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Headquarters

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

23691-001, A2 Building, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Anastasiia Kaplunenko

Husam Samy

Country

United Kingdom

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2026

2024

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Belarus, Central African Republic, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, North Korea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Providers

In-house liquidity provider

Refund
Limited

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.

Yes

The evaluation fee is refundable. Under the published standard conditions, the refund unlocks alongside the fifth successful payout.

Instant Flex: 100% refundable access fee.

Payout Fee

No public info

No data
Platforms
Metatrader 5, cTrader, TradeLocker
MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Payout Methods
Transfer, Rise, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, PayPal
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency

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

Depends on the program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout after 3 days with a 40% split. Standard payouts retain an 85% split and require the applicable trading days, profit and SFX Stability Index. Instant Funding (original) and 1-Step Pro allow payout requests once their requirements are met, without a fixed bi-weekly cycle.

Instant Flex: bi-weekly payouts.

Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal

$10,000 per payout (all methods).

Maximum of $10,000 per request for the first two payouts. This limit is removed afterwards.

Minimum Withdrawal

$100 (all methods).

Payouts below $100 can only be processed through USDT TRC20. Bank transfer is available from $100.

Payout Guarantee
No data

Requests are processed within 48 business hours. SFX advertises $1,000 compensation if it misses that deadline.

Forex

1:100 (all platforms)

30:1
Metals
  • TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
  • MT5: 1:100
10:1
Energies
  • TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
  • MT5: 1:100
10:1
Indices
  • TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
  • MT5: 1:100
10:1
Stocks
  • TradeLocker: 1:2
  • cTrader, MT5: 1:100
No data
Crypto

1:2 (all platforms)

2:1
Forex
4 / lot
4 / lot
Metals
4 / lot
4 / lot
Energies
4 / lot
4 / lot
Indices
4 / lot
0.4 / lot
Stocks
5 / lot
No data
Crypto
0 / lot
0
Commission-Free Option
No
No
Swap Free
No
No
Add-ons
Yes

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

Yes
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Reviewed every 3 months. Requires profitability in 2 of the 3 months, at least 10% cumulative profit and 2 payouts. Balance increases by 25% of the initial balance up to $3.2M.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

Static

Rapid: 4% trailing. 1-Step Pro: 6% trailing. Ascend: 8% static. Instant Funding (original): 6% trailing.

Profit Split

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

85% base split, with the possibility of reaching 100% through the scaling program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout with a 40% split.

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

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

Rapid and Instant Funding (original): 3%. 1-Step Pro: no daily limit. Ascend: 4%.

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
200,000
500,000
Merge Accounts
No
Yes

Funded accounts from the same evaluation type can be merged when both remain at their initial balance, have no open trades and their combined capital does not exceed $500,000. Instant Funding (original) accounts cannot be merged.

Maximum Trading Days

No time limit on the challenge.

No time limit.

Minimum Trading Days

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.

Rapid: no minimum during evaluation. 1-Step Pro: 4 evaluation days. Ascend: 5 days in each phase. Instant Funding (original): no evaluation.

Monthly Competition
No
No
Account Reset
No data

Available for Ascend during evaluation and for funded Ascend, 1-Step Pro and Rapid accounts within 10 calendar days of the first trade. A funded reset subsequently applies a 50% split.

Minimum Profitable Days
No data

For payouts: Rapid and Instant Funding (original) require 10 trading days; 1-Step Pro requires 7 qualified days; Ascend requires 5 days and its first standard payout is available after 14 calendar days.

Expert Advisor (EA)
No

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.

Limited

Trade managers, calculators and EAs developed by the trader are allowed. Third-party EAs and EAs designed to exploit rollover or perform news scalping are prohibited.

VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
No
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
Yes
Martingale
No
No
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

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%.

Yes

Maximum floating loss: 2% on Rapid, Ascend and Instant Funding (original); $300K and $400K Instant Funding (original) accounts have a 1% limit. 1-Step Pro has a 1% limit, with a warning and split reduction to 40% on the first violation and closure on the second.

Copy Trading
Limited

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.

No

Copying trades, manually or through software, between the trader's own accounts or from external traders or signal providers is prohibited.

News Trading
No

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.

Limited

Funded accounts restrict trading from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news. News straddling, news bracketing and manipulation of the simulated environment are also prohibited.

Inactivity Rule

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

Accounts are closed after 30 days of inactivity.

Consistency Rule
Limited

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.

Yes

Maximum SFX Stability Index for payout: Rapid 15%, 1-Step Pro 20%, Ascend 25% and Instant Funding (original) 15%.

Instant Flex: no consistency rule.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • 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

Copy trading; third-party EAs; HFT; latency arbitrage; tick scalping; martingale and grid; news scalping; coordinated reverse trading; exploitation of errors or slow feeds; account sharing or third-party account management.

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