> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tradealign.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Lifecycle, Payouts & Fees

> Pass evaluations into funded accounts, mark breaches, manage the Passed tab, and log payouts and fees.

A prop account moves through a lifecycle: **Evaluation → Funded** (when you pass) or **→ Breached** (when you blow it). The **Accounts** tab groups your accounts accordingly — Evaluations, Funded, Breached, and Passed.

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## Passing an evaluation

When you pass an evaluation, the funded account you receive is a brand-new account — your evaluation profits don't carry over. TradeAlign mirrors that, so your funded metrics stay clean.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Mark as passed → funded">
    On the evaluation's card, open the action menu and choose **Mark as passed → funded**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up the funded account">
    A **Set up funded account** form opens, pre-filled with a suggested name and the funded payout rules. Adjust the name and rules, then click **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Keep or hide the evaluation's trades">
    Choose whether to **keep** the evaluation's trades in your journal & analytics, or **hide** them. Either way, those trades stay attached to the (now **Passed**) evaluation — they're never counted toward the new funded account.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The result: a **fresh funded account** at your account size (+\$0), and the evaluation moves to the **Passed** tab with its trade history intact.

<Warning>
  This is deliberate — the evaluation's trades must **not** count toward your funded account, or its payout buffer and balance would be inflated by simulated eval profits.
</Warning>

### The Passed tab

Passed evaluations live in the **Passed** sub-tab. Each card has a **Show / Hide trades in journal** toggle, so you can decide whether that evaluation's trades appear in your journal and analytics — and change your mind anytime.

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## Marking a breach

If an account breaks a rule, open its card menu and choose **Mark as breached**, then select a reason (max drawdown hit, daily loss limit hit, consistency violation, and so on).

<Note>
  Breaching is **non-destructive** — the account isn't deleted or archived. It moves to the **Breached** tab and stays fully visible for review.
</Note>

The breach reason and patterns feed the **Breach insights** on the Insights tab.

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## Payouts & fees

The **Transactions** tab tracks the money side of your prop trading — what you've **earned** (payouts) and **spent** (fees and resets).

### Logging a payout

Use **Log payout** on a funded account's card, or **Log transaction** on the Transactions tab. Enter the amount, date, and an optional note.

### Logging a fee

Fees are logged automatically where possible — your **evaluation fee** when you start a challenge, and your **activation fee** when you pass into funded. You can also log fees manually:

| Type                 | When                                      |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| **Evaluation fee**   | Cost of the challenge                     |
| **Activation fee**   | One-time fee to activate a funded account |
| **Reset fee**        | Resetting a failed evaluation             |
| **Subscription fee** | Recurring account cost                    |

<Check>
  Every payout and fee rolls up into the **Total earned**, **Total spent**, and **Net + ROI** figures on the Dashboard tab.
</Check>