FundedNext has separate CFD and Futures rules. First identify the plan, account phase and any payout option. A loss-limit breach can end the account; a consistency shortfall can instead raise a challenge target or delay a reward.
The 13 October 2026 update covers current plan options, the Lite purchase/reset cutoff, EA eligibility, US platforms and account allocation. The linked policies describe the applicable consequences. My own FundedNext experience is in CFD trading; the Futures rules here are researched.
How do FundedNext rules differ between CFD and Futures?
CFD plans use percentage-based daily and maximum-loss limits. Futures plans use dollar-based EOD trailing limits, contract limits and session cutoffs.
| Division | Plans covered | Maximum-loss mechanic |
|---|---|---|
| CFD | Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step, Lite, Instant | Static on 1-Step, 2-Step and Lite; balance-trailing on Instant |
| Futures | Rapid Pro, Rapid Daily, Legacy, Flex, Direct | EOD trailing; an intraday floating loss can still breach the active floor |
Old Rapid and Bolt remain legacy accounts, without new purchases or resets. Labs experiments have separate rules and are outside this standard-plan map.
Legacy rules here serve existing account holders. The current Futures selection page omits Legacy, so new-purchase availability is not established.
Which FundedNext rules hard-breach, restrict or delay an account?
| Rule | Stage | Published outcome | Primary source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFD daily or maximum loss | Challenge and CFD FundedNext Account | Hard breach; the account can no longer trade. | Daily-loss consequence, Maximum-loss consequence and funded-stage scope |
| 3% combined open risk | CFD FundedNext Account | First violation: warning and violating-trade profit deduction. Second: another deduction and permanent reclassification to 1% risk. | CFD risk-limit policy |
| 40% challenge consistency | Futures Legacy and Flex Challenge | The required profit increases; the ratio alone is not an immediate hard breach. | Legacy and Flex |
| 40% funded-stage consistency | Futures Rapid Pro FundedNext Account | Performance Reward remains ineligible until the largest day is 40% or less of total profit. | Rapid Pro consistency |
| 40% On-Demand payout option | CFD Stellar 2-Step and Lite FundedNext Accounts with this checkout option | A reward requires at least 2% growth and a best day no greater than 40% of cycle profit. | Lite / 2-Step |
| Quick Strike concentration | CFD Challenge and FundedNext Account | Warning at the stated threshold, then challenge hold or funded-account termination path. | Prohibited strategies |
A warning, target extension or reward delay is not the same as a hard breach. Use the row for the exact division and account stage.
What are the main CFD objectives?
| Plan | Challenge target | Minimum trading days | Daily / maximum loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stellar 1-Step | 10% | 2 | 3% / 6% static |
| Stellar 2-Step | 8%, then 5% | 5 per phase | 5% / 10% static |
| Stellar Lite | 8%, then 4% | New Standard: 2 per phase; other cohorts/options: 5 | 4% / 8% static |
| Stellar Instant | No challenge | None | No daily limit / 6% balance-trailing |
The Lite change applies to Standard accounts bought or reset on or after 12 October 2026. Older Standard accounts and both the 3 Profitable Day and On-Demand options retain five evaluation days per phase. The lower-size no-minimum-days add-on is separately documented for 1-Step and 2-Step; do not assume it is included.
Static describes where the loss floor sits. Floating losses still count toward a breach. Instant moves its floor with the balance and monitors equity against that floor.
Stellar 2-Step and Lite also offer payout choices fixed at checkout: Standard, 3 Profitable Days, or On-Demand. Their reward shares and eligibility differ; see the payout rules.
What are the current Futures rule differences?
| Plan | Challenge consistency | Funded consistency | Daily loss limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Pro | None | 40% | None by default; optional soft DLL |
| Rapid Daily | None | None | $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 soft DLL for 25K / 50K / 100K |
| Legacy (existing accounts) | 40% | None | None |
| Flex | 40% | None | None |
| Direct | No challenge | 20% perpetual | $1,000 soft DLL on 50K |
Direct compares the best day since account opening with the current cycle: that all-time best day must be at most 20% of current-cycle profit.
A soft daily-loss breach pauses trading for the day. Reaching the maximum-loss floor is a hard breach. EOD floors update from closing balances, but the active floor is enforced during open trades. Legacy locks at the initial balance; Rapid, Flex and Direct lock at the initial balance plus $100.
