A 100% profit split means the trader keeps all the profit a funded account generates. In practice the number almost always comes with an asterisk: the 100% applies up to a cap, for a first cycle only, or inside a promotional stage - with the economics recovered through higher fees, tighter drawdowns or payout minimums.

How to evaluate one: compute the realistic take, not the headline. A 100% split on the first $5,000, then 80%, is worth $1,000 more than a flat 80% - once. A 100% split with a $1,000 per-cycle cap and a monthly payout cycle caps your annual upside at roughly $12,000 on paper, regardless of performance. Compare that against a flat 90% with no cap and a 14-day cycle.

The questions that settle it: does 100% apply to every cycle or the first? Is there a per-request or per-cycle cap? Does the account carry a tighter drawdown to fund the giveaway? Splits in context: profit splits compared; the ceiling terms: payout cap and payout minimum.

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