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Getting paid at PipFarm and Wall Street Funded

The fundamental difference between these two firms lies in their philosophy of growth: PipFarm uses a gamified "Experience Program" where your profit share and conditions improve as you rank up, whereas Wall Street Funded offers faster withdrawal cycles from the start but imposes stricter operational rules, such as mandatory stop losses and news restrictions.

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The split

The reward for your trading varies significantly depending on the plan and your seniority:

  • PipFarm: Starts at a 70% profit split (Rank 0). This increases as you earn XP, reaching 95% at Rank 5 and a rare 99% at Rank 6. You can also purchase a "+10% Profit Share" add-on to boost these levels from day one.
  • Wall Street Funded: Offers a fixed 80% profit split by default. Through their scaling plan, this can be increased up to 95% if you achieve a 15% profit over three months with at least three withdrawals.

How often you can withdraw

The wait time between your hard work and the actual transfer differs by plan:

  • PipFarm:
    • Standard Challenges: Monthly (every 30 days) by default.
    • Instant Accounts: Weekly (every 7 calendar days).
    • Add-ons: You can pay to reduce the interval to bi-weekly (+15% price), weekly (+30%), or "On Demand" (+50%).
  • Wall Street Funded:
    • One Step: First payout after 30 days, then every 10 days.
    • Two Step and Instant: First payout after 15 days, then every 5 days.

Minimums and methods

Both firms use similar modern payment rails, but their entry barriers for withdrawals vary:

  • Methods: Both support Crypto (USDT/USDC) and Rise. PipFarm also mentions Skrill.
  • PipFarm Minimums: $50 for Rise/USDT. Additionally, you must meet a balance percentage minimum (1% for Instant/One Step Light, up to 3% for Classic).
  • Wall Street Funded Minimums: 1% of the balance. However, the method minimums are higher: $100 for Crypto and $500 for Rise.
  • Fees: PipFarm charges $2.50 for Crypto and $25 for Rise payouts under $500 (free above that).

What delays a payout

Reaching the profit target is only half the battle; these rules can prevent you from withdrawing:

  • PipFarm (Consistency Score): They use a "Consistency Score" (the weight of your largest day). In most modes, this must be ≤40% or ≤50% to qualify for a payout. If you exceed it, you must keep trading to dilute that score.
  • Wall Street Funded (Execution Rules): Your payout can be denied if you fail operational rules:
    • Stop Loss: Must be added within 2 minutes of opening a trade.
    • Consistency: Your biggest winning day cannot exceed 15% (Instant Pro) or 30% (Instant Standard) of the total profit.
    • News: No opening or closing trades 4 minutes before/after high-impact news on funded accounts.

What it takes to get there

Before the first dollar arrives, you must navigate the evaluation phase:

  • Investment: PipFarm offers the "Pay With Profits" model, allowing you to start for as little as $7 upfront, with the rest deducted from your first payout. Wall Street Funded uses a traditional pricing model (e.g., $50k Ultra for $349).
  • Risk Limits: PipFarm standard challenges have a 3% daily loss and 6-10% max loss. Wall Street Funded offers up to 5% daily and 10% max loss (static on One/Two step).
  • Platforms: PipFarm is exclusive to cTrader. Wall Street Funded offers MT5, cTrader, MatchTrader, and DXTrade.
  • Trading Styles: PipFarm is more liberal, allowing news trading and weekend holding without restrictions. Wall Street Funded forbids hedging and requires trades to last at least 60 seconds (no high-frequency scalping).

Which pays out more comfortably

Wall Street Funded is more comfortable for the "fast withdrawer" who wants to see money every 5 to 10 days and needs platform variety (MT5). However, you must be a disciplined trader who never forgets a Stop Loss and avoids news events.

PipFarm is better for the "career trader" who values long-term growth. While the initial 70% split and 30-day wait are less attractive, the ability to eventually keep 99% of profits and the total freedom to trade news and hold over weekends makes it a more flexible environment for complex strategies.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper to start an evaluation, PipFarm or Wall Street Funded?

PipFarm is significantly cheaper to start thanks to its "Pay With Profits" model, where you can buy a $5,000 challenge for an upfront fee of just $7 to $17. In contrast, Wall Street Funded requires a full upfront payment, such as $23 for a $2,500 Ultra account or $59 for a $5,000 Classic account.

Who has a better profit share for the trader, PipFarm or Wall Street Funded?

