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FundedNext rules, explained

The rules that can fail a FundedNext account or cost you a payout, for each of its 4 programmes: daily loss, maximum loss, news, weekends and payouts. Checked against FundedNext’s own pages on 26 October 2026.

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Stellar 2-Step

5% daily · 10% static max loss · 8% then 5% target

Account sizes
$6K, $15K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target
Phase 1 8% · Phase 2 5%
Minimum trading days
Phase 1 5 days · Phase 2 5 days
Daily loss limit
5% of the starting balance, counted from the day’s opening balance. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at server time (GMT+3 in summer, GMT+2 otherwise).
Maximum loss
10% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation
Allowed.
News, FundedNext Account
Only 40% of profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news counts. The account isn’t failed.
Other limits
On the FundedNext Account, combined risk on open trades may not reach 3% of the account.
Payouts
21-day cycle 80%. 3 profitable days 60%, 3 profitable days of 1%+ per cycle. On-Demand 90%, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request.
Also note
Quick Strike: profit from trades closed within 30 seconds must stay under 30% of the cycle’s profit (PAYOUT doesn’t track this).

Source: help.fundednext.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Stellar 1-Step

3% daily · 6% static max loss · 10% target

Account sizes
$6K, $15K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target
Challenge 10%
Minimum trading days
Challenge 2 days
Daily loss limit
3% of the starting balance, counted from the day’s opening balance. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at server time (GMT+3 in summer, GMT+2 otherwise).
Maximum loss
6% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation
Allowed.
News, FundedNext Account
Only 40% of profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news counts. The account isn’t failed.
Other limits
On the FundedNext Account, combined risk on open trades may not reach 3% of the account.
Payouts
Every 5 business days 80%.
Also note
Quick Strike: profit from trades closed within 30 seconds must stay under 30% of the cycle’s profit (PAYOUT doesn’t track this).

Source: help.fundednext.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Stellar Lite

4% daily · 8% static max loss · 8% then 4% target

Account sizes
$5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target
Phase 1 8% · Phase 2 4%
Minimum trading days
Phase 1 2 days · Phase 2 2 days
Daily loss limit
4% of the starting balance, counted from the day’s opening balance. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at server time (GMT+3 in summer, GMT+2 otherwise).
Maximum loss
8% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation
Allowed.
News, FundedNext Account
Only 40% of profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news counts. The account isn’t failed.
Other limits
On the FundedNext Account, combined risk on open trades may not reach 3% of the account.
Payouts
Every 10 business days 80%. 3 profitable days 60%, 3 profitable days of 1%+ per cycle. On-Demand 90%, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request.
Also note
Accounts bought before 12 Oct 2026: 5 minimum trading days per phase, first payout after 21 days, then every 14. Quick Strike: profit from trades closed within 30 seconds must stay under 30% of the cycle’s profit (PAYOUT doesn’t track this).

Source: help.fundednext.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Stellar Instant

No daily limit · 6% trailing max loss · no evaluation

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K
Profit target
None. The account is funded from the start.
Daily loss limit
None
Maximum loss
6%, trailing the highest balance reached. It stops rising once it reaches the starting balance.
News, FundedNext Account
Only 40% of profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news counts. The account isn’t failed.
Other limits
On the FundedNext Account, combined risk on open trades may not reach 3% of the account.
Payouts
On demand at 5%, or every 14 days, at least 1% profit to request.
Also note
Quick Strike: profit from trades closed within 30 seconds must stay under 30% of the cycle’s profit (PAYOUT doesn’t track this).

Source: help.fundednext.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Trading FundedNext with PAYOUT

PAYOUT holds these rules for every FundedNext programme above and checks each trade against them before it goes in. FundedNext’s web terminal opens inside PAYOUT.

Daily loss limit
3–5% a day · none on some programmes
Max loss
6–10% · static or trailing
Max open risk
3% of the account at risk at once
Consistency
Best day under 40% of profit
Your daily stop
Your own limit, tighter than the firm’s
No hedging
No buy and sell open on the same pair
No one-sided bets
Under 2% of the account on one direction, across correlated pairs
Cooling off
2 min after any exit · 30 min before the same side again

Not checked by PAYOUT: news windows. Keep an eye on these yourself.

FundedNext lists indices at contract size 10: $10 per point per lot.

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