FundedNext Prop Firm Details

Stellar 2-Step & Stellar Lite:

• A 40% best-day consistency rule applies during the funded stage when the On-Demand Performance Reward option is selected.

Prohibited Practices

Quick Strike Method:

• Trades closed within 30 seconds are classified as Quick Strike trades. A Quick Strike profit percentage of 30% or more per trading cycle constitutes a violation.
• Challenge Accounts: A warning is issued at 20%. At 30% or above, progression is suspended until the percentage falls below 30%.
• FundedNext Accounts: A warning is issued at 20%. Quick Strike profits may be forfeited if the percentage reaches 30% or above. Accounts remaining at or above 30% at the end of the trading cycle may be terminated.

Strategy Consistency:

• Traders must maintain the same trading strategy between Challenge and FundedNext stages. Switching between manual and automated trading or substantially changing asset classes, instruments, margin utilization or risk exposure is prohibited.
• Violations: Breaches may result in account review, suspension or Performance Reward denial.

Grid Trading:

• Grid trading involves placing multiple buy and sell orders at different price levels above and below the current market price to profit from price fluctuations.

One-Sided Betting:

• One-Sided Betting involving excessive directional exposure or disproportionate risk on a single trade idea is prohibited.

Gambling and All-in-One Trading:

• Gambling-like trading and excessive risk-taking through disproportionately large positions or high-risk trades are prohibited.

Find out more: Other prohibited practices

Risk Limit

Maximum Risk:

• Maximum cumulative risk exposure on FundedNext Accounts is 3% of the initial account balance at any given time, including Stop Loss exposure and realized or unrealized losses across trades.
• First Violation: A formal warning is issued, and profits from violating trades are deducted.
• Second Violation: Profits from violating trades are deducted, and the account is permanently restricted to a maximum cumulative risk exposure of 1%.
• Subsequent Violations: Profits from trades exceeding the reduced 1% limit are deducted, while losses remain recorded.

Stop Loss Requirement:

• A Stop Loss must be placed on every trade. Trades executed and closed without a Stop Loss are treated as risk violations.

Trading Conditions

Copy Trading:

• Stellar 1-Step, Stellar 2-Step & Stellar Lite: Copy trading is permitted between personally owned Challenge Accounts, with a combined allocation of up to $300,000 and one designated Master Account.
• Copy trading between FundedNext Accounts or between FundedNext Accounts and Challenge Accounts is prohibited, including accounts owned by the same trader.
• Stellar Instant: Copy trading is permitted between personally owned Stellar Instant Accounts. Copy trading between Stellar Instant and other Stellar programs is prohibited.

Expert Advisors (EAs):

• Stellar 1-Step, Stellar 2-Step & Stellar Lite: EAs and trading bots are permitted on eligible MT4 and MT5 accounts below $50,000 with the applicable EA add-on. Accounts of $50,000 or more must be traded manually.
• Stellar Instant: EAs and trading bots are permitted subject to the applicable EA access requirements and trading policies.
• EAs must be customized to the trader's strategy. Identical automated strategies or trades across different users are prohibited.
• Maximum allocation per EA or trading bot strategy is $300,000.
• Automated trading is not permitted on cTrader or Match-Trader.

News Trading:

• Stellar 1-Step, Stellar 2-Step & Stellar Lite: News trading is permitted during Challenge and FundedNext stages. During the FundedNext stage, only 40% of profits from trades executed within 5 minutes before or after a listed high-impact news event affecting the instrument are counted. Losses remain fully recorded.
• Stellar Instant: News trading is permitted, subject to the 40% news-profit attribution rule.
• The restriction includes market orders, pending orders, Stop Loss and Take Profit executions.

Inactivity Rules:

• At least one trade must be placed within every 30 consecutive calendar days to prevent account deactivation.

VPN Usage:

• VPNs are permitted on Challenge and FundedNext Accounts. Connections through IP addresses from restricted countries are prohibited.

VPS Usage:

• VPS usage is permitted on accounts below $50,000, subject to the applicable usage fee and trading conditions.
• VPS usage is prohibited on accounts of $50,000 or more. Manual trading through a VPS is prohibited.

Weekend and Overnight Holding:

• Overnight and weekend holding is permitted.

Shared across all programs

• Minimum Payout: $20 through eligible cryptocurrency methods and $50 through RiseWorks.
• Processing Fee: 3.5% on all payout methods

Stellar 1-Step:

• Profit Split: 80%, increasing to 90% after qualifying for Scale-Up.
• Payout Frequency: Every 5 business days.
• Refundable Fee: Available with the third Performance Reward.

Stellar 2-Step:

• Standard Payout: First payout after 21 days, then every 14 days. Profit split: 80%, increasing to 90% after qualifying for Scale-Up.
• 3-Day Performance Reward: Payouts after 3 profitable trading days per cycle, each generating at least 1% account profit. Profit split: 60%.
• On-Demand Performance Reward: Payouts available after achieving at least 2% account growth and satisfying the 40% best-day consistency rule. Profit split: 90%.
• Refundable Fee: Available with the first Performance Reward.

Stellar Lite:

• Standard Payout: Every 10 business days. Profit split: 80%, increasing to 90% after qualifying for Scale-Up.
• 3-Day Performance Reward: Payouts after 3 profitable trading days per cycle, each generating at least 1% account profit. Profit split: 60%.
• On-Demand Performance Reward: Payouts available after achieving at least 2% account growth and satisfying the 40% best-day consistency rule. Profit split: 90%.
• Refundable Fee: Available with the third Performance Reward.

Stellar Instant:

• Profit Split: 70% during Tiers 1 and 2, increasing to 80% from Tier 3 onward.
• Standard Payout: Every 14 days, provided account growth is at least 1%.
• On-Demand Payout: Available after achieving 5% account growth, subject to End-of-Day eligibility verification.
• Minimum Payout Condition: Account growth below 1% extends the payout cycle until the requirement is met.
• Drawdown Rule: The 6% trailing Maximum Loss Limit does not reset after a payout. Withdrawals reduce the remaining drawdown buffer, and a full withdrawal may result in an account breach.

Add-ons:

• Lifetime Reward 95%: Stellar 1-Step, Stellar 2-Step and Stellar Lite; increases the profit split to 95% for eligible payout configurations.
• 150% Reward: Stellar 1-Step and Stellar 2-Step; increases the refundable subscription-fee benefit to 150%.
• Bi-Weekly Reward: Stellar 2-Step; reduces the standard first payout waiting period from 21 days to 14 days.