How much have you spent before landing your first funded account or pay-out?
According to our data, the average trader spends between $1,000 and $2,000 on evaluations before finally getting funded.
With FTUK's Pay After You Pass model (Flex Challenge), you no longer need to risk a big upfront on evaluation fees.
Pay a small setup fee — starting from just $10
Pay the rest only after you pass
One-step evaluation
Take control of your trading journey with confidence — and zero upfront risk!
1. What are the available account sizes for Flex Challenge?
$5,000
$10,000
$25,000
$50,000
$100,000
2. Is Flex Challenge a one-step or two-step challenge?
Flex Challenge follows a one-step evaluation model with realistic trading conditions. As soon as you pass the evaluation, you will be offered the opportunity to trade on the funded stage, demonstrating that you have mastered your trading skills.
3. What are the trading rules for Flex Challenge?
Profit Target: 4% (One-step evaluation)
Trading Period: Unlimited
Minimum Trading Days: 1 (only on evaluation phase)
Daily Drawdown: 5% trailing from the previous day's balance (applies to both Evaluation and Funded phases)
Trailing Max Loss:
Evaluation Phase: 8% trailing drawdown from the highest watermark (equity high), which locks once it reaches the initial balance.
Funded Phase: 6% trailing drawdown from the highest watermark, which also locks at the initial balance.
Leverage:
Evaluation Phase: 1:50
Funded Phase: 1:30
4. What platforms are available for Flex Challenge?
Flex Challenge is available on both TradeLocker and Matchtrader.
5. What is the profit split for Flex Challenge?
The profit split starts at 60% and can grow to 80% as you scale your account.
6. What is the scaling plan for Flex Challenge?
When you achieve a 10% profit, your consistency rule and profit split percentage will increase, allowing you to withdraw more and faster.
Level | Consistency Rule | Profit Split |
Level 1 | 20% | 60% |
Level 2 | 20% | 65% |
Level 3 | 30% | 70% |
Level 4 | 30% | 75% |
Level 5 | 40% | 80% |
Level 6 | 40% | 90% |
7. When can I request a pay-out?
Pay-outs can be requested bi-weekly.
A consistency rule of 20% applies to all Flex Challenge accounts. This means your largest trading day should not contribute more than 20% of your overall profit (at Level 1). Once this is met, you can withdraw your profits.
As you scale up, your consistency limit increases, up to 40%, allowing for more flexibility.
8. How does leverage work for Flex Challenge?
Evaluation Phase:
Forex: 50:1
Metals: 10:1
Indices: 10:1
Cryptos: 2:1
Funded Phase:
Forex: 30:1
Metals: 10:1
Indices: 10:1
Cryptos: 2:1
9. What is The Account Protector for Flex Challenge?
The most common reason for account breaches is poor risk management.
Account Protector is an automated risk management tool designed to help traders manage downside risk effectively.
It monitors the equity of open trades and operates as follows:
If the combined floating loss of open losing positions exceeds 2% of the starting balance, all open positions will be automatically closed.
4 or more Violations will result in a hard breach:
Up to 3 Violations: Soft Breach
4 or more Violations: Hard Breach
10. What are the restricted strategies for Flex Challenge?
The following strategies are strictly prohibited:
Martingale
Tick Scalping
Reverse Arbitrage Trading
Latency Arbitrage Trading
Hedge Arbitrage Trading
Grid Trading or High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
11. Can I get a refund for the fee?
The Flex Challenge fee is refundable.
The purchase fee is refunded with your second payout.
12. What add-ons are available for Flex Challenge?
We currently don't offer any Add-ons for the Flex Challenge.