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71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ

Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE

Anastasiia Kaplunenko

Sean Bainton

United Kingdom

United Arab Emirates

2026

2021

Liquidity Providers

Liquidity Provider

Core and Flash: evaluation fee refunded with the first payout. Value: 100% refund of the evaluation fee with the third payout. Not refundable on Instant challenges, nor if the evaluation is failed.

No public info

Every 14 days (every 7 days with Weekly Payout Add-on).

• 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
• 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
• Other products: 14 days

$10,000 per payout (all methods).

2 Step Nano: 2% of the initial balance per payout ($500 on $25K, $1,000 on $50K, $2,000 on $100K and $4,000 on $200K).

$100 (all methods).

$100 in crypto, $500 via Rise (bank transfer). On 1 Step Standard and Instant accounts, once you reach 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at breakeven, a 1% buffer must remain in the account.

Payouts processed within 24 business hours (Mon 9 AM – Fri 5 PM Dubai time). If they miss this window you automatically receive a 100% profit split on that payout (no Blue Guardian cut). Delays caused by compliance checks, risk reviews or pending KYC do not qualify.

1:100 (all platforms)

• TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
• MT5: 1:100

• Evaluation: 20:1
• Funded: 10:1

• TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
• MT5: 1:100

• Evaluation: 20:1
• Funded: 10:1

• TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
• MT5: 1:100

• Evaluation: 20:1
• Funded: 10:1

• TradeLocker: 1:2
• cTrader, MT5: 1:100

1:2 (all platforms)

Available add-ons include: 90/10 Profit Split, Weekly Payout, and others available at checkout.

Static

• Instant, Guardian X, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Nano, 2 Step Pro, Crypto: Trailing
• 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Classic, 2 Step Nano, 3 Step: Static

80% by default, up to 90% with the 90/10 Profit Split Add-on.

• Existing 1, 2 and 3 Step programs: 85%
• 1 Step Nano and 2 Step Nano: up to 100%
• Instant: 80%
• Instant Starter: 90%
• With add-on: 90%

Equity-based (Start-of-Day Equity).

Based on highest value between balance and equity

Same-type funded accounts can be merged up to $400,000 ($200,000 cap on Instant). Cross-merging different types (e.g. 2 Step Standard with 2 Step Pro) is NOT allowed. Both accounts must be at break-even (no profit, no loss) at merge time. Beyond the merge cap, the Scaling Plan can take total allocation up to $2,000,000. Guardian X and Instant accounts are NOT eligible for scaling.

No time limit on the challenge.

No limit

Core and Value: minimum active trading days required; specific number varies by account size. Flash: no minimum trading days requirement, except on 100K and 200K account sizes.

1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.

• Instant, 2 Step Standard, Guardian X: 5 days with 0.5% profit or more
• 1 Step, 2 Step Classic, 3 Step, Crypto: 3 days with 0.5% profit or more
• 2 Step Classic: 4 days with 0.5% profit or more

EAs are allowed but require pre-approval by email (support@onefunded.com). EAs that execute trades automatically on behalf of the trader are not allowed; EAs that act as trading assistants (lot size, risk management, position sizing) are allowed.

Hedging is allowed within a single account. Hedging across multiple accounts (yours or others') is NOT allowed.

Minimum holding time of 2 minutes. Trades closed in under 2 minutes are flagged as tick scalping and count as a rule violation, whether closed manually or by automated systems. Average trade duration should stay above 1–2 minutes. Scalping itself is allowed as long as you stay above the 2-minute floor.

Max Exposure Rule: floating loss per trade idea may not exceed 3% of Start-of-Trade-Idea Equity (1% on Instant accounts). Max Margin Utilization monitored at 50%.

Copy trading is permitted only between your own OneFunded accounts. External copy trading or signal mirroring (Telegram, Discord, social networks, third-party copiers) is prohibited.

Manual copy trading is allowed ONLY between accounts legally owned by the same person (e.g. between your own Evaluation and Funded accounts, or between your Blue Guardian account and external accounts in your name). NOT allowed:

• Copying trades from other traders' accounts.
• Third-party copiers that involve accounts not legally yours.
• Having a third party manage your trades.

Instant Funding users may also use third-party copiers, provided all accounts belong to the same user.

Trading during high-impact news is allowed, but the News Volatility Period (5 minutes before and after the release) is monitored. Trades that appear to exploit volatility or news-driven price spikes may trigger compliance review and corrective actions.

News trading is allowed on Challenge, Guardian X and Instant Starter.

It is NOT allowed on Instant Standard and Funded accounts. On those, do not open or close trades within 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after a red folder (high-impact) release. Profits made during that window or significantly influenced by the news will be removed, even without an account violation. Same 5-minute window applies around FOMC speeches, statements and news events on Funded accounts.

Note: Instant Standard accounts purchased after November 13, 2025 cannot do news trading at all.

60 days in evaluation phase, 30 days in funded phase.

30 days

Evaluation phases: no consistency rule, except on 100K and 200K account sizes (where the Best Day Profit Ratio cap applies). Live (funded) phase: 50% Best Day Profit Ratio cap across Core, Value and Flash. The rule does not breach the account; it only blocks phase passing or payout until the ratio falls within the cap.

Consistency rule applies to: 1 Step Nano evaluation and funded (50%), 2 Step Nano funded (50%), 2 Step Pro funded (25%), Guardian X and Instant Standard funded (20%), Instant Starter funded (15%), $300K and $400K Instant funded (15%).

Does NOT apply to: 2 Step Nano evaluation, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Classic, 3 Step funded accounts, nor to any other challenge phase.

Calculation: a single trading day cannot equal or exceed the threshold of total profits in the payout cycle. If exceeded, the payout button is blocked until the highest day drops below the threshold. Violating it does NOT terminate the account.

• Latency arbitrage and reverse arbitrage
• Tick scalping designed to exploit microstructure or pricing refresh
• Cross-account hedging (between OneFunded accounts or with external accounts)
• One-sided bets / aggressive averaging into losses
• Martingale and grid recovery systems with uncontrolled exposure
• External copy trading or signal mirroring without authorization
• Account management by third parties or account passing services
• Data freezing, gap billing, delayed or slow data feeds

• Platform or data freezing exploits (using a Demo Server error).
• Use of delayed data feed or trading on delayed charts.
• Tick scalping (trades closed under 2 minutes), high-frequency trading, arbitrage bots.
• Reverse arbitrage, latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage and any emulators.
• Hedging between accounts (within one account is fine).
• Password changes (the password sent by email is the only one accepted).
• Gambling: any trading where margin usage exceeds 80% on running trades.
• Shared devices, VPS or accounts: each trader must use only their personal device. Shared usage across accounts results in payout disqualification, suspension or termination.
• Bypassing copy-trading or signal-trading rules using VPN/VPS.
• Account inactivity: at least 1 trade every 30 days (otherwise breach).