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FundedNext vs Crypto Fund Trader
Rules, drawdown model, fees, and trading conditions compared side by side. Data verified from official sources.
FundedNext vs Crypto Fund Trader: Full Comparison
| Rule | | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown | Varies Varies by model: the flagship Stellar 2-Step uses a 10% static (balance-based) max loss; other models (Express, Futures) differ. Full detailVaries by model: the flagship Stellar 2-Step uses a 10% static (balance-based) max loss; other models (Express, Futures) differ. Limits shown are Stellar 2-Step. | Varies Varies by program: the 2-Phase and 3-Phase evaluations use a static max loss; the 1-Phase and Break models use a trailing max loss. Full detailVaries by program: the 2-Phase and 3-Phase evaluations use a static max loss; the 1-Phase and Break models use a trailing max loss. No program uses tick-by-tick on unrealised intraday peaks. |
| Consistency rule | Varies | Varies |
| Risk per trade cap | Capped 3% max risk ceiling per trade (realized + floating vs initial balance); repeat breaches drop it to a permanent 1% cap. | Capped Funded / final-stage accounts require a stop-loss and no single trade may exceed 2% risk of account size. |
| News trading | Yes Unrestricted in the challenge; funded accounts keep only 40% of profit made within 5 min of high-impact news. | Varies Generally allowed; the Ascend Evaluation bans opening or increasing risk within 2 min of high-impact news or market opens. |
| Weekend holding | Varies Allowed on most FX/CFD accounts; not on FundedNext Futures. | Yes Allowed on all account types and instruments. |
| EAs / bots | Varies Also: >=$50K must trade manually, each EA capped at $300K allocation, identical cross-account strategies banned, and a named blacklist of challenge-passing EAs. Full detailCONTRADICTION: two live articles for the same product disagree. Article 8021061 (Sep 2026) allows EAs on MT4/MT5 below $50K, with a paid non-refundable add-on; article 12673301 (Mar 2026), titled as the rules for the same Stellar 1-Step challenge, says EAs are NOT allowed. The reconciling detail appears to be Match-Trader / USA-relaunch accounts, but neither title says so. Also: >=$50K must trade manually, each EA capped at $300K allocation, identical cross-account strategies banned, and a named blacklist of challenge-passing EAs. | Varies EAs allowed but bans HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage and news-scalping EAs, and cross-account/copy strategies. |
| Daily loss limit | 5% | 5% |
| Overall loss limit | 10% | 10% |
| Profit split | up to 95% Funded split is 80% by default, 90% via the scale-up plan (or the on-demand payout option on 2-Step/Lite), and 95% only with the paid Lifetime Reward add-on. Full detailFunded split is 80% by default, 90% via the scale-up plan (or the on-demand payout option on 2-Step/Lite), and 95% only with the paid Lifetime Reward add-on. The 3-day first-payout option pays 60%. | 80% base, 90% add-on 80/20 default on funded accounts; the 90% Bonus Performance add-on costs 20% of the evaluation price. |
| Fee refund | Yes Refundable Fee equal to the purchase (or latest reset) fee: paid with the 1st payout on Stellar 2-Step, with the 3rd payout on Stellar 1-Step and Lite. Full detailRefundable Fee equal to the purchase (or latest reset) fee: paid with the 1st payout on Stellar 2-Step, with the 3rd payout on Stellar 1-Step and Lite. Plus a 15% reward on the challenge profit target once scale-up criteria are met. | Verify |
| Platforms | MT4, MT5, cTrader, Match-Trader | MT5, Match-Trader, Bybit |
| Assets | Crypto, FX, Indices, Metals, Stocks | Crypto, FX, Indices, Stocks, Commodities |
| Account sizes | $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K | $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K |
| Payout methods | - | Crypto |
Last verified: 2026-09-29 (FundedNext), 2026-09-29 (Crypto Fund Trader). Always verify current terms on each firm's official site before purchasing.
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