Prop Firm Rules Guide

• 2-Step Classic: 20% Consistency Rule. • 2-Step Standard & Pro: No consistency rule. • News trading allowed on all plans. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• News Trading: Allowed on challenges. On funded accounts, requires a news trading add-on — standard accounts cannot trade high-impact news without it. • EAs: Not allowed (no automated trading). • Hedging: Not allowed. • Min 3 trading days required. • Max daily loss: 5% | Max total loss: 10%. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• Longest-running prop firm: Founded 2012 — 12+ years of verified history. • Static Drawdown (Challenge): 15% — one of the highest max drawdown buffers in the industry. • Funded drawdown: 10% max, 7.5% daily. • No time limit on either challenge phase. • Scaling: Account doubles every 10% profit milestone, up to $2M allocation. • News trading: Allowed on challenges; protective window required on funded. • EAs: Allowed. • Payouts on demand. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• News Trading: Allowed on challenges, Guardian X, and Instant Starter accounts. On funded accounts, there is a 5-minute profit window restriction — profits from trades opened/closed within 5 min of major news may be deducted. • Widest Platform Selection: MT5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker, Tradovate, ProjectX, Volsys, Deepcharts. • Weekend & overnight holding allowed on ALL account types. • EAs and trade copiers both permitted. • Account sizes up to $4M allocation. • Profit split up to 90%. • Promo code: STATS (35% off).

• 3-Tier Challenge Structure (updated 2026): Starter, Standard, and Pro tiers with varying drawdown rules. • Consistency Rule (Standard): 25% — best trading day (highest balance) cannot exceed 25% of total funded profit. • No consistency rule on Pro tier. • Overnight & weekend holding: Allowed on all accounts. • News trading: Allowed on challenges; restricted on funded (±5 min window on Standard). • EAs allowed (no martingale/grid/HFT). • Payouts: Via Rise blockchain or crypto. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• 40% Consistency Rule (funded): Best trading day cannot exceed 40% of total profits. Must generate more profits before payout if exceeded. • No copy trading between evaluation accounts — each must be traded independently. • No shared/identical EAs across multiple users — flagged as strategy duplication. • Net profit per payout must exceed 50% of daily drawdown limit (ensures consistent performance). • Profit splits: 80% → 100% at highest tier. • Promo code: Propfirms (5% off).

• Max Daily Loss: 4% TRAILING — off highest balance or equity going into the new day. • Max Total Loss: 10% — calculated off initial account balance (fixed floor). • Min 3 Trading Days required per phase. • No account sharing or copy trading between accounts. • EAs/Algos: Allowed — no martingale, grid, or HFT. • News trading: Allowed on all phases. • Weekend holding: Allowed. • Scalping: Allowed. • Promo code: STATS (40% off).

News Trading (Challenge): Allowed. News Trading (Funded): No opening new trades during major news — can hold existing positions. EAs/Bots: Not allowed. Weekend Holding: Allowed. Inactivity Rule: At least 1 trade per 30 days. Challenge fee fully refundable after 2nd payout.

• News Trading: Fully allowed on all plans — no restrictions. • No Consistency Rule on any Finotive plan. • No minimum trading days. • No time limit on challenges. • Payouts on demand. • Weekend & overnight holding: Allowed. • EAs: Allowed (no martingale/grid). • Scaling: Up to $4M allocation. • Promo code: STATS (25% off).

• 2-Minute News Buffer (Standard only): Cannot open OR close trades 2 min before/after high-impact news (NFP, CPI, FOMC). Swing accounts fully exempt. • 30% Consistency Rule on 1-Step only. No consistency rule on 2-Step. • Swing Account (2-Step only): No news restrictions, full overnight & weekend holding. Standard accounts cannot hold weekends. • Min 4 trading days per phase. • Fee refunded after passing the challenge. • No affiliate/promo codes — FTMO does not run a code programme.

