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Blueberry Funded and Funding Traders at a glance

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The short answer

Funding Traders is the superior choice for cost-conscious traders seeking the highest possible profit splits (up to 100%) and a payout processing guarantee. Blueberry Funded is the better option for those who prioritize platform variety (MT4/DXTrade), trade synthetic indices, or want to transition profits into a live Blueberry Markets brokerage account.

Where they actually differ

  • Price: Funding Traders is significantly more affordable. A $100k 1-Step or 2-Step account costs $539, whereas Blueberry Funded charges $605 for a 1-Step and $650 for its 2-Step Prime evaluation.
  • Payouts and Guarantees: Funding Traders offers a $1,000 guarantee if your payout isn't processed within 2 business days. Blueberry Funded lacks this guarantee but offers a unique 110% payout option (+30% bonus) if you withdraw directly to a Blueberry Markets live account.
  • Platforms: Blueberry Funded offers much more flexibility with MT4, MT5, TradeLocker, and DXTrade. Funding Traders is limited to MT5 and TradeLocker.
  • Profit Split: Funding Traders allows you to purchase an add-on for a 100% profit split. Blueberry Funded starts at 80% and scales to a maximum of 90%.
  • Assets: Blueberry Funded features exclusive "Synthetic Indices" (SYN, Surge, Drop, Leap) designed to simulate volatility. Funding Traders offers standard Forex, Crypto, Indices, and Commodities.
  • Risk Rules: Both use a "Risk per Trade Idea" rule. Blueberry Funded is generally stricter at 1.5% for most funded accounts, while Funding Traders allows up to 2% on its Pro accounts.
  • Account Recovery: Funding Traders has a "Revive" feature to continue Phase 1 from current progress after a breach. Blueberry Funded allows "Resets" from any stage (Phase 1, 2, or Funded) to start over without a new evaluation.

Where they are basically the same

  • Risk Rules: Both firms use a "Risk per Trade Idea" model to prevent gambling and over-leveraging.
  • Payout Methods: Both use Rise and Crypto for withdrawals.
  • Trading Styles: Both allow EAs, News Trading, and Weekend Holding, though both apply specific windows or profit caps on news-driven gains.
  • Drawdown: Both offer combinations of static and trailing drawdown depending on the specific challenge selected.

Pick this one if

Blueberry Funded:

  • You want to use MT4 or DXTrade.
  • You are interested in trading synthetic volatility instruments.
  • You plan to eventually trade with Blueberry Markets broker using your payouts.

Funding Traders:

  • You want the lowest entry price for large capital.
  • You want the possibility of keeping 100% of your profits via add-ons.
  • You value a financial guarantee on payout processing speed.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper for a $100,000 evaluation, Blueberry Funded or Funding Traders?

Funding Traders is more cost-effective for large accounts. Their $100k 1-Step and 2-Step Pro10 evaluations are priced at $539. In comparison, Blueberry Funded charges $605 for a $100k 1-Step account and $650 for their $100k Prime (2-Step) challenge.

Does Blueberry Funded or Funding Traders offer a faster default payout?

Blueberry Funded offers a faster default payout for standard evaluation accounts, with a 14-day frequency. Funding Traders' Pro accounts have a default 21-day cycle, although their Instant Funding accounts pay out every 7 days. Both firms offer add-ons to reduce these wait times further.

Which firm offers more trading platforms, Blueberry Funded or Funding Traders?

Blueberry Funded provides a wider selection of platforms, including MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, and DXTrade. Funding Traders is more restricted, currently only offering MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker to its users.

How do the profit splits compare between Blueberry Funded and Funding Traders?

Both firms start with a default 80% profit split. However, Funding Traders allows you to reach a 100% profit split through a checkout add-on. Blueberry Funded only scales up to a maximum of 90% through its scaling plan or specific account growth milestones.
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Headquarters

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

901 Pennsylvania Ave Suite #3-440, Miami Beach, FL 33139

CEO

Marcus Fetherston

Stan

Country

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

United States

Foundation

2024

2022

Banned Countries
United States, Australia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam
Assets
Forex, Crypto, Commodities, Indices, Stocks
Forex, Crypto, Indices, Commodities
Brokers
Blueberry Markets
FUTRAD, Galaxy Path Capital
Refund
No
Yes
  • 2-Step Pro: Refund bonus on first payout.
  • 1-Step Pro: Refund bonus on second payout.
  • Instant Funding: Not eligible for refund bonus.
  • 150% Refund Add-On available: receive 150% of challenge fee back after first payout.
  • 2-Step Day and Swing: Refund bonus on second payout.
Platforms
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5, TradeLocker, DXTrade
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Rise, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto
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.

Pro and 2-Step Day/Swing accounts

  • Default: first payout 21 days after first trade on funded account; subsequent payouts every 21 days.
  • With 14-Day Payout Add-On: first payout 14 days after first trade; subsequent every 14 days.

