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How much freedom you get at FundedNext and PipFarm

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Time limits

Freedom to trade at your own pace is restricted by various expiration and inactivity rules.

  • PipFarm imposes a 90-day window to complete each evaluation stage (Standard accounts). If you don't finish within this period, your progress is lost unless you pay a 5% or 10% fee to extend it.
  • FundedNext does not have a fixed expiration for the challenge itself, but it limits your freedom through an inactivity rule: if you don't place a trade for 60 consecutive days, your account is deactivated.
  • PipFarm is even more restrictive regarding presence; you are not allowed to go more than 28 days without closing a trade, or the account will be breached.
  • PipFarm also requires a minimum of 3 trading days for its Classic accounts, preventing you from advancing even if you reach the profit target in a single day.

Weekends and news

The ability to profit from market volatility is heavily capped by specific trading windows and consistency requirements.

  • FundedNext severely limits news trading: you are only allowed to keep 40% of the profits generated from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news. The remaining 60% is essentially "taxed" by the firm.
  • PipFarm does not restrict news trading directly, but its "Consistency Score" acts as a boundary. You are not allowed to have a single trade or day account for more than 40% (Consistency mode) or 50% (Classic mode) of your total profit, which prevents you from relying on big news moves to pass.
  • PipFarm limits payouts through "Winning Days": you cannot withdraw from an Instant account unless you have completed 5 days where you closed in profit by at least 0.5%.

Where you can trade from

Geography is a hard limit for both firms, excluding residents of several countries from their services.

  • FundedNext has a long list of prohibited territories. You cannot trade from the United States, Bangladesh, Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Vietnam, or several island nations like Puerto Rico and Grenada.
  • PipFarm also denies access to the United States, along with Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen.
  • FundedNext imposes an additional capital limit based on location: traders in countries like Pakistan, Ukraine, or the Czech Republic are not allowed to manage more than $50,000, regardless of their performance.

What the platform limits

Technical freedom is constrained by the tools and strategies the firms refuse to support.

  • PipFarm restricts you to a single platform: cTrader. You cannot use MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, or TradingView.
  • PipFarm forbids the use of any Expert Advisors (EAs) purchased from third-party marketplaces; you are only allowed to use bots you have programmed yourself.
  • FundedNext offers more platforms (MT4, MT5, cTrader, MatchTrader), but limits strategy freedom by requiring a paid "EA Add-on" if you want to use automated trading.
  • FundedNext also blocks several strategies entirely, including Grid trading, Latency Arbitrage, and "Hyperactivity."

What the rules cost you

The financial cost is not just the entry fee, but the margins and caps that limit your actual earnings.

  • PipFarm restricts your liquidity with a hard withdrawal cap: you are never allowed to withdraw more than $5,000 per payout, regardless of how much profit you have made.
  • FundedNext limits your net profit by charging a 3.5% fee on every payout you receive.
  • PipFarm starts you with a lower profit split of 70% in Rank 0, forcing you to climb a "Rank" system to reach higher percentages.
  • FundedNext restricts your risk management by using a balance-based daily drawdown, which doesn't allow you to use your floating equity to protect your account.

Restrictions that add up

The combined effect of these limits creates a high-pressure environment. In FundedNext, the 40% news profit cap combined with the 3.5% payout fee and the 60-day inactivity rule means you must trade frequently but avoid high-volatility events, essentially forcing you into a very narrow trading style.

In PipFarm, the 90-day time limit per stage, the 28-day inactivity rule, and the $5,000 hard cap on withdrawals create a "ceiling" on your growth. Even if you are a highly successful trader, you are restricted by how much you can take out at once and pressured by the calendar to perform within a 90-day window, which often leads to overtrading.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is more expensive to get a $100,000 account, FundedNext or PipFarm?

FundedNext is significantly more expensive for this size. Its Stellar 2-Step account costs $549.99 and the 1-Step version costs $569.99. In contrast, PipFarm offers a $100,000 Standard Classic account for $490, and if you choose their Consistency 1-Stage model, the price drops to $320.

Which firm imposes more restrictions on news trading, FundedNext or PipFarm?

FundedNext is much more restrictive because it has a rule that only allows you to keep 40% of profits made during news windows (5 minutes before and after). PipFarm allows news trading without direct profit deductions, although it uses a Consistency Score (limiting any trade to 40-50% of the total profit) which indirectly prevents passing a challenge with a single news event.

Who has the most limited platform selection, FundedNext or PipFarm?

