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Which is better for your first challenge: Blueberry Funded or Crypto Fund Trader?

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What you are signing up for

An evaluation is a testing period where you pay a fee to trade with virtual capital. If you reach the profit target—the specific percentage of gain required to pass—without breaking risk rules, you become a "funded" trader and can earn a share of future profits.

  • Blueberry Funded offers a $25,000 "1-Step" account for $165.
  • Crypto Fund Trader offers a $25,000 "1 Phase" account for $219.

There are no free trials at either firm. You are buying a chance to prove your skills on professional platforms like MetaTrader 5, MatchTrader, or DXTrade.

How hard each one is

The most important rule is the drawdown, which is the maximum amount you are allowed to lose before your account is closed.

  • Blueberry Funded: In their 1-Step and 2-Step accounts, the drawdown is "static." This means your loss limit stays fixed based on your starting balance. If you have $25,000 and a 6% limit ($1,500), you fail if you hit $23,500, regardless of how much profit you made earlier.
  • Crypto Fund Trader: Their 1-Phase accounts use a "trailing" drawdown. This is harder for beginners because the loss limit follows your highest profit point. If you gain $500, your floor moves up by $500, giving you less room to breathe if the market turns against you.

Blueberry Funded generally offers more generous risk limits for beginners, with a 10% maximum loss on their 2-step "Prime" accounts compared to the 6% limit on many of Crypto Fund Trader's 1-phase options.

How long it takes

In the prop firm world, "steps" or "phases" refer to how many times you must hit a profit target before getting funded.

  • Blueberry Funded: You can choose a 1-Step (fastest), 2-Step (safer limits), or Instant (no evaluation, but higher cost) account. Most plans have no minimum trading days, meaning you can pass as soon as you hit the target.
  • Crypto Fund Trader: They also offer 1-phase, 2-phase, and instant accounts. Most evaluations have no minimum trading days, but their "Ascend" account requires at least 5 days of trading.

Where beginners fail

Beginners often lose their accounts by breaking technical rules they didn't read carefully.

  • Consistency rules: This is a rule requiring your profits to be spread out rather than coming from one lucky trade. Blueberry Funded has no consistency rules for most accounts. Crypto Fund Trader only applies a 40% consistency rule to its "Break" accounts.
  • News trading: Blueberry Funded has strict "time buffers." On certain accounts, you cannot open or close trades 5 minutes before or after a high-impact news event.
  • Style restrictions: Both firms prohibit "tick scalping," which is opening and closing trades in just a few seconds to exploit tiny price gaps.

What happens if you make it

Once you pass, you receive a payout—your share of the profits.

  • Blueberry Funded: You get 80% of the profits you generate. Payouts are processed every 14 days. You can receive your money via Crypto or the Rise platform.
  • Crypto Fund Trader: You also start with an 80% split on most accounts. However, you must wait 15 traded days or 30 calendar days for your first payout. They pay via Crypto or Bank Transfer.

If it is your first time

If this is your very first attempt, Blueberry Funded is the better choice.

The main reason is the "static" drawdown on their 1-Step and 2-Step accounts. For a beginner, a trailing drawdown (found in Crypto Fund Trader's 1-Phase) is often a "trap" because it punishes you for being in profit. Additionally, Blueberry Funded is cheaper for a $25,000 account ($165 vs $219) and offers more platforms, including MetaTrader 4 and 5.

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper for a $25,000 evaluation, Blueberry Funded or Crypto Fund Trader?

Blueberry Funded is significantly cheaper for this size. Their 1-Step $25k account costs $165, while the 2-Step Prime account is also $165. In contrast, Crypto Fund Trader charges $219 for its 1 Phase $25k account and $240 for its 2 Phases $25k account.

Which firm has easier drawdown rules for a beginner, Blueberry Funded or Crypto Fund Trader?

Blueberry Funded is easier because it uses a static drawdown for its evaluation phases. This means your loss limit is fixed. Crypto Fund Trader uses a trailing drawdown for its 1 Phase accounts, which follows your profit peak and makes it much easier to accidentally violate the risk limits during a market retracement.