Instant Funded accounts

  • First payout 7 days after the first trade on the funded account; subsequent every 7 days.
  • With On-Demand Payout Add-On: request payouts any time once eligibility requirements are met.

Minimum payout: $200 via Rise (bank transfer), $50 via Crypto (USDT-ERC20).

Payout Guarantee
No data

Payout requests processed within 2 business days (excluding holidays and weekends). If not, traders receive $1,000 ($500 cash + $500 account credits).

Maximum Withdrawal

$2,000 for Crypto

No data
Minimum Withdrawal

$100

$200 via Rise / $50 via Crypto

Forex
  • 1 Step, Instant: 1:30
  • 2 Step: 1:50
50:1
Metals
10:1

1:20

Energies
10:1

Oil: 1:10

Indices
  • Standard indices: 1:10
  • Synthetic indices: 1:30
  • 1-Step Pro & Instant Funding: 1:20
  • 2-Step Pro: 1:15
  • 2-Step Day and Swing: Nasdaq and DAX 1:30, Dow and Nikkei 1:40, S&P 1:25, UK100 1:20, other indices 1:15
Crypto
2:1
No data
Forex
7 / lot
No data
Metals
7 / lot
No data
Energies
0 / lot
No data
Indices
0
No data
Stocks
2 / lot
No data
Crypto
0 / lot
No data
Swap Free
No
Yes

Available as a 'Swap-free, Zero Commissions' add-on for Pro accounts. Removes $3/lot commission and enables swap-free trading.

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.

Yes

Revive Feature (2-Step Pro, Phase 1 only)

Continue your Phase 1 challenge from the progress already achieved instead of restarting. Available only if the account was in overall profit at the moment of breach. Available for 48 hours after breach, one-time use only.

Cost = Paid account price + (Paid account price × % of profit target achieved).

Restrictions

  • Only available in Phase 1 (not Phase 2)
  • Only one recovery action per account (Revive OR Reset, not both)
  • If the account fails again after using Revive or Reset, the account is permanently failed
  • Using Revive removes payout refund eligibility
Add-ons
Yes
Yes
  • Swap-free, Zero Commissions (Pro accounts)
  • 14-Day Payout (Pro accounts)
  • 100% Profit Split
  • 30% Consistency Score
  • 30% News Trading (Pro accounts)
  • Hold Through News, 15% (Instant Funded only)
  • On-Demand Payout (Instant Funded only)
  • Double-Up (free second challenge upon funding)
  • 150% Refund
  • Daily Drawdown Shield, 20% (evaluation only; one Daily Loss Limit breach does not fail the account)
  • No Minimum Trading Days, 25% (1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro10; removes the requirement at every stage)
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

Account grows by 25% (of original balance) every 2 consecutive profitable months with at least 8% total profit. Maximum account size: $2,000,000. Extra +25% bonus after 3 months active.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Standard 1 Step, 2 Step: Static
  • Standard Instant: Trailing
  • Synthetic 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant: Static
  • 1-Step Pro: 10% trailing. Trails higher as account balance increases.
  • 2-Step Pro PRO10: 10% static. Fixed, does not trail.
  • Instant Funding: 6% trailing until 3% profit is made, then locks at initial account size.

Instant Flex: trailing max loss keeps trailing and does not lock at the initial balance.

  • 2-Step Day and Swing: static. Fixed, does not trail.
Profit Split

80%

80% default profit split (trader/firm 80/20) on the existing Pro and regular Instant Funded account types; excludes Instant Flex.

  • 90% Profit Split available as a checkout add-on
  • 100% Profit Split available as a checkout add-on

2-Step Day and Swing

  • Day: 80%, up to 90% or 100% with add-ons
  • Swing: 70% on the 1st payout, 80% on the 2nd, 90% from the 3rd; restarts at 70% on a new account or reset; no split add-ons
Free Trial
No
Yes

Free $1,000 Try Out on the 1-Step Pro, not available from the regular sign-up. TheGodFunded users can claim it here: get your free Try Out. New users only, one per person, MT5. Passing it gives a real funded account with an 80% split and a $500 lifetime payout cap.

Daily Drawdown

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

  • 1-Step Pro: 3%. Based on starting day's balance.
  • 2-Step Pro PRO10: 5%. Based on starting day's balance.
  • Instant Funding: 3%. Based on higher of starting day's balance or equity.

Instant Flex: no daily loss limit.

