Platforms and execution: Funding Traders vs Orion Funded

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Stan

David Viota

United States

United Arab Emirates

2022

2023

OGM International LTD

• 2-Step Pro: Refund bonus on first payout.
• 1-Step Pro: Refund bonus on second payout.
• Instant Funding: Not eligible for refund bonus.
• 150% Refund Add-On available: receive 150% of challenge fee back after first payout.
• 2-Step Day and Swing: Refund bonus on second payout.

The fee is refunded with the fourth payout. The statutory 14-day withdrawal right applies only before the first trade is opened.

Pro and 2-Step Day/Swing accounts

• Default: first payout 21 days after first trade on funded account; subsequent payouts every 21 days.
• With 14-Day Payout Add-On: first payout 14 days after first trade; subsequent every 14 days.

Instant Funded accounts

• First payout 7 days after the first trade on the funded account; subsequent every 7 days.
• With On-Demand Payout Add-On: request payouts any time once eligibility requirements are met.

Minimum payout: $200 via Rise (bank transfer), $50 via Crypto (USDT-ERC20).

Every 14 days, with no initial waiting period. There must be no open positions when requesting a payout.

Payout requests processed within 2 business days (excluding holidays and weekends). If not, traders receive $1,000 ($500 cash + $500 account credits).

48-hour guarantee: if Orion does not process the payout on time, it applies a 100% profit split and refunds the evaluation fee.

$200 via Rise / $50 via Crypto

$100

No limit

1:20

Oil: 1:10

• 1-Step Pro & Instant Funding: 1:20
• 2-Step Pro: 1:15
• 2-Step Day and Swing: Nasdaq and DAX 1:30, Dow and Nikkei 1:40, S&P 1:25, UK100 1:20, other indices 1:15

Available as a 'Swap-free, Zero Commissions' add-on for Pro accounts. Removes $3/lot commission and enables swap-free trading.

Swap-free accounts are available as a paid option. Terms and availability depend on the selected product.

Revive Feature (2-Step Pro, Phase 1 only)

Continue your Phase 1 challenge from the progress already achieved instead of restarting. Available only if the account was in overall profit at the moment of breach. Available for 48 hours after breach, one-time use only.

Cost = Paid account price + (Paid account price × % of profit target achieved).

Restrictions

• Only available in Phase 1 (not Phase 2)
• Only one recovery action per account (Revive OR Reset, not both)
• If the account fails again after using Revive or Reset, the account is permanently failed
• Using Revive removes payout refund eligibility

• Swap-free, Zero Commissions (Pro accounts)
• 14-Day Payout (Pro accounts)
• 100% Profit Split
• 30% Consistency Score
• 30% News Trading (Pro accounts)
• Hold Through News, 15% (Instant Funded only)
• On-Demand Payout (Instant Funded only)
• Double-Up (free second challenge upon funding)
• 150% Refund
• Daily Drawdown Shield, 20% (evaluation only; one Daily Loss Limit breach does not fail the account)
• No Minimum Trading Days, 25% (1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro10; removes the requirement at every stage)

Account grows by 25% (of original balance) every 2 consecutive profitable months with at least 8% total profit. Maximum account size: $2,000,000. Extra +25% bonus after 3 months active.

Over a rolling 3-month period: 15% return, at least 2 of 3 profitable months, and 3 payouts. Balance increases by 25%, profit split rises to 90%, and the account can scale up to $4,000,000.

• 1-Step Pro: 10% trailing. Trails higher as account balance increases.
• 2-Step Pro PRO10: 10% static. Fixed, does not trail.
• Instant Funding: 6% trailing until 3% profit is made, then locks at initial account size.

Instant Flex: trailing max loss keeps trailing and does not lock at the initial balance.

• 2-Step Day and Swing: static. Fixed, does not trail.

The mechanism depends on the product: static on Standard, Swing, and Select; trailing with a lock on Zero and Nova funded accounts.

80% default profit split (trader/firm 80/20) on the existing Pro and regular Instant Funded account types; excludes Instant Flex.

• 90% Profit Split available as a checkout add-on
• 100% Profit Split available as a checkout add-on

2-Step Day and Swing

• Day: 80%, up to 90% or 100% with add-ons
• Swing: 70% on the 1st payout, 80% on the 2nd, 90% from the 3rd; restarts at 70% on a new account or reset; no split add-ons

80% initially. It rises to 90% after meeting the scaling-plan requirements.

Free $1,000 Try Out on the 1-Step Pro, not available from the regular sign-up. TheGodFunded users can claim it here: get your free Try Out. New users only, one per person, MT5. Passing it gives a real funded account with an 80% split and a $500 lifetime payout cap.

• 1-Step Pro: 3%. Based on starting day's balance.
• 2-Step Pro PRO10: 5%. Based on starting day's balance.
• Instant Funding: 3%. Based on higher of starting day's balance or equity.

Instant Flex: no daily loss limit.

• 2-Step Day and Swing: based on starting day's balance.

Calculated on equity and includes open trades, commissions, and swaps. The applicable percentage is shown on each challenge.

• Pro accounts: Maximum $300,000 in funded accounts.
• Instant Funded: Capped at $400,000 across all instant funded accounts.
• Unlimited evaluation accounts allowed.

• Only for funded accounts.
• Both accounts must have the same payout schedule and profit split.
• Accounts must not have been traded and must be at initial balance.

No limit

No maximum time limit.

• 1-Step Pro: 2 trading days (challenge and funded)
• 2-Step Pro: 4 trading days per phase (8 total for challenge), 2 trading days funded
• Instant Funding: No minimum
• Optional No Minimum Trading Days add-on: removes these requirements at every stage on 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro10; +25% of base price
• 2-Step Day: no minimum in Phase 1 and 2; 4 trading days on funded before each payout
• 2-Step Swing: 4 trading days per phase, 2 trading days funded

Standard, Swing, and Select require 4 minimum trading days per evaluation phase. Zero and Nova have no published minimum.

