How to Start with Lucid Trading: Countries, Sign-Up Steps and KYC

Can you sign up for Lucid Trading from your country? The steps at a glance

Lucid Trading's terms of use are written for US persons, and use from outside the US is under review. Check the eligible regions in the terms on the official site before you sign up.

Starting with Lucid Trading has 4 stages. You register a profile, choose a plan and account size and pay, connect a platform and take the evaluation, and after you pass you trade in a funded (sim) account. LucidDirect has no evaluation, so it starts in a funded account right after the 2nd stage.

Every plan is a one-time payment with no monthly billing or auto-renewal, and there is no funded activation fee after you pass. In exchange, Lucid Trading asks you to decide a lot before you buy. On LucidPro, the daily loss limit (DLL) ON or OFF choice made at purchase cannot be changed later, and each person gets 1 profile that cannot be recreated.

The sections below cover what to check before you start, the steps from registration to your first trade, identity verification, business registration, things to watch after you buy, and support.

Which countries are allowed at Lucid Trading? What to check first

At Lucid Trading there are 4 things to check before registering: eligibility, eligible regions, restricted countries, and how many profiles and accounts you can hold. Eligibility and eligible regions are under review; restricted countries and the profile and account limits are stated in the help center.

Eligibility

Lucid Trading eligibility (age and other conditions) is under review. Check the latest conditions in the terms of use before you sign up.

Use from outside the US is under review

Lucid Trading's terms of use are written for US persons, and use from outside the US is under review. Check the eligible regions in the terms on the official site before you sign up.

Separately, the help center has a restricted countries list and says citizens or residents of those countries cannot use the service. Check that your country of residence is not on it before you apply (official information checked on 2026-11-04).

Prop Up treats use from outside the US as under review. Not appearing on the list does not guarantee that you can use the service. Before you buy, ask Lucid Trading support whether you can use it from your country, and keep the reply.

The full restricted list (82 items)

The help center restricted countries article lists these 82 items (checked 2026-11-04, including regions): Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Myanmar (Burma), Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Crimea, Cuba, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Donetsk, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kherson, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luhansk, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Sevastopol, Seychelles, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe.

The list can change. If you live abroad or plan to trade while traveling, check the latest version in the official restricted countries article.

1 profile per person, and account limits apply

Each person gets 1 Lucid Trading profile, registered as either an individual or a business. After registering you cannot change the type or recreate it. Accounts are counted per household: up to 10 evaluations, up to 5 funded accounts across all types, and up to 5 LucidLive. Evaluations and funded accounts combined are also capped at 10, so with 5 evaluations you can hold up to 5 funded.

support.lucidtrading.com/en/articles/11404636-restricted-countries

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How do you sign up for Lucid Trading? Steps to your first trade

From registration to your first trade at Lucid Trading takes the 4 steps below. The fields on the registration screen could not be confirmed from primary sources, so this section focuses on the conditions confirmed on the official site and help center.

1. Create a profile as an individual or a business
2. Choose the plan, account size and DLL ON or OFF
3. Pay by credit or debit card
4. Connect a platform and start trading

Step 1: Create a profile

At Lucid Trading, whether you are an individual or a business is set when you create the profile. If you register under a business name, payouts are also received as a business. This cannot be changed later, so decide first how you want to receive payouts. The business process is covered in a later section.

The login and dashboard entry points are at the top of the official site. The fields on the registration screen and how long registration takes are under review.

Step 2: Choose a plan and account size

The 4 plans Lucid Trading sells publicly are LucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDaily and LucidDirect. All come in 25K, 50K, 100K and 150K. LucidMaxx is invitation-only and cannot be bought publicly.

LucidPro and LucidFlex ask you to choose DLL ON or OFF at purchase. LucidPro cannot be changed after purchase. Besides the DLL, LucidDaily also lets you choose the evaluation drawdown (EOD or intraday) and the consistency rule (40% or 50%). Each choice changes the rules and payout conditions, so compare before you buy.

LucidPro and LucidDirect prices are under review on the official site. LucidFlex and LucidDaily prices are also under review. The LucidPro DLL OFF price is also under review. Prices can change, so check the final price on the checkout page right before you pay.

Compare the 4 Lucid Trading plans and their prices

Step 3: Payment

Lucid Trading accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club and Maestro. PayPal and crypto payments are not mentioned in the help center.

The official site states that fraudulent chargebacks (disputing a payment with your card issuer) lead to a permanent ban from all services, and that legal action to recover funds is possible.

