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How much freedom you get at Breakout and Crypto Fund Trader

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Time limits

You cannot find a traditional expiration date for your evaluation in either firm, but time still imposes its barriers. At Breakout, although there is no maximum limit to pass, you are restricted by the KYC process and agreement signing, which prevents you from accessing a funded account in less than 12 to 24 hours after hitting your target.

At Crypto Fund Trader, time is a stricter gatekeeper for your money. In their 1-Phase and 2-Phase evaluations, you cannot request a payout until you have traded for at least 15 days or waited 30 calendar days. Even with the "Weekly Payout" add-on, you are still forbidden from withdrawing before 7 trading days. Only their "Break" and "Instant" accounts remove these minimum trading day barriers.

Weekends and news

Restrictions on when you can trade are minimal, yet present. Both firms allow you to hold positions over the weekend, but at Breakout, this is not free: you are charged a daily swap of 0.033% of the notional value, divided into six parts every 4 hours. You cannot avoid these costs if you hold long-term.

While news trading is not prohibited in either firm, Crypto Fund Trader imposes a technical barrier: you are limited to USDT futures. You cannot trade spot, options, or USDC pairs, which restricts your ability to hedge or diversify during high-volatility events using other crypto instruments.

Where you can trade from

Geography is a major wall at Breakout. You are strictly prohibited from participating if you reside in any of the 28 banned jurisdictions, including Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Afghanistan. Furthermore, you cannot use a VPN to hide your real jurisdiction during the KYC process with SumSub, and you must be at least 18 years old to sign the contract.

Crypto Fund Trader does not list specific country bans in the provided data, but it imposes a technical residency: your trading must happen within a Bybit subaccount. You cannot simply use any broker; you are tethered to the Bybit API connection, which cannot be disconnected or modified during the evaluation without risking your account.

What the platform limits

The technical environment is perhaps the greatest restriction. At Breakout, you are completely barred from using MetaTrader 4 or 5. You are forced to use their proprietary terminal. This means you cannot use third-party, off-the-shelf, or "pass-the-evaluation" EAs. Your automation is limited to what you can build for their specific environment, and copy trading between different users is strictly forbidden.

At Crypto Fund Trader, you are also blocked from MetaTrader. Your workspace is restricted to the Bybit interface via API. You cannot add personal funds to the assigned subaccount, and you are prohibited from executing high-frequency trading (HFT), tick scalping, or latency arbitrage. In their "Break" accounts, you cannot ignore the 40% consistency rule, which prevents any single day from accounting for nearly half of your profits.

What the rules cost you

The rules act as a financial ceiling. Breakout’s static drawdown is a line in the sand that never moves: if you reach it, your account is closed, and you cannot recover it since there are no resets. Each failed attempt requires a full new purchase. Additionally, you are limited by fixed leverage (10:1 for BTC, as low as 2:1 for others), which prevents you from increasing risk even if your strategy requires it.

At Crypto Fund Trader, the cost of risk is managed through profit caps. You cannot earn more than $10,000 per trading day or per trade; anything above that is restricted. If you want a 90% profit split or a higher daily drawdown, you are forced to pay an extra 20% to 25% on top of the initial price. Furthermore, you cannot receive a refund of your evaluation fee, a policy shared by Breakout.

Restrictions that add up

At Breakout, the combination of fixed leverage, a proprietary terminal, and a static drawdown creates a rigid environment where you cannot adapt the platform to your needs or scale risk aggressively. You are a guest in their ecosystem with very specific tools.

At Crypto Fund Trader, the restrictions form a technical and consistency web. The dependency on a stable API connection, combined with the $10,000 profit cap per trade and the 15-day trading minimum for payouts, prevents "lucky" traders from exiting quickly. You are forced to prove consistency through time and volume, limiting your ability to capitalize on single explosive market moves.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is more expensive to attempt a $100,000 account, Breakout or Crypto Fund Trader?

Breakout is significantly more accessible for this size, although it limits your margin for error. Their "1-Step Turbo" for $100,000 costs $330, while their "1-Step Classic" costs $800. In contrast, Crypto Fund Trader charges $619 for its 1-Phase $100k evaluation and $660 for the 2-Phase version. Therefore, you can afford nearly two Turbo attempts at Breakout for the price of one evaluation at Crypto Fund Trader.

Which firm prevents you from withdrawing your profits earlier, Breakout or Crypto Fund Trader?

Crypto Fund Trader imposes more time restrictions on your money. In their standard 1-Phase and 2-Phase accounts, you cannot withdraw until you have traded for 15 days or waited 30 days. Breakout, however, allows you to request payouts on demand, 24/7, from the very first day the account is funded, with the only limit being a minimum withdrawal of $50.

Who offers less leverage for trading Bitcoin, Breakout or Crypto Fund Trader?

Breakout is much more restrictive regarding leverage. It limits you to a fixed 10:1 leverage for Bitcoin and as low as 5:1 or 2:1 for other cryptocurrencies, and this cannot be changed. Crypto Fund Trader allows you to use the native limits of Bybit, which can go up to 100:1 depending on the instrument, giving you ten times more buying power than Breakout.

Can I use MetaTrader 4 or 5 on either Breakout or Crypto Fund Trader?