Which firm offers more trading platforms, Blueberry Funded or Crypto Fund Trader?

Blueberry Funded offers a wider variety of platforms, including MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, and DXTrade. Crypto Fund Trader is more limited, offering MetaTrader 5, MatchTrader, and a direct connection to ByBit for crypto-focused traders.

Who pays out faster after getting funded, Blueberry Funded or Crypto Fund Trader?

Blueberry Funded has a faster payout cycle, allowing you to request your earnings every 14 days. Crypto Fund Trader requires you to trade for at least 15 days or wait 30 calendar days before you can request your first profit share, making the initial wait longer than at Blueberry.

Field by field

Blueberry Funded and Crypto Fund Trader, side by side

Rules, plans, platforms, leverage, commissions and payouts of both, with the option to see only what differs.

Head to head

52 differences

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Headquarters

Govant Building, 1st Floor, Kumul Highway, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Bahnhofstrasse 21, 6300, Zug, Switzerland

CEO

Marcus Fetherston

Alan Sanchez

Country

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Switzerland

Foundation

2024

2022

Banned Countries
United States, Australia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan
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Assets
Forex, Crypto, Commodities, Indices, Stocks
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Brokers
Blueberry Markets
Proveedor de liquidez, Bybit
Refund
No
No
Payout Fee
No data

5% processing fee on crypto payouts. Only TRC20 USDT supported.

Platforms
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5, TradeLocker, DXTrade
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, ByBit
Demo Account
No data
Metatrader 5
ID123456Password7cZy-gEoServerRLCrates-Live
Match Trader
ID-PasswordDemoCFT1
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency

14 days, including Synthetics. Standard accounts: 7 days with the 7-Day Payout Add-On (+20%), or On-Demand with the Payout On-Demand Add-On. These add-ons are not available for Synthetics accounts.

1-Phase and 2-Phase: after at least 15 traded days or every 30 calendar days; the Weekly Payout add-on reduces this to 7 traded days. Break: on demand with no minimum traded days after passing, paying the activation fee and meeting the 40% consistency rule. Instant: Withdrawal & Upgrade at 10% profit with no minimum days; earlier withdrawals follow the standard conditions.

Crypto Weekend Trading
No data
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal

$2,000 for Crypto

$5,000 per transaction (crypto)

Minimum Withdrawal

$100

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Forex
  • 1 Step, Instant: 1:30
  • 2 Step: 1:50
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
Metals
10:1
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
Energies
10:1
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
Indices
  • Standard indices: 1:10
  • Synthetic indices: 1:30
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 20:1
Crypto
2:1
  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: Advance accounts 100:1; Student accounts 5:1.
  • Bybit evaluations: up to 100:1, depending on the instrument and the limits available on Bybit.
Stocks
No data
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 5:1
Forex
7 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
7 / lot
0.001%
Energies
0 / lot
0.001%
Indices
0
0.01%
Stocks
2 / lot
0.004%
Crypto
0 / lot
0.065%
Commission-Free Option
No data
No
Swap Free
No
No
Account Reset

You can reset your account from the stage you reached: Phase 1, Phase 2 or even a Funded Account. If you reached funded, the reset provides a new funded account at the same starting size, so you can return to trading toward your next payout without completing the evaluation again.

Resets are available through your Trader Dashboard for 7 days after an account breach.
Synthetics exception: evaluation phases only, at 20% off base price. Funded synthetic accounts cannot be reset.

If your final-stage account is suspended, you can request a reset within 30 days as long as:

  • Every trade had a stop-loss.
  • No trade lost more than 2%.

2-Phase (size -> reset)

  • $5,000 -> $180
  • $10,000 -> $345
  • $25,000 -> $760
  • $50,000 -> $1,140
  • $100,000 -> $1,880
  • $200,000 -> $3,620

1-Phase (size -> reset)

  • $5,000 -> $198
  • $10,000 -> $380
  • $25,000 -> $840
  • $50,000 -> $1,255
  • $100,000 -> $2,079
  • $200,000 -> $3,980
Add-ons
Yes
Yes

1-Phase: Weekly Payout (+20%) and 90% Profit Split (+20%). 2-Phase: Weekly Payout (+20%), 90% Profit Split (+20%), 6% Daily Drawdown (+15%) and 12% Maximum Drawdown (+25%).