In the long run, PipFarm offers a higher potential split, reaching up to 99% as you climb the ranks of their Experience Program. Wall Street Funded starts higher at 80% (compared to PipFarm's base 70%) and scales up to 95%, making it better for immediate high returns but lower at the absolute maximum level.

Between PipFarm and Wall Street Funded, which one allows news trading?

PipFarm allows news trading without any restrictions on all its accounts. Wall Street Funded, however, prohibits opening or closing positions on funded accounts within a 4-minute window before and after high-impact news events, which can be a significant hurdle for many intraday traders.

Which platform offers more trading platforms, PipFarm or Wall Street Funded?

Wall Street Funded offers much more variety, providing access to MetaTrader 5, cTrader, MatchTrader, and DXTrade. PipFarm is focused exclusively on cTrader, which may be a limitation for traders who are strictly accustomed to the MetaTrader ecosystem.

Field by field

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Headquarters

Singapore

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

CEO

James Glyde

Iñaki Martinez, Albert Suriol

Country

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2024

2024

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Crimea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, United States, Yemen
Cuba, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, North Korea, Libya, Pakistan, Vietnam
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Commodities, Crypto, Forex, Indices, Stocks
Brokers
No data
WSF, Gooeytrade
Refund
Yes

Not the classic free refund. It is the paid "Challenge Fee Refund" add-on (+10% of price).

  • On passing the challenge, the fee is credited as profit balance on the funded account
  • Not a refund to the card
  • Available across all modes
Yes

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

Payout Fee

Rise

  • Payouts under $500: $25
  • Payouts of $500 or more: free

USDT / USDC

  • $2.50 per payout

Skrill

  • Subject to Skrill exchange rates
No data
Platforms
cTrader
cTrader, Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, DXTrade
Demo Account
cTrader
ID-PasswordP@55W0RD!ServercTrader (solo para ver condiciones, no operable)
No data
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Skrill
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level
No data

50%

Payout Frequency

One Step Light

  • Weekly payouts by default

Instant accounts

  • Payouts every 7 calendar days

First Payout on Demand (add-on +10%)

  • Request the first payout as soon as all eligibility requirements are met
  • The selected payout interval applies after the first payout

Frequency (default and with add-on)

  • Monthly: every 30 days (standard)
  • Bi-weekly: every 14 days (add-on from +15%)
  • Weekly: every 7 days (add-on from +30%)
  • On Demand: no waiting interval between eligible payouts (add-on +50%)

Personal limit

  • Only one payout every 7 days per trader, even across multiple accounts, except where an applicable on-demand benefit overrides the interval

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

Payout Guarantee
  • Manual review within 2 business days
  • Sent within 2 business days after approval
  • Total: paid within 7 days of request
No data
Alternative Currency
EUR, GBP
No data
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
No
Maximum Withdrawal

Accounts purchased from 1 November 2026

  • First payout cap: 3% of balance
  • The cap rises by 1 percentage point with every payout, with no maximum
  • No $5,000 hard cap

Accounts purchased from 27 August to 31 October 2026

  • Same cap on every account type: Classic, Consistency, Endurance, Instant, One Step Light and Pay with Profits
  • First payout cap: 3% of balance, rising by 1 percentage point with every payout, up to 6%
  • Hard cap: $5,000 per payout, even if the percentage allows more

Classic, Consistency and Endurance purchased before 27 August 2026

  • 6%, 8% and 10% on the first three payouts, then 12% from the fourth
  • Hard cap: $5,000 per payout

The caps apply to gross profit, before the profit split. Profit above the cap stays in the account for the next payout.

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Minimum Withdrawal

Minimum by mode (% of balance)

  • One Step Light: 1%
  • Instant: 1%
  • Consistency: 1%
  • Endurance: 2%
  • Classic: 3%

Minimum by method

  • Rise / Skrill / USDT: $50
  • 1%
  • Crypto: $100
  • Rise: $500
Forex

Standard

  • Up to $5M exposure: 1:30
  • $5M to $10M: 1:15
  • Over $10M: 1:10

With Extra Leverage add-on

  • Up to $5M exposure: 1:50
  • $5M to $10M: 1:20
  • Over $10M: 1:10

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

Metals
  • Up to $250K exposure: 1:20
  • $250K to $500K: 1:10
  • Over $500K: 1:5
10:1
Energies
  • Up to $100K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
  • Over $100K: 1:5
10:1
Indices
  • Up to $500K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
  • $500K to $1M: 1:10
  • Over $1M: 1:5

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

Crypto
  • Up to $100K exposure: 1:2 (1:3 with add-on)
  • Over $100K: 1:1

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

Stocks
No data
10:1
Forex
0
3 / lot
Metals
0
3 / lot
Energies
0 / lot
3 / lot
Indices
0 / lot
0
Crypto
0 / lot
0
Commission-Free Option
Limited

Indices, crypto and energies are commission-free at all ranks. Forex and metals start at $6/lot and drop to $0 at Rank 6.

