1-Step Experienced Challenge

Get Funded Fast.

Fast-track to a funded account with our most popular 1-Step prop firm challenge. Prove your trading ability in one step and get funded fast. Hold overnight and weekends with no stop loss requirements. Pass the 10% profit target, complete our risk review, and get access to your funded account where you can withdraw real-world funds from simulated profits. Perfect for day traders and swing traders ready to demonstrate consistent profitability.

Get Funded Fast.

Fast-track to a funded account with our most popular 1-Step prop firm challenge. Prove your trading ability in one step and get funded fast. Hold overnight and weekends with no stop loss requirements. Pass the 10% profit target, complete our risk review, and get access to your funded account where you can withdraw real-world funds from simulated profits. Perfect for day traders and swing traders ready to demonstrate consistent profitability.

Choose Your 1-Step Challenge Account Size 

Select your starting balance and trading platform below. All 1-Step Experienced challenge accounts include up to 100% payout split and access to MetaTrader 5, cTrader, DxTrade, and Match Trader.

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Step 1 – Challenge Phase

10% Simulated Profit Target

6% Max Drawdown

4% Daily Drawdown Limit

No Stop Loss Required

Hold Overnight & Weekend

Your Funded Account

After completing Step 1 of the challenge, you gain access to your funded account. Withdraw real-world funds from your simulated profits from day one, and then every seven days. No waiting period – just pass the challenge and start earning real payouts from your trusted prop trading firm.

Payout Split & Fast Withdrawals

Withdraw simulated profits from your funded account starting at an 80% payout split. As you hit milestones, increase your split to 90% and ultimately 100%. Reach 20% simulated profit to unlock 90% payout split, and reach 30% simulated profit for 100% payout split.

Request withdrawals easily through your FT+ Dashboard. Withdraw any simulated profit above $50 minimum. Make your first withdrawal on day one, then request payouts every 7 days. Get funded fast and paid faster with our 1-Step challenge – the fastest route to real payouts in prop trading.

Withdraw simulated profits from your funded account starting at an 80% payout split. As you hit milestones, increase your split to 90% and ultimately 100%. Reach 20% simulated profit to unlock 90% payout split, and reach 30% simulated profit for 100% payout split.

Request withdrawals easily through your FT+ Dashboard. Withdraw any simulated profit above $50 minimum. Make your first withdrawal on day one, then request payouts every 7 days. Get funded fast and paid faster with our 1-Step challenge – the fastest route to real payouts in prop trading.

Drawdown Rules for 1-Step Experienced Challenge


Our 1-Step challenge has clear, fair drawdown rules to protect simulated capital and your trading progress. We use both hard rules and soft rules.


Breaking a hard rule results in account closure. Breaking a soft rule never closes your account – the system simply closes any position that breaches the soft rule. Trade with confidence knowing the rules are transparent and designed for your success.

Our 1-Step challenge has clear, fair drawdown rules to protect simulated capital and your trading progress. We use both hard rules and soft rules.

Breaking a hard rule results in account closure. Breaking a soft rule never closes your account – the system simply closes any position that breaches the soft rule. Trade with confidence knowing the rules are transparent and designed for your success.

  • Hard Rules
  • Do not breach our Daily Simulated Loss limit
  • Do not breach our Maximum Simulated Loss limit
  • Soft Rules
  • There are no soft rules on this program

Daily Simulated Loss


Daily simulated loss will start at 4% of the original account size. Then, with each new trading day, it will become 4% of the prior day’s balance. This update happens when the server’s clock hits 23:59 and prevents you from losing too much in a single day. The best way to explain the daily loss limit is by example:

The trader has a $100,000 simulated account. Daily simulated loss is 4% of the balance of the previous day.

Daily loss limit starts at 4% of the original account and updates to 4% of the prior day’s balance at 23:59 server time.

