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Headquarters

IFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

Country

United Arab Emirates

Cyprus

Foundation

2023

2024

Banned Countries
Cuba, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Albania, Algeria, North Korea, Senegal
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus
CEO
No data

Revin Zabala

Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
No data

Liquidity Provider

Refund
Yes

Full refund after 4th payout

Yes

Full refund after 3rd payout. Not available for Instant Funding Accounts and 1-step Nitro X Accounts

Payout Fee

$35 flat fee via Rise (for payouts of $1,000 or more). Payouts below $1,000 are paid in crypto and only carry the network fee.

5% processing fee on crypto payouts (covers blockchain costs, liquidity swaps, and infrastructure). Only TRC20 USDT supported for crypto payouts.

Platforms
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker, cTrader
cTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency

First payout 14 days after the first trade. Every 14 days after that. First payout after 7 days with add-on (+15%).

  • Instant Pro: First Payout on Demand is available as a checkout add-on.
  • Instant Flex: first payout on demand, then every 14 days.

On Demand, provided you have met these specific criteria:

  • Consistency Rule
  • Minimum Payout Amount of 1% of Initial Balance (Before-Split)
  • Minimum Trading Days
Payout Guarantee

Get Paid in 24 Hours or get an extra $1,000. Rewards are only processed on business days, and so the 48 Hour Reward Guarantee timer is paused on weekends.

The 24-hour payout guarantee ensures that you are eligible to receive your full payout within 24 business hours of your payout request. If Funded Trader Markets fail to meet this time frame, they will double the requested payout and issue a free account of the same size. This guarantee is only applicable for payouts up to $1000.

Maximum Withdrawal

For traders with $200K accounts or larger, the first two reward requests are capped at a maximum withdrawal of $10,000 each. After the first two rewards, this restriction is removed, and there are no further withdrawal limits.

TryAqua: maximum lifetime withdrawal of $100.

  • 2-Step Prime: $15,000 per month
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $5,000 per account and request, and required to leave a buffer of 50% of the profits
  • Crypto payouts: $5,000 per transaction (TRC20 USDT only)
Minimum Withdrawal

$100

  • 1-Step Nitro X: Must make at least a 3% profit before withdrawal
  • All other accounts: 1% of initial balance
Demo Account
No data
MatchTrader
ID-Passwordpzddx08j7q
TradeLocker
ID-PasswordK8aqkT,YR_gn
cTrader
IDctid8638354Passwordspreadtest
Metatrader 5
ID100003PasswordAemI1#0n0G0ServerFundedTraderMarkets-server
Stop Out Level
No data

100%

Margin Call Level
No data

110%

Forex
  • Instant Standard: 30:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 50:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 100:1 during evaluation, 50:1 when funded
100:1
Metals
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
30:1
Energies
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
30:1
Indices
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
30:1
Crypto
  • Instant Standard: 1:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 2 Step, 1 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 2:1
  • BTC, ETH: 5:1
  • Other crypto: 2:1
Forex
5 / lot
7 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
7 / lot
Energies
5 / lot
7 / lot
Indices
0
0
Commission-Free Option
No
No data
Crypto
No data
0
Swap Free
Yes

Swap-free accounts are available. No overnight swap fees; positions can be held for as long as desired.

Yes

All accounts are swap free

Add-ons
Yes
  • 100% profit split (+15%)
  • First payout after 7 days (+15%)
  • First Payout on Demand (Instant Pro)
  • 100% profit split and first payout after 7 days combined (+25%)
Yes

90% Profit Split (2-Step Plus): It has no cost on money but Shield Risk Protocol will apply now on evaluation phase as well

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

You can grow your account to a maximum of $4,000,000. In order to scale your capital and grow, you must make 12% within a 3-month period. If you achieve this, they will increase your account size by 25% of your initial balance.

This is complementary to the Aqua Elite Program.

No
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Pro, Aqua Man: Trailing, based on the highest value between equity and balance
  • TryAqua: Daily and maximum drawdowns are trailing
  • 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: Static
  • Instant, 1-Step: Trailing
  • 2-Step: Static
Profit Split

90%. 100% with add-on (+15%)

Instant Standard, Instant Pro

  • 1st payout: 50%
  • 2nd payout: 60%
  • 3rd payout: 70%
  • 4th payout and next: 80%

Instant Plus

80%

2-Step Plus

70% (up to 90% with 2-Step Plus add-on)

1-Step Nitro

90% for the first $10,000 and 80% after that

1-Step Nitro X

100%

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

Based on highest value between equity and balance

Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark

Three Steps
Yes
No
Max Allocation
400,000

Evaluations

  • 2-Step Plus: $200,000
  • 1-Step Nitro: $300,000
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $150,000

Instant Funding

  • Instant Standard: $100,000
  • Instant Pro: $100,000
  • Instant Plus: $100,000
Merge Accounts
Yes

Instant accounts can't be merged

Yes
Maximum Trading Days

No limit

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro: 5 days (non-consecutive), 0.5% profit each
  • Instant Flex: 7 days
  • TryAqua: 5 days, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Standard: 3 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard: 5 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Flex: no minimum during evaluation; 3 days before the first funded payout, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 2 Step Pro: 0 in evaluation, 5 in funded
  • 2 Step Elite: 3 per step
  • 3 Step: not specified
No data
Monthly Competition
No
No
Account Reset
No data

A reset gives a trader who has violated their account rules (such as exceeding the Daily or Overall Loss Limit) the ability to restore the account to its original starting balance paying a fee, and begin trading again.