• Consistency Rule (20%): No single day's profit can exceed 20% of total profits — applies on funded accounts. • News Trading: Fully unrestricted on both challenge AND funded accounts — no time windows, no buffers, no split penalties. • Weekend holding: Allowed. • EAs: Allowed (no HFT/latency arb). • Scaling: Automated every 3 months with 10%+ profit. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• Phase 1: 8% target, Phase 2: 5% target. • Daily loss: 5% of initial balance (balance-based, resets daily at midnight). Max loss: 10% static. • Min 5 trading days per phase (non-consecutive). No time limit. • No consistency rule on challenge phases. • Quick Strike Limit (Eval + Funded): Trades under 30 seconds = Quick Strike. If Quick Strike profits exceed 30% of total profit → profits forfeited & funded account terminated. During evaluation, challenge continues until below 30%. Losses not counted. Applies to BOTH evaluation and funded stages. • 3% Risk Limit (Funded only): Max 3% risk per trade on funded account — hard breach. • News Time Trading (Funded only): Monitored — 0 violations = No Impact. News trading fully allowed. • News trading: Fully allowed on all challenge and funded accounts. • Weekend/overnight holding: Allowed. • EA/Bots: MT4/MT5 only with extra fee; not on cTrader/Match Trader. • Copy trading: Allowed between own challenge accounts (combined cap $300K); not between funded accounts. • Hedging: Not allowed. • First payout: After 21 days on funded. Subsequent every 14 days. • Profit split: 80% base → 90% (FN Pro) → up to 95% (Lifetime Reward add-on). • 15% challenge phase reward after FN Pro status (4 qualifying payouts). • 24hr guaranteed payout — $1,000 extra if delayed. Full fee refunded with first payout. • Promo code: STATS (7% off + 120% fee refund).

News Trading: ZERO restrictions during Evaluation (Phase 1 & 2) — hold and manage trades freely through any news event. On the Master Account, a 10-minute window (5 min before/after high-impact news/speeches) blocks opening or closing positions on affected currencies — this is a SOFT breach (profit deduction only, not account closure). Exception (5-hour rule): trades opened 5+ hours before the event are exempt and can be closed within the window with profits counted; trades opened less than 5 hours before do not count if closed in the window. Deliberately/purposefully trading news to exploit it is separately prohibited in both Evaluation and Master and carries account closure risk. 3 minimum trading days (2-Step Standard); 1 day on 2-Step Flex (85% split). Static max loss: 10% (Standard) / 12% (Flex) — does NOT trail. Promo code STATS (20% off).

• News Trading Restriction: 4-minute window (2 min before/after). You can hold existing trades through news but cannot open new ones. ⚠️ Trading within this window may void profits. • Minimum Trade Duration: Trades should be held at least 2 minutes (soft rule — enforced only for repeated pattern abuse). • EAs: Allowed. • Weekend holding: Allowed. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• Single drawdown rule only — no daily loss limit, no time limit, no evaluation. • No consistency rule. Instant funded. 24-hour withdrawals from $50. • News trading allowed. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• News Trading: Fully allowed — one of the few firms with zero news restrictions on all account types. • No consistency rule on any plan. • No minimum trading days. • Weekend & overnight holding: Allowed. • EAs: Allowed. • Profit split: Up to 90%. • Payouts: Within 24 hours. • Promo code: STATS (5% off).

• News add-on required for high-impact news on funded. • No consistency rule. • Weekend/overnight allowed. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• ~20% Max Inconsistency Score: Profits must be distributed — one dominant trade/day blocks payouts. ⚠️ Violation = withdrawal blocked even if account profitable. • Instant Funding model. • Promo code: PROPFIRMS.

• 40% Consistency Rule (2-Step & 1-Step): No single day's profit can exceed 40% of total phase profit. • Instant Funding: Softer 20% consistency rule. • News Trading: Free on challenges — requires News Add-On on funded and instant accounts. • EAs: Allowed (no martingale, grid, or signal bots); copy trading not permitted. • Weekend holding: Allowed on all accounts. • Challenge fee refunded after the second funded payout. • Payouts on demand (14-day minimum). • Profit splits up to 95% (90% default; 95% with profit-split add-on). • Promo code: STATS (20% off). • Max Margin Rule: no more than 25% of account size as margin on a single instrument (single trade OR combined simultaneous positions on that instrument) — e.g. $100K account = $25K margin cap. Applies to all models and funded accounts.

• Risk Per Trade Violation (2% Rule): Total exposure per instrument/direction must be ≤ 2% of account balance on funded accounts. Violations can restrict/delay payout. • Weekend Holding: ❌ NOT allowed — all trades must close before Friday market close. • Single Trade Dominance Rule: No single trade should exceed ~3% of total profit target. Violations may void profits. • Scalping: Allowed, but aggressive micro-scalping may trigger review. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• High Profit Targets: 15% Phase 1 and 30% cumulative — designed for momentum traders. • High Leverage: Up to 1:100 on some instruments. • Min account size: $1,000 — lowest entry point in the industry. • Min 4 trading days required. • EAs and news trading permitted on most programmes. • Scaling available once funded. • Profit split: 80%. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• Equity-Based Trailing Drawdown (Hyper/Aggressive): Drawdown trails from highest equity — most restrictive model. Classic uses balance-based static drawdown. • No minimum trading days on Hyper plan. • Instant Funding option available (no evaluation). • Scaling: Up to $4M via High Roller programme. • Profit split: Up to 100% on top tier. • EAs allowed (no martingale/grid on Hyper). • Weekend/overnight: Allowed on Classic; Hyper depends on drawdown position. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• 12-Hour Payout Promise ($1,000 bonus if missed). • Consistency Rule (funded only): StarterWay & StraightWay 40% soft rule. PRO plans (Pro Way): No consistency rule. • Static drawdown on all programs. • Weekend/overnight: Fully allowed. • Promo code: STATS (10% off).