No data
Swap Free
Yes

Paid add-on (10% of challenge price).

  • Replaces swaps with a fixed daily admin fee
  • 3-day grace period before the first charge
  • Must be selected at checkout (cannot be added later)
No
Add-ons
Yes

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Extra Max Risk: +1%, raising the limit from 1% to 2% (20% of base price)
  • Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected drawdown type (20% of base price)
  • Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points (20% of base price)

Standard challenges: benefits and rules

  • Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points across all ranks (20% of base price)
  • Extra Max Loss: +1% to max loss (20% of base price)
  • Extra Daily Loss: +1% to daily limit (10% of base price)
  • Skip Minimum Trading Days: removes the minimum-day requirement (10% of base price)

Standard challenges: time and money

  • Swap-Free: replaces swaps with fixed administration fees (10% of base price)
  • Challenge Fee Refund: credits the paid challenge fee as funded-account profit after passing (10% of base price)
  • Extended Time Limit: 180 days (+5%) or 360 days (+10%)

Standard challenges: payouts

  • First Payout on Demand: removes the wait for the first eligible payout (10% of base price)
  • Bi-weekly payouts: 14-day interval (from 15% of base price)
  • Weekly payouts: 7-day interval (from 30% of base price)
  • On Demand payouts: removes the waiting interval for every eligible payout (50% of base price)

Bundle discount

  • Buying three or more qualifying add-ons applies a 20% discount to every qualifying add-on
  • Extended Time Limit and payout interval add-ons (Bi-weekly, Weekly and On Demand) are excluded and do not count towards the three
  • The bundle discount can be combined with a promotion code applied to the base account
Yes
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

Simple Scaling (all funded accounts since 9 April 2026).

  • Level up after 4 payouts or upon reaching the 12% scaling target
  • Scaling increment by rank: 10% to 40% of initial balance
  • Instant accounts do not scale
Yes

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

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Equity Trailing: 6% at Rank 1, 7% from Rank 2
  • EOD Trailing: 5% at Rank 1, 6% from Rank 2
  • Payout Trailing: 4% at Rank 1, 5% from Rank 2

One Step Light

  • Challenge: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on $5K to $50K; 3% on $100K and $150K
  • Simulated Funded Account: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on every size
  • Based on the End-of-Day high-water mark
  • Experience Program rank benefits do not increase it

Standard 1-stage trailing

  • 8% Balance Trailing Max Loss
  • Rank 2+: 9%

Standard 1-stage static

  • 6% Static Max Loss
  • Rank 2+: 7%

Standard 2-stage static

  • Classic: 9% (10% from Rank 2)
  • Endurance: 8% (9% from Rank 2)
  • Consistency: 8% (9% from Rank 2)

Add-on

  • Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected max loss type
  • One Step and Two Step: Static
  • Instant: Trailing
Profit Split

By rank (Experience Program)

  • Rank 0: 70%
  • Rank 1: 75%
  • Rank 2: 80%
  • Rank 3: 85%
  • Rank 4: 90%
  • Rank 5: 95%
  • Rank 6: 99%

Extras

  • Extra Profit Share add-on: +10% across all ranks
  • Loyalty program: up to 109% total

80%

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

One Step Light

  • No Daily Loss limit

Other Standard challenges

  • 3%, calculated from the previous End-of-Day reference using the higher of balance or equity
  • Rank 4+: 4%
  • Extra Daily Loss add-on: +1 percentage point

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

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation

Funded accounts (from challenges)

  • Up to 5 accounts
  • Max $300,000 combined

Instant accounts

  • Up to 3 accounts
  • Max $300,000 combined

Challenges

  • No limit

Capital earned through scaling is exempt from these limits.

400,000
Merge Accounts
Yes

Allowed to merge two funded accounts, provided all of these conditions are met.

