FundedNext Trading Rules
Copy Trading
Copy trading is permitted, but only within accounts owned by the same trader. It can be used between Challenge Accounts and separately between Stellar Instant Accounts. Copying trades between Challenge and Funded accounts, or between accounts belonging to different traders, is not permitted.
Expert Advisors & Trading Bots
Expert Advisors are available as an optional add-on and are subject to account-size restrictions.
- EAs can only be used on accounts below $50,000.
- Supported platforms are MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.
- The EA must be individually configured for the trader's strategy. Replicating identical trades across multiple accounts through the same setup is not permitted.
- Traders cannot use an EA to complete an evaluation and then switch to manual trading after receiving a FundedNext Account, or make the opposite switch.
- Each EA or automated strategy is subject to a $300,000 maximum allocation.
News Trading
Trading around economic announcements is permitted during the Evaluation Stage without restrictions.
Once an account reaches the Funded Stage, including Instant Accounts, additional conditions apply. Trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before or after a high-impact news release are subject to a 40% news profit split.
Account Inactivity
A Challenge Account can become inactive if no trading activity occurs for 60 consecutive calendar days. To prevent expiration, at least one trade must be executed within each 60-day period.
Instant Account Drawdown
Stellar Instant accounts use a 6% trailing maximum drawdown. Once the account reaches at least 6% profit, the drawdown level can reset to the original starting balance.
After this reset, traders need to maintain a sufficient profit cushion. Withdrawing the entire available profit can cause the account to be closed.
Maximum Risk Exposure
Funded accounts are subject to a 3% risk-per-trade guideline. Risk is determined by the maximum potential loss based on the position's stop-loss level, together with realized and floating losses across open trades, relative to the account's initial balance.
A violation can result in the profits generated from the relevant trades being fully deducted. A subsequent violation may lead to the same 100% profit deduction and a permanent adjustment of the account's risk parameters.
Following a second violation, the maximum allowable cumulative risk is reduced to 1% at any given time, effective from the end of the trading day in which the breach is identified.
Quick Strike Rule
FundedNext's Quick Strike rule addresses extremely short-term trades. A violation occurs when trades closed in less than 30 seconds contribute 30% or more of total profits.
The consequences depend on the account stage. For Challenge Accounts, this can result in a progression freeze, while Funded Accounts may face 100% profit forfeiture and possible termination.
Consistency of Trading Strategy
Traders are expected to maintain the same fundamental trading approach throughout the evaluation and funded stages. Switching from manual trading to an EA, or from an EA to manual execution, is not allowed.
Similarly, traders cannot use one group of assets, symbols, margin levels, or risk parameters to complete the evaluation and then substantially change their market selection or increase their exposure after becoming funded.
Account Rolling
Account rolling is prohibited. This includes purchasing multiple evaluations with the intention of deliberately sacrificing some accounts while attempting to pass others through a high-risk or luck-based approach.
Such behavior may result in restrictions on future purchases and can potentially affect the trader's maximum lifetime allocation.
One-Sided Betting
FundedNext prohibits trading behavior that resembles gambling rather than a structured trading strategy. This includes taking highly concentrated directional exposure, repeatedly opening positions in the same direction, or entering reactive trades without adequate consideration of technical, fundamental, or market conditions.
Grid Trading
Grid trading involves placing a series of buy and sell orders at predetermined price levels above and below the current market price. The strategy attempts to capitalize on repeated market fluctuations as price moves through these predefined levels.
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