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Base price: $289With code CRITIC: $216.75

25% off with CRITIC · saves $72.25

Base price: $309With code CRITIC: $293.55

5% off with CRITIC · saves $15.45

Cost

Base price
$289
$309
Price with code
$216.75
25% off with CRITIC
$293.55
5% off with CRITIC
Account size
$50K
$50K
Profit split
90% standard; 100% add-on available
Starts at 80%; scales to 100%

Evaluation rules

Profit target
1-Step Pro: 6%; 2-Step Pro: 10% in Step 1 and 5% in Step 2
New: Phase 1 10%, Phase 2 5%; Classic: Phase 1 8%, Phase 2 5%; funded target 10%
Max drawdown
1-Step Pro: 6% trailing; 2-Step Pro: 10% trailing
10% static maximum loss from initial balance
Daily loss limit
1-Step Pro: 3%; 2-Step Pro: 5%
5% in evaluation and funded stages
Min trading days
1-Step Pro: 5 qualifying days; 2-Step Pro: none in evaluation, 5 in funded
3 profitable days per evaluation phase; 3 profitable days before withdrawal/scaling

Funded rules

Funded drawdown
1-Step Pro: 6% trailing; 2-Step Pro: 10% trailing
10% static maximum loss; 5% daily loss
Consistency rule
20% for Instant Funding Standard MODEL · one trading day can not equal or be greater than 20% of the total profits madefirm-level
Not recorded
Consistency rule (funded)
25% best-day consistency rule for payout eligibility
Not recorded
News trading (challenge)
Allowed · 5 minute window before and after red folder (high-impact), including FOMC speeches, statements, and related events; 0.5% cap of account starting balance per payout cyclefirm-level
Holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed · No order execution 2 minutes prior, after or within to high-impact news in the related currency or indexfirm-level
News trading (funded)
Allowed · 5 minute window before and after red folder (high-impact), including FOMC speeches, statements, and related events; 0.5% cap of account starting balance per payout cyclefirm-level
Holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed · No order execution 2 minutes prior, after or within to high-impact news in the related currency or indexfirm-level
Max live balance
$400,000 funded allocation; scaling up to $4,000,000
$500,000
Scaling plan
Reach 12% profit within 3 months for a 25% increase of initial balance; repeat up to $4,000,000
Scales after each 10% funded target, up to $500,000

Options & add-ons

Choices at this size
Max loss
  • 6%$289(+$74)
  • 10%$215
Model type
  • Classic$309(+$31)
  • New Model$278
Customizable at checkout
Checkout add-ons can raise profit split to 100% and accelerate the first payout to 7 days; instant funding also offers first payout on demand.
Classic/New is a model-type variant axis. The materially different separate $100K 2-Step plan is not flattened into this standard model.

Payouts

Payout frequency
Every 14 days
Every 2 weeks
First payout
14 days after first funded trade (7-day or on-demand add-ons available by model)
14 days after funded activation; $150 minimum profit
Min days to payout
14 days after first funded trade; minimum-trading-day rules may also apply
14
Processing time
24 business hours (payout guarantee)
Typically up to 3 business days after approval
Refund policy
Evaluation fee refunded with the fourth payout unless the account hard-breaches first
Program page advertises a funded-stage refund; general terms allow refunds within 14 days only before trading activity
Payout methods
CryptoRise (bank transfer or crypto)
RiseCryptoBank transferHub Credits

Trading rules

Weekend holding
Allowed
Allowed; index positions incur high swaps
Overnight holding
Allowed
Allowed
Hedging
Allowed within the same trading account
Ordinary hedging is allowed; hedge arbitrage and cross-account or cross-operator offsets are prohibited
Copy trading
Allowed between personal AquaFunded and external accounts
External, other-trader and coordinated copying are prohibited; current own-account guidance conflicts
Expert advisors (EAs)
Allowed as part of the trader’s own personal strategy
Allowed with visible stop-loss and owned source code; no copying, tick scalping, HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage, or emulators
Other restrictions
No demo-server/data-feed exploitation, delayed charts, tick scalping, HFT, arbitrage bots, reverse/latency/hedge arbitrage, or emulators
No execution from 2 minutes before through 2 minutes after high-impact news; 30-day evaluation and 60-day funded inactivity limits
Commission / lot
Fx: $5 per lot · Commodities: $5 per lot · Indicies: $0 · Crypto: $0 · ECN spreadsfirm-level
Approximately $4 per lot; no exact program-specific schedule published

Platforms

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Where they differ

6 differences, split evenly

AquaFunded

Pro Challenge

The5ers

High Stakes

Base price
Winner: $289
$309
Price with code
Winner: $216.75
$293.55
Profit split
Winner: 90%
80%
Max drawdown
6%
Winner: 10%
Daily loss limit
3%
Winner: 5%
Funded drawdown
6%
Winner: 10%

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