Lucid Trading
Lucid Trading is what happens when traders build the firm they actually wanted — not the one they were handed. Founded in early 2025 by CEO AJ Campanella, Lucid arrived on the scene fast, and the trading community noticed almost immediately. The firm crossed $2 million in payouts and 5,000 traders served within its first year, which is not a small feat in an increasingly crowded market.
What drives that growth isn’t aggressive promotion — it’s execution. Lucid’s average payout processes in about 15 minutes. Their rules are posted clearly with no grey areas, no retroactive changes, and no language engineered to give the firm an excuse to deny your request. For traders who’ve been burned by firms that quietly shift the goalposts, that transparency feels like oxygen.
The firm offers two paths to funding: a single-phase evaluation or a direct-to-funded route where you skip the evaluation entirely and start earning from day one. Account activations happen in under 30 minutes. Real-time dashboards show exactly where you stand. And their 4.8 Trustpilot score isn’t propped up by incentivized reviews — it’s earned trade by trade.
Lucid is still young, which might give some traders pause. But the team is building for the long term, and the early track record speaks loudly. Keep an eye on this one.