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title: "Payout cycle - Meaning & GFN's Figure - Get Funded Now"
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Payouts and money

# Payout cycle

The interval between payout eligibility dates on a funded account. It is usually counted in calendar days from a fixed starting event rather than in trading days or calendar months.

Also called: Payout frequency · Payout period

GFN’s figure

GFN's payout cycle is every 14 days in calendar days, measured from the first trade on the funded account. A 7-day cycle is available as an optional add-on at checkout.

- **Standard cycle**: Every 14 days
- **With the add-on**: Every 7 days
- **Days counted**: Calendar days, not trading days
- **Trading every day**: Not required

In detail

## Payout cycle, explained

Two details decide what a cycle is actually worth: what starts the clock, and whether the days are calendar or trading. A cycle that starts at purchase is materially better than one that starts at the first trade if you are slow to begin.

A payout date is an option, not an obligation. Leaving eligible profit in the account is normally permitted, and on an account with a trailing floor it keeps the cushion wider.

Worked example

A first funded-account trade on 1 January makes 15 January the first payout eligibility date, with subsequent dates every 14 days after that.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/payouts) · [Rules handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) · [More payouts and money](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/category/payouts)

Related

## Terms that come with it

Most rules only make sense next to the ones they interact with. These are the entries this one depends on.

- [Payout](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/payout) - A transfer of the trader's share of eligible virtual profits from a simulated funded account. Payouts are requested on an eligibility date, processed after checks, and paid to the verified account holder.
- [First payout](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/first-payout) - The earliest date a funded account can request money. What starts the clock differs by firm - purchase, account issue, or first trade - and that choice moves the date by days or weeks.
- [Payout processing time](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/payout-processing-time) - The gap between requesting a payout and the money arriving. It covers the firm's review, any identity checks, the payment provider's own processing and finally the settlement time of the chosen rail.
- [Withdrawal](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/withdrawal) - The act of requesting a payout from a funded account. The requested amount leaves the account balance, which changes the distance between equity and the drawdown level for everything traded afterwards.
- [Profit split](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/profit-split) - The share of eligible gains paid to the trader, with the remainder kept by the firm. At a simulated-funding firm the gains being divided are virtual profits generated on a simulated account.

Also governed by [/rules/payouts](https://getfundednow.com/rules/payouts)

[Funded account](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/funded-account) · [Payout method](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/payout-method) · [Payout denial](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/payout-denial)

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Source: https://getfundednow.com/glossary/payout-cycle
Facts about Get Funded Now in one file: https://getfundednow.com/llms.txt