FundedNext Futures rules
Evaluation consistency
ConditionalLegacy and Flex challenges have a 40% consistency rule: your best day can be at most 40% of your total profit. Rapid Pro and Rapid Daily challenges have no consistency rule.
Funded consistency
ConditionalFunded Rapid Pro accounts have a 40% consistency rule: your best day can be at most 40% of your total profit. Funded Legacy, Flex and Rapid Daily accounts have no consistency rule.
News trading
AllowedTrading during news events is allowed on futures accounts. Volatility and slippage around major releases are your own risk, so size positions with the drawdown in mind.
Swing trading
Not allowedCopy trading
AllowedCopy trading is allowed across accounts you own and manage yourself, including your own accounts at other firms. Copying another trader, signal services, or coordinated group trading is prohibited.
Algorithmic trading
ConditionalEAs and bots are allowed on the Challenge and FundedNext Account via any Tradovate integration. Exploiting latency, pricing errors or platform vulnerabilities through automation is prohibited.
Scalping
ConditionalMicro-scalping (trades closed within 10 seconds) is capped at 40% of a cycle's profit -- 30% triggers a warning, 40%+ holds Challenge advancement or deducts that profit once funded. Normal scalping is unrestricted.
Dollar cost averaging
AllowedDollar-cost averaging is allowed as part of a structured strategy. Repeatedly adding to losing trades without a plan may be reviewed as high-risk trading.
Hedging
Not allowedHigh frequency trading
Not allowedVPN use
AllowedVPN use is allowed on both Challenge and FundedNext accounts. Repeated inconsistent IP activity may lead the team to request additional documents.
VPS use
AllowedTrading from a VPS is allowed on both Challenge and FundedNext accounts. Repeated inconsistent IP activity may lead the team to request additional documents.
KYC
AppliesProfile-level KYC is required before your first reward withdrawal: a government ID and a liveness check, done once per profile.
Evaluation time limit
NoneInactivity rule
AppliesBoth Challenge and FundedNext Accounts are breached/deactivated after 30 consecutive calendar days without a trade (weekends count); any trade resets the counter. A breached Challenge can be reset; a deactivated FundedNext Account cannot.
Clear path to live
ConditionalOn current plans, 15 Performance Rewards put you in the live review pool. Older Legacy accounts need $100,000 in total profits instead.
FundedNext Futures platforms, data and hours
Trading platforms
- NinjaTrader
- TradingView
- Tradovate
Brokers and data feeds
- Tradovate
Tradable assets
- Futures
FundedNext Futures country availability
FundedNext Futures restricts 51 countries and accepts traders everywhere else, including United Arab Emirates. Restriction lists change without notice, so confirm with the firm before you buy.
A second, larger list (~80 countries incl. e.g. Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey) is not blocked from purchasing but requires Risk Desk review before those traders can go live.