PipFarm is the most limited, as it only offers cTrader. You cannot use any other software. FundedNext provides much more technical freedom by supporting MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, MatchTrader, and TradingView, although US clients (if they were allowed) would be restricted to MatchTrader.

Which firm limits the amount you can withdraw more strictly, FundedNext or PipFarm?

PipFarm has a much stricter withdrawal limit because it imposes a hard cap of $5,000 per payout, no matter how much profit you have generated. FundedNext does not have a hard maximum withdrawal cap like that, but it does "tax" your earnings with a mandatory 3.5% payout fee on every withdrawal.

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Headquarters

Office No. 7, AI Robotics HUB, C1 Building, AFZ, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Singapore

CEO

Abdullah Jayed

James Glyde

Country

United Arab Emirates

Singapore

Foundation

2022

2024

Banned Countries
Bangladesh, Belarus, North Korea, Syria, United States, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Grenada, Chad, Malaysia, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Cape Verde, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Comoros, Sri Lanka, Fiji
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Crimea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, United States, Yemen
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Providers

No data
Refund
Yes

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.

Yes

Not the classic free refund. It is the paid "Challenge Fee Refund" add-on (+10% of price).

  • On passing the challenge, the fee is credited as profit balance on the funded account
  • Not a refund to the card
  • Available across all modes
Payout Fee

3.5%

Rise

  • Payouts under $500: $25
  • Payouts of $500 or more: free

USDT / USDC

  • $2.50 per payout

Skrill

  • Subject to Skrill exchange rates
Platforms
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5, cTrader, MatchTrader, Tradingview
cTrader
Demo Account
Metatrader 4
ID123456PasswordFN2022ServerFundedNext-Server
Metatrader 5
ID123456Password@Fn2024*ServerFundedNext-Server
cTrader
ID-PasswordP@55W0RD!ServercTrader (solo para ver condiciones, no operable)
Payout Methods
Transfer, PayPal, Card
Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Skrill, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Skrill
Payout Frequency
  • 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)

One Step Light

  • Weekly payouts by default

Instant accounts

  • Payouts every 7 calendar days

First Payout on Demand (add-on +10%)

  • Request the first payout as soon as all eligibility requirements are met
  • The selected payout interval applies after the first payout

Frequency (default and with add-on)

  • Monthly: every 30 days (standard)
  • Bi-weekly: every 14 days (add-on from +15%)
  • Weekly: every 7 days (add-on from +30%)
  • On Demand: no waiting interval between eligible payouts (add-on +50%)

Personal limit

  • Only one payout every 7 days per trader, even across multiple accounts, except where an applicable on-demand benefit overrides the interval
Payout Guarantee

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

  • Manual review within 2 business days
  • Sent within 2 business days after approval
  • Total: paid within 7 days of request
Alternative Currency
No data
EUR, GBP
Maximum Withdrawal
  • USDT, USDC: $1,000

One Step Light

  • First payout cap: 3% of balance
  • The cap increases by 1 percentage point after each payout, up to 6%

Other challenge-funded accounts

  • First payout cap: 6% of balance
  • The cap increases by 2 percentage points after each payout

Instant accounts

  • First payout: 3%
  • Second payout: 4%
  • Third payout: 5%
  • Fourth payout onwards: 6%

Hard cap

  • $5,000 per payout (always, even if the percentage allows more)
Minimum Withdrawal
  • USDT: $20
  • USDC, Rise: $50

Minimum by mode (% of balance)

  • One Step Light: 1%
  • Instant: 1%
  • Consistency: 1%
  • Endurance: 2%
  • Classic: 3%

Minimum by method

  • Rise / Skrill / USDT: $50
Crypto Weekend Trading
No data
Yes
Metals
  • 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
  • 1-Step: 15:1 (Challenge) / 10:1 (Funded)
  • Instant: 7.5:1
  • Up to $250K exposure: 1:20
  • $250K to $500K: 1:10
  • Over $500K: 1:5
Energies
  • 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
  • 1-Step: 15:1 (Challenge) / 10:1 (Funded)
  • Instant: 7.5:1
  • Up to $100K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
  • Over $100K: 1:5
Indices
  • 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
  • 1-Step: 10:1 (Challenge / Funded)
  • Instant: 5:1
  • Up to $500K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
  • $500K to $1M: 1:10
  • Over $1M: 1:5
Stocks

2:1

No data
Forex
No data

Standard

  • Up to $5M exposure: 1:30
  • $5M to $10M: 1:15
  • Over $10M: 1:10

With Extra Leverage add-on

  • Up to $5M exposure: 1:50
  • $5M to $10M: 1:20
  • Over $10M: 1:10
Crypto
No data
  • Up to $100K exposure: 1:2 (1:3 with add-on)
  • Over $100K: 1:1
Forex
0
0
Metals
0
0
Energies
0
0 / lot
Indices
0
0 / lot
Stocks
0.004%
No data
Crypto
0
0 / lot
Commission-Free Option
No
Limited

Indices, crypto and energies are commission-free at all ranks. Forex and metals start at $6/lot and drop to $0 at Rank 6.

Swap Free
Yes
Yes

Paid add-on (10% of challenge price).

  • Replaces swaps with a fixed daily admin fee
  • 3-day grace period before the first charge
  • Must be selected at checkout (cannot be added later)
Account Reset
Yes

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.

No data
Add-ons
Yes
  • 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%)
Yes

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Extra Max Risk: +1%, raising the limit from 1% to 2% (20% of base price)
  • Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected drawdown type (20% of base price)
  • Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points (20% of base price)

Standard challenges: benefits and rules

  • Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points across all ranks (20% of base price)
  • Extra Max Loss: +1% to max loss (20% of base price)
  • Extra Daily Loss: +1% to daily limit (10% of base price)
  • Skip Minimum Trading Days: removes the minimum-day requirement (10% of base price)

Standard challenges: time and money

  • Swap-Free: replaces swaps with fixed administration fees (10% of base price)
  • Challenge Fee Refund: credits the paid challenge fee as funded-account profit after passing (10% of base price)
  • Extended Time Limit: 180 days (+5%) or 360 days (+10%)

Standard challenges: payouts

  • First Payout on Demand: removes the wait for the first eligible payout (10% of base price)
  • Bi-weekly payouts: 14-day interval (from 15% of base price)
  • Weekly payouts: 7-day interval (from 30% of base price)
  • On Demand payouts: removes the waiting interval for every eligible payout (50% of base price)

Bundle discount

  • Buying three or more qualifying add-ons applies a 20% discount to every qualifying add-on
  • Extended Time Limit and payout interval add-ons (Bi-weekly, Weekly and On Demand) are excluded and do not count towards the three
  • The bundle discount can be combined with a promotion code applied to the base account
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

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".
Yes

Simple Scaling (all funded accounts since 9 April 2026).

  • Level up after 4 payouts or upon reaching the 12% scaling target
  • Scaling increment by rank: 10% to 40% of initial balance
  • Instant accounts do not scale
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • 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 accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Equity Trailing: 6% at Rank 1, 7% from Rank 2
  • EOD Trailing: 5% at Rank 1, 6% from Rank 2
  • Payout Trailing: 4% at Rank 1, 5% from Rank 2

One Step Light

  • Challenge: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on $5K to $50K; 3% on $100K and $150K
  • Simulated Funded Account: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on every size
  • Based on the End-of-Day high-water mark
  • Experience Program rank benefits do not increase it

Standard 1-stage trailing

  • 8% Balance Trailing Max Loss
  • Rank 2+: 9%

Standard 1-stage static

  • 6% Static Max Loss
  • Rank 2+: 7%

Standard 2-stage static

  • Classic: 9% (10% from Rank 2)
  • Endurance: 8% (9% from Rank 2)
  • Consistency: 8% (9% from Rank 2)

Add-on

  • Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected max loss type
Profit Split
  • 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

By rank (Experience Program)

  • Rank 0: 70%
  • Rank 1: 75%
  • Rank 2: 80%
  • Rank 3: 85%
  • Rank 4: 90%
  • Rank 5: 95%
  • Rank 6: 99%

Extras

  • Extra Profit Share add-on: +10% across all ranks
  • Loyalty program: up to 109% total
Free Trial
Yes
No
Daily Drawdown

Balance-based

One Step Light

  • No Daily Loss limit

Other Standard challenges

  • 3%, calculated from the previous End-of-Day reference using the higher of balance or equity
  • Rank 4+: 4%
  • Extra Daily Loss add-on: +1 percentage point
Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation

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.

Funded accounts (from challenges)

  • Up to 5 accounts
  • Max $300,000 combined

Instant accounts

  • Up to 3 accounts
  • Max $300,000 combined

Challenges

  • No limit

Capital earned through scaling is exempt from these limits.

Merge Accounts
Yes
Yes

Allowed to merge two funded accounts, provided all of these conditions are met.

