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Your profit share is
earned by how you
trade — not just how much.

Two traders can both finish a session up $300. One earns a 70% share. The other earns 16%. The Snap Q-Score is why.

Snap Funded Sessions pay a profit share with no fixed cap — the theoretical maximum is 100%, and the cleanest real sessions reach 60 to 80%. But not every dollar of profit is equal. A steady, diversified, low-drawdown session is durable skill. A single oversized bet that happened to win is not. The Snap Q-Score measures the quality of how you earned your profit across nine dimensions, then sets a transparent, real-time profit share. Every input is something you control.

Quality dimensions
9
scored together, every session
Snap Q range
0–1000
your session quality score
Profit cap
None
best sessions reach 60–80%
Updated
Live
every second you trade

Reward durable skill. Protect the pool.

Snap Funded Sessions share a common payout pool. For that to stay sustainable — and for disciplined traders to be paid well — the engine has to tell the difference between a repeatable edge and a lucky swing. Three principles drive it.

01 / Skill, not luck

Quality over quantity

A $4,000 windfall day on a $10,000 account is not five times better than a clean $800 day — it is a different kind of event. The engine compresses windfalls and rewards consistency, so the share reflects what you can repeat.

02 / Risk is real

Drawdown is the hard line

How far your equity fell during the session matters as much as where it ended. A session that swung past the drawdown ceiling earns nothing, full stop. This is the single protection that keeps the pool solvent.

03 / Nothing hidden

You see it live

Your Snap Q-Score and projected share update in real time as you trade — computed by the exact same engine that settles your payout. The estimate you watch and the amount you receive are the same calculation.

The nine quality dimensions.

Your share is set by how you traded across nine dimensions. For each one below, here is what excellent, good, moderate, poor, and very poor look like in practice — and what they do to your share. No single rule games the system: a strong session is strong on every dimension at once.

NDid you actually trade, or place one bet?
Trade count

Profit from a single click is indistinguishable from a coin flip. A real sample of decisions is what separates skill from luck — so the score rewards having traded, not just having won once.

ExcellentEight or more trades — a clear, repeatable pattern of decisions. Full credit.
GoodThree to seven trades — enough of a sample to read as deliberate. Full or near-full credit.
ModerateTwo trades — thin. The session starts to look like one or two bets.
PoorA single trade carrying the day — treated as a one-shot wager.
Very poorOne oversized trade and nothing else. The weakest possible sample.
CWas it one trade, or many, that made the money?
Top-trade concentration

If a single trade produced most of your profit, the session is fragile — remove that one trade and the edge disappears. Spreading profit across your book is what the score rewards.

ExcellentNo single trade is more than about a third of your profit. Spread across your book. Full credit.
GoodYour best trade is up to roughly 35% of profit — still healthy. Full credit.
ModerateOne trade is around half your profit — the session leans on it. Noticeable reduction.
PoorOne trade is about 70% of your profit. Heavy reduction and a review flag.
Very poorEffectively all profit from one trade. Reduced to a small floor.
SDiversified, or all-in on one market?
Symbol diversification

Making everything on one instrument is a concentrated bet on one market regime. We respect genuine specialists, so single-symbol trading is reduced, never erased — it always keeps a floor.

ExcellentProfit spread across several instruments. No single-market dependence. Full credit.
GoodOne instrument up to about 65% of profit — still diversified enough. Full credit.
ModerateAround 80% from one symbol — clearly concentrated. Meaningful reduction.
PoorAbout 90% from one symbol. Strong reduction and a review flag.
Very poor100% from one instrument. Reduced to the specialist floor — but still pays.
EHow much did you risk to get there?
Position size & exposure

Oversized positions can manufacture a big number from leverage rather than skill. Sizing sensibly relative to the account is what protects your share.

ExcellentLargest position small relative to the account. Disciplined sizing. Near-full credit.
GoodModerate position sizes — reasonable risk for the account. Solid credit.
ModerateA position around the account-reference size. The share begins to ease down.
PoorA position well above reference — a high-leverage feel. Clear reduction and a flag.
Very poorVery large notional relative to the account. Heavy reduction.
WRepeatable, or a once-in-a-blue-moon spike?
Windfall vs. repeatable

There is no cap — your payout still rises with profit. But a giant one-day windfall is compressed, because an outsized return rarely repeats. Steady, repeatable profit is rewarded most.

ExcellentA modest, repeatable profit for the account size. Barely compressed.
GoodA solid day — slightly compressed, but you keep most of it.
ModerateA strong day, several times a normal session. Noticeably compressed.
PoorA large windfall on a small account. Heavily compressed and review-flagged.
Very poorAn extreme one-day spike. Compressed hard — the share drops sharply.
DHow much pain did you take along the way?
Drawdown control

How far your equity fell during the session — including open positions, measured continuously — is the truest measure of risk. This is the firm’s single most important protection.

ExcellentAlmost no drawdown. Your equity barely dipped. Full credit.
GoodA shallow dip, well under the limit. Small reduction.
ModerateA noticeable mid-session drawdown. The share drops markedly.
PoorA deep dip approaching the ceiling. Steeply reduced.
Very poorDrawdown hit the 2.75% ceiling — a hard gate. Payout is zero, regardless of profit.
FₙDid you trade the edge, or the news lottery?
News-event timing

Opening or closing right around a high-impact economic release is a volatility gamble, not a repeatable edge. The score reduces the share in proportion to how much profit came from those windows.

