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30/1, Kenilworth Court, Sir Augustus Bartolo Street, Ta’Xbiex , Malta

World Trade Center 200-B, Suite 306, Calle 53 Este, Marbella, Panama City

Gary Mullen

Malta

Panama

2023

2025

• Challenge fee credited back after passing and claiming first reward (Classic and One-Phase)
• Pro Challenges are not eligible
• Full refund available for mistaken purchases within 14 days if no trades were placed

Fees are non-refundable once the account is created and access is granted. If payment is taken but no account is delivered, Fundex reviews the case individually.

• Standard: bi-weekly (14 days) for Challenge and Instant Funded accounts
• "First Reward in 7 Days" add-on available on Classic and One-Phase
• Typically processed within 24 hours on business days (average 8 hours)

On demand, with no fixed windows, waiting periods or limit on request frequency. Fundex states that most requests are processed within 60 minutes and all within a maximum of 24 hours, including weekends and public holidays.

$100 minimum for reward requests on all account types.

$50

Pure Market for CFDs. Bitunix provides the market conditions and pricing for crypto perpetuals traded through Fundex Terminal.

No published maximum.

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:100

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:50

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:30

Instant Account

• 1:30 (1:20 with News Trading Add-On)

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

CFDs: up to 20:1. Fundex Terminal: 1:1 or 2:1, depending on the instrument.

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:5

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:3

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:2

Instant Account

• Not available

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:2

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:2

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:1

Instant Account

• 1:2 (1:1 with News Trading Add-On)

Up to 4:1 on BTCUSDT and ETHUSDT; up to 2:1 on other cryptocurrencies, with some instruments limited to 1:1.

• Challenge reset available at any time via dashboard for a fee
• Challenge Upgrade feature available during Phase 1 of Classic and Pro (30% discount on upgrade price)

• First Reward in 7 Days: available on Classic and One-Phase
• 90/10 Profit Split: available on Classic and One-Phase
• No Minimum Trading Days: available on Classic
• Swing Account: available on all challenge types (Classic, One Phase, and Pro)

• Achieve 10% profit target each trading month for 3 consecutive months
• Account balance increased by 50%
• Continues until account reaches $5 million

Challenge Accounts

• Fixed percentage of initial balance for the lifetime of the account

Instant Account

• 6% trailing drawdown based on EOD Equity or Balance (whichever is higher)
• Drawdown trails upward with profits until reaching the initial account balance
• Once reaching initial balance, drawdown becomes static and fixed

• 2-Step Classic: Evaluation uses a 10% static maximum drawdown from the starting balance, measured on equity and reset when Phase 2 begins. Once funded, a 10% drop from the original balance while in B-Book causes a permanent breach.
• 2-Step Pro: 8% static maximum drawdown.
• 1-Step Classic: Static evaluation drawdown based on starting balance and measured on equity, including open positions.

• Standard: 80% on all withdrawals
• 90% available via add-on on Classic and One-Phase

2-Step Classic starts at a 70% trader profit split. 2-Step Pro starts at 80%. The split applies to eligible A-Book profits generated above the starting balance and after clearing any prior B-Book offset; on 2-Step Pro it is calculated when the payout is requested. Fundex's legal terms state that payments are discretionary bonuses rather than a fixed contractual split.
1-Step Classic: the trader profit split is shown in each challenge and is calculated when the payout is requested.

A free $1,000 Test Account is available to eligible traders who do not currently hold a Fundex account. It uses Fundex Terminal only, with a 10% target, 5% daily drawdown, 10% maximum drawdown and 5 minimum trading days. Profits cannot be withdrawn and completion rewards may vary.

Challenge Accounts

• Daily Drawdown calculated on account starting balance at 5 PM EST snapshot
• Equity cannot drop below the allowed daily percentage

Instant Account

• 3% based on EOD Equity or Balance (whichever is higher)
• Measured at 00:00 GMT+3 server time
• Does not reset intraday; resets at start of next trading day

Evaluation: the daily loss limit is recalculated at 00:00 UTC from the balance at that time and measured on equity, including open positions. The applicable percentage is shown in each challenge. There is no daily loss limit at the funded stage.

Funded accounts can be merged provided their combined balance does not exceed the $400,000 maximum allocation.

No maximum time limit to complete the Challenge.

No maximum time limit.