No, you are prohibited from using MetaTrader on both. Breakout forces you to use their proprietary trading terminal, which also restricts the use of third-party EAs. Crypto Fund Trader requires you to trade through a Bybit subaccount via API, meaning you are limited to the Bybit interface and cannot use the traditional MetaTrader environment.

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CEO

Alex Miningham

Alan Sanchez

Country

United States

Switzerland

Foundation

2023

2022

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Belarus, Myanmar, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk
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Headquarters
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Bahnhofstrasse 21, 6300, Zug, Switzerland

Assets
Crypto, Indices, Commodities
Crypto
Brokers

Proprietary simulated engine using order book liquidity from external exchanges and market makers. Index and commodity prices come from Hyperliquid.

Bybit
Refund
No

No fee refund. Only active evaluations are refunded if KYC is rejected.

No
Platforms
Propietary Platform
ByBit
Payout Methods
Crypto
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency

On demand, 24/7, from the first funded day. No open positions when requesting; the amount leaves the balance immediately and trading can continue.

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.

Payout Guarantee

Approval within 12 to 24 hours, usually sooner. Paid in USDC (ERC-20) to the wallet provided.

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Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal

No payout or profit cap.

No data
Minimum Withdrawal

USD 50, after the profit split.

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Metals
5:1 - 10:1
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Energies
3:1 - 5:1
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Indices
10:1
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Crypto

BTC 10:1; ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, DOGE and other majors 5:1; HYPE, PEPE, NEAR and similar 3:1; others 2:1. Fixed, cannot be changed.

Up to 100:1, depending on the instrument and the limits available on Bybit.

Metals
0.02%
No data
Energies
0.02%
No data
Indices
0.02%
No data
Crypto
0.04%
No data
Commission-Free Option
No
No data
Commission
No data

Bybit evaluations use the native fees of the trader's connected Bybit account. Fees vary by trading pair, maker/taker status and volume tier. Crypto Fund Trader does not add a markup.

Swap Free
No

Swap of 0.033% of notional per open position per day. On the Breakout terminal it is charged in six parts, every 4 hours.

No
Account Reset

No reset. After a breach, a new evaluation must be purchased.

Yes

Resets apply only to suspended Final Stage accounts from 1-Phase and 2-Phase evaluations. Every trade must have used a stop loss, no trade may have risked more than 2%, and the reset must be requested within 30 calendar days.

Add-ons
Yes

90/10 split at purchase, permanent for that account. Cannot be added later.

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
No
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Instant accounts can double in size after reaching 10% simulated profit and requesting a Withdrawal & Upgrade. They can scale up to $1,280,000.

Two Steps
No
Yes
Max Drawdown

Static from the starting balance, also on funded accounts; it does not rise with profits. Measured against equity, including floating P&L: touching it closes positions and the account.

1-Phase and Break use a balance-based trailing loss limit that locks at the initial balance after sufficient profit. 2-Phase and Instant use fixed maximum-loss limits. Exact percentages are shown in each challenge.

Daily Drawdown

Recalculated daily at 00:30 UTC from the closed balance at that time, excluding open positions, and monitored against equity. Requesting a payout widens that day's limit by the payout amount.

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.

Max Allocation
200,000

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

Maximum Accounts

Several evaluations and funded accounts at once, up to USD 200,000 combined across active accounts. Each account keeps its own limits.

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Maximum Trading Days

No time limit.

Unlimited.

Minimum Trading Days

None. Once the target is hit, even with open positions, the account moves to funded after KYC and signing the agreement (12 to 24 hours).

No minimum trading days to pass 1-Phase, 2-Phase or Break evaluations. Instant has no evaluation phase.

Profit Split
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1-Phase, 2-Phase and Break start at 80%; 1-Phase and 2-Phase can select a 90% add-on. Instant starts at 50% and increases through its scaling levels.

Free Trial
No data
No
Merge Accounts
No data
No
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Third-party, off-the-shelf or pass-the-evaluation strategies are prohibited. Proprietary terminal only, no MetaTrader.

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
Limited

Allowed if it does not hide the real jurisdiction. KYC must be completed without a VPN.

Yes
Hedging
Limited

Within one account, only once the open position has substantial profit or loss. Prohibited across accounts or with other traders: a first inadvertent case may get a warning; otherwise all accounts are closed.

No

Hedging and opposite positions across accounts are prohibited. To reverse direction on the same instrument, existing opposite positions must first be closed and the applicable timing rules respected.

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Maximum Risk Limit
Limited

No per-trade risk cap. Maximum size per instrument per the symbols page, with fixed leverage.

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
No

Copying trades between users and executing third-party ideas or signals is prohibited: communities, social media, analysts or reports.

Limited

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
Yes
Yes
Consistency Rule
No
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
Yes

Overnight, weekends and holidays, with no forced close. Swap applies.

Yes

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

Prohibited Strategies

Exploiting errors or latency, insider information, front-running, third-party or off-the-shelf strategies, switching strategy after passing, cross-account arbitrage, trades hard to replicate live (auto-deleveraging risk or extreme swings), copying others' ideas, account sharing or trading several accounts from the same household, device or IP, and hedging across accounts or traders. It leads to account closure and loss of profits.

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

Scalping
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Limited

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No data
Yes
Overnight positions
No data
Yes
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