The real cost of FundingPips and Mubite

IFZA Business Park DDP Dubai U.A.E.

Prague

Khaled Ayesh

Peter Andreas

United Arab Emirates

Czech Republic

2022

2024

Liquidity Provider

ByBit

1 and 2 Step: Full refund with first payout

After first payout, only 2-Step

$10

No payout fees.

• 2-Step Standard: Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly or On Demand
• 2-Step Pro: Weekly or Monthly
• 1 Step Flex and 2-Step Flex: Bi-Weekly or Monthly
• FundingPips Zero: Bi-Weekly
• Prime: Daily, any number of requests
• Labs 247: Daily
• Labs 003 Infinity: unlimited daily requests from Master day one, no reward buffer. Funds leave the account immediately; trading can continue.

One-Step and Two-Step: first payout on demand once eligible; subsequent payouts 14 days after the previous payout is completed. Instant Funding: first payout after 14 days from the first trade and reaching 5% profit; subsequent payouts every 14 days.
Nitro: first payout on demand once eligible, then every 14 days. Five qualifying profitable days are required each cycle.

Labs 247: crypto trading and weekend holding are available 24/7 in Evaluation and Master. Other models retain their existing restrictions.

• Labs 003 Infinity: no daily reward-request cap

Each request is capped at 5% of the account size. Remaining profit carries over to future requests.
Nitro exception: eligible profit capped at 2.5%, 3%, 3.5%, 4%, 4.5% and 5% for payouts 1 to 6 respectively, before the 80% reward share. No cap from payout 7; excess carries forward.

• On Demand payout: 1%
• Tuesday, bi-weekly and montly: 1%
• Prime: 1% of Prime Account size (or Scaled Prime Account Size after scaling)
• Labs 247: 1% of the account size
• Labs 003 Infinity: 1% of account size per request

Instant Funding: USD 35. One-Step and Two-Step: USD 50.
Nitro: USD 50.

• 1 Step: 30:1
• 2 Step: 100:1
• Zero: 50:1
• Prime: up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 003 Infinity: 100:1

• 1 Step: 10:1
• 2 Step: 30:1
• Zero: 20:1
• Prime: up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 247: 5:1
• Labs 003 Infinity: 30:1

10:1

• Prime: up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 247: 5:1
• Labs 003 Infinity: 10:1

• 1 Step: 5:1
• 2 Step, Zero: 20:1
• Prime: up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 247: 5:1
• Labs 003 Infinity: 20:1

Labs 247: 5:1

• 1 Step: 1:1
• 2 Step, Zero: 2:1
• Prime: up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 247: 5:1

10% discount for failing during the evaluation phase. Valid for 7 days and only for accounts of the same model and size (FundingPips Zero excluded).

A paid reset may be offered for failed evaluations, subject to the options available in the dashboard. It restarts the evaluation and all trading-day counters. A Two-Step reset from Phase 2 returns the trader to Phase 1. Reset fees are non-refundable.

cTrader (+20%)
Swing: overnight and weekend holding on Master accounts for 1 Step Flex, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro and 2-Step Flex; selected at purchase

• Instant Funding: increase the profit split from 70% to 80% (+20% fee).
• One-Step: increase the profit split from 80% to 90% (+20%) and add 2% maximum drawdown (+20%).
• Two-Step: increase the profit split from 80% to 90% (+20%), reduce the Phase 1 target from 10% to 8% (+20%), add 2% maximum drawdown (+20%), or remove minimum trading days (+10%).
• Nitro: reduce the target from 5% to 3% for an extra $10 at checkout; activation fee unchanged.

Level 1 – Launchpad (Novice)

Requires 4 payouts and 10% profit. Grants +20% capital and +1% drawdown.

Level 2 – Ascender (Intermediate)

Requires 8 payouts and 20% profit. Grants +30% capital, +2% total max drawdown, and +1% daily drawdown.

Level 3 – Trailblazer (Advanced)

Requires 12 payouts and 30% profit. Grants +40% capital and 13% max drawdown.