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

Eligibility Criteria (3 months)

  • Generate at least 10% net profit over 3 consecutive months
  • Process at least 4 payouts within the same 3-month period

Benefits

  • Upgraded Profit Split: Earn up to 90% of your profits
  • Balance Scale-Up: Your account balance increases by 25% every 3 months
  • Maximum Allocation: Scale your account balance up to a maximum of $2 million
    Synthetic 1-Step and 2-Step are eligible. Synthetic Instant is not eligible.
Yes

Only Instant account can be scaled. Request a withdrawal after 10% profit to double the size of your account up to a max of $1,280,000.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Standard 1 Step, 2 Step: Static
  • Standard Instant: Trailing
  • Synthetic 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant: Static
  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: 2 Phases and Instant use a static maximum loss; 1 Phase uses trailing drawdown.
  • Bybit: 1-Phase and Break use a balance-based trailing loss limit that locks at the initial balance after sufficient profit. 2-Phase, Ascend and Instant use fixed maximum-loss limits.

Exact limits are shown in each challenge.

Profit Split

80%

  • Instant: 50% at the starting level, then 60%, 70%, 80% and 90% as the account scales.
  • 1 Phase and 2 Phases: 80% in the Final Stage, with an optional 90% add-on.
  • Break: 80% in the Final Stage.
Free Trial
No
No
Profit After Breach
No data

If your final-stage account is suspended with virtual profits, you can still receive up to 50% in performance rewards if:

  • Every trade had a stop-loss.
  • No single trade lost more than 2%.
  • You traded for at least 15 days.
Daily Drawdown

Based in highest value between equity and balance
Synthetics: highest previous day's closing equity or balance.

  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: 2 Phases, 1 Phase, Instant and Ascend use balance-based daily drawdown.
  • Bybit: daily drawdown is calculated from equity using the account balance at 00:05 UTC. Break accounts do not have a separate daily-loss limit.

Exact limits are shown in each challenge.

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
400,000

Standard Final Stage allocation is capped at $300,000. Instant accounts are separate and can scale to $1,280,000. Break and Ascend accounts also have separate allocation limits.

Merge Accounts
No
No
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days
No data
  • 1-Phase, 2-Phase and Break: no minimum trading days to pass the evaluation.
  • Instant: no evaluation phase and no minimum days.
  • Ascend: 5 trading days in evaluation.
Monthly Competition
Yes
No
Minimum Profitable Days

Minimum days with 0.5% profit per payout cycle or phase:

  • Flex 1 Step: none to pass. If one trade idea generated more than 60% of the profit target, the funded account requires 4 minimum trading days before a payout can be requested
  • Instant Lite: none
  • 1 Step: 3 days
  • Instant Elite: 5 days (reduced to 3 with the 3-Day Fast Track Add-On)
  • Prime: 3 days per phase for accounts purchased from August 17, 2026 (previously 5). Eligible to request a payout in as little as 3 trading days when combined with the On-Demand Payout Add-On
  • Synthetic 1-Step: 5 active days
  • Synthetic 2-Step: 3 active days per phase
  • Synthetic Instant: 5 active days
  • An active synthetic day requires at least 0.5% profit on equity.
No data
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Allowed under the firm's EA conditions, including current Synthetics. Legacy synthetic accounts prohibit EAs until passing their current evaluation phase or their next funded payout.

Limited

Expert Advisors and automation are allowed when used for normal trading. EAs designed for high-frequency trading, tick scalping, arbitrage, reverse trading or exploitation are prohibited.

VPN
Yes

You are allowed to use a VPN or VPS as long as it has a Static IP.

Also be aware that the IP rule restricts multiple accounts from different individuals from being accessed from the same IP address to ensure the integrity and fairness of our trading environment.

