Trading styles allowed at FTMO and Fundex

Praga 1, Calle Purkynova 2121/3, 110 00, Czech Republic

World Trade Center 200-B, Suite 306, Calle 53 Este, Marbella, Panama City

Otakar Suffner

Czech Republic

Panama

2015

2025

Liquidity Provider

Pure Market for CFDs. Bitunix provides the market conditions and pricing for crypto perpetuals traded through Fundex Terminal.

(Only 2-Step Challenge) Full refound after first payout

Fees are non-refundable once the account is created and access is granted. If payment is taken but no account is delivered, Fundex reviews the case individually.

100%

14 days

On demand, with no fixed windows, waiting periods or limit on request frequency. Fundex states that most requests are processed within 60 minutes and all within a maximum of 24 hours, including weekends and public holidays.

• Bank transfer: $20
• Crypto: $50

$50

No published maximum.

• Standard: 100:1
• Swing: 30:1

• Standard: 30:1
• Swing: 9:1

CFDs: up to 20:1. Fundex Terminal: 1:1 or 2:1, depending on the instrument.

• Standard: 50:1
• Swing: 15:1

• Standard: 3.33:1
• Swing: 1:1

• Standard: 3.33:1
• Swing: 1:1

Up to 4:1 on BTCUSDT and ETHUSDT; up to 2:1 on other cryptocurrencies, with some instruments limited to 1:1.

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 months cycle
• At least 10% total net simulated profit in the 4-months trading window, date to date
• Process at least 2 rewards
• Positive account balance at the time of scale-up

Benefits

• Upgraded reward to 90%
• $2M scale-up cap
• Continuous increase when criteria are met

• 1-Step: End-of-day trailing
• 2-Step: Static
• Instant: Intraday trailing on closed balance. It does not reset after a Reward withdrawal.

• 2-Step Classic: Evaluation uses a 10% static maximum drawdown from the starting balance, measured on equity and reset when Phase 2 begins. Once funded, a 10% drop from the original balance while in B-Book causes a permanent breach.
• 2-Step Pro: 8% static maximum drawdown.
• 1-Step Classic: Static evaluation drawdown based on starting balance and measured on equity, including open positions.

90%

2-Step Classic starts at a 70% trader profit split. 2-Step Pro starts at 80%. The split applies to eligible A-Book profits generated above the starting balance and after clearing any prior B-Book offset; on 2-Step Pro it is calculated when the payout is requested. Fundex's legal terms state that payments are discretionary bonuses rather than a fixed contractual split.
1-Step Classic: the trader profit split is shown in each challenge and is calculated when the payout is requested.

A free $1,000 Test Account is available to eligible traders who do not currently hold a Fundex account. It uses Fundex Terminal only, with a 10% target, 5% daily drawdown, 10% maximum drawdown and 5 minimum trading days. Profits cannot be withdrawn and completion rewards may vary.

Equity based

Evaluation: the daily loss limit is recalculated at 00:00 UTC from the balance at that time and measured on equity, including open positions. The applicable percentage is shown in each challenge. There is no daily loss limit at the funded stage.

Funded accounts can be merged provided their combined balance does not exceed the $400,000 maximum allocation.

Unlimited

No maximum time limit.

• 1-Step: 0 days
• 2-Step Phase 1 and 2: 4 days
• Instant: 0 days

• 2-Step Classic: 5 days in each evaluation phase. To count, at least one trade must be opened with a notional value of at least 5% of the account balance before leverage.
• 2-Step Pro: No minimum trading days.
• 1-Step Classic: 5 evaluation trading days. A day counts only if at least one trade has a notional size of at least 5% of the account balance before leverage.

Evaluation: reaching the daily or total loss threshold causes a breach. Funded: permanent breach follows four consecutive unrecovered B-Book switches, or a 10% decline from the original balance while the account is in B-Book.

Multiple evaluations and accounts are allowed. Total funded allocation is capped at $400,000.

EAs and automated systems are allowed when the underlying strategy is the trader's own. Arbitrage, HFT, martingale, grid, environment-exploitation and external trade-replication systems are prohibited.

Hedging or arbitraging across Fundex accounts, or between Fundex and external accounts, is prohibited. The website does not clarify internal hedging within one account.

• 2-Step Classic: During evaluation, every trade must remain open for at least 3 minutes, including when TP or SL is triggered. The first violation generates a warning and later violations may cause a breach. There is no minimum holding time once funded.
• 2-Step Pro: No minimum holding time during evaluation or once funded.
• 1-Step Classic: Every evaluation trade must remain open for at least 3 minutes, including TP/SL closures. The first violation generates a warning; repeated violations cause a breach. No minimum holding time once funded.

During both evaluation phases, a single trade cannot lose more than 3% of the balance, including floating losses. The first violation generates a warning. This limit does not apply once funded.
1-Step Classic: Position exposure is measured as notional value relative to equity. Per position, up to 25% is compliant, over 25% through 40% generates a warning, and above 40% is a violation subject to review. Total simultaneous exposure during evaluation: up to 50% is compliant, over 50% through 80% generates a warning, and above 80% is a violation. Once funded, total exposure above 60% is a violation.

Standard

Not allowed to execute any new trade or close an existing trade (including stop loss or take profit) on the targeted instrument in the window of 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after the release of the below news announcements.

Swing

No restrictions.

30 days

• 1-Step: To pass the FTMO Challenge: 1-Step or to be eligible for a Reward on an FTMO Account, your profit from the Best Day must not represent more than 50% of your total profit.
• 2-Step: No consistency rule.
• Instant: To be eligible for a Reward, your Best Day must not represent more than 30% of your total profit. The count restarts from zero after each Reward.

Standard

In an FTMO Challenge or Verification, you don't have to close your positions during the weekend. However, once you become an FTMO Trader and get an FTMO Account, you are required to close your positions just before the markets close for the weekend or if the rollover (market break) is longer than 2 hours.

Swing

No restrictions.

• Overleveraging
• Overexposure
• One-sided bets
• Account Rolling

• Latency arbitrage, spike catching and tick manipulation
• Exploiting errors, price-feed delays or technical malfunctions
• HFT inconsistent with realistic retail trading
• Martingale, grid and all-in betting
• Hedging or arbitrage across accounts or firms
• Copy trading, replicated signals and self-copy trading
• Front-running and use of non-public information
• Market manipulation, order spamming and toxic flow
• Materially changing strategy after passing the evaluation
• Gambling behaviour, overleveraging or correlated position stacking