  • 2-Step Day and Swing: based on starting day's balance.
Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
400,000
  • Pro accounts: Maximum $300,000 in funded accounts.
  • Instant Funded: Capped at $400,000 across all instant funded accounts.
  • Unlimited evaluation accounts allowed.
Merge Accounts
No
Yes
  • Only for funded accounts.
  • Both accounts must have the same payout schedule and profit split.
  • Accounts must not have been traded and must be at initial balance.
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

No limit

Minimum Trading Days
No data
  • 1-Step Pro: 2 trading days (challenge and funded)
  • 2-Step Pro: 4 trading days per phase (8 total for challenge), 2 trading days funded
  • Instant Funding: No minimum
  • Optional No Minimum Trading Days add-on: removes these requirements at every stage on 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro10; +25% of base price
  • 2-Step Day: no minimum in Phase 1 and 2; 4 trading days on funded before each payout
  • 2-Step Swing: 4 trading days per phase, 2 trading days funded
Points Reward Program
No data

FT Points and Challenge Convert let KYC-verified traders use an approved payout to buy a new account immediately or convert it into points for a later purchase. $1 of payout converts to 2.2 FT Points; each point covers $1 of listed account price, an effective 55% discount. The conversion is final; any unused payout balance follows the normal payout method.

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.

2-Step Pro10

  • Phase 1 (Challenge): minimum 4 trading days
  • Phase 2 (Challenge): minimum 4 trading days
  • Funded Phase: minimum 2 trading days

1-Step

  • Phase 1 (Challenge): minimum 2 trading days
  • Funded Phase: minimum 2 trading days

Instant Funded

  • No minimum trading days requirement.

Optional add-on

  • No Minimum Trading Days removes the requirement at every stage on 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro10; +25% of base price.
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.

Yes

EAs and Bots permitted ONLY if focused on risk management (e.g. position size calculators, auto position size execution bots).

Not allowed

  • Off-the-shelf EAs purchased/downloaded online (unless solely for risk management)
  • EAs that automatically place trades (unless developed personally by the trader)
  • Grid Trading EAs/Bots
  • Hedge Trading EAs/Bots

AI-generated EAs
Allowed if the trader fully understands the code (strategy, entry/exit logic, risk parameters) and can explain it to the Risk Team.

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.

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
No
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
  • Pro accounts: Maximum 2% risk per trade idea (of initial balance).
  • Instant Funding: Maximum 1% floating PnL loss (of initial balance, all active trades combined).
  • Instant Funding lot size limit: 20 lots per trade maximum.

Instant Flex: maximum 1% risk per 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.

Yes

Allowed: copy trading between your own FundingTraders Pro accounts; copying trades from your own accounts on other brokers/firms into your FundingTraders account.

Not allowed: copying trades from accounts owned by other traders; sharing signals with other traders.

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
Limited

Challenge phase

  • News trading fully permitted, no restrictions.

Funded phase: Pro and 2-Step Day/Swing accounts

  • News trading allowed but max 30% of total profits can come from news-influenced trades.
  • News Trade window: 5 minutes before / 5 minutes after high-impact (Red Folder) event.
  • If the 30% limit is exceeded, payout processing is delayed until additional trades bring the percentage back under the limit.
  • Trades held for 5+ hours before a high-impact news release are NOT considered News Trades.

Funded phase: Instant Funded accounts

  • News trading is strictly prohibited by default: having any open trades during a high-impact news event results in account termination.
  • Timing restriction: no opening, closing or triggering pending orders within 5 minutes before / 5 minutes after a high-impact news event (10-minute window). Applies even with the add-on.
  • Optional Hold Through News (15% Add-On): allows positions opened outside the 10-minute window to be held through high-impact events without breaching the account.
Inactivity Rule

30 days

The 30-day inactivity period begins on the day the account is purchased, not from last activity. If no trades are placed within this period, the account is automatically failed for inactivity and permanently closed (no restoration). Applies to Challenge and Funded accounts.

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.

Yes

Pro accounts (1-Step & 2-Step)

Default: Largest profit day must not exceed 50% of total profits. With 30% Consistency Score Add-On: threshold increases to 30%.

Instant Funding

Largest profit day must not exceed 15% of total profits.

Instant Flex: 15% consistency score.

Hold Weekend
Limited

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

Yes

Weekend holding permitted on all account types (Pro and Instant Funded) except 2-Step Day. Positions can be held across the weekend on all instruments, including crypto. No forced Friday flatten. Gap risk and widened spreads around the Asian open still apply; swap fees still charged.

2-Step Day

  • Forex, gold, indices and oil positions are closed automatically at 16:55 New York time every day, including Friday; not a breach
  • Crypto positions can stay open overnight and over the weekend

2-Step Swing

  • Overnight and weekend holding allowed on all markets
Prohibited Strategies
  • Arbitrage
  • HFT (High Frequency Trading)
  • Tick Scalping
  • Toxic Trading
  • Bad Faith Trading
  • Current Synthetics: grid trading and martingale
  • Grid trading (3+ positions same pair/direction)
  • Hedge trading
  • Arbitrage, latency trading
  • High-frequency trading (trades ≤15 seconds)
  • Reverse trading across accounts
  • Account rolling/stacking (risking all on multiple accounts)
  • Overleveraged trades (>30% margin on single trade)
  • One-sided trading (stacking positions to hit targets)
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