Prop Firm Rules

FTMO has  removed the $200,000 Swing account option from its 2-Step Challenge lineup. The account size is no longer available for purchase, with the Swing offering now capped at $100K. Traders who previously held a $200K Swing funded account have being migrated to a Standard account type.

Blueberry Funded has updated their trading rules and program offerings.

Removed rules:

Lot Size Rules
Chasing Losses
One-Sided Bets
All-In Trading
Position Stacking
Martingale / Grid Trading

New rule introduced:

1.5% Risk Per Trade Idea (Funded accounts only)

Program update:
Rapid Challenge has been discontinued

This update reflects a simplification of trading rules

FundingPips Rule Structure Revision & Exposure Adjustments

FundingPips has announced a series of rule modifications effective at Market Open on Monday, 23 February. The update focuses on simplifying rule enforcement and reducing subjective oversight.

Key Changes

1. Removal of Subjective Rule Enforcement
Subjective evaluations related to trading behavior (e.g., toxic trading flow reviews) have been removed. Traders are now assessed strictly based on defined hard limits.

2. Lot Exposure Restrictions (Master Accounts)
Previous daily and overall lot exposure limits on Master accounts have been removed. No fixed lot-size cap is now stated.

3. Risk Warning Adjustments
The frequency of risk warnings has been reduced, aligned with the simplified rule structure.

4. News Trading Rule Update
News trading restrictions have been standardized:
Trading is restricted 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after scheduled news events.
No execution-time exceptions.
Violations result in profit deduction only, not account breach.
Applies uniformly across all programs & reward cycles, including On-Demand accounts.

5. Risk Per Trade (Master Accounts)
Risk per trade idea has been adjusted based on account size:
Accounts below $50K: Maximum 3% per trade idea.
Accounts $50K and above: Maximum 2% per trade idea.

The update removes subjective rule enforcement, eliminates stated lot exposure caps for Master accounts, standardizes news trading restrictions, and adjusts risk-per-trade parameters based on account size. Changes take effect at market open on 23 February.

Hantec Trader has announced updates across all programs (applicable to new purchases/journeys only).

All Programs – Key Changes
Profit Split:
Previous: 75% default
Updated: 80% default
The 90% add-on remains unchanged

News Trading:
Funded accounts: No opening/closing trades 3 minutes before or after high-impact news events (ForexFactory Red Folder).
Challenge accounts: No restrictions
Maximum Open Risk (funded accounts only):

New rule: 3% maximum open risk at any given time (Instant Lite: 1%)
Losses cannot exceed 3% of starting balance across single or multiple positions

Payout Structure:
Payout on demand has been removed
Standard payout cycle: 14 days from first trade (Instant & Funded accounts)
With Bi-Weekly add-on: 7 days

Enhanced Accounts
Minimum Profitable Days (New Requirement):
3 profitable days with at least 0.5% profit
Applies to Stage 1, Stage 2, and Funded accounts

Instant Lite Updates
Consistency Score:
Previous: 25%
Updated: 20%

Minimum Profitable Days (Withdrawal Requirement):
5 days with at least 0.5% profit
Profitable days reset after each payout cycle

These updates apply only to new purchases and new journeys. Existing accounts and ongoing journeys are not impacted.

E8 Markets has updated their program offerings.
Newly launched program: E8 Crypto Static
This update reflects the introduction of a new crypto-based program under E8 Markets.

Instant Funding has updated their program offerings.

Newly launched program: IF Micro Pro

This update reflects the introduction of the IF Micro Pro program.

E8 Markets has updated their program offerings.
Newly launched program: E8 One Crypto
This update reflects an addition of a dedicated crypto program

FundedNext Weekend Holding Rule Change

FundedNext has updated its weekend holding rules Retroactively: Weekend holding and positions/Pending orders over market rollovers longer than 2 hours are no longer permitted on funded and instant funding accounts.

This restriction applies only to funded phases; weekend holding and over market rollovers longer than 2 hours still allowed during the challenge phase.

Finotive Funding has updated their trading platform availability.

Previous platform: MT5 only
Updated platforms: MT5 and MatchTrader

Additional update:
US traders are now welcome to use Finotive Funding via MatchTrader. This update reflects expanded platform access and regional availability

Finotive Funding has updated their commission structure across both Evaluation and Funding stages.

Previous structure:

Evaluation stage:
Commission-free trading on all assets

Funding stage:
• Forex (Challenge & Instant): 0.0040%
• Forex (Pro): $3/lot
• Indices: 0.0040%
• Energy:
NGAS, UKOIL – 0.0040%
USOIL – 0.0050%
• Metals:
XAU, XAG, XPD – 0.0050%
XPT – 0.0040%
• Crypto: 0.06%
• Equities & ETFs: Commission-free

Updated structure (now applies to Evaluation and Funding stages):

Forex:
Challenge & Instant – $5/lot
Pro – $4/lot
Indices & Stocks: $0

Metals:
Challenge & Instant – $6/lot
Pro – $5/lot

Crypto:
Challenge & Instant – 0.06%
Pro – 0.045%

This update introduces commissions to the Evaluation phase and aligns pricing across both stages.