Classic, Pro and One-Phase

• Minimum trading days apply (exact count available on dashboard)
• "No Minimum Trading Days" add-on available on Classic

Instant Program

• 5 profitable simulated trading days required
• Each day must achieve at least +0.5% simulated profit
• Days do not need to be consecutive
• Loss or breakeven days do not count

• 2-Step Classic: 5 days in each evaluation phase. To count, at least one trade must be opened with a notional value of at least 5% of the account balance before leverage.
• 2-Step Pro: No minimum trading days.
• 1-Step Classic: 5 evaluation trading days. A day counts only if at least one trade has a notional size of at least 5% of the account balance before leverage.

• Instant Program requires 5 profitable trading days with at least +0.5% profit each
• Days do not need to be consecutive

Evaluation: reaching the daily or total loss threshold causes a breach. Funded: permanent breach follows four consecutive unrecovered B-Book switches, or a 10% decline from the original balance while the account is in B-Book.

Multiple evaluations and accounts are allowed. Total funded allocation is capped at $400,000.

• Expert Advisors (EAs) and trading bots are permitted
• You must own your EA/bot
• Must not exploit technical inefficiencies or manipulate latency
• Third-party EAs not allowed on Instant unless you own the source code

EAs and automated systems are allowed when the underlying strategy is the trader's own. Arbitrage, HFT, martingale, grid, environment-exploitation and external trade-replication systems are prohibited.

Permitted only within the same trading account. Hedging across multiple accounts is not allowed.

Hedging or arbitraging across Fundex accounts, or between Fundex and external accounts, is prohibited. The website does not clarify internal hedging within one account.

• 2-Step Classic: During evaluation, every trade must remain open for at least 3 minutes, including when TP or SL is triggered. The first violation generates a warning and later violations may cause a breach. There is no minimum holding time once funded.
• 2-Step Pro: No minimum holding time during evaluation or once funded.
• 1-Step Classic: Every evaluation trade must remain open for at least 3 minutes, including TP/SL closures. The first violation generates a warning; repeated violations cause a breach. No minimum holding time once funded.

Instant Account

• Maximum 2% risk per trade idea
• Margin usage must not exceed 80% across all asset classes at any time

Challenge Phase

• No margin cap or maximum lot size enforced

Funded Account

• Margin rules apply

During both evaluation phases, a single trade cannot lose more than 3% of the balance, including floating losses. The first violation generates a warning. This limit does not apply once funded.
1-Step Classic: Position exposure is measured as notional value relative to equity. Per position, up to 25% is compliant, over 25% through 40% generates a warning, and above 40% is a violation subject to review. Total simultaneous exposure during evaluation: up to 50% is compliant, over 50% through 80% generates a warning, and above 80% is a violation. Once funded, total exposure above 60% is a violation.

Challenge Phases

• Allowed in all challenge types (Classic, Pro, One-Phase)

Funded Accounts

• Only permitted with Swing Add-On

Instant Account

• Restricted by default
• Only allowed with News Trading Add-On
• 2-minute window rule applies (no opening within 2 minutes before/after major news)

• 30 consecutive days without placing or closing a trade results in automatic account failure
• Applies to Challenge, Instant, and Funded Stage accounts
• No refunds or renewals for inactivity breaches

Classic Challenge

• Phase 1: No consistency rule
• Phase 2: No consistency rule

One-Phase Challenge

• 40% max daily profit of total

Pro Challenge

• Phase 1: 45%
• Phase 2: 45%

Funded Stages

• No consistency rule

Instant Account

• 15% max daily profit of total

• Rule is equity-based (unrealised profit included)

• Even if account is in loss, the rule still counts towards highest profit day

Challenge and Funded Accounts

• Only allowed with Swing Add-On
• Without Swing Add-On: all trades including crypto must be closed by Friday 16:30 EST

Instant Account

• Overnight and weekend holding allowed by default

• Martingale and grid strategies
• Excessive lot sizing and aggressive loss recovery
• High-frequency trading (HFT)
• Latency arbitrage, scalping arbitrage, and gap exploitation
• Flooding the market with small pip trades
• Intentional weekend/overnight gap exploitation
• Account rolling or lot-sizing techniques to bypass drawdown controls

• Latency arbitrage, spike catching and tick manipulation
• Exploiting errors, price-feed delays or technical malfunctions
• HFT inconsistent with realistic retail trading
• Martingale, grid and all-in betting
• Hedging or arbitrage across accounts or firms
• Copy trading, replicated signals and self-copy trading
• Front-running and use of non-public information
• Market manipulation, order spamming and toxic flow
• Materially changing strategy after passing the evaluation
• Gambling behaviour, overleveraging or correlated position stacking