Yes
Hedging
Limited

Allowed. Synthetics: within the same trading account only.

No
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Limited

Tick scalping (holding trades for only a few seconds to capture minimal price movements) is prohibited. Regular scalping is allowed; the previous "50% of trades > 1 minute" rule was removed for accounts purchased after March 12, 2026.
Funded Synthetics: profits from full or partial closes inside 5 minutes are removed at payout. Soft breach; the account stays open. Legacy accounts apply this after their next payout.

Limited

Normal scalping is allowed. Tick scalping, high-frequency trading and latency exploitation are prohibited.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
Limited

Allowed on other account types. Prohibited on Synthetics under the current rules. Legacy synthetic accounts retain permission until passing their current evaluation phase or their next funded payout.

No data
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Flex 1 Step (evaluation and funded): 1% Risk Per Trade Idea from the initial account size. Positions on the same instrument count as one idea. The first automatic breach is soft and the second is hard; aggregated re-entry losses may cause direct account closure.

Other Funded Accounts purchased after March 12, 2026 (Prime excluded): 1.5% Risk Per Trade Idea. A "trade idea" includes your initial position and any positions opened in the same direction within 10 minutes of closing a losing trade. The combined loss across all positions in that window cannot exceed 1.5% of your initial account size.

Optional Add-On at checkout: Upgrade to 2% Risk Per Trade Idea for more drawdown room.

Instant Lite (accounts purchased from August 17, 2026): once the account reaches 4% in profit, a 1% maximum risk per trade applies.

Yes

Simulated profit is capped at $10,000 per trading day and per trade. Trades closed in parts or opened together as one strategy may be treated as a single trade.

Copy Trading
Limited

Prime and Flex 1 Step: external signals and copy trading are not allowed. Other account types allow copy trading.
Synthetics: between your own accounts only.

Limited

Copy trading is allowed under the firm's general rules. Break evaluations may be copied only between the same trader's own Break accounts. Copy trading is prohibited in Break Final Stage and between different traders, third parties or coordinated accounts.

News Trading
Limited
  • Flex 1 Step: do not open or close positions within 5 minutes before or after a high-impact news event, during either evaluation or funded stages. Holding through news is allowed. Strikes carry over: the first deducts the profit, the second also reduces the profit split from 85% to 60%, and the third closes the account
  • Other accounts: do not open new trades within 2 minutes before or after a scheduled high-impact news release. You may close or manage existing trades, and take-profits, stop-losses and partial closes remain permitted
Yes

Ascend

During the two minutes before and after high-impact news or market open, traders must not open or add new positions, nor increase or combine their maximum theoretical loss beyond 2% of the account's initial balance.

Inactivity Rule

30 days

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Consistency Rule
Limited

Instant Lite accounts purchased from August 17, 2026 have a 15% consistency rule. It does not apply to Flex 1 Step, Instant Elite, standard 1-Step, Prime or standard 2-Step accounts, which have no consistency rule.
Synthetics: 25% once funded; no evaluation consistency. Legacy funded synthetics: 30% until the next payout.

Limited

Only Break Final Stage accounts apply a consistency rule: no single trading day may represent more than 40% of total profits. It is checked only when requesting a payout and does not breach the account.

Hold Weekend
Limited

Flex 1 Step: overnight holding is allowed, but weekend holding is not allowed. Other account types allow weekend holding.

Yes

Crypto futures trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and positions may remain open overnight and over weekends.

Prohibited Strategies
  • Arbitrage
  • HFT (High Frequency Trading)
  • Tick Scalping
  • Toxic Trading
  • Bad Faith Trading
  • Current Synthetics: grid trading and martingale

High-frequency trading, tick scalping, latency or price-feed exploitation, arbitrage, gambling or all-in trading, abusive hedging, reverse trading across accounts and coordinated trading are prohibited. On Bybit, unauthorized deposits into the subaccount, modifying or disconnecting the API, spot trading, options and non-USDT pairs are also prohibited.

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