Frequently Asked Questions

Surge Options is a prop trading firm that provides traders with funded accounts to trade options. Pass our evaluation and get funded with unlimited accounts while keeping 80% of your profits.

The $50K Evaluation ($99/mo) requires you to pass an evaluation before getting funded. Once you pass, you upgrade to a funded account ($99/mo) and your eval subscription cancels. The $50K Instant Funded ($499/mo) skips the evaluation — you're funded immediately and go live once you hit the $2,000 profit target.

Choose a plan on our pricing page, complete the checkout, and you'll receive access to your trading dashboard. From there, you can start trading options on our TickSage platform immediately.

While we don't require specific experience levels, options trading is complex and involves significant risk. We recommend traders understand options strategies, risk management, and market dynamics before trading with us.

Real-time trailing drawdown means your drawdown limit is monitored continuously during trading hours, based on your highest account balance. If your account balance drops $2,000 below your peak at any time during trading, you will breach immediately — not just at end of day.

No single trading day can account for more than 30% of your total profits. This ensures consistent trading performance rather than relying on lucky one-day wins. This is checked at time of payout request.

To request a payout, you need 7 winning days with at least $250 profit each. Days don't need to be consecutive. Days with less than $250 profit don't count toward the 7 required days.

If your account balance falls $2,000 below your highest balance at any time during trading hours, your account is breached and closed immediately. Any pending Capital Reserve is forfeited. You can purchase a new account to start again.

You have Level 4 options access: covered calls, cash-secured puts, vertical spreads (credit & debit), iron condors, butterflies, calendar spreads, straddles, and strangles. Naked calls and puts are NOT allowed.

All trading is conducted on TickSage, our professional options trading platform with real-time NASDAQ and OPRA data, advanced charting, and fast execution.

Yes, you can hold positions overnight. Just remember that your drawdown is calculated in real-time during trading hours, so your account balance is continuously monitored against the $2,000 trailing drawdown limit.

All same-day expiring positions (including 0DTE options) MUST be closed before 4:00 PM Eastern Time, regardless of value. Holding expiring positions past 4:00 PM ET results in immediate account breach. This rule is automatically enforced at 5:00 PM ET daily.

You can trade options on any optionable symbol available on our platform. We don't restrict specific symbols, but we recommend liquid, well-known underlyings for better execution.

Once you meet payout requirements (7 winning days, 30% consistency, account in good standing), you can request a payout. For funded evaluation accounts, 50% goes to cash and 50% to your Capital Reserve.

You keep 80% of your trading profits. We retain 20% as the firm's share. This applies to both funded and live accounts.

For evaluation path traders, 50% of each payout accumulates in your Capital Reserve. When you meet Go Live requirements, this reserve becomes your live trading capital (up to $1,500).

Payouts are processed via ACH (US), wire transfer, or international wire. Processing typically takes 3-5 business days after approval.

For Evaluation Path: Pass evaluation, upgrade to funded, build your Capital Reserve through payouts, then go live with up to $1,500. For Instant Funded: hit your $2,000 profit target and meet payout requirements to go live immediately.

You receive a live trading account funded with your Capital Reserve. You trade with real capital and keep 80% of profits. Your subscription ends once you go live.

Yes, you can cancel anytime by contacting support. For evaluation accounts, passing and upgrading to funded will automatically cancel your eval subscription.

Live trading is executed on our company's TastyTrade brokerage account, which is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. You trade under our umbrella with full regulatory compliance.