Each Assessment Cycle runs for 40 trading days, and traders must complete a minimum of 35 active trading days to remain eligible for progression.

Because of this, traders can only join an active cycle during the first 5 trading days. This gives them enough time to meet the minimum activity requirement if they trade every remaining eligible day.

If more than 5 trading days have already passed, the trader cannot meet the 35 active trading day requirement for that cycle. In that case, they will be placed into Practice Mode until the next Assessment Cycle begins.

Practice Mode allows traders to access the platform, review the dashboard, connect or test their broker setup, and prepare for the next official cycle. Practice Mode activity does not count toward leaderboard ranking, qualification, return target, drawdown limit, active trading days, or automatic live capital eligibility.

Aralyx may, at its discretion, review repeated consistency shown in Practice Mode over multiple cycles as supplementary evidence of trader performance. This does not replace the formal Assessment Track requirements and does not guarantee progression to live firm capital.