RULES DIRECTORY

Prop firm rules at a glance

Review structured rule notes before purchasing a challenge. Rules change frequently, so always confirm time-sensitive conditions on the official firm website.

Forex

Vault Funder

Consistency rules applied, but the percentage depended on the programme and on which version of the rules an account was bought under. Vault Funder ran several challenge configurations over its life and no single figure covers them all, so none is recorded here.
Trading was fully simulated. Vault Funder's own regulatory disclosure confirms evaluations and funded accounts ran in a simulated environment and that client funds were never traded or held for live-market trading.
Expert Advisors were allowed on standard evaluation accounts.
Copy trading was restricted and depended on the programme.
High-frequency and ultra-high-speed strategies were prohibited.

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Crypto

HyroTrader

No consistency rule is published.
Daily drawdown limit is 4%.
Maximum loss limit is 6%.
One-Step profit target is 10%.
Minimum of 5 trading days is required.

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Forex

DDXprop

Not published.
A free trial is offered alongside the challenge. The evaluation is simulated, and the funded account is provided by a THIRD PARTY - not by DDXprop itself.
Prohibited: AI manipulation and ultra-high-speed methods.
Prohibited: exploiting price or feed errors.
Prohibited: opposite-position manipulation.

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Forex

Funded7

None advertised on the current standard 2-Step.
Execution is entirely simulated - the terms state this explicitly.
Drawdown is STATIC. Minimum 3 trading days, unlimited duration.
Expert Advisors are allowed. Weekend holding is allowed. News trading is allowed.

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Funded Academy

Not published as a percentage.
All accounts are DEMO and SIMULATED - the Terms state explicitly that no trades are executed with real capital.
1-Step: minimum 4 trading days, maximum drawdown 8% trailing.
2-Step Standard: daily loss 5%, maximum drawdown 10%.
Leverage differs sharply by plan on forex - 1:30 on the 1-Step, 1:100 on the 2-Step and 1:50 on Pro Flex.

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Forex

Lionheart Funding Program

Alpha Challenge: no consistency rule during the challenge.
Funded: the current Alpha page states no consistency requirement.
Funded accounts are FULLY SIMULATED with real market quotes. Lionheart states that trading data can be sent to a partner prop firm, where trades may be copied using aggregated orders.
News trading is NOT allowed. Expert Advisors are NOT allowed.
Weekend holding is allowed.

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Forex

FundedHive

None on the current main challenge.
A WEB3 FOREX PROP FIRM. FundedHive holds no client funds and uses smart contracts for automated payouts, publishing blockchain payout certificates publicly. Evaluation funds are explicitly fictitious and simulated; A-book trading is advertised for funded accounts.
No consistency rule and no maximum lot-size restriction on the current main challenge.
Drawdown is static and balance-based. Accounts are swap-free.
Overnight holding is allowed. News trading is allowed.

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Forex

FundingTraders

Programme-specific, and the figures differ sharply between generations.
1-Step Pro: the largest profitable day must be 50% or less of total profits.
Some newer Instant programmes use 25% consistency.
2-Step products can carry 15% consistency depending on the plan.
Several generations of programmes are still visible in the help centre, and their rules differ. Do not apply one generic rule set across accounts - check the rules for the specific programme.

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The Funded Trader

Set per programme. The lineup - Knight, Knight Pro, Royal, Royal Pro, Dragon and Classic - each carries its own rules.
Trading is simulated, not live. The Funded Trader is an evaluation firm rather than a broker.
Rules differ sharply between challenges. The current lineup is Knight, Knight Pro, Royal, Royal Pro, Dragon and Classic-type programmes.
Royal allows EAs and weekend holding. Knight carries news restrictions. Dragon offers EA and trade-copier options depending on the account.
REPUTATION: Trustpilot stands at 2.9 from around 22,000 reviews, with a significant number of one-star ratings and recent complaints about withdrawals and account or platform issues. Those are trader reports, not proven facts, but the volume is worth knowing.

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Verso

Inconsistency Score (ISC) of 50%: the best trading day may not account for more than 50% of total profit.
Going over it does not close the account. Withdrawals are suspended until the ratio comes back inside the allowed range.
Treat the number as worth checking at checkout. Verso is not consistent about it - some of its own marketing pages say 30% and some say 20%, while the dedicated rules page says 50%. The dedicated page is used here.
Trading is fully simulated. There is no real market execution, and rewards are paid on simulated performance.
News trading is allowed in the challenges, but no trades may be opened in the 2 minutes before or the 2 minutes after a high-impact release.

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Ultimate Traders

No universal consistency rule is advertised on the main challenges.
Expert Advisors are allowed.
Hedging is allowed. Scalping is allowed.
High-frequency trading is allowed during the evaluation.
News trading is available as a paid add-on.