  • Same mode (Classic with Classic, Endurance with Endurance, Consistency with Consistency)
  • Same currency
  • Identical add-ons
  • No open positions
  • Instant accounts cannot be merged
Minimum Trading Days
  • Stellar Lite, and Stellar 2-Step evaluation phases: 5 days
  • Stellar 1-Step evaluation phase: 2 days
  • Funded phase in all accounts: 0 days

One Step Light

  • No minimum trading days during the challenge; it can be passed in one trading day

Classic

  • 3 trading days per stage (a day = at least one close)
  • Removable with the Skip Minimum Trading Days add-on

Endurance / Consistency

  • No minimum days: each uses its own sustainability standard
Points Reward Program

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.

Experience Program: earn XP through milestones and climb ranks (0 to 6).

  • Pass challenges, receive payouts, scale accounts, complete quests
  • Rank raises profit split, lowers commissions, grants more drawdown and leverage
  • Consistency Mode earns double XP on most milestones
Monthly Competition
Yes
No data
Maximum Trading Days
No data

Accounts from 9 April 2026 (per stage)

  • 90 days (standard)
  • 180 days (add-on +5%)
  • 360 days (add-on +10%)

Earlier accounts

  • 365 days per stage
Minimum Profitable Days
No data

One Step Light

  • No Profitable Days requirement during the challenge
  • 4 Profitable Days are required for each payout
  • Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.25% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Endurance

  • One-stage: 4 Profitable Days
  • Two-stage: 3 Profitable Days per stage
  • The applicable requirement must also be completed for each payout
  • Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.5% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • 5 Winning Days before a payout
  • Winning Day = close with ≥0.5% from the start-of-day balance and above the initial account balance

Earlier Instant accounts

  • 5 Winning Days before a payout
  • Winning Day = close with ≥0.25% and above the initial account balance
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes

EA Add-on required

Yes

Allowed on all accounts, with your own strategy.

  • cTrader Automate (cBots), plugins, Open API
  • Trade copiers between your own accounts (TradersConnect, Duplikium, Heron, Tradesyncer)
  • Forbidden: bots purchased from marketplaces (MQL5, cBot market)
  • Forbidden: HFT and latency scalping
VPN
Yes

EA Add-on required

No
Hedging
Yes
Yes

Allowed

  • Same instrument within one account
  • Correlated instruments within one account

Forbidden (toxic trading)

  • Same instrument across two or more accounts
  • Correlated instruments across accounts
  • Hedging with another PipFarm user
Requires Stop Loss
Yes
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

3%

Yes

One Step Light

  • Challenge Max Risk: 2%
  • Simulated Funded Max Risk: 2%
  • Absolute at both stages: reaching the limit closes open positions and breaches the account immediately
  • No strikes, escalation or Pip Protector

Standard Simulated Funded Accounts

  • Max Risk: 2%
  • Pip Protector closes open positions and records a Strike when the limit is reached
  • Strike 1 halves the limit; Strike 2 halves it again and permanently reduces the profit share by 50%; Strike 3 breaches the account
  • Pip Protector does not apply during the challenge stages

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Max Risk: 1% of starting balance
  • Extra Max Risk add-on: raises it to 2%

Earlier Instant accounts

  • Keep the Max Risk limit assigned when purchased
Copy Trading
Yes
Yes
  • Between your own accounts: allowed (even to/from external brokers or prop firms)
  • Copying another trader: forbidden
  • Following signals or external services: forbidden
News Trading
Limited

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.

Yes
Inactivity Rule

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.

  • You must close at least one trade every 28 days
  • Trade size and duration are irrelevant
  • Email warning 3 days before the deadline
Consistency Rule
No
Yes

One Step Light

  • Challenge: no Consistency Score requirement
  • Simulated Funded Account: Consistency Score ≤40% to qualify for each payout

Consistency Mode: new checkout

  • Consistency Score ≤40% across all formats
  • Required to pass the challenge and qualify for payouts

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Equity Trailing: ≤30%
  • EOD Trailing: ≤25%
  • Payout Trailing: ≤20%

Earlier Instant accounts

  • Consistency Score ≤25%

Classic / Endurance Simulated Funded Accounts

  • Consistency Score ≤50% to qualify for payouts
  • Does not apply during challenge stages
Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • 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
  • High-frequency trading (HFT)
  • Latency tick scalping
  • Copying another trader or following signals
  • Group trading / coordinated orders
  • Account passing services (third parties trading for you)
  • Cross-account hedging (same or correlated instruments)
  • Account churning (buying many challenges to force a random pass)
  • Artificial trades to manipulate rules without genuine intent
Martingale
No data
Yes
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