Level 4 – Hot Seat (Elite)

Requires 16 payouts and 40% profit. Doubles initial balance, offers 100% reward split, on-demand payouts, up to $2M capital, and monthly bonuses.

Level 5 – Elite Trader Status (Advanced Hot Seat)

Unlocks advanced tools, +1% additional max drawdown (4% total cumulative), +1% additional daily drawdown (2% total), customized trading conditions, and monthly bonuses based on initial account size ($100–$500).

Prime

The first four scale-ups require +5% total profit; from the fifth onward, +10%, measured against the starting size of the current level. Required profitable days: none for the first scale-up, 2 for the second and third, 4 for the fourth, and 10 from the fifth onward. Each profitable day must close at +1% or more of the account size; the counter resets after each scale-up. Each scale-up adds +10% to the current level's starting size, up to $2M. At Level 10 or $2M: Certified FundingPips Trader status, listed on the Tradin Investor Marketplace with 20% profit share on investor capital.

Labs 247 → Prime

After 5 rewards or $20,000 in total rewards across one or all Labs 247 accounts, the trader becomes eligible for an invitation to a $50,000 Prime account. The Labs 247 accounts close when the trader moves to Prime.

• Instant Funding: after achieving 10% profit within 120 days, 5% is paid to the trader and 5% is used to double the account. Scaling is requested on demand and can reach $1,000,000.
• One-Step and Two-Step: after achieving 10% cumulative profit within 90 days, the account grows by 25%, up to twice its starting size.

• 1 Step Flex, 2 Step: Static
• Zero: Trailing
• Prime: 8% static below the starting balance; recalculated only after a scale-up
• Labs 247: 4% static in Evaluation and Master
• Labs 003 Infinity: static in Evaluation and Master; never trails

• Instant Funding: 10% Smart Drawdown. After reaching 5% profit, the loss floor locks at 5% below the milestone balance.
• One-Step: 6% standard; 8% with the Extra 2% Drawdown Room add-on.
• Two-Step: 8% standard; 10% with the Extra 2% Drawdown Room add-on.
• Nitro: 5% fixed throughout evaluation.

Reward split depends on the selected reward cycle and account configuration.

• 2-Step Standard: Weekly (60%), Bi-Weekly, On Demand (90%) or Monthly (100%)
• 2-Step Pro: Weekly or Monthly (100%)
• 1 Step Flex: Bi-Weekly or Monthly (100%)
• 2-Step Flex: Bi-Weekly, with an alternative 95% split selected at purchase at the same price, or Monthly (100%)
• FundingPips Zero: fixed Bi-Weekly cycle
• Prime: 80%, Daily, any number of requests
• Labs 247: Daily

The Monthly cycle requires consistency and profitable days. Earlier purchases retain their legacy conditions.

• Instant Funding: 70% standard; 80% with the profit-split add-on.
• One-Step: 80% standard; up to 90% through performance progression or the add-on.
• Two-Step: 80% standard; up to 90% through performance progression or the add-on.
• Nitro: 80%.

$100,000 free trial lasting 7 days. It has a 5% profit target, 5% daily drawdown, 10% maximum drawdown and 2 minimum trading days. Successful completion provides a 20% discount on a paid challenge.

Higher of the opening balance or equity for the trading day

• Prime: 3% (soft breach, pauses trading for the rest of the day, account stays open, resumes at 00:00 UTC+3)
• Labs 247: 2% of the starting balance in Evaluation and Master
• Labs 003 Infinity: fixed daily loss allowance based on starting balance, in Evaluation and Master

• Instant Funding: Smart Drawdown applies instead of a separately published fixed daily percentage.
• One-Step: 4%.
• Two-Step: 5%.
  The daily limit is measured using equity and resets at midnight UTC.
• Nitro: 3%.

Labs 247: maximum 5 accounts per user. These accounts are separate from the standard capital allocation.
Labs 003 Infinity: maximum 3 accounts per user, outside standard allocation caps.

Unlimited evaluation accounts may be purchased and operated simultaneously. Accounts that exceed the applicable total funded allocation are paused until allocation becomes available.

A Master account can only be merged with another Master account from the same evaluation model.

