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

London, United Kingdom

Anastasiia Kaplunenko

2026

2021

Liquidity Providers

Gooey Trade (technology 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.

Refund available within 14 days if no trades have been placed. Evaluation fee refund also available upon reaching 10% profit on the FT+ Trader simulated live account (not applicable to Master or Prestige programs).

No public info

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

• 1-Step Express: first withdrawal from day 1, then every 7 days. Minimum $50.
• 2-Step Classic: first withdrawal 10 days after funded account creation, then every 10 days. Minimum 1% of initial balance.
• Instant: first withdrawal from day 1, then every 7 days. Minimum $50.
• Activation Accounts: every 10 trading days. Requires at least 3% simulated profit and 25% payout consistency. Minimum withdrawal $50.

$10,000 per payout (all methods).

$100 (all methods).

• 1-Step Express / Instant: $50
• 2-Step Classic: 1% of the initial balance
• Activation Accounts: $50 after reaching the 3% payout-eligibility threshold

1:100 (all platforms)

• 1-Step Express, Instant and Activation Accounts: 1:30
• 2-Step Classic: 1:50

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

• Commodities (metals): 1:30
• Gold & Silver: 1:20

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

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

• 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.

Profit split upgrade add-ons available at checkout (e.g., start with 90/10 split).

• 1-Step Express: 10% scaling target
• 2-Step Classic: 20% scaling target; requires 50% consistency, one successful withdrawal and an account active for at least two months
• Instant: 10% scaling target
• Activation Accounts: no scaling plan

Eligible programs can scale up to a $2,500,000 starting balance, with a maximum of $5,000,000 after scaling. Requests are subject to risk review and require no open trades.

Static

• 1-Step Express: 6% relative trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance
• 2-Step Classic: 8% static drawdown
• Instant: 6% relative trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance
• Activation Accounts challenge: 6% static maximum drawdown
• Activation Accounts funded: 6% trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance

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

• 1-Step Express, 2-Step Classic and Instant: start at 80%; eligible accounts can scale to 90% at 20% profit and 100% at 30% profit. An optional add-on can start the account at 90%.
• Activation Accounts: fixed 80% profit split; it does not increase over time.

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

• 1-Step Express: 4%, balance based
• 2-Step Classic: 4%, balance based
• Instant: 6%, balance based
• Activation Accounts challenge: 4%, balance based
• Activation Accounts funded: 3%, balance based

• 1-Step Express, 2-Step Classic and Instant: scaling up to a $2,500,000 starting balance, with a $5,000,000 maximum after scaling
• Activation Accounts: maximum $250,000 combined activated capital

Only untraded simulated live accounts can be merged. Maximum merged account size is $200,000 (or $100,000 if the program doesn't offer $200K). Not applicable to 2-Step Classic.

No time limit on the challenge.

No time limit on any program. Accounts must have at least 1 trade (open and close) every 30 days to remain active.

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.

Available for breached or failed evaluations at a discounted price. Not available for simulated live accounts.

Activation Accounts: up to 10 activations per month and a maximum of 5 activated accounts at the same time, subject to the $250,000 combined limit. There is no limit on challenges purchased or passed.

Activation fee due only after passing, with no payment deadline:

• 25K: $179
• 50K: $299
• 100K: $489
• 200K: $969

No minimum trading days requirement on any program. Account must be active within any 30-day calendar period (at least one trade opened and closed) or it will be hard-breached for inactivity.

Activation Accounts cost $4 to start on every available account size. If the challenge is not passed, no further fee is charged.

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.

EAs, Algos and Bots are allowed. Must not be used for copy trading or hedging across accounts. EAs may be requested for review upon evaluation pass. FT+ does not provide support for third-party EAs.

Hedging is allowed on the same account (opposing positions on the same instrument). Hedging across multiple accounts is strictly prohibited.

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%.

• Symbol Loss Limit (2-Step Classic): Maximum loss per single symbol per day, based on balance at 16:59 EST. Hard breach rule.
• Margin utilization review triggers at milestones (evaluation passes, scaling requests, withdrawals). Not a hard limit but triggers manual risk team review.

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.

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.

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

30 days. At least 1 trade (open and close) required every 30 days. Warning email sent 7 days before breach.

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.

• 1-Step Express: no consistency rule
• 2-Step Classic: 35% during evaluation and 50% when funded; also applies a 3% Symbol Loss Limit
• Instant: no consistency rule
• Activation Accounts challenge: no consistency rule
• Activation Accounts funded: 25%, checked only when requesting a payout; it does not breach the account

• 1-Step Express: allowed
• 2-Step Classic: allowed
• Instant: not allowed; trades are automatically closed at 4:30 PM EST on Friday
• Activation Accounts: allowed during both challenge and funded phases

• 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

• Arbitrage
• Grid trading
• Tick scalping
• Abuse of demo trading conditions
• Account management / passing services
• Hedging across multiple accounts