Clear answers before opening an account.
Learn how programs work, how the Free Challenger weekly draw works, what rules protect fair trading, which strategies are prohibited, and what traders should expect before checkout or payout review.
Free Challenger
$0 entry, two phases, weekly draw, no direct cash payout.
Top 20% draw
10 qualified traders means 2 may be selected; 50 means 10 may be selected.
Rule snapshot
Every account should keep immutable rules for fair review.
Security review
Latency arbitrage, HFT abuse, price manipulation, and fraud are prohibited.
Section 1
Programs and account paths
Understand the difference between Free Challenger, Two-Step Challenge, and Instant Funding before choosing your account.
Which program should I choose?
Choose Free Challenger if you want to test your discipline without paying an entry fee. Choose Two-Step Challenge if you prefer a classic evaluation path with clear phases. Choose Instant Funding if you are experienced, accept stricter risk controls, and want faster simulated funded access.
Are challenge accounts simulated?
Yes. Public copy should treat challenge accounts, evaluations, and funded paths as simulated trading environments unless a reviewed legal policy explicitly says otherwise. This keeps expectations clear and avoids implying guaranteed live capital.
What is the Free Challenger?
Free Challenger is a $0 skill test. Traders must pass Phase 1 and Phase 2. After that, qualified traders enter the weekly funded-account draw for a $25K funded-account opportunity. There is no cash payout, no profit split, and no paid withdrawal cycle on the free route.
How does the weekly Free Challenger draw work?
Each week, qualified Free Challengers who passed both phases are grouped into the draw. The top 20% may receive a $25K funded account. For example, if 10 traders qualify, 2 traders may be selected. If 50 traders qualify, 10 traders may be selected.
Can I receive cash directly from the Free Challenger?
No. The Free Challenger does not pay cash payouts. It is designed as a free qualification route for a possible $25K funded-account opportunity through the weekly selection draw.
Can I switch from Free Challenger to a paid program?
Yes, a trader may choose a paid program separately if available. Paid programs should have their own pricing, rules, account size, drawdown limits, payout terms, and checkout snapshot.
Section 2
Trading rules and risk limits
The rules protect the evaluation, the platform, and fair access for disciplined traders.
Where can I see drawdown and account rules?
Use the Rules page before checkout. It should display the program, account size, platform, profit target, daily loss, maximum loss, minimum activity, weekend holding, EA permissions, reset rules, and payout conditions.
What is daily loss?
Daily loss is the maximum loss allowed in one trading day according to the account rules. The exact calculation method should be shown in the final approved terms and stored with the account snapshot.
What is maximum loss?
Maximum loss is the total loss limit for the account. If the account breaches this limit, the challenge or funded account may fail or be closed according to the approved rule snapshot.
Are profit targets the same for every program?
No. A Two-Step Challenge may have Phase 1 and Phase 2 profit targets, while Instant Funding may focus more on strict risk protection. Free Challenger uses its own qualification rules and weekly draw model.
Can rules change after checkout?
Production systems should store an immutable rule snapshot at checkout or account creation. This protects both the trader and the firm because the account is reviewed against the rules that were accepted when the account started.
What happens if I break a rule?
A rule breach may fail the challenge, block payout eligibility, trigger review, or close the account depending on severity. Critical violations such as manipulation, arbitrage abuse, or prohibited automation should be treated more seriously than ordinary trading losses.
Section 3
Security and prohibited strategies
Fair trading is required. Manipulation, latency abuse, and platform exploitation are not allowed.
Is high-frequency trading allowed?
High-frequency trading, ultra-fast order spamming, quote stuffing, latency abuse, or infrastructure-based exploitation should be prohibited unless the firm has explicitly approved a special account type for it.
Is latency arbitrage allowed?
No. Latency arbitrage, delayed-feed exploitation, stale-price execution, price mismatch abuse, and similar strategies should be prohibited because they exploit technical delays rather than normal market risk.
Is price manipulation allowed?
No. Any attempt to manipulate prices, exploit platform errors, trade against bad ticks, abuse liquidity gaps, or coordinate activity to create artificial results should be prohibited and may lead to disqualification.
Can I use Expert Advisors or trading bots?
EAs and bots may be allowed only if the selected program permits them. Even when automation is allowed, prohibited behavior such as latency arbitrage, martingale abuse, account mirroring abuse, order flooding, or platform exploitation should remain banned.
Can I copy trades from another account?
Copy trading should only be allowed when the program explicitly permits it. The firm may reject copy trading that duplicates another user, uses the same master account across many accounts, bypasses risk rules, or creates unfair qualification results.
Can I trade during news events?
News trading depends on the program rules. Some accounts may allow it, while others may restrict opening, closing, or modifying trades around high-impact news. The final rule snapshot should clearly define this before checkout.
What activity may trigger a security review?
Security review may be triggered by unusual execution patterns, identical trading across many accounts, suspicious IP/device behavior, impossible fill quality, repeated rule-edge abuse, payment risk, KYC mismatch, or suspected platform manipulation.
Section 4
Payouts, KYC, and account review
Payouts are never automatic. They depend on eligibility, KYC, rule compliance, and review.
Are payouts guaranteed?
No. Payouts are subject to eligibility, KYC, account review, trading-rule compliance, payment checks, and approved payout policy. Marketing copy should never imply guaranteed payouts.
When is KYC required?
KYC is usually required before funded-account approval, payout processing, or any sensitive account action. The firm may request identity verification, address verification, payment ownership checks, and fraud-prevention review.
Why can a payout be delayed?
A payout can be delayed because of KYC review, rule review, suspicious trading behavior, payment verification, duplicate account review, platform data checks, or missing required documents.
Can I withdraw from the Free Challenger?
No. The Free Challenger does not have a cash withdrawal cycle. Passing both phases only qualifies the trader for the weekly $25K funded-account draw.
What should be stored for payout review?
The system should store the accepted rule snapshot, account size, platform, program type, add-ons, trading history, KYC status, payout request data, and backend review logs.
Section 5
Platforms and technical support
Traders should know which platform they are using and what support can help with.
Which platforms are supported?
The platform list may include MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4, cTrader, Match-Trader, DXtrade, and TradeLocker depending on availability. The checkout snapshot should store the selected platform.
Can I change my platform after checkout?
Platform changes should not be automatic. If allowed, they should go through support or admin review because platform selection may affect execution, account provisioning, rules, and credentials.
What should I do if my platform login does not work?
Check that you are using the correct server, login, password, and platform type. If the issue continues, contact support with your account email, program, platform, and a screenshot of the error.
Do you provide education?
The platform may provide educational resources, rules explanations, and preparation material. Education should not be presented as financial advice or as a promise of passing the challenge.
How do I contact support?
Use the public contact form for general questions. Use the Client Area for account-specific support, payout questions, verification issues, platform credentials, or rule review requests.
Fair traders first
Rules should reward discipline, risk control, and clear account behavior.
Review before payout
KYC, rule compliance, trading history, and payment checks should be completed before payout approval.
Abuse is prohibited
HFT abuse, latency arbitrage, price manipulation, bad tick exploitation, and fraud should lead to review or disqualification.
Still have a question?
Use the public contact form for general questions, or open Client Area for account-specific support, KYC, payout review, or platform credentials.