Merging accounts is not supported in the FundingPips Zero Model.

• Prime Accounts: any Prime accounts can merge, regardless of the originating model. Request through the dashboard; the resulting account takes the higher of the two scale-up levels. Merged size respects the $2M maximum.

Labs 247: 6 months for the Evaluation phase and a separate 6-month period for the Master account.
Labs 003 Infinity: separate 6-month windows for Evaluation and Master.

No maximum time limit to complete the evaluation.

New purchases and resets from 28 September 2026:

• 2-Step Standard: 3 trading days per evaluation phase; no minimum with the 3% daily-loss configuration
• 2-Step Pro: no minimum trading days
• 1 Step Flex: no minimum trading days
• 2-Step Flex: 1 trading day per phase on the standard reward configuration; the alternative configuration requires profitable days
• Labs 247: no minimum trading days
  Earlier purchases retain their legacy conditions.

• Instant Funding: no minimum trading days.
• One-Step: 10 trading days.
• Two-Step: 10 trading days in Phase 1 and 3 trading days in Phase 2.
  A day counts when the absolute closed PnL movement exceeds 0.25% of the initial balance.
• Nitro: no minimum during evaluation; five profitable days of at least 0.5% of starting balance in each funded payout cycle, not necessarily consecutive.

Payouts can be converted into Mubite Points for use within the platform.

Participant Limit: Up to 50,000 participants. Registration closes once full.

Prizes

• 1st: 100K Evaluation + $1,500
• 2nd: 100K Evaluation + $1,200
• 3rd: 100K Evaluation + $1,000
• 4th: 100K Evaluation
• 5th: 50K Evaluation
• 6th–10th: 25K Evaluation
• 11th–20th: 10K Evaluation
• Bonus Prize: 13 random participants (ranked 4th–1000th) receive $100 each.

Rules

• Max loss: 10%
• Daily loss: 5%
• No EAs
• No exploiting unrealistic demo fills
• One account per person

Zero: Minimum of 7 days with 0.25% profit or more by the end of each 30-day period. Failure to meet this requirement will result in a rule violation.

• Monthly reward cycle (1 Step Flex, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro, 2-Step Flex): 7 profitable days per cycle, each with at least 0.5% of the starting Master account size; the count resets after each reward
• 2-Step Flex alternative reward configuration: 3 profitable days per evaluation phase and per Bi-Weekly Master reward cycle, each with at least 0.5% of the starting account size

Default rule (third-party EAs): Permitted ONLY when used strictly as a trade or risk manager. Any other use of a third-party EA = denial of evaluation/reward and account closure.

Personal EA Exception
Full automation allowed only with proof of ownership of the EA code.

Account-type exceptions

• 1K Instant Account: third-party EAs and trade copiers permitted (full automation OK).
• Monthly Competition: ALL EAs prohibited (including personal with proof).

Self-developed bots and EAs are allowed when the trader can prove ownership of the strategy. Public or third-party bots are prohibited. Cleo does not currently support external bots, although its built-in semi-assisted tools may be used.

Recommended. During the funded stage, consistently trading without stop losses may be considered poor risk management.

Tick scalping performed with manipulative intent or to exploit execution conditions is prohibited.

There is a limit on simultaneous open lots:

• $5K–$10K: no limit
• $25K: 10 lots
• $50K: 20 lots
• $100K or more (including merged accounts): maximum 40 lots

Penalties

• 1st violation: warning
• 2nd violation: removal of excess profits, reward reduced to 30%, and account closure

1 Step Flex, 2-Step Flex, 2-Step Pro and 2-Step Standard

Risk Per Trade Idea and the Striking System are removed in Evaluation and Master for new purchases from 28 September 2026. Earlier purchases retain their legacy conditions.

Each trade must keep its realized loss below 3% of account equity at the time it was opened, both per partial close and cumulatively. In the funded stage, individual positions are capped at 1x account balance on Instant Funding and 2x on One-Step/Two-Step; cumulative exposure is capped at 2x and 3x respectively. The first position-size or exposure violation receives one five-minute correction window.