1-Step Nitro X (Evaluation Phase)

  • Reset Limit: Unlimited
  • Reset Window: Within 30 days of the original purchase date

1-Step Nitro and 1-Step Nitro X (Funded Phase)

  • Reset Limit: One-time only

Instant Standard

  • Reset Limit: One-time only
  • Reset Window: Within 24 hours after the breach
Profit After Breach
No data

If your Simulated Funded account with Funded Trader Markets is in profit but has been breached, you may still qualify for a withdrawal with a 50% split, provided the following conditions are met:

  • Stop Loss Usage: Every trade had an SL in place.
  • Loss Limits: No single position incurred a loss exceeding 1% of the account's initial balance.
Minimum Profitable Days
No data

1-Step Nitro / 1-Step Nitro X

  • Evaluation: no minimum days.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.

2-Step Plus

  • Evaluation: 3 minimum days per phase.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit.

Instant Standard / Pro / Plus

  • Payout eligibility: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.
  • Instant Pro: trading-day requirement can be removed with a checkout add-on.
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
Yes
Yes

Martingale and layering are allowed per account (increasing position size after a loss, or opening multiple positions in the same direction at different price levels). Running these strategies across multiple accounts simultaneously is prohibited and counts as abusive behavior.

Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

If your floating PnL (profit and loss) drops below -2% of the account balance, the account will be permanently closed.

Only applies to Instant Funding Standard, Pro, Flex, AquaMan and TryAqua.

Yes

Shield Risk Protocol

Maximum Floating Loss Limits

  • Instant Plus, 2-Step Plus: Maximum floating loss = 1% of account balance

Breach Consequences

  • Breach it once = 80% profit split drops to 50%
  • Breach it repeatedly = payout share reduces permanently to 40%, 30% and finally 20%
Copy Trading
Yes
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded accounts
  • Copy trading from Funded-to Evaluation accounts and vice versa
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded account and external accounts.
Yes

Built-in Copy Trading lets traders link their own FTM accounts and mirror trades, including from Evaluation to Funded phases. Available across supported platforms. Account sharing and group trading remain prohibited.

News Trading
Limited

Two policies depending on the account creation date:

Accounts opened after 2026-04-27

  • News trading is allowed.
  • Profits generated within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a red folder (high-impact) news event or FOMC are capped at 0.5% of the starting balance per payout cycle.
  • Anything above the cap is removed without further penalty.

Accounts opened before 2026-04-27

  • Trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after a red folder news event or FOMC on funded accounts are not allowed.
  • Any profits generated during these windows are removed.
Yes
Inactivity Rule

30 days

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

Consistency Rule
Yes

Applies on funded accounts. A single trading day cannot equal or exceed a given percentage of total profits during the payout period. If it does, payouts are blocked until the ratio normalises; the account is not closed.

  • Instant Standard: 20%
  • Instant Pro: 20% for accounts purchased on or after 8 September 2026 (limited-time offer); 15% for accounts purchased before that date
  • Instant Flex: no consistency rule
  • Aqua Man: 15%
  • TryAqua: 15%
  • 1 Step Pro: 25%
  • 2 Step Pro: 50%
  • 1 Step Flex: no consistency rule
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: no specific consistency rule documented
Yes

Instant (all)

  • If a single day's profit is more than 20% of your total profit in the Instant Funding Account, you have to keep trading until the best day profit is less than 20% of the total profit.

1-Step Nitro

50% on evaluation phase and 45% on funded phase

1-Step Nitro X

25% on funded phase

2-Step Plus

No consistency rule on evaluation. No consistency rule on funded phase.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • Use of platform or data freezing due to a Demo Server error.
  • Use of a delayed data feed
  • Trading on delayed charts
  • Tick scalping
  • High frequency trading
  • Arbitrage bots
  • Reverse arbitrage
  • Latency arbitrage
  • Hedge arbitrage or any emulators are prohibited.
  • Using Manipulative Software or Techniques
  • Non-Standard Trading Practices
  • Using External or Slow Data Feeds
  • Exploiting Service Errors
  • Manipulative Trading
  • Hedging Across Accounts
  • Account Management Services
  • Group Trading
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • News Scalping
  • Arbitrage Trading
  • Multi-Account Reverse Trading
  • Tick Scalping
  • Internal Reverse Trading
  • Group Hedging
  • Account Management Services
  • Account Sharing
VPN
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Yes
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