FT Points and Challenge Convert let KYC-verified traders use an approved payout to buy a new account immediately or convert it into points for a later purchase. $1 of payout converts to 2.2 FT Points; each point covers $1 of listed account price, an effective 55% discount. The conversion is final; any unused payout balance follows the normal payout method.

2-Step Pro10

• Phase 1 (Challenge): minimum 4 trading days
• Phase 2 (Challenge): minimum 4 trading days
• Funded Phase: minimum 2 trading days

1-Step

• Phase 1 (Challenge): minimum 2 trading days
• Funded Phase: minimum 2 trading days

Instant Funded

• No minimum trading days requirement.

Optional add-on

• No Minimum Trading Days removes the requirement at every stage on 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro10; +25% of base price.

Maximum combined initial allocation of $400,000.

EAs and Bots permitted ONLY if focused on risk management (e.g. position size calculators, auto position size execution bots).

Not allowed

• Off-the-shelf EAs purchased/downloaded online (unless solely for risk management)
• EAs that automatically place trades (unless developed personally by the trader)
• Grid Trading EAs/Bots
• Hedge Trading EAs/Bots

AI-generated EAs
Allowed if the trader fully understands the code (strategy, entry/exit logic, risk parameters) and can explain it to the Risk Team.

EAs are allowed when the strategy is the trader's own and does not breach prohibited practices such as arbitrage, HFT, or exploitation of delays and errors.

Hedging within one account is allowed. Hedging positions across multiple accounts to manipulate results is prohibited.

Manual scalping is allowed, but tick scalping, HFT, and strategies exploiting delays or pricing errors are prohibited.

Multiple positions are allowed as part of a legitimate strategy; excessive or coordinated exposure intended to bypass risk rules is prohibited.

• Pro accounts: Maximum 2% risk per trade idea (of initial balance).
• Instant Funding: Maximum 1% floating PnL loss (of initial balance, all active trades combined).
• Instant Funding lot size limit: 20 lots per trade maximum.

Instant Flex: maximum 1% risk per trade.

Orion may treat excessive exposure, overleveraging, and other risk practices inconsistent with realistic trading as a breach.

Allowed: copy trading between your own FundingTraders Pro accounts; copying trades from your own accounts on other brokers/firms into your FundingTraders account.

Not allowed: copying trades from accounts owned by other traders; sharing signals with other traders.

Copying between your own Orion accounts is allowed. Copying signals, third-party accounts, or external services is prohibited.

Challenge phase

• News trading fully permitted, no restrictions.

Funded phase: Pro and 2-Step Day/Swing accounts

• News trading allowed but max 30% of total profits can come from news-influenced trades.
• News Trade window: 5 minutes before / 5 minutes after high-impact (Red Folder) event.
• If the 30% limit is exceeded, payout processing is delayed until additional trades bring the percentage back under the limit.
• Trades held for 5+ hours before a high-impact news release are NOT considered News Trades.

Funded phase: Instant Funded accounts

• News trading is strictly prohibited by default: having any open trades during a high-impact news event results in account termination.
• Timing restriction: no opening, closing or triggering pending orders within 5 minutes before / 5 minutes after a high-impact news event (10-minute window). Applies even with the add-on.
• Optional Hold Through News (15% Add-On): allows positions opened outside the 10-minute window to be held through high-impact events without breaching the account.

During evaluation there is no timing restriction, but using news as a strategy is prohibited. On funded accounts, Nova, Standard, and Select prohibit opening or closing trades 2 minutes before and after high-impact news. Swing has no timing restriction. Zero allows it, but trades executed within 5 minutes before or after receive a 50% profit split.

The 30-day inactivity period begins on the day the account is purchased, not from last activity. If no trades are placed within this period, the account is automatically failed for inactivity and permanently closed (no restoration). Applies to Challenge and Funded accounts.

The account may be closed after prolonged inactivity under Orion's current terms.

Pro accounts (1-Step & 2-Step)

Default: Largest profit day must not exceed 50% of total profits. With 30% Consistency Score Add-On: threshold increases to 30%.

Instant Funding

Largest profit day must not exceed 15% of total profits.

Instant Flex: 15% consistency score.

The 20% Best Day rule applies only to Orion Zero and Orion Nova funded accounts.

Weekend holding permitted on all account types (Pro and Instant Funded) except 2-Step Day. Positions can be held across the weekend on all instruments, including crypto. No forced Friday flatten. Gap risk and widened spreads around the Asian open still apply; swap fees still charged.

2-Step Day

• Forex, gold, indices and oil positions are closed automatically at 16:55 New York time every day, including Friday; not a breach
• Crypto positions can stay open overnight and over the weekend

2-Step Swing

• Overnight and weekend holding allowed on all markets

• Grid trading (3+ positions same pair/direction)
• Hedge trading
• Arbitrage, latency trading
• High-frequency trading (trades ≤15 seconds)
• Reverse trading across accounts
• Account rolling/stacking (risking all on multiple accounts)
• Overleveraged trades (>30% margin on single trade)
• One-sided trading (stacking positions to hit targets)

• Latency arbitrage, reverse arbitrage, and exploitation of prices or delays
• HFT, tick scalping, and strategies designed to exploit the simulated environment
• Copy trading from third parties or signal services
• Hedging across accounts and coordinated opposite trades
• Account rolling, third-party management, and sharing or reselling accounts
• Gambling behaviour, overleveraging, and excessive exposure