Permitted

• Copying trades between your own FundingPips accounts (registered under same individual).
• Using your FundingPips account as MASTER to copy to external accounts (as slave).

Prohibited

• Copying between FundingPips accounts of different users.
• Coordinated trading across master accounts not owned by same individual.
• Inbound copy trading (external source as master, FundingPips as slave).
• Third-party account management (immediate termination).

Copying or mirroring trades from other accounts, platforms, signal services or third parties is prohibited during both evaluation and funded stages.

Evaluation Stage (1 Step, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex, 2 Step Pro)
No restrictions on holding trades during news events. Purposely trading news = account closure.

Master Account (1 Step, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex, 2 Step Pro)
Trades opened/closed within 5 minutes before/after a high-impact (red folder) news event have their FULL profit deducted, UNLESS the trade was executed 5+ hours before the event.
Speech window: 5 min before speech start to 5 min after speech end.

FundingPips Zero
HARD BREACH if any position is opened/closed/held within 10 minutes before/after a high-impact news event on affected currencies.
Speech window: 10 min before speech start to 10 min after speech end.

Labs 247
Evaluation: news trading is allowed on every instrument.
Master: profits may be deducted from trades opened or closed 5 minutes before or after high-impact news affecting the corresponding currency. For high-impact speeches, the window runs from 10 minutes before the speech begins until 10 minutes after it ends. Trades opened at least 5 hours before the event are exempt.
Labs 003 Infinity
Evaluation: news trading allowed. Master: profits on trades within 5 minutes before or after high-impact news or speeches are deducted.

News trading is allowed. Daily and maximum drawdown limits and all other risk rules remain active during volatile events.

30 consecutive days without completed trades results in hard breach. Applies to all account types including Master accounts.

Deactivation after 30 days without trading. Email warning after 14 days of inactivity.

• On Demand (2-Step Standard): no single trading day may account for more than 35% of total profit
• Monthly (1 Step Flex, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro, 2-Step Flex): 35% consistency score, reset after each reward
• Bi-Weekly (FundingPips Zero): 15% consistency score; the biggest losing day cannot exceed the biggest winning day
• Bi-Weekly (1 Step Flex and 2-Step Flex): no consistency score
• Profit Concentration Policy: removed for new purchases from 28 September 2026; qualifying legacy accounts retain their existing conditions
• Labs 247: no consistency rule in Evaluation or Master
  Labs 003 Infinity: no consistency rule.

Funded stage only. The best day must account for less than 25% of total profit on Instant Funding, 30% on One-Step and 40% on Two-Step. Exceeding the threshold delays payouts until compliance; it does not close the account.
Nitro uses a Funded Score below 20%: best day profit divided by total profit from profitable days in the payout cycle. This delays payout until compliant and never closes the account.

1 Step Flex, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro and 2-Step Flex
Evaluation: overnight and weekend holding allowed on all instruments.
Master: overnight and weekend holding require the Swing add-on selected at purchase. Without Swing, positions are automatically closed each trading day; this is not an account breach and does not count as a valid trading day.

FundingPips Zero
Weekend holding is a hard breach on Master accounts. Close all positions before Friday market close, including crypto.

Prime
Weekend holding allowed.

Labs 247
Trading and weekend holding allowed 24/7 in Evaluation and Master.
Labs 003 Infinity
No weekend holding in Evaluation or Master. Overnight holding is allowed in Evaluation. Master positions close automatically at day end without breaching the account.

Positions may be held overnight, through weekends and for as long as the strategy requires.

• Gap trading
• High-frequency trading
• Server spamming
• Latency arbitrage
• Toxic trading flow
• Hedging
• Long-short arbitrage
• Reverse arbitrage
• Tick scalping
• Server execution
• Opposite account trading

Prohibited practices include latency or gap exploitation, external or delayed data feeds, arbitrage, manipulative HFT, group trading, account mirroring, cross-account hedging, account rolling, grid trading, manipulative tick scalping, disproportionate position sizing, unauthorized third-party account management and manipulation of Bybit API keys, balances or challenge parameters.