• News Trading Restriction: Traders cannot trade around high-impact news without a news add-on. ● No opening, closing, or modifying trades within 2 minutes before/after news. ● Includes pending orders triggering and TP/SL hits. ⚠️ Violation = hard breach → account termination + profit forfeiture. • Lightning Challenge (1-Step): Trailing drawdown locks once profits reach 8% — eliminating further downside risk. • No minimum trading days on Lightning. • Promo code: STATS (25% off).

• 40% Soft Consistency Rule: Your best trading day cannot exceed 40% of total closed profit. This is a soft rule — account is NOT breached, but you must keep trading until the ratio drops below 40%. • CFD 1-Phase: News trading ❌, Weekend holding ❌, EAs ❌. • CFD 2-Phase Swing: News trading ✅, Weekend holding ✅ (add-on), EAs ✅. • No copy trading, no hedging across accounts, no martingale/grid. • No time limit on evaluations, no minimum trading days. • Payouts under 4 hours. • 14-day money-back guarantee (no trades placed). • Scaling: +20% when 10% payout within 90 days. • Platform: WebTrader + AgenaTrader (quantity-based orders, not lots). • Promo code: PROPFIRMS20 (20% off).

• Static Drawdown (8% max): Calculated from initial balance — NOT trailing. One of the most forgiving drawdown models. • No Consistency Rule (Evaluation); 45% best-day rule on Funded withdrawable profit. • News Trading: RESTRICTED — no trading 3 minutes before or after a high-impact news event, on BOTH challenge and funded accounts. Listed as a Prohibited Trading Activity — violating it risks account closure, not just profit deduction. • EAs: Allowed. • Weekend holding: Allowed. • Copy trading: Only between own accounts. • Scaling: Available on funded accounts. • Promo code: STATS20 (20% off).

• 2-Step (X-2 Step): Phase 1 target 6%, Phase 2 target 9%. • 0 min trading days, no time limit on either phase. • 3% daily cap, 9% max static drawdown (balance-based, not trailing). • 90% profit split, instant first payout, no lock upon payout. • No stop loss required, weekend holding allowed. • Leverage up to 5:1. • Platform: DXTrade.

• FTUK Acquisition (April 2026): TradingFunds was acquired by FTUK — rules remain unchanged post-acquisition. • Publicly guaranteed: Rules WILL NOT change (stated on homepage). • 6% EOD Trailing Drawdown (not static): Unique EOD trailing model. • 20% Consistency Rule applies ONLY on Instant Funding — not on standard challenges. • No news trading restrictions. • EAs fully allowed. • Weekend holding permitted. • Profit share up to 90%. • Promo code: STATS (20% off).

• Weekend Holding — Critical Difference by Plan: 1-Step ❌ NOT allowed | 1-Step Lite ❌ NOT allowed | 2-Step ✅ ALLOWED | Instant ❌ NOT allowed. • Consistency Rule (ALL accounts): Lot size must stay within 25%–200% of your own average lot size. Checked at payout time. • No copy trading on any account. • EAs: Allowed but ❌ no martingale, ❌ no grid, ❌ no signal bots, ❌ no HFT. • Trade Stacking: Max 2 trades per direction — more = breach. • Drawdown Type: 1-Step & Instant = Trailing | 2-Step = Static. • Profit split progression: 50% → 70% → 80%. • Promo code: SPRING25 (25% off).

• Instant Pro Account: No evaluation phase — start trading immediately. • Unique drawdown model: EOD trailing drawdown (end-of-day, not real-time). • News trading: Allowed on challenges; restricted on some funded tiers. • EAs: Allowed. • Weekend holding: Allowed. • Payouts via crypto or bank transfer. • Promo code: STATS (25% off).

• Multi-Asset Markets: Crypto, Forex, Stocks, Indices, Commodities on one account. • EOD trailing drawdown (end-of-day, not real-time). • No consistency rule. • News trading fully allowed. • Weekend holding permitted (including Forex). • Full API/EA access. • Forex leverage: 1:30 majors, 1:20 minors. • USDC/USDT payouts only. • Promo code: STATS (10% off).