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# Partner accounts & badges
What a partner account is, how it is badged, and how it can unlock Free Starter.
A partner account is a trading account you hold with one of Trada's partnered prop firms or brokers. When Trada recognizes it, the account carries a **PARTNER** badge, sits outside your plan's account limit, and can qualify you for Free Starter at no cost.
A partner account — badged, exempt from plan limits, and a path to Free Starter.
## Understand partner accounts
A partner account is any connected account whose prop firm or broker is on Trada's partner list. You connect it the same way as any other account — through the **Add Account** dialog on the Accounts page. Recognition is automatic: Trada matches the firm or broker and the account's details, then applies the badge and the limit exemption without any extra step from you.
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The partner list is expanding, so the firms and brokers that qualify change over time. Trada does not publish a fixed list here. If your account is with a partnered firm or broker and meets the criteria below, the **PARTNER** badge appears automatically once it is connected.
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## Read the PARTNER badge
The **PARTNER** badge shows on an account row in the Accounts list whenever that account matches partner criteria. It is a status indicator only — it does not change how the account syncs, journals, or copies. Forex/CFD accounts and Futures trading accounts can both carry the badge.
## Stay exempt from account limits
Plan limits count your connected accounts across Forex and Futures combined. Partner accounts are excluded from that count, so they never consume a plan slot.
This matters when you are at your limit. When a plan is full, **Add Account** changes to **Limit Reached**, and the tooltip offers two paths: **Upgrade** to a higher plan, or **Add Partner Account** to connect a qualifying account without raising your paid tier.
## Qualify for Free Starter
A qualifying partner account can unlock **Free Starter** — Starter-tier features granted at $0. It runs as a rolling 30-day subscription that auto-renews while the account continues to meet the criteria. Connecting additional partnered accounts can extend it.
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**Qualifying criteria.** A **partnered prop firm** account must have a starting balance of **$50,000 or more**. A **partnered broker** account must hold a balance of **$500 or more** and stay active — a minimum of two trades per week. If an account stops meeting its criteria, Free Starter ends at the close of the current 30-day period.
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### Connect a qualifying account
Open the **Add Account** dialog and connect a trading account held with a partnered prop firm or broker. See [Connect a Forex/CFD account](/connecting-accounts/connect-forex.md) or [Connect a Futures account](/connecting-accounts/connect-futures.md) for the connection steps.
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### Meet the threshold
Confirm the account clears its bar — **$50,000+** starting balance for a prop firm account, or **$500+** balance with active trading for a broker account.
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### Run Starter for 30 days
Once the account qualifies, Trada grants Starter features at no cost for a 30-day period that auto-renews while the account stays qualified. Full mechanics live in [Free Starter](/plans-and-billing/free-starter.md).
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## Related
* [Free Starter](/plans-and-billing/free-starter.md)
* [Connect a Forex/CFD account](/connecting-accounts/connect-forex.md)
* [Connect a Futures account](/connecting-accounts/connect-futures.md)
* [Plans & billing](/plans-and-billing/plans-billing.md)
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