Funded Trading Plus vs The Trading Pit at a glance

London, United Kingdom

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Simon Massey

Daniela Egli

United Kingdom

Liechtenstein

2021

2022

Gooey Trade (technology provider)

Refund available within 14 days if no trades have been placed. Evaluation fee refund also available upon reaching 10% profit on the FT+ Trader simulated live account (not applicable to Master or Prestige programs).

Challenge fee refunded after the first reward for accounts purchased before 29 April 2026, or after the third reward for accounts purchased from that date.

• 1-Step Express: first withdrawal from day 1, then every 7 days. Minimum $50.
• 2-Step Classic: first withdrawal 10 days after funded account creation, then every 10 days. Minimum 1% of initial balance.
• Instant: first withdrawal from day 1, then every 7 days. Minimum $50.
• Activation Accounts: every 10 trading days. Requires at least 3% simulated profit and 25% payout consistency. Minimum withdrawal $50.

14 days

• 1-Step Express / Instant: $50
• 2-Step Classic: 1% of the initial balance
• Activation Accounts: $50 after reaching the 3% payout-eligibility threshold

$100

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• Instant Earning Account: the lower of 50% of total realized profit or a cap of $2,500 ($5K, $10K, $20K), $3,500 ($50K) or $4,500 ($100K) per reward. Minimum payout $200, every 14 days. From the second reward onward, any profit above $0 since the last request qualifies.

• 1-Step Express, Instant and Activation Accounts: 1:30
• 2-Step Classic: 1:50

• Commodities (metals): 1:30
• Gold & Silver: 1:20

Available for breached or failed evaluations at a discounted price. Not available for simulated live accounts.

Profit split upgrade add-ons available at checkout (e.g., start with 90/10 split).

• 1-Step Express: 10% scaling target
• 2-Step Classic: 20% scaling target; requires 50% consistency, one successful withdrawal and an account active for at least two months
• Instant: 10% scaling target
• Activation Accounts: no scaling plan

Eligible programs can scale up to a $2,500,000 starting balance, with a maximum of $5,000,000 after scaling. Requests are subject to risk review and require no open trades.

Balance increases by 25% after at least 2 active months, 2 rewards and total profit of at least 10% of the initial balance. Every fourth scale-up uses the new balance as its base.

• 1-Step Express: 6% relative trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance
• 2-Step Classic: 8% static drawdown
• Instant: 6% relative trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance
• Activation Accounts challenge: 6% static maximum drawdown
• Activation Accounts funded: 6% trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance

Static except for 1-Phase $100K/$200K and 2-Phase $100K accounts purchased from 29 April 2026: those trail on end-of-day balance until the starting balance.

• Instant Earning Account: trailing on the highest balance. The limit stops moving once it reaches the starting balance.

• 1-Step Express, 2-Step Classic and Instant: start at 80%; eligible accounts can scale to 90% at 20% profit and 100% at 30% profit. An optional add-on can start the account at 90%.
• Activation Accounts: fixed 80% profit split; it does not increase over time.

80%

• 1-Step Express: 4%, balance based
• 2-Step Classic: 4%, balance based
• Instant: 6%, balance based
• Activation Accounts challenge: 4%, balance based
• Activation Accounts funded: 3%, balance based

Calculated from the previous day's closing balance and updated daily at 16:15 CT.

• 1-Step Express, 2-Step Classic and Instant: scaling up to a $2,500,000 starting balance, with a $5,000,000 maximum after scaling
• Activation Accounts: maximum $250,000 combined activated capital

Activation Accounts: up to 10 activations per month and a maximum of 5 activated accounts at the same time, subject to the $250,000 combined limit. There is no limit on challenges purchased or passed.

Only untraded simulated live accounts can be merged. Maximum merged account size is $200,000 (or $100,000 if the program doesn't offer $200K). Not applicable to 2-Step Classic.

No time limit on any program. Accounts must have at least 1 trade (open and close) every 30 days to remain active.

Unlimited

Activation fee due only after passing, with no payment deadline:

• 25K: $179
• 50K: $299
• 100K: $489
• 200K: $969

No minimum trading days requirement on any program. Account must be active within any 30-day calendar period (at least one trade opened and closed) or it will be hard-breached for inactivity.

3 profitable days of at least 0.5% of the initial balance each; applies to Challenge and Earning.

• Instant Earning Account: 5 trading days minimum, with no profitable-day requirement.

Activation Accounts cost $4 to start on every available account size. If the challenge is not passed, no further fee is charged.

EAs, Algos and Bots are allowed. Must not be used for copy trading or hedging across accounts. EAs may be requested for review upon evaluation pass. FT+ does not provide support for third-party EAs.

Hedging is allowed on the same account (opposing positions on the same instrument). Hedging across multiple accounts is strictly prohibited.

Allowed on CFD Prime, including trades under one minute. High-frequency trading is prohibited.

• Symbol Loss Limit (2-Step Classic): Maximum loss per single symbol per day, based on balance at 16:59 EST. Hard breach rule.
• Margin utilization review triggers at milestones (evaluation passes, scaling requests, withdrawals). Not a hard limit but triggers manual risk team review.

Risk per trade idea is capped at 1.5% of initial balance on 1-Phase $100K/$200K. Where the margin rule applies, margin used per trade idea is capped at 40% of initial balance.

• Instant Earning Account: total risk from all open positions on the same symbol may not exceed 1% ($5K, $10K, $20K) or 0.5% ($50K, $100K) of the starting balance.

Allowed only between accounts owned by the same trader, including an external account you own. Third-party copying and shared trading are prohibited.

News trading is allowed except for the $100,000 and $200,000 accounts, in which case it is not allowed to open traders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news releases

30 days. At least 1 trade (open and close) required every 30 days. Warning email sent 7 days before breach.

21 consecutive days without placing a trade.

• 1-Step Express: no consistency rule
• 2-Step Classic: 35% during evaluation and 50% when funded; also applies a 3% Symbol Loss Limit
• Instant: no consistency rule
• Activation Accounts challenge: no consistency rule
• Activation Accounts funded: 25%, checked only when requesting a payout; it does not breach the account

For 1-Phase $100K/$200K accounts created from 6 July 2026, the best day may not exceed 50% of positive-days profit. It applies in Challenge and Earning; exceeding it requires more profit, not a breach.

• Instant Earning Account: the best day may not exceed 30% ($5K, $10K, $20K), 25% ($50K) or 20% ($100K) of total profit before requesting a payout.

• 1-Step Express: allowed
• 2-Step Classic: allowed
• Instant: not allowed; trades are automatically closed at 4:30 PM EST on Friday
• Activation Accounts: allowed during both challenge and funded phases

Instant Earning Account: positions can be held over the weekend on most instruments, but gold, oil and crypto must be closed before the weekend break.

• Arbitrage
• Grid trading
• Tick scalping
• Abuse of demo trading conditions
• Account management / passing services
• Hedging across multiple accounts

• Grid, martingale and similar high-risk strategies
• High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedging-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
• Gap trading
• Overleveraging, overexposure, one-sided bets and hyperactivity