Funding Traders: EAs, copy trading and challenge rules

What Funding Traders allows for the terminal, the copier and automated strategies, then the rules and prices of its challenges.

Checked on September 17, 2026

Automated trading allowed with conditions

  • Terminal (trade-manager EA)You decide, the EA places and manages the order.
    Allowed
  • Copier (between your accounts)Copying someone else’s account is forbidden everywhere.
    Allowed
  • Automated strategyA program decides and places orders on its own.
    With conditions
Founded
2023
Headquarters
New York, USA
Platforms
TradeLocker, DXtrade, MetaTrader 5
Max split
100%
Max allocation
$200,000
Trustpilot
4.5/52,560 reviews
What the firm says

Funding Traders and automated trading

  • Risk-management EAs allowed without reservation; a purchased or downloaded EA is forbidden if it does anything else.
  • An EA that trades must be understood end to end by the trader: an AI-generated EA copied as is gets treated as a commercial EA. Grid and hedging EAs forbidden.
  • Copying by software allowed between your Funding Traders accounts and from your accounts at other brokers or firms.
  • HFT (trades of 15 seconds or less) forbidden on funded accounts.
Challenges

Funding Traders challenges

AccountTypePriceTargetMax daily lossMax lossSplit
1-Step 5K1 step$29refundable10%4%5%80%
1-Step 200K1 step$799refundable10%4%5%80%
2-Step 5K2 steps$29refundable8% then 5%6%12%80%
2-Step 200K2 steps$799refundable8% then 5%6%12%80%
Instant 100KInstant funding$589—3%6%80%

Prices recorded on July 26, 2026, excluding promotions. Check on fundingtraders.com before buying.

Rules

The rules to know before trading

Minimum trading days
Not specified
News trading
Restricted
Weekend holding
Restricted
Payouts
First payout at 14 days, then weekly
Consistency rule
Minimum profitable days over 30 days; at most 1% floating risk per position; average trade longer than 2 minutes
Scaling plan
Yes
With Kara

Your Funding Traders accounts in Kara

Kara connects to your Funding Traders accounts through MetaTrader 5. The journal imports every position, and challenge tracking warns you at 70% and 90% of the daily loss and maximum drawdown.

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FAQ

Funding Traders in short

Does Funding Traders allow EAs?
Yes, with conditions: Funding Traders allows automated strategies within a defined framework. A trade-manager EA, which places and manages the order you decided, is allowed. Risk-management EAs allowed without reservation; a purchased or downloaded EA is forbidden if it does anything else.
Can I copy trades between my Funding Traders accounts?
Yes, copying between your own accounts is allowed. An EA that trades must be understood end to end by the trader: an AI-generated EA copied as is gets treated as a commercial EA. Grid and hedging EAs forbidden.
How much does a Funding Traders challenge cost?
From $29 to $799 depending on the account, prices recorded on July 26, 2026 excluding promotions.
Does Kara work with Funding Traders?
Yes, through MetaTrader 5: the journal imports your positions and challenge tracking watches Funding Traders's limits.
Other forex and CFD prop firms

Kara is not affiliated with any prop firm. These rules come from the firm's pages and from public reports cited as sources; they change: read them again before buying a challenge.


                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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