The real cost of FundingPips and Top Trader Prime

IFZA Business Park DDP Dubai U.A.E.

Brighton, Colorado (USA). Representative address in Joué-lès-Tours, France, not open to the public.

Khaled Ayesh

United Arab Emirates

United States

2022

Liquidity Provider

1 and 2 Step: Full refund with first payout

Challenges: the fee is refunded after passing, 50% with the first payout (which must be at least 1% of the account size) and 50% with the second. Not available on instant funding. A purchase is only refunded if requested within 7 days with no trading.

$10

No firm fee; network or bank fees are paid by the trader.

• 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 (existing accounts only): Daily, any number of requests
• Labs 247: Daily
• Labs 004 Ultimate: unlimited daily requests from Master day one, no reward buffer. Funds leave the account immediately; trading can continue.

Every 14 days. Instant funding: first payout after 20 days per the rules (product pages say 4 weeks), then every 14 days. Two consecutive non compliant requests may suspend the account.

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

• Labs 004 Ultimate: no daily reward-request cap

• On Demand payout: 1%
• Tuesday, bi-weekly and montly: 1%
• Prime (existing accounts only): 1% of Prime Account size (or Scaled Prime Account Size after scaling)
• Labs 247: 1% of the account size
• Labs 004 Ultimate: 1% of account size per request

$100 or the equivalent in euros, with any method.

Paid within 14 days of the request at most. Once approved, payment takes 24 to 72 business hours (USDT usually within 24 hours; bank transfer up to 5 business days).

• 1 Step: 30:1
• 2 Step: 100:1
• Zero: 50:1
• Prime (existing accounts only): up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 004 Ultimate: 100:1

• 1 Step: 10:1
• 2 Step: 30:1
• Zero: 20:1
• Prime (existing accounts only): up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 247: 5:1
• Labs 004 Ultimate: 30:1

1:100; palladium 1:50.

10:1

• Prime (existing accounts only): up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 247: 5:1
• Labs 004 Ultimate: 10:1

• 1 Step: 5:1
• 2 Step, Zero: 20:1
• Prime (existing accounts only): up to 1:2000 (tiered Standard Leverage Plan)
• Labs 247: 5:1
• Labs 004 Ultimate: 20:1

1:100; Nikkei 225 and ASX 200 1:50.

Labs 247: 5:1

• 1 Step: 1:1
• 2 Step, Zero: 2:1
• Prime (existing accounts only): 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).

Paid, from the dashboard. In the challenge, about 50% of the price and back to phase 1 or 2. On a funded account, full price and funded status is kept. Usually applied within 24 hours.

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

At checkout: news trading (+20% of the price) and no mandatory stop loss (+30%).

Funded account with no evaluation, with a profit cap and its own profit split ladder that starts lower.

1 Phase Challenge.

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 (existing accounts only)

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.

On request from the dashboard, after several profitable periods on a funded account. Decided case by case based on consistency and rule compliance, at no cost.

2 Phase Challenge.

• 1 Step Flex, 2 Step: Static
• Zero: Trailing
• Prime (existing accounts only): 8% static below the starting balance; recalculated only after a scale-up
• Labs 247: 4% static in Evaluation and Master
• Labs 004 Ultimate: static in Evaluation and Master; never trails

Static, measured on the initial capital. Breaching it suspends the account.

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 (existing accounts only): 80%, Daily, any number of requests
• Labs 247: Daily

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

Rises with each payout. Challenges: 70%, 75%, 80%, 85% and 90% from the fifth. Instant funding: 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70% and 90% from the sixth.

Free Trial 10K, no card needed: 8% target, 5% daily and 10% total loss, no mandatory stop loss. One per email every 30 days; after passing, the account stays open for 24 hours and pays nothing.

Higher of the opening balance or equity for the trading day

• Prime (existing accounts only): 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 004 Ultimate: no daily loss limit, or 2% of the starting balance on the daily loss version, in Evaluation and Master

Measured on the initial capital, including floating losses; per its forum it resets at midnight UTC. Breaching it suspends the account.

$1,000,000 per account and $3,000,000 combined.

Labs 247: maximum 5 accounts per user. These accounts are separate from the standard capital allocation.
Labs 004 Ultimate: maximum 3 accounts per user, outside standard allocation caps.

Several accounts at once up to the maximum combined capital. Each one is evaluated separately.

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 (existing accounts only): 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 004 Ultimate: separate 6-month windows for Evaluation and Master.

No time limit. The challenge must be activated within 30 days of purchase.

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.

Evaluation: 2 days. Funded account: 14 days before each payout; a day only counts if a trade is opened and closed on it. If a payout is refused, the counter resets.

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

Funded account: 7 of the 14 minimum days. In evaluation, the FAQ and its comparisons ask for 2 profitable days; the rules page says 2 trading days.

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).

Allowed if declared. Undeclared EAs, HFT and abusive AI are prohibited.

VPN and VPS are prohibited; detection suspends the account.

Prohibited, including across accounts.

Mandatory when opening and closing every trade. One trade without a stop is tolerated; the second one suspends the account. Can be removed with the paid add-on.

Trades under 100 seconds or under 1.5 pips count as prohibited scalping; repeated trades of 2 pips or less are reviewed.

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.

Per trade: maximum loss of 2% and maximum profit of 3%.

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 between your own accounts does not count for payouts. Under the "Be copied" program, copied profit can be at most 50% of the eligible profit.

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 004 Ultimate
Evaluation: news trading allowed. Master: profits on trades within 5 minutes before or after high-impact news or speeches are deducted.

No opening or closing (including a triggered SL/TP) 10 minutes before and after 3 star releases on the TradingView calendar, any currency and symbol. A position opened before the release may be held. Allowed with the paid add-on.

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

Closed after 15 consecutive days without trading, or suspended after 40 days in loss.

• 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 004 Ultimate: no consistency rule.

When requesting a payout, no single trade may exceed 25% of total profit (if it does, the payout is held until rebalanced) and no instrument 80%. Each trade must also be between 1/4 and 2 times the largest lot already used on 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 (existing accounts only)
Weekend holding allowed.

Labs 247
Trading and weekend holding allowed 24/7 in Evaluation and Master.
Labs 004 Ultimate
No weekend holding in Evaluation or Master. Overnight holding is allowed in Evaluation. Master positions close automatically at day end without breaching the account.

• 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

HFT and scalping under 100 seconds or under 1.5 pips, martingale, hedging (including across accounts), grid, latency and quote arbitrage, gap trading, exploiting price or platform errors, abusive AI, undeclared EAs, overexposure or gambling, account rolling and third party trading.