# Solution Tordess provides skilled traders funding of up to $100,000. To acquire funding, traders must undertake a 2-step evaluation: * Step 1: Assessment of traders' ability to turn over a profit. * Step 2: Assessment of traders' ability to manage risk consistently. With Tordess, to generate a full-time income from trading, traders' need for monthly return has dropped from 20-100% all the way down to 1-5%, which is far more realistic. It is important to note that if they mismanage the funds post-evaluation, the maximum they would lose is the evaluation fee, which significantly limits the trader’s downside exposure. To illustrate the comparative advantage, consider that: * Self-funded trader with $500 initial capital needs to generate a 1,000% (10x) return to realize a dollar-denominated return of $5,000. * In comparison, Tordess prop trader, after paying the evaluation fee, can generate profits at various stages – 10% on Step 1 evaluation, 10% on Step 2 evaluation, and 5% on the funded $100,000 account. In total, Tordess prop trader only needs to achieve a total return of 25% to realize a dollar-denominated return of $5,000 for withdrawal, exclusive of fees and profit splits. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://tordess.gitbook.io/tordess-white-paper/solution.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.