Rapid Pro and Daily can pass in one day. Flex targets are $2,500/$5,000/$8,000 for 50K/100K/150K. Direct starts as a simulated funded account with no challenge, a $2,000 EOD loss limit and a fixed 3-mini/30-micro limit.
Close Futures positions by 3:10 p.m. CT; trading resumes at 5 p.m. CT. Direct requires a trade each Monday–Friday trading week and cannot reset; the other plans covered here have a 30-calendar-day inactivity limit.
Which trading behaviors create the highest rule risk?
FundedNext’s CFD prohibited-strategy policy names HFT, tick scalping, grid behavior, cross-account hedging, account rolling, one-sided betting, device sharing, gambling and settlement-window exploitation between 00:00 and 02:00 server time.
Quick Strike covers positions held for less than 30 seconds. A 20% share of cycle profit can trigger a warning; 30% can trigger the published violation path. Challenge advancement may be held. On a CFD FundedNext Account, termination at cycle end and forfeiture of Quick Strike profit can follow the stated warning path.
If the strategy depends on copied third-party execution or heavy automated message traffic, check that policy and the EA rules before purchase.
Which platforms and regions change the rules?
Eligible non-US CFD clients can use MT4, MT5, cTrader or Match-Trader, subject to the plan and size. New US CFD purchases use Match-Trader; existing US cTrader accounts may continue until breach, with no reset afterward.
The EA policy permits paid EA use only on MT4/MT5 accounts below $50K. Accounts of $50K or more require manual trading in both phases. cTrader and Match-Trader prohibit automation at every size. Tools that only change stops, targets or lot size still count as EAs.
Futures supports Tradovate and NinjaTrader, including TradingView execution through Tradovate. Check country eligibility separately from platform support.
Can you use more than one FundedNext profile?
No. FundedNext permits one profile per individual across CFDs, Futures, models and regions. Multiple trading accounts can sit under that profile. If duplicate profiles are detected, the trader may select one to retain; the others are permanently terminated without fee refunds or Performance Rewards and cannot be merged. Creating or attempting another profile after resolution can also terminate the retained profile.
Read the current one-profile policy.
CFD allocation is $300K across funded Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step and Lite accounts, with a $200K Lite sublimit and $50K limits for named countries. Challenge purchases are a separate limit.
Futures allocation permits $750K of active Challenges, unlimited monthly Challenge purchases, five active Funded accounts per user and household, and at most ten newly issued Funded accounts per calendar month. Direct counts toward the funded limits.
How do you translate the 3% CFD ceiling into position size?
On a $100,000 CFD FundedNext Account, calculate the loss at the stop for every open position and add the values. A $1,200 risk on one trade, $900 on a second and $700 on a third equals $2,800, or 2.8%. Another $400 setup would push the total to 3.2%.
Correlated tickets remain part of the combined exposure. Splitting one idea into several orders does not create extra allowance. Moving a stop farther away can increase calculated risk after entry. Recalculate before adding, scaling or widening a stop.
What should be on a FundedNext pre-trade checklist?
Confirm the account model and phase, current daily-loss reset, maximum-loss floor, open-risk total, session cutoff and news window. On Futures, add contract limits and the applicable consistency rule. On MetaTrader, add EA status and server-message limits. On a US CFD account, remember that Match-Trader is manual-only.
Keep the checklist account-specific. A Rapid Pro checklist should distinguish the optional daily loss limit from the default but must include funded-stage 40% consistency. Rapid Daily needs the opposite emphasis. Legacy and Flex need challenge consistency. The purpose is to stop a valid strategy from failing because it was run under the wrong product assumptions.
What is the Futures Disciplined Trader Program?
This is not a blanket rule for every Futures trader. After an official warning, FundedNext can enroll a trader whose repeated high-risk behavior continues. The corrective terms can include a 1% simultaneous-risk cap, mandatory stop-losses, no high-impact-news trading and limits on new purchases, with escalating consequences for further non-compliance.
Read the current Futures program policy.
Can you hold FundedNext CFD trades overnight?
Current CFD plans allow overnight holding, subject to the exact account and weekend policy. Check the current Help Center before holding through a weekend.