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Forex

E8 Markets

E8 One: A consistency rule of 40% applies, that means that one trading day can not equal or be greater than 40% of the total profits made. (Funded)
E8 Signature: A consistency rule of 35% applies, that means that one trading day can not equal or be greater than 35% of the total profits made. (Funded)
Max Position Size: 50 lots per order for FX and indices; 20 lots per order for XAUUSD
Independent Evaluation: Each trading evaluation must be completed independently.
Server Request Limitation: There is a limit of 100 orders you can enter at a time, 2000 modifications of TP/SL and orders per day. The maximum position limit per day is also 2000.

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Forex

Ft9ja

Not published as a percentage. The minimum-trading-day requirements differ by programme instead.
Three programmes on three different brokers: Synthetic on Deriv, Classic and Challenge on IC Markets and FXTM.
Daily drawdown 5% and account drawdown 10%.
Minimum trading days: Synthetic needs 10 a month with at least 2 a week; Classic needs 10 a month; Challenge needs 6 per phase.
The Classic 1-Step target is 25% - unusually high. The Challenge 2-Step runs 10% then 5%. Synthetic accounts have no profit target at all.

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Forex

Shark Funded

No consistency rule on the currently displayed Lite 2-Step program. A 1% maximum floating rule applies on the currently displayed program. Consistency/risk conditions can vary by Prime
Lite and Bolt account model.
Lite 2-Step: 6% Phase 1 profit target and 6% Phase 2 profit target. Lite 2-Step: 3% daily drawdown. Lite 2-Step: 6% maximum drawdown. Lite 2-Step: no minimum trading days on the currently published account. News trading is allowed during the evaluation on the currently published Lite 2-Step model. Weekend trading/holding is allowed on the currently published Lite 2-Step model. A 1% maximum floating rule applies on the currently published Lite 2-Step program. Shark Funded currently offers Prime
Lite and Bolt product families with Instant
One-Step and Two-Step pathways. All Shark Funded accounts are operated in a simulated trading environment; the company states it does not provide brokerage or live trading accounts.

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DPFunded

Not published.
Operated by D Prime Vanuatu Limited, which states it is regulated by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission. The parent brand D Prime has been trading for over 20 years.
The evaluation is simulated; the site says successful traders receive real funding support.
1-Step: minimum 4 trading days and a 90-DAY time limit - one of the few here with a hard clock.
Once funded there is no profit target.

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Best Prop 4 U

Not published.
Three separate plan families are offered: Forex CFDs, Crypto Only and Futures.
Best Prop 4 U states it is an AFFILIATE of Prop Account LLC, and that the assessments are for simulated trading.
Drawdown type differs by plan: STATIC on the 1-Step and 2-Step, TRAILING on Instant.

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Forex

ForTraders

Instant: Your best trading day’s profit must be less than 15% of your total profit. If it exceeds 15%, you must continue trading until it falls below this threshold.
Pay After Pass: Your best trading day must be below 20% of your total profit - Funded Only
News Trading: Evaluation: Allowed with No Restriction Funded / Instant Accounts: You can hold trades during news events, but opening positions within 5 minutes before or after high-impact news is not allowed; profits from such trades will be deducted.
Expert Advisors (EAs): EAs are allowed only if they assist your personal trading decisions — fully automated or self-trading EAs & bots are strictly prohibited.
Copy Trading: Allowed between For Traders Accounts and from your For Traders account (acting as the Master account) to your own external accounts (other propfirms or personal accounts). Copying trades to a For Traders account is strictly prohibited.

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Forex

Funding Frontier

Not published.
Trading is simulated.
2-Step: Phase 1 target 7.5%, Phase 2 target 5%, daily drawdown 5%, overall drawdown 10%, minimum 5 trading days and no maximum.
The funded stage carries no profit target. Funded split 80/20.
RISK - HIGH. Trustpilot stands at 2.8 from 455 reviews, including recent complaints about disabled symbols, support and funded-account problems. Those are trader reports rather than established facts, but the volume is significant.

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Forex

Equity Edge

Not published.
Simulated evaluation model.
Account sizes run from $2,500 to $300,000 across 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Funding.
Currently UNLISTED on PropFirmMatch.

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TTT Markets

Consistency requirements depend on the programme and are not published as a single figure - check at checkout.
Weekend holding is restricted unless the relevant option is purchased.
News trading rules depend on the programme.
Breaching an account can invalidate profit that has not yet been paid.
Copy trading and prohibited strategies are governed by the rules of each programme.

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Futures

Top One Futures

Instant: A trader's profit on any single day cannot exceed 20% of the total profit on Instant Funded.
Ignite: A trader's profit on any single day cannot exceed 15% of the total profit on Ignite Funded.
Elite Access: 40% on Funded but none on Evaluation.
Elite Daily: 40% on Evaluation only
Exploiting System, Pricing, or Latency Errors: Any attempt to take advantage of errors, delays, mispricings, or lags in the broker's feed, the charting platform, or any associated systems will result in immediate account breach This includes latency arbitrage and price manipulation

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Forex

TradexProp

45%. The best trading day may not exceed 45% of the total target.
Going over it does not fail the account - the required target is recalculated instead.
No stop loss is required.
News trading is prohibited from 3 minutes before to 3 minutes after a high-impact release.
Expert Advisors are allowed.

