay under 2,000 requests so a management loop cannot taint the payout sample. Weekend holds remain allowed. A Sunday gap that costs $2,000 is half the daily line in a week you were trying to look consistent.
The 95% add-on is collected after you qualify, not before. The 80% default is already the plan. Build three real $500 days, keep every other day inside the 40% share, and let the firm move the balance when it moves. Anticipating the increase with size is how $100K accounts never see the bi-weekly transfer.
