STEP 1 – Evaluation Phase
📉 5% Daily Drawdown
Your account equity must not drop more than 5% in a single trading day, including floating and closed losses.
Example
$100,000 account → breach if equity touches $95,000 at any point.
📉 10% Maximum Drawdown
Account must remain above 88% of the initial balance at all times.
Example
$100,000 → breach at $88,000.
🎯 10% Profit Target
Grow the account by 10% to pass Step 1.
Example
$100,000 → $110,000.
⏳ Minimum Trading Days – Step 1
• Minimum 3 trading days required
• No minimum daily profit requirement
• Trading days do not need to be consecutive
📰 News Trading Allowed
All news events are allowed (NFP, CPI, FOMC, etc.).
🤖 Trading Bots Allowed
Expert Advisors (EAs), scripts, and automated strategies are permitted.
STEP 2 – Verification Phase
🎯 5% Profit Target
Grow the account by 5% from the starting balance.
Example
$100,000 → $105,000.
📉 Drawdown Rules – Step 2
• Daily Drawdown: 5%
• Maximum Drawdown: 10%
(Floating and closed losses included.)
⏳ Minimum Trading Days – Step 2
• No minimum trading days required
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FUNDED STAGE RULES
📉 3% Daily Drawdown
$100,000 account → breach if equity touches $97,000 within a single trading day.
📉 9% Maximum Drawdown
Account must remain above 91% of starting balance.
💰 PAYOUT STRUCTURE
📆 Payout Cycle
Your first payout opens 21 days after your first trade. Every payout after that opens every 14 days.
Example:
First trade on April 5 → first payout available April 26. Second payout cycle opens 14 days after that.
🥇 First Payout
• Profit Split: 70%
• No minimum trading days. 5 profitable trading days at 0.5% or more.
Example
$10,000 profit → $7,000 paid
If fewer than 12 trading days, payout remains locked.
🥈 Second Payout
• Profit Split: 70%
• No minimum trading days. 5 profitable trading days at 0.5% or more.
🥉 Third Payout
• Profit Split: 80%
• No minimum trading days. 5 profitable trading days at 0.5% or more.
🏆 Fourth Payout & Beyond
• Profit Split: 90%
• No minimum trading days. 5 profitable trading days at 0.5% or more.
⚖️ Consistency Rule – 30%
No single trading day may account for more than 30% of total profit in a payout cycle.
Example
• Total cycle profit: $10,000
• Maximum allowed from one day: $3,000
If exceeded, payout eligibility is delayed until consistency is restored.
🧮 Payout Eligibility
No minimum trading days.
5 profitable trading days at 0.5% or more of account balance required per payout cycle.
💸 Minimum Profit to Request Payout
• At least 1% profit required per payout cycle
Example
$100,000 account → $1,000 minimum profit
🔒 Maximum Payout Cap
6% of starting account balance on your first two payouts, then up to 14% from the third payout onward
🎟 90% Challenge Fee Refund
• 45% refunded on first payout
• 45% refunded on second payout
⚖️ LOT SIZE CONSISTENCY RULES
💱 Currency Pairs
Lot size may change by ±1 lot from the previous trade.
📊 Indices & Metals
Lot size may change by ±0.25 lots only.
Applies to:
NAS100, US30, SPX500, GER40, XAUUSD
⏱️ Minimum Trade Duration
All trades must remain open for at least 2 minutes.
In addition to the challenge-specific rules above, every funded account follows a shared set of core rules, covering minimum trading days, payout eligibility, maximum risk per trade, daily profit cap, and maximum payout per cycle.
These apply across all account types and payout cycles. You can review the full rules here: