Detailed Comparison: Funded Trading Plus vs Wall Street Funded (2025)

London, United Kingdom

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at Building A1, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis

United Kingdom

United Arab Emirates

2021

2024

Iñaki Martinez, Albert Suriol

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).

Refund of the initial payment of the evaluation account will be made with the second payment

• 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.

One Step: First payout after 30 days and 10 days for every payout after that
Two Step and Instant: First payout after 15 days and 5 days for every payout after that

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

• 1%
• Crypto: $100
• Rise: $500

50%

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

One Step, Instant: 30:1
Two Step: 50:1

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

One Step, Instant: 10:1
Two Step: 20:1

One Step, Instant: 1:1
Two Step: 2:1

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.

15% profit in 3 months + 3 withdrawals → +25% balance. Max cumulative $2,000,000. Profit split can increase up to 95%.

• 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

• One Step and Two Step: Static
• Instant: Trailing

• 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

Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)

• 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.

4 days with at leat 0.5% profit

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.

SL (Stop Loss) must be added to the trade within a maximum of two minutes after the trade is opened.

Trades must be open for at least 60 seconds

• 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.

5k:

• Forex: 3 lots
• Metals and Energies: 0.5 lots
• Indices: 5 lots

10k:

• Forex: 6 lots
• Metals and Energies: 1 lot
• Indices: 10 lots

20k:

• Forex: 12 lots
• Metals and Energies: 1.8 lots
• Indices: 20 lots

50k:

• Forex: 20 lots
• Metals and Energies: 4 lots
• Indices: 40 lots

100k:

• Forex: 35 lots
• Metals and Energies: 7 lots
• Indices: 70 lots

For all accounts, it's not allowed to risk more than 50% of the daily drawdown on one trade idea

For Instant Standard and Pro accounts, it's not allowed to risk more than 1% on the balance account

Only allowed to copy trades manually during evaluation phase between accounts of different size

Trading funded accounts during high-impact news is restricted; opening or closing positions is prohibited within a 4-minute window both before and after red folder macroeconomic events.

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

30 days

• 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

To request a payment your biggest winning day can't exceed:

• Instant Standard: 30%
• Instant Pro: 15%

• 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

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

• High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
• Trades lasting less than 60 seconds
• Grid trading
• Arbitrage trading
• Hedge trading
• Latency trading
• Reverse trading
• Tick scalping
• Hyperactivity
• Account cycling/rotation
• Gambling behavior
• Trade stacking
• Group hedging
• Overleveraging

While VPNs and VPS are allowed, their usage is heavily considered during investigations of suspicious behavior or breaches of the terms and conditions.