ExcellentNo profit tied to news windows. Full credit.
GoodA small share of profit near news. Minor reduction.
ModerateAbout half your profit clustered around news. Significant reduction.
PoorMost profit from news windows. Heavy reduction and a flag.
Very poorProfit entirely from news spikes. Reduced toward zero — and hard-gated on the 4-Hour product.
FₛReal trades, or sub-minute noise?
Holding time & scalping

Profit dominated by trades held under a minute often reflects latency games or noise rather than a durable strategy. Some scalping is perfectly fine; a session that is mostly scalps is not.

ExcellentTrades held for meaningful durations. No sub-minute dependence. Full credit.
GoodA small share of profit from quick scalps. Minor reduction.
ModerateAbout half your profit from sub-minute trades. Marked reduction.
PoorMostly sub-minute scalps. Heavy reduction.
Very poorProfit almost entirely from sub-60-second trades. Reduced toward zero.
GatesThe lines that cannot be crossed
Hard limits & final checks

Some checks are pass or fail. Cross one and the payout is zero, no matter how clean everything else looked. They protect the integrity of the shared pool.

ExcellentAll checks clear: drawdown within limit, identity verified, integrity review passed.
GoodAll hard limits respected — a normal, fully payable session.
ModerateSoft review flags present (concentration, exposure) — the payout is reduced, not gated.
PoorApproaching a hard limit. One step from a zero.
Very poorA hard limit breached — drawdown ceiling, failed identity, or integrity. Payout is zero.

From 0 to 1000.

Your nine dimensions combine into a single quality number, the Snap Q-Score, on a 0–1000 scale. Higher means more durable, higher-quality trading — and a larger profit share. Most real sessions land in the middle bands, so reaching the top genuinely means top-tier discipline.

BandSnap QWhat it meansTypical share
Elite Snap650–1000Top-tier discipline: diversified, low drawdown, no windfall reliance.
Strong500–649Clean, repeatable session with only minor concentration or sizing.
Controlled400–499Solid, controlled trading — the core of a healthy funded book.
Developing250–399Real profit, but concentration, size, or drawdown are working against you.
Lottery-like1–249Profit driven by windfall, single bets, or one market — low durability.
Not payout-quality0A hard gate was breached (for example, the drawdown ceiling). No payout.

Same goal. Very different outcomes.

Every row below is an actual funded trading day, scored by the production formula on a $10,000 1-Day session. The disciplined, diversified, low-drawdown sessions at the top earn a strong share even on modest profit. The windfall and single-bet sessions earn a fraction despite far larger raw profit — and the session that breached the drawdown ceiling earns nothing at all.

SessionProfitSnap QBandSharePayout
Disciplined, low size, zero drawdown
7 trades · diversified · 0% DD
$332843Strong$255.50
Clean, patient session
7 trades · spread · 0% DD
$262799Strong$185.52
High activity, well controlled
33 trades · 0.24% DD
$242765Strong$160.14
Small, immaculate book
7 trades · 0.22% DD
$165721Strong$99.77
Solid, low drawdown
4 trades · 0% DD
$177644Controlled$89.81
Active and diversified
40 trades · 0.55% DD
$265610Controlled$123.93
Single-symbol specialist
20 trades · 100% one symbol
$468407Controlled$117.42
Concentrated but clean
13 trades · one symbol
$474379Developing$106.39
Diversified windfall
24 trades · big one-day total
$3,684375Developing$815.97
Single-symbol windfall
20 trades · one symbol
$4,288307Developing$698.21
Big one-symbol spike
4 trades · one market
$4,908232Lottery-like$518.05
Five-trade jackpot
5 trades · one symbol
$4,719214Lottery-like$440.73
Drawdown breach
3.2% dip past the 2.75% ceiling
$9000Not payout-quality$0.00

Figures computed by the production Snap payout engine on real funded trading data. A windfall row can show more dollars than a clean row only because it produced more raw profit — its share is among the lowest on the board.

Move the sliders. Watch your share.

This runs the real 1-Day formula in your browser. Drag any input and watch your Snap Q-Score, profit share, and eligible payout update instantly — and see exactly which dimension is helping or hurting. Start from the Elite preset to see how a near-flawless session approaches the ceiling, or build your own.

Your session · 1D · $10,000 account
Profit this session$280
Your positive PnL. There is no cap, but a large one-day windfall is compressed, since it rarely repeats.
Number of trades18
Too few trades reads as a one-shot bet. The factor reaches full credit by about three trades.
Biggest trade share22%
Share of profit from your single best trade. Below ~35% there is no penalty; above it the share falls steeply.
Single-symbol share45%
Share of profit from one instrument. Concentration is reduced, not erased. Single-symbol still pays a floor.
Largest position size$28k
Max notional exposure. Small relative to the account keeps near-full credit; oversized positions reduce it.
Max drawdown0.30%
Worst peak-to-trough equity dip, open positions included. As it approaches 7% the share fades smoothly to zero — no breach, no disqualification. This is the firm's core protection.
News-window profit0%
Share of profit from trades around high-impact news (±3 min). Reduces the share on 1D; hard-gated on 4H.
Scalp profit (sub-60s)5%
Share of profit from trades held under 60 seconds. Some is fine; a mostly-scalp session is heavily reduced.
Estimated result
725
Consistent
Profit share
90.2%
Eligible payout
$252.57
Base1.00
Trade count (N)1.00
Top-trade conc. (C)1.00
Symbol conc. (S)1.00
Exposure (E)0.75
Windfall (W)0.93
Drawdown (D)0.92
News (Fnews)1.00
Scalp (Fscalp)0.94
Estimate only. Final payout also reflects identity verification, integrity review, and the reserve multiplier, which can only be confirmed after the session closes.

Trade well. Get paid for it.

The Snap Q-Score rewards the habits that make traders last: diversification, discipline, and control. Start a Snap Funded Session and watch your score build in real time.