Daily Simulated Loss Help Center
  • Day Example 1
  • Previous Day Starting Balance at 23:59 = $100,000
  • Daily Loss Limit = $4000 (4%)
  • $100,000 – $4,000 = $96,000
  • Day Example 2
  • Previous Day Starting Balance at 23:59 = $105,000
  • Daily Simulated Loss Limit = $4200 (4%)
  • $105,000 – $4,200 = $100,800
Note: If the trader has winning trades in a given day, the amount those winning trades make is added to the daily simulated loss allowance for that day

Relative Maximum Simulated Loss


Our Maximum Simulated Loss works by trailing by 6% of the initial simulated balance from the high water mark. The high water mark is measured using the simulated account balance. Once the maximum simulated loss has reached the initial simulated balance, it no longer trails. The best way to explain the total trailing maximum simulated loss is by example:

Our Maximum Simulated Loss trails 6% from the high water mark until it reaches the initial balance, where it stops trailing.

Maximum Simulated Loss Help Center
  • Example 1
  • Starting Balance = $100,000
  • Total Maximum Simulated Loss Limit = $10,000 (10%)
  • 10% of $100,000 = $10,000. $100,000 – $10,000 = $90,000
  • Example 2
  • Day Starting Balance = $103,000
  • Total Maximum Simulated Loss Limit = $8,000
  • $103,000 – $8,000 = $95,000
You can learn about Relative Maximum Simulated Loss here

FT+ Trader Account Drawdown


On a FT+ Trader account, once you have made a closed positive simulated trading balance of 6%, the maximum simulated loss no longer trails and the total simulated account size becomes your lowest point of loss. This means if you are on a simulated $100,000 account and you achieve $106,000 you would now have a total simulated maximum loss allowance of 6%. In this example, your account can not go below $100,000 once $106,000 is achieved. Please be aware that when you come to withdraw your simulated profits, you should leave a sensible amount in your account to cover any simulated loss you might expect. This is because your account cannot fall below the total allocated to you (in this example that would be $100,000).

On an FT+ Trader account, after 6% simulated profit, the Maximum Simulated Loss locks, setting the total drawdown allowance at the highest achieved balance minus 6%.

Drawdown Help Center
  • Example 1
  • Simulated Balance in account = $110,000
  • Total Maximum Simulated Loss Limit = $10,000
  • Trader withdraws $4000 simulated funds. Trader gets $3200 (80%)
  • Simulated Account size is now $106,000
  • $106,000 – $100,000 = $6000
  • Trader has a $6000 total maximum simulated loss allowance or 6%
  • Example 2
  • Simulated Balance in account = $121,000
  • Total Maximum Simulated Loss Limit = $21,000.
  • Trader withdraws $10,000 simulated funds. Trader gets $8000 (80%)
  • Simulated Account size is now $111,000
  • $111,000 – $100,000 = $11,000
  • Trader has a $11,000 total maximum simulated loss allowance or 11%.
You can learn about Relative Maximum Simulated Loss here

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Visit our Help Center for answers to common questions about funded challenges, payouts, and trading rules. Learn how to set up your account, understand scaling, and navigate platforms like MetaTrader 5, cTrader, DxTrade, and Match Trader. Still need help? Our live chat team is available 24/7 to support you every step of the way.

What's Allowed on The 1-Step Experienced Challenge

We pride ourselves on transparent rules and maximum trading flexibility. Our instant funding accounts allow:

  • Trading and holding overnight
  • Unlimited time to complete the challenge
  • All trading strategies including Expert Advisors (EAs must not use arbitrage methods) 
  • Day trading, scalping, hedging, and swing trading

 

Learn more about the 1-Step Experienced challenge rules and requirements in our Help Center.

We pride ourselves on transparent rules and maximum trading flexibility. Our 1-Step challenge allows:

  • Trading and holding overnight
  • Unlimited time to complete the challenge
  • All trading strategies including Expert Advisors (EAs must not use arbitrage methods)
  • Day trading, scalping, hedging, and swing trading

Learn more about the 1-Step Experienced challenge rules and requirements in our Help Center.

1-Step Experienced Challenge Help Center 1-Step Experienced Challenge Help Center

Does My 1-Step Challenge Account Expire?

Your 1-Step challenge account has no time limits or expiration dates. However, you must place at least one trade (open and close a position) every 30 days to maintain account activity.