  • Same mode (Classic with Classic, Endurance with Endurance, Consistency with Consistency)
  • Same currency
  • Identical add-ons
  • No open positions
  • Instant accounts cannot be merged
No
Maximum Trading Days

Accounts from 9 April 2026 (per stage)

  • 90 days (standard)
  • 180 days (add-on +5%)
  • 360 days (add-on +10%)

Earlier accounts

  • 365 days per stage

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days

One Step Light

  • No minimum trading days during the challenge; it can be passed in one trading day

Classic

  • 3 trading days per stage (a day = at least one close)
  • Removable with the Skip Minimum Trading Days add-on

Endurance / Consistency

  • No minimum days: each uses its own sustainability standard
No data
Points Reward Program

Experience Program: earn XP through milestones and climb ranks (0 to 6).

  • Pass challenges, receive payouts, scale accounts, complete quests
  • Rank raises profit split, lowers commissions, grants more drawdown and leverage
  • Consistency Mode earns double XP on most milestones
No data
Monthly Competition
No data
Yes
Minimum Profitable Days

One Step Light

  • No Profitable Days requirement during the challenge
  • 4 Profitable Days are required for each payout
  • Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.25% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Endurance

  • One-stage: 4 Profitable Days
  • Two-stage: 3 Profitable Days per stage
  • The applicable requirement must also be completed for each payout
  • Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.5% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • 5 Winning Days before a payout
  • Winning Day = close with ≥0.5% from the start-of-day balance and above the initial account balance

Earlier Instant accounts

  • 5 Winning Days before a payout
  • Winning Day = close with ≥0.25% and above the initial account balance

4 days with at leat 0.5% profit

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes

Allowed on all accounts, with your own strategy.

  • cTrader Automate (cBots), plugins, Open API
  • Trade copiers between your own accounts (TradersConnect, Duplikium, Heron, Tradesyncer)
  • Forbidden: bots purchased from marketplaces (MQL5, cBot market)
  • Forbidden: HFT and latency scalping
Yes
VPN
No
Yes

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

Hedging
Yes

Allowed

  • Same instrument within one account
  • Correlated instruments within one account

Forbidden (toxic trading)

  • Same instrument across two or more accounts
  • Correlated instruments across accounts
  • Hedging with another PipFarm user
No
Requires Stop Loss
No
Yes

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

Scalping
Yes
Yes

Trades must be open for at least 60 seconds

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
Yes
No data
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

One Step Light

  • Challenge Max Risk: 2%
  • Simulated Funded Max Risk: 2%
  • Absolute at both stages: reaching the limit closes open positions and breaches the account immediately
  • No strikes, escalation or Pip Protector

Standard Simulated Funded Accounts

  • Max Risk: 2%
  • Pip Protector closes open positions and records a Strike when the limit is reached
  • Strike 1 halves the limit; Strike 2 halves it again and permanently reduces the profit share by 50%; Strike 3 breaches the account
  • Pip Protector does not apply during the challenge stages

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Max Risk: 1% of starting balance
  • Extra Max Risk add-on: raises it to 2%

Earlier Instant accounts

  • Keep the Max Risk limit assigned when purchased
Yes

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

Copy Trading
Yes
  • Between your own accounts: allowed (even to/from external brokers or prop firms)
  • Copying another trader: forbidden
  • Following signals or external services: forbidden
No

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

News Trading
Yes
No

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.

Inactivity Rule
  • You must close at least one trade every 28 days
  • Trade size and duration are irrelevant
  • Email warning 3 days before the deadline

30 days

Consistency Rule
Yes

One Step Light

  • Challenge: no Consistency Score requirement
  • Simulated Funded Account: Consistency Score ≤40% to qualify for each payout

Consistency Mode: new checkout

  • Consistency Score ≤40% across all formats
  • Required to pass the challenge and qualify for payouts

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

  • Equity Trailing: ≤30%
  • EOD Trailing: ≤25%
  • Payout Trailing: ≤20%

Earlier Instant accounts

  • Consistency Score ≤25%

Classic / Endurance Simulated Funded Accounts

  • Consistency Score ≤50% to qualify for payouts
  • Does not apply during challenge stages
Yes

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

  • Instant Standard: 30%
  • Instant Pro: 15%
Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • High-frequency trading (HFT)
  • Latency tick scalping
  • Copying another trader or following signals
  • Group trading / coordinated orders
  • Account passing services (third parties trading for you)
  • Cross-account hedging (same or correlated instruments)
  • Account churning (buying many challenges to force a random pass)
  • Artificial trades to manipulate rules without genuine intent
  • 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
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