The Funded Way — Funded Stage Rules & AI Trust Score

Hidden Rules & Critical Conditions

• Payout cap: first 2 cycles + account reset [Critical]: During the first two payout cycles, your maximum payout is capped at the lower of 10% of account size or $5,000. Any profit above this cap is permanently removed and your account resets to the starting balance. For a $100K funded account with $25,000 in profits: you receive $5,000 and the remaining $20,000 is deleted. Account then resets to $100K. From payout 3 onwards there is no cap. Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12020220-payout-requirements
• Individual funded contract per trader [Critical]: After passing the evaluation, your funded account contract is personally drafted by The Funded Way's legal team based on: (1) your trading style during the challenge phases, (2) KYC verification results. The contract may differ in terms and conditions from what is publicly advertised. Traders who traded aggressively, used high leverage, concentrated risk, or triggered any compliance concern may receive less favourable or more restricted funded account terms. Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12451465-from-challenge-to-funded-account
• Rapid Pro Way: floating loss cuts split to 40% [Critical]: On Rapid Pro Way (instant funded) accounts, if the total open floating (unrealized) PnL across ALL active positions reaches −1.5% of account balance at any moment in time: First occurrence (soft breach) — your profit split is permanently reduced from 80% to 40% for the remainder of that account's life AND profits from the violating trades may be removed. Second occurrence (hard breach) — account terminated immediately with no payout. The firm may also auto-close all positions when the −1.5% threshold is reached. Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12793499-prohibited-trading-practices (Section 9)
• 40% consistency rule on funded (soft, payout-blocking) [Warning]: On Starter Way, Straight Way, Swift Way, and Rapid Way funded accounts, no single trading day may contribute more than 40% (or 20% for Rapid Way) of total profits in a payout cycle. This is a 'soft' rule — violating it does NOT breach or terminate your account. However, your payout request will be denied and you must continue trading until the distribution corrects itself before requesting again. Pro Way, Swift Pro Way, and Rapid Pro Way accounts are completely exempt. Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12020116-consistency-rule
• EAs and copy trading banned on all funded accounts [Warning]: Automated trading tools, Expert Advisors (EAs), and all forms of copy trading are completely prohibited on funded accounts — with no exceptions. This includes EAs you personally own and control, as well as any signal replication. In evaluation (challenge) phases, own-strategy EAs and copy trading between your own accounts are permitted. However, once you receive a funded account, all automation is banned. Violation = immediate account termination and forfeiture of all payout rights. Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12019996-copy-trading-policy
• Max 2% risk per Trading Idea on funded [Warning]: On all standard funded accounts, the maximum combined risk (based on stop-loss distance × lot size) for a single Trading Idea is 2% of account balance. A 'Trading Idea' = same instrument, same direction, trades within 60 minutes of each other. Once the 2% limit is reached, no further trades in that direction on that instrument are allowed for 60 minutes. A stop-loss must be placed within 1 minute of opening any trade. Rapid Pro Way has a tighter 1.5% limit. First violation = soft breach (profits may be removed). Second = hard breach (account terminated). Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12793499-prohibited-trading-practices (Sections 5 & 9)
• Minimum 2-minute trade duration (soft) [Warning]: Positions closed in under 2 minutes are reviewed. If short-duration trading becomes a recurring pattern (not an occasional occurrence), The Funded Way may: adjust or remove related profits, restrict or postpone payout eligibility, or close the account. This rule particularly targets strategies that use rapid entries/exits to artificially inflate qualifying trading day counts. Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12793499-prohibited-trading-practices (Section 8)
• Bracketing strategy explicitly banned [Warning]: Placing simultaneous Buy Stop and Sell Stop orders (or Buy Limit and Sell Limit) before a news release — commonly known as 'bracketing' or 'straddling' — is strictly prohibited across all account types. Classified as abusive trading strategy. Violations can result in profit removal or immediate account termination regardless of timing or account profitability. Source: help.thefundedway.com/en/articles/12020025-news-trading-policy