🚫 Stop Getting Tricked: The Truth About The "Buffer" Trap

# 🚫 Stop Getting Tricked: The Truth About The "Buffer" Trap

Let’s cut through the noise.

Other firms love to sell you the dream of getting "funded" but what they don't tell you is that it's not really a funded account. It's just a clever setup designed to limit your access to the money you earned, and they hide this behind something called a buffer.

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## 💸 The Buffer Scam: How Other Firms Lock Your Profits

Here's how it works with most other firms:

You pass an evaluation and think you're funded. Great, right? Not so fast.

Before you can withdraw anything, you have to hit a "buffer" usually $2,600 on a $50K account.

This buffer is a permanent cushion you must maintain. **You can never touch it.**

Only profits above that buffer are eligible for withdrawal.

If your account drops below the buffer? You're not eligible for a reward.

**Translation: You made $2,600 in profits that you will never see. You are now trading just to maybe get access to your own money.**

Sound like a scam? It is.

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## ✅ The Alternative: Real Access to Your Capital

Here's how it should work:

Once you pass your evaluation and move to your funded account, your profit (e.g. $2,500 on a $50K funded account) should be carried over into a simulated brokerage account.

That amount becomes your margin or capital your real buying power.

**There should be no buffer.**

That $2,500? **It should be withdrawable. It's your money!!**

Sim brokerage accounts should have a static max loss of $200. That's your only risk. No hidden buffer. No inaccessible profits. Just real rules, real access, real rewards.

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## ⚠️ One-Step vs Two-Step: Don't Be Fooled

These other firms love to market their process as "one-step to funding." But in reality, it's a two-step game:

1. **Pass the eval.**
2. **Hit an invisible buffer just to qualify for a withdrawal.**

Meanwhile, they sit on your profits and make it harder, not easier, for you to succeed.

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## 💥 Bottom Line

If you're tired of games, stop falling for the buffer trap. What you earn should be yours no gimmicks, no locked profits, no smoke and mirrors.

**Get funded. Keep your profits. Trade freely.**

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## 📋 Important Note

*This applies to standard evaluations and standard funded accounts. Some firms may have different account types with varying requirements.*

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## Ready to Trade Without Buffers?

Halcyon has no buffers. When you pass your evaluation, your profits become your withdrawable capital immediately.

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***Disclaimer: This is for educational purposes only and not financial advice. Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor.***