Everything you need to know about the Funding Traders Instant Funded $25K challenge — fees, rules, drawdown limits, and the true cost to get funded.
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$319
90%
$25K
Drag to model your worst-case scenario
$638
2 attempts × $319 fee
$638
No fee refund on this plan
2.84%
Profit needed on $25K after 90% split
Fees shown in USD. Break-even is the minimum profit % you need on your funded account to cover all challenge costs.
Rules change without notice and vary by account type. Confirm with the firm before you trade.
Overnight Holding
Swaps apply.
Expert Advisors & Bots
Only risk-management EAs or EAs you built yourself.
Copy Trading
Only between your own verified accounts. Copying third parties or signals is a hard breach.
Scalping
Volume-weighted average hold time under 2 minutes means termination.
News Trading
No trading 5 min either side of high-impact news (hard breach).
HFT
Trades lasting 15 seconds or less.
Weekend Holding
Close all trades by Friday's market close (firm pages conflict).
Hedging
Hard breach.
Arbitrage
Includes latency arbitrage.
Tick Scalping
Seconds-long scalping that doesn't reflect real execution.
Grid Trading
3+ same-direction positions on one pair count as grid.
Group Trading
Identical trades across accounts of different owners.
Gambling
One-sided trading and account rolling or stacking.
Prohibited Conduct
Funded: over 30% margin on one trade, over 2% risk per idea, revenge trading.
From our firm record — not independently re-verified
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