This requirement ensures our partnered broker servers remain optimized and run smoothly for all funded traders.

1-Step Experienced Challenge Help Center

Industry-Leading Scaling Plan for 1-Step Experienced Challenge

Scale your funded account up to $2,500,000 in simulated capital – the best scaling plan in prop trading.

Scale your funded account up to $2,500,000 in simulated capital – the best scaling plan in prop trading.

  • Your closed balance on your FT+ Trader simulated live account must hit the scaling target for your account (see scale table).
  • No open trades at the time of scaling request (account will be disabled while the scale is actioned, and re-enabled once complete).
  • To scale up, you must have 10% simulated profit in your closed balance. Each level requires 10% new profit, with no carryover from previous levels. Skipping levels isn’t allowed.
  • Subject to risk review upon scaling request.
1-Step Experienced Challenge Help Center

Key Features of the 1-Step Challenge Scaling Plan

  • No time restriction
  • You can use your simulated profit to fund your next scale up
  • You can choose to withdraw your simulated profit – subject to your new static maximum simulated loss limit
  • Static maximum simulated loss limit always locked at scaled account size

 

The idea of scaling is that it gives customers much greater buying power, not more drawdown. This way, we can make scaling on the Experienced Trader Program simple without additional parameters.

How to Scale Your Funded Account

Reach the required simulated profit target (10% for 1-Step challenge). Close all open trades, then submit a support ticket requesting to scale up. Allow up to 2 business days for completion.

Scaling increases your buying power to pursue larger simulated gains. All scaling requests go through our standard risk review policy to ensure you’re demonstrating strong risk management.

This protects both you and the sustainability of our 1-Step challenge program.

Scaling Flexibility on 1-Step Challenge

  • You can request to scale as often as once a day every day all the way up to $5,000,000 (subject to having purchased the enhanced scaling add-on at checkout)
  • You can request to scale on this program without fulfilling additional consistency rules
  • You can request to scale as soon as you have reached 10% simulated profit in your ‘FT+ Trader’ account

Withdrawals

You can withdraw before or after scaling, but withdrawals reduce your simulated account balance and do not count towards the balance required for scaling.

Scaling Example for 1-Step Experienced Challenge

You have a simulated $100,000 account, and you hit the 10% profit target required to scale. You now have an account with a simulated $110,000 that is ready to scale. These are the steps taken to scale your account:

  1. Ensure that you have no active trades and that you have the simulation profit target amount in your account – In this example, you would need $110,000 in your account.
  2. Raise a support ticket and request to scale up your account.
  3. We will temporarily disable your account access and subject to a favourable Risk Review, we will increase the simulated funds in your account. In this example we would increase the account to $210,000 from $110,000. Note that once this process has been started by support, it can take up to 48 business hours to complete.
  4. We respond back to you letting you know that your existing account has been scaled up and is ready to trade again.

In this example, assuming you do not withdraw, if you have a simulated balance of $110,000 you can request to scale to a simulated starting size of $200,000. You would have the same amount of simulated profit on the new account, so the balance would be $210,000. ($10,000 in this example). The new static maximum simulated loss limit has been changed to reflect the new account starting size of $200,000.

In this example, you would now need to make an additional simulated $10,000 of profit to be able to scale on the simulated $200,000 level to the next level of $400,000. You would be free to withdraw simulated profit as suits your circumstances and trading risk profile.

  • Funded Account Starting Balance
  • $12,500*
  • $25,000*
  • $50,000*
  • $100,000*
  • $200,000*
  • $400,000*
  • $800,000*
  • $1,600,000*
  • $2,500,000*
  • Profit Required to scale
  • 10%
  • 10%
  • 10%
  • 10%
  • 10%
  • 10%
  • 10%
  • 10%
  • –
  • Balance Required For Next Level
  • $13,750
  • $27,500
  • $55,000
  • $110,000
  • $220,000
  • $440,000
  • $880,000
  • $1,760,000
  • –
*plus the profit you made from the last level

Markets Available on Instant Funding within our Simulated-Live Environment

Trade a wide range of market instruments on your instant funded account. We continuously update available markets to give funded traders more opportunities.

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