Funding Traders vs PineX Capital at a glance

901 Pennsylvania Ave Suite #3-440, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Meydan Grandstand, 6th Floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia

Stan

Arlind I.

United States

United Arab Emirates / Saint Lucia

2022

2024

• 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.

1-Step only: 100% fee refund with the third payout.

Pro 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 21 exchange days; 14 days with the add-on. Requests are usually processed within 72 business hours.

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

$200 via Rise / $50 via Crypto

USD 100 via crypto; USD 300 via bank transfer.

Crypto: no fee. Bank transfer through Rise: USD 50.

The first two payouts are limited to 10% of the account size and an absolute maximum of USD 10,000. There is no maximum from the third payout onward.

1-Step and 2-Step evaluation: 100:1. PineX Account: 1-Step and Instant PineX 30:1; 2-Step and Instant Elite 50:1.

1:20

Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account: 1-Step, Instant PineX and Instant Elite 10:1; 2-Step 20:1.

Oil: 1:10

1-Step: 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 in the PineX Account. 2-Step: 30:1. Instant PineX and Instant Elite: 10:1.

• 1-Step Pro & Instant Funding: 1:20
• 2-Step Pro: 1:15

Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account and Instant: 10:1.

1-Step: US 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 funded; EU 30:1. 2-Step: US 5:1 and EU 30:1. Instant: US and EU 30:1.

1-Step and Instant: 2:1. 2-Step: 2:1 in evaluation and 1:1 in the PineX Account.

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

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 Pro6/Pro10; removes the requirement at every stage)

Add-ons are available to reduce the payout cycle from 21 to 14 exchange days and, except on Instant Elite, increase the split up to 100%.

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.

Free Growth Plan with scaling up to USD 2,000,000.

• 1-Step Pro: 10% trailing. Trails higher as account balance increases.
• 2-Step Pro PRO6: 6% static. Fixed, does not trail.
• 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.

1-Step and 2-Step use static drawdown from starting capital. Instant PineX and Instant Elite trail new highs; PineX resets after a payout and Elite does not.

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

80% by default. Up to 100% through an add-on on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant PineX. Instant Elite remains at 80%.

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 PRO6: 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.

1-Step and 2-Step keep a static daily limit. On Instant PineX and Instant Elite, the limit trails the daily balance/equity high.

• 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.

Eligible accounts may be combined up to USD 600,000. Instant accounts cannot be combined with Direct Funding.

No limit

No 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 Pro6/Pro10; +25% of base price

1-Step: 3 evaluation days and 4 profitable days of at least 0.5% for payout. 2-Step: none in evaluation and 4 on the PineX Account. Instant PineX: 5 days of at least 0.5%. Instant Elite: 6 days of at least 0.5%.

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.

PineX Points: 1 point per euro spent, redeemable for accounts, add-ons, discounts and rewards.

2-Step Pro (PRO6 and 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 Pro6/Pro10; +25% of base price.

Multiple accounts are allowed. Eligible traders may combine them up to USD 600,000 in active allocation.

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, bots, scripts and tools that automatically open, close or manage trades are not allowed.

The firm expressly discourages VPN or VPS use and prohibits sharing devices or access credentials.

A stop loss is not mandatory, but exposure above 10 times the starting capital with more than 50% of trades lacking an SL may be treated as abuse.

Scalping is allowed, but Quick Strike/HFT, extremely short holding times and mass order activity are prohibited.

A maximum of two simultaneous open positions in the same market and direction within one trade idea.

• 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.

Instant PineX: maximum 2% of starting capital per trade idea. Instant Elite: maximum 1% floating loss. No fixed per-trade percentage applies on 1-Step or 2-Step, but the general excessive-risk rules still apply.

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.

Mirroring, third-party executed signals and copying between accounts are prohibited.

Challenge phase

• News trading fully permitted, no restrictions.

Funded phase — Pro 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.

Positions on the affected instrument cannot be opened or closed during the 5 minutes before and after red-folder news. Automatic SL or TP closures also count.

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 is considered breached after 30 calendar days without opening and closing at least one trade.

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.

Instant PineX applies a 20% rule: the best day must represent less than 20% of the period's profit. 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Elite have no consistency rule.

Weekend holding permitted on all account types (Pro and Instant Funded). 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.

Allowed on Instant PineX and Instant Elite. Not allowed on 1-Step or 2-Step.

• 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)

Hedging and inverse trading; copy trading and account sharing; martingale, grids and recovery systems; excessive or all-in risk; more than two positions in the same trade idea; extreme margin usage; Quick Strike/HFT; arbitrage and latency abuse; account rolling; EAs and automated tools.