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Forex

FTMO

1-Step standard Best Day Rule: Evaluation & Funded: No single trading day can account for more than 50% of the total profit
Australian Traders: Clients in Australia can use FTMO services which are facilitated via our affiliated VRGK entity as https://ftmo.com/au/
USA Traders: Clients in the United States of America can use FTMO services facilitated via our affiliated entity at https://ftmo.oanda.com
2-Step Standard & 2-Step Swing: 4 days - Evaluation: 4 days | Funded: None
News Trading: Allowed: Swing accounts (Both funded and evaluation phase), Standard accounts (Evaluation phase only) Not allowed: Standard accounts (Funded stage only) On the targeted instruments, it is not permitted to open or close any trades, including pending orders (including Stop Loss or Take Profit), within a time window starting 2 minutes before and ending 2 minutes after the release of selected news announcements.

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Futures

Onyx Futures

Sapphire: no single trading day may exceed 40% of total profit.
Diamond (funded): 40% per payout.
Flex: 50% during the evaluation and no consistency rule once funded - per the published rulebook. The live pricing widget currently shows 52% instead, so this is worth checking at checkout.
Direct: 25%.
Express to Live: no consistency rule at the funded stage.

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Forex

Vertex Funding

25% on the evaluation phases, dropping away entirely on the Live Funded account. Calculated as best trading day PnL divided by total PnL, times 100.
At 25%, the profit target cannot be reached in fewer than 4 days (100 / 25 = 4).
Breaching it does NOT lose the account. Both the profit target and the consistency ratio have to be met to pass a phase and take the payout, so a trader who goes over simply keeps trading until the ratio comes back into line - on a $8,000 target with a $3,000 best day (37.5%), the target rises to $12,000 while the best day stays at or below $3,000.
Note: this figure is published on the futures programme FAQ. Vertex Funding does not publish a separate consistency percentage for the forex 2-Phase evaluation.
News trading is allowed.

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Futures

FuturesElite

Prime: No single trading day’s profit can equal or exceed 40% of your total profit (Funded only)
Elite: No single trading day’s profits can be greater than 40% or 50% of your total profits. (Evaluation accounts only)
Instant: 1st and 2nd payout: 20% Consistency Score | 3rd payout: 25%,Consistency score | 4th payout: 30% consistency score
Nitro: No single trading day’s profits can be greater than 50% of your total profits. (Evaluation accounts only)
Price Limit Rule: Traders are prohibited from trading any product within 2% of a CME price limit

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Forex

Hantec Trader

Best day ≤35% (EnhancedX); ≤20% (Instant Lite); single trade ≤15% total profit (Instant24)
Inactivity Rule: All accounts will be deactivated after 30 days of inactivity. To avoid deactivation, log in and maintain an active connection.
Buffer Rule (Instant Lite): The first 3% profit generated on the account cannot be requested as a reward. This will act as a safety buffer to protect your account from hitting the 3% daily loss limit when requesting a reward.
Profit Lock Rule: Requesting a payout locks your max loss at the starting balance. The remaining portion acts as a buffer, while withdrawing the full profit leads to a breach in the Enhanced, Express, and Instant Programs.
Maximum Open Risk: A maximum open risk of 3% applies to all funded accounts and Instant Funding. At any given time, the total potential loss across one or multiple open positions must not exceed 3% of the starting balance. For Instant Lite and Instant24 accounts, the maximum open risk is 1%.

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Forex

FundedX

Programme-specific.
Funded accounts are NOT live trading accounts. The marketing says "real capital", but the firm's own privacy policy and disclaimer state the accounts are simulated using real market data from liquidity providers.
Turbo carries a 7-DAY time limit - the only programme that does - and copy trading is allowed on it.
Standard 1-Phase and 2-Phase have unlimited duration and allow EAs.

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Forex

Darwinex Zero

Program timing: 90-day calibration window - may be extended if traders are actively trading.
Copy trading: Allowed.
EAs (Expert Advisors): Allowed.
News trading: Allowed.
Weekend holding: Allowed.

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Forex

AuraFunded

LOT-SIZE CONSISTENCY on the funded stage, not a best-day percentage. An average trade size is calculated, and trades must stay within that average plus or minus 50%.
Trades opened on the same pair within 30 seconds of each other can be GROUPED together for that calculation.
DAILY TRADE RULE: the total or largest trade profit on any one day may not exceed 40% of the payout potential.
Trading is simulated.
The funded stage enforces lot-size consistency: trades must stay within the average trade size plus or minus 50%, and trades on the same pair within 30 seconds can be grouped for that calculation.

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