Detailed Comparison: FundedNext vs Crypto Fund Trader (2025)

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Alan Sanchez

Abdullah Jayed

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

Liquidity Providers

Registration (or reset) fee is refunded after the first payout. Applies to all accounts except Stellar Lite, where the fee is refunded after the third payout.

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

3.5%

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.

• Stellar 1-Step: Every 5 business days
• Stellar 2-Step and Stellar Lite — reward structure chosen at checkout:
  • Standard: First payout after 21 days, then every 14 days. No additional conditions.
  • 3-Day Performance Reward: Payout every 3 days after completing 3 profitable days in the cycle, each with at least 1% profit.
  • On-Demand Performance Reward: Payout on demand after reaching 2% account growth and maintaining 40% consistency.
• Stellar Instant: On-demand from day 1 (minimum 5% profit)

$5,000 per transaction (crypto)

• USDT, USDC: $1,000

Brand Promise: Guaranteed Performance Reward within 24 hours, or get $1,000 extra.

• USDT: $20
• USDC, Rise: $50

• Advance accounts: 100:1
• Student accounts: 30:1

• Advance accounts: 100:1
• Student accounts: 30:1

• 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
• 1-Step: 15:1 (Challenge) / 10:1 (Funded)
• Instant: 7.5:1

• Advance accounts: 100:1
• Student accounts: 30:1

• 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
• 1-Step: 15:1 (Challenge) / 10:1 (Funded)
• Instant: 7.5:1

• Advance accounts: 100:1
• Student accounts: 20:1

• 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
• 1-Step: 10:1 (Challenge / Funded)
• Instant: 5:1

• Advance accounts: 100:1
• Student accounts: 5:1

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.

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

All evaluation accounts can be reset for a fee. Reset discount: 10% off challenge price on Stellar 1-Step / 2-Step / Instant, 5% off on Stellar Lite.

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%).

• Swap-Free (+10%)
• 95% Profit Split (+30%)
• No minium trading days (+20)
• 150% Refund (+10%)
• Biweekly payout (+25%)
• 10% Max Drawdown (+25%)
• Double up: Purchase two identical accounts and receive a 60% discount on the second account
• EA (+5%)
• VPS (+5%)

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.

Success Benchmarks

To trigger your first scaling event, you must meet the following Success Benchmarks:

• Proven Track Record: Successfully received a minimum of 4 Performance Rewards.
• Growth Benchmark: Demonstrate a minimum of 4% growth within each of those 4 payout cycles.
• Maturity Milestone: Maintain an active and disciplined presence for at least 2 months.
• Account Status: Finish the most recent cycle with a positive result and all positions closed before requesting the scale-up.

Pro Trader Privileges

Once you become a Pro Trader, you unlock the following privileges:

• Exponential Growth: A 25% increase in your simulated capital for every qualifying cycle, up to a maximum of $4 Million.
• Extra Performance Reward: A 15% retroactive reward from the profits earned during your Challenge phase (exclusive to Stellar 1-Step and 2-Step accounts).
• Bonus Account: Receive a $100K Stellar Lite Challenge Account completely free to diversify your portfolio.
• Loyalty Discount: Exclusive 12% discount on all your new account purchases.
• Pro Distinction: Official designation as a "FundedNext Pro Trader".

• 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.

• Stellar 2-Step, Stellar 1-Step, Stellar Lite: Static
• Stellar Instant: 6% trailing. It rises with profits, never falls, is capped at the initial account balance and does not reset after a payout.

• 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.

• Stellar 1-Step: 80%

• Stellar 2-Step and Stellar Lite: 80% with Standard, 60% with 3-Day Performance Reward, or 90% with On-Demand Performance Reward. The reward structure is chosen at checkout.

• Eligible Stellar accounts can reach up to 95% under the scaling plan.

• Instant: 70% on tier 1 and 2, 80% on tier 3 and above

• Stellar 2-Step and Stellar 1-Step: 15% of the profits from the evaluation phases after achieving 10% profit in the funded account

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.

• 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.

Balance-based

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.

300,000

For traders in Cambodia, Mongolia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Taiwan, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Pakistan, FundedNext allows a Maximum Allocation of $50,000 across their accounts.

Unlimited

• 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.

• Stellar Lite, and Stellar 2-Step evaluation phases: 5 days
• Stellar 1-Step evaluation phase: 2 days
• Funded phase in all accounts: 0 days

FundedNext’s Infinity Points Program rewards traders for their activity on the platform. By completing various actions, users collect Infinity Points that can be exchanged for discount coupons on FundedNext Challenges. The program recognizes trader participation while offering savings and added value to their trading journey.

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.

EA Add-on required

EA Add-on required

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

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.

3%

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.

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.

Only 40% of the profit from trades during this window will be counted toward your account balance. This applies to trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before and after a listed high-impact news event.

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.

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

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.

• Hyperactivity
• Latency Trading
• Copy Trading from Others
• Any form of Arbitrage Trading
• Tick Scalping
• Grid Trading
• One-sided Betting
• Account Sharing
• Hedging or Group Hedging
• Use of Guaranteed Profit with Limit Orders
• Use of Platform or Data Freezing Due to Demo Server Errors

Accounts (both Challenge and FundedNext) inactive for 60 consecutive calendar days are marked inactive. A warning email is sent first; if no trade is placed within 24 hours of the warning, the account is deactivated. Stellar Challenge Accounts can be reset to continue; FundedNext Accounts cannot. KYC verification must be completed within 30 days post-challenge.