Breakout Prop Firm Review (2026): Rules, Payouts, API and Copy Trading

Breakout is a crypto prop firm that Kraken has acquired. It sells three one-step evaluations: Classic, Pro and Turbo. Profit targets are 10%, 12% and 9%, the daily loss limit is 3% on all three, and the maximum drawdown is a static 6%, 5% or 3%. There are no minimum trading days, no time limit and no consistency rule. Payouts are on demand in USDC with an 80% split, or 90% as a paid upgrade. Breakout’s official site and help center don’t mention a trader API, and trading runs on Breakout’s own terminal. Copying another trader’s trades or signals is banned. Rules checked on October 28, 2026, against Breakout’s site and help center.

Breakout rules at a glance

• On a $100,000 account: Classic needs $10,000 profit with a $6,000 drawdown, Pro $12,000 with $5,000, and Turbo $9,000 with $3,000.
• Profit split: 80/20 as standard. A 90/10 split costs about 20% more and can only be added when you buy.
• No minimum days, time limit or consistency rule. News trading and holding over weekends are allowed, and markets trade 24/7.
• Spark: a separate $50,000 product with a $3,000 target, a $1,500 trailing drawdown and no daily loss limit. Its price isn’t shown on Breakout’s pricing page.
• 2-Step: no longer sold; existing accounts keep their original rules.

Sources: Breakout pricing, Program rules, What is a Spark Evaluation?

How hard is a Breakout evaluation?

Harder than the profit targets alone suggest, because the room to lose is small next to the target. The ratios below are arithmetic on Breakout’s own rules, not a pass rate: Breakout doesn’t publish one.

• Turbo is the tightest. You have to make three times what you’re allowed to lose, and a single 3% day ends the account.
• Classic gives the most room. A 6% drawdown against a 10% target, with the same 3% daily limit as the other two.
• What makes it easier: no minimum trading days, no time limit, no consistency rule, and the account passes the moment it reaches the target, even with trades open.
• What makes it harder: both limits are measured on equity, so an open loss that touches 3% in a day breaches the account before you close it; the drawdown is static and never loosens as you profit; and a breach means no reset and no refund.

Does Breakout have an API?

Not according to its official pages. Breakout’s website and help center don’t mention a trader API, API keys or API documentation. New accounts trade on the Breakout Terminal, Breakout’s own web platform with TradingView charts, launched in May 2026, and on its iOS and Android apps. No official page mentions MetaTrader, cTrader, TradeLocker or any way to connect outside trading software.

The older DXtrade platform is closed to new purchases since July 9, 2026; existing DXtrade accounts keep trading.

Breakout’s rules don’t mention bots or automated trading by name either. They do ban third-party or off-the-shelf strategies sold to pass evaluations, exploiting latency, and switching strategy after you’re funded. Breakout can also add delay to orders to stop latency arbitrage. If you plan to automate anything, ask Breakout support first. Sources: Does Breakout offer two separate trading terminals?, Breakout Terminal launch, Prohibited practices

How Breakout’s loss limits work

• Daily loss: 3% of your balance at 00:30 UTC, recalculated every day at that time. Open positions don’t change the starting balance, but they count toward a breach. A $105,000 balance at 00:30 UTC means equity can’t fall to $101,850 that day.
• Maximum drawdown: a fixed percentage of the starting balance that never moves. On a $100,000 Classic account, the floor stays at $94,000 however much you make.
• Measured on equity: touching either limit at any moment, including through open losses, breaches the account.
• Spark: the $1,500 limit trails your highest closed balance, recalculated daily at 00:30 UTC, and keeps trailing after you’re funded.
• After a breach: positions are closed and the account is disabled, with no reset or refund. You can still view it for 7 days.
• Passing: the account passes the moment you reach the target, even with trades open. To get funded you complete identity checks and sign a funded trader agreement.

Sources: Maximum daily loss, Maximum drawdown, Spark trailing loss limit

Leverage, markets and position limits

• Leverage is set per instrument and applied automatically: 10x on BTC, S&P 500 and XYZ100 (a Nasdaq-style index), 5x on ETH, SOL, XRP, crude oil, silver and other large coins, and 2x or 3x on the rest. Spark allows up to 40x on the two indices.
• Markets: about 70 symbols, mostly crypto, plus the S&P 500, XYZ100, crude oil and silver, which are priced from Hyperliquid and give price exposure only.
• Position limits: set per instrument, for example $1,000,000 on BTC and ETH and $2,000,000 on the S&P 500.
• Account limit: up to $200,000 in combined account sizes.
• Fees: 0.04% per side, plus a daily swap of 0.033% on open positions.