Step 4: Connect a platform

Lucid Trading supports CQG-based software (NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView) and Rithmic-based software (Quantower, Sierra Chart, ATAS and others) on all account types. The specific connection steps could not be confirmed from primary sources and are under review.

See the platforms and fees at Lucid Trading

Time from passing to funded

When you pass the Lucid Trading evaluation, you move to a funded account with no activation fee. The help center evaluation article says the switch to funded takes about 5 to 30 minutes after you reach the profit target. LucidDirect has no evaluation and trades as a funded account from purchase.

What is known about Lucid Trading KYC?

For Lucid Trading identity verification (KYC), the documents required of individuals and when they are requested are under review. As of 2026-11-04, no dedicated help article on individual identity verification has been found.

What the help center does confirm is 3 situations where identity verification is involved.

Payout methods and identity verification

Lucid Trading has 3 payout methods: Plaid, WorkMarket by ADP and crypto. Plaid is an instant bank transfer for US residents, WorkMarket is for the US and international with bank transfer or PayPal, and crypto is for international traders with BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT and USDC. Having international methods is a separate question from whether you can use them where you live, and the latter is under review.

See the Lucid Trading payout conditions and payout methods

Individual documents and timing are under review

Primary sources do not say which documents are accepted, such as a driver license or passport, or whether they are requested at registration or at the first payout. This article does not guess and treats it as under review. When you ask support whether you can use the service from your country, ask about KYC documents and timing in the same message to avoid back-and-forth.

Registering with Lucid Trading as a business

At Lucid Trading you can register a profile under a business name. If you register as a business, payouts are received as a business. Each person gets 1 profile, so you cannot hold both an individual and a business profile, and you cannot switch after registering.

To register as a business, email the following documents.

• A document proving the business was incorporated
• A document proving the ownership of the business
• Government-issued photo ID for everyone who owns 25% or more

If you receive payouts through WorkMarket, WorkMarket also verifies the business on its side. Because use from outside the US is under review, also confirm with Lucid Trading whether a business registered in your country can sign up.

What to watch after you start trading at Lucid Trading

After you start trading at Lucid Trading, 3 rules can easily cost you an account or money if you miss them: trading hours, deletion of inactive accounts, and refund conditions.

Trading hours

On LucidPro, LucidFlex and LucidDirect, all positions are closed automatically by 4:45 PM EST Monday to Friday. Holding over does not fail you, but you cannot hold overnight or over the weekend. Trading resumes at 6:00 PM EST Sunday to Thursday.

The official site writes EST, but it does not state whether the same Eastern clock time (ET) applies during US daylight saving time, and this is under review. Convert these times to your local time and keep a note. On shortened days such as holidays, close before the market closes.

See the Lucid Trading rules (drawdown, consistency rule, prohibited activities)

Accounts with no trades for 30 calendar days are deleted

At Lucid Trading, an account with no trade of at least $1 net P&L within 30 calendar days is treated as abandoned and permanently deleted. An account that breaks its drawdown is also deleted automatically if not reset within 30 days. Resets are paid and bought from the dashboard; there are no automatic or free resets.

Refunds are considered only for accounts not yet traded

An account that has been traded even once is not refunded, regardless of number of trades, results or technical problems. Accounts not yet traded are considered at the company's discretion. Termination for breaking the terms or disqualification is not eligible. If you buy before confirming that you can use the service from your country, you may not get your money back if it turns out you cannot.

How to contact Lucid Trading support

You contact Lucid Trading support by live chat and email. Live chat is staffed by people, open 24 hours Monday to Friday, and usually replies in 2 to 4 hours. The email address and communities such as Discord are under review.

Support languages other than English are not stated officially, so plan to contact support in English. It is efficient to ask in one message whether you can use the service from your country, which documents and timing apply to individual KYC, and whether a business from your country can register.

Source: Official site

Lucid Trading changes that affect getting started, and items under review

At Lucid Trading, some conditions depend on the date you buy or reset. The main dates that affect getting started are below.

Items under review

• Whether people outside the US can use the service (how the eligible regions in the terms relate to the restricted list)
• The documents required for individual identity verification and when they are requested
• The fields on the registration screen and how long registration takes
• LucidPro and LucidDirect prices, LucidFlex and LucidDaily prices, and the LucidPro DLL OFF price
• Eligibility (age and other conditions) and the email contact
• Which support languages are available besides English
• Whether the EST trading hours refer to the same clock time (ET) during US daylight saving time

This article was checked on the Lucid Trading official site, help center and terms of use on 2026-11-04. Before registering or buying, check the latest official information, and ask Lucid Trading directly whether you can use the service from your country.

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