Breakout’s program rules and evaluation agreement still list 5x on the two indices, while its symbols page and help center say 10x. Sources: Symbols, What is the available leverage?

Does Breakout allow copy trading?

Not from other people. Breakout’s help center lists this as prohibited:

“Copy trading across users: copying trades between different traders’ accounts”

Source: Rules for hedging and copy trading

• Copying ideas or signals: banned in the evaluation and on funded accounts, whether they come from other traders, analysts, communities, social media or research reports.
• Hedging across accounts: opposite positions on the same or correlated assets in two or more accounts are banned, even when the accounts share your name and email. Hedging inside one account is allowed.
• Your own accounts: Breakout allows several accounts within the $200,000 limit, but no page says whether you may copy trades between them. Its evaluation rules also list trading several accounts from the same household, device or IP address as account sharing.
• Trade copiers: no official page mentions them.
• Penalties: a confirmed violation ends all linked accounts, forfeits profits and permanently bans the trader. A first, accidental violation may get a warning.

Sources: Prohibited practices in funded accounts, Program rules

Can you use Copygram with Breakout?

Only with Breakout’s DXtrade accounts, and only as a receiver. Copygram connects to Breakout through DXtrade, so a Breakout DXtrade account can receive trades copied from another account you trade yourself, such as a MetaTrader, TradeLocker or Tradovate account.

• DXtrade accounts only. Breakout stopped selling DXtrade evaluations on July 9, 2026, but existing DXtrade accounts keep trading and can still be funded and paid. Accounts on the new Breakout Terminal can’t be connected, because Breakout publishes no API.
• Receiver only. A Breakout DXtrade account can receive copied trades, but it can’t be the source that other accounts copy.
• Copy only your own trading. Breakout bans copying other traders’ trades and any third party’s trade ideas or signals, including signal channels, communities and social media. Never use a signal channel or someone else’s account as the source for a Breakout account.
• No hedging across accounts. Make sure a copied trade never puts your Breakout account on the opposite side of another account, even one in your own name.
• Ask about your own accounts first. Breakout’s rules don’t say whether copying between your own accounts is allowed, and they count trading several accounts from the same device or IP address as account sharing. Get Breakout support’s answer in writing before you copy into a funded account.
• Breakout’s limits are yours to manage. Copygram doesn’t track Breakout’s 3% daily loss or drawdown limits for you. Size the Breakout receiver so a copied trade stays inside them, and map any symbol names that differ from your source.

The MetaTrader to DXtrade and TradeLocker to DXtrade pages explain the setup, and the prop firm rules table compares Breakout with other firms.

Payouts

• When: on demand, 24/7, as long as you have no open positions and haven’t breached the account.
• Approval: the help center says approval can take 12 to 24 hours but is usually quicker. Breakout’s marketing pages say there’s no approval queue.
• Minimum and method: $50 after the split, paid only in USDC on the Ethereum network (ERC-20).
• Daily loss after a payout: requesting a payout widens that day’s daily loss limit by the payout amount until the next 00:30 UTC reset.
• Scaling: Breakout doesn’t publish a scaling plan; the cap is $200,000 across funded accounts.

Sources: When can I request a payout?, Payout methods, Minimum payout

Is Breakout owned by Kraken?

Yes. Breakout’s site says it has been acquired by Kraken, announced in September 2025, and its footer shows Payward family branding. Evaluations are run by Breakout Trading Group, LLC, and funded accounts by Payward Oceanic Ltd., which Breakout’s help center describes as separate, independent companies. Kraken users can also buy Breakout evaluations inside the Kraken app. Source: Breakout and Kraken

Is Breakout legit? What its own pages establish

We haven’t traded a Breakout account or verified a payout, so this isn’t a payout-proof report. What Breakout’s official pages do establish:

• Ownership. Breakout says Kraken acquired it, announced in September 2025. Evaluations are run by Breakout Trading Group, LLC and funded accounts by Payward Oceanic Ltd.
• Identity checks. KYC runs through SumSub before a funded account and payouts, not before you buy an evaluation.
• Payout terms in writing. On demand, $50 minimum after the split, paid in USDC on ERC-20, with approval the help center puts at up to 12 to 24 hours.
• No refunds on evaluation fees, except when identity checks are rejected and can’t be approved.
• Pages that disagree. Breakout’s program rules, help center and marketing pages contradict each other on leverage, platform and payout approval (listed below). Trust the help center and program rules over the marketing pages.

Countries, KYC and refunds

• Countries: Breakout publishes three slightly different lists of excluded countries. All include Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Russia, Syria and Venezuela. Check the help center list before you buy.
• KYC: not needed to buy or trade an evaluation, only before a funded account and payouts. Checks run through SumSub, with any VPN switched off.
• Age: 18 or older.
• Refunds: evaluation fees aren’t refundable, except when identity checks are rejected and can’t be approved.

Where Breakout’s pages disagree

• Leverage: 10x on the indices on the symbols page and help center, 5x in the program rules and evaluation agreement.
• Platform: the program rules still say trading runs on DXtrade, which closed to new purchases in July 2026.
• Partial fills and partial take-profits: unsupported in the program rules, supported on the Breakout Terminal per the help center.
• Payout approval: no approval queue according to the marketing pages, up to 12 to 24 hours according to the help center.
• Static drawdown on every product: the homepage says so, but Spark’s drawdown trails.

Breakout prop firm: questions

Does Breakout have an API?

Breakout’s official site and help center don’t mention a trader API or publish API documentation. Accounts trade on Breakout’s own web terminal and mobile apps, and no official page describes a way to connect outside software.

Does Breakout allow copy trading?

No, not from other people. Breakout bans copying trades between different traders’ accounts and copying trade ideas or signals from third parties. Its rules don’t say whether you may copy between your own accounts, and hedging across accounts is banned.

Can I use Copygram with Breakout?

Only with a Breakout DXtrade account, as the receiving account. Copygram can’t connect the new Breakout Terminal, and Breakout no longer sells DXtrade evaluations. Copy only your own trading, never someone else’s signals, and confirm with Breakout support that copying between your own accounts is allowed.

What are Breakout’s rules?

Reach the profit target (10% Classic, 12% Pro, 9% Turbo) without losing 3% in a day or breaching the static maximum drawdown (6%, 5% or 3%). There are no minimum days, no time limit and no consistency rule.

How does the Breakout daily loss limit work?

It’s 3% of your balance at 00:30 UTC, recalculated daily. Your equity, including open trades, can’t touch that level at any point during the day.

Is Breakout a crypto prop firm?

Yes. Most of its roughly 70 markets are crypto, plus the S&P 500, a Nasdaq-style index, crude oil and silver. Leverage goes up to 10x on BTC and the two indices.

Is Breakout owned by Kraken?

Yes. Breakout says it was acquired by Kraken, announced in September 2025. Funded accounts are run by Payward Oceanic Ltd.

How do Breakout payouts work?

Request a payout any time with no open positions. The minimum is $50 after the 80/20 or 90/10 split, paid in USDC on ERC-20, and approval can take 12 to 24 hours.

How hard is a Breakout evaluation?

Turbo needs a 9% gain with only 3% of drawdown, Pro 12% with 5%, and Classic 10% with 6%, all under a 3% daily loss limit measured on equity. There are no minimum days or time limits, so the difficulty sits entirely in the loss limits.

Is Breakout a legit prop firm?

Breakout is owned by Kraken (announced September 2025), runs KYC through SumSub before funding and publishes its payout terms: on demand, $50 minimum, in USDC. We haven’t verified a payout ourselves, and its pages contradict each other on a few rules, so read the help center before you buy.

Sources

Checked on October 28, 2026:

• Breakout pricing, Program rules (updated July 29, 2026), Symbols and Breakout and Kraken
• Help center: Maximum daily loss, Maximum drawdown, Time limits, Leverage and Spark
• Help center: Hedging and copy trading, Prohibited practices in evaluations and in funded accounts
• Help center: Payouts, Payout methods, Trading terminals and Ineligible countries
• Breakout Terminal launch (May 5, 2026)