Prop firm rules

Maven rules, explained

The rules that can fail a Maven account or cost you a payout, for each of its 7 programmes: daily loss, maximum loss, news, weekends and payouts. Checked against Maven’s own pages on 26 October 2026.

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Standard 1 Step

3% daily · 5% trailing max loss · 8% target

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
Challenge 8%
Daily loss limit
3% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at UTC.
Maximum loss
5%, trailing the highest balance reached.
News, evaluation
No trading 2 minutes either side of high-impact news. Doing so can fail the account.
News, Funded
Profit from trades opened or closed within 2 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 10 business days 80%.
Also note
At least half of all trades must be held 60 seconds or more. Withdrawals are capped at $10,000 of profit across two payouts or any rolling 30 days.

Source: maventrading.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Standard 2 Step

4% daily · 8% static max loss · 8% then 5% target

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
Phase 1 8% · Phase 2 5%
Trading days
3 profitable days per phase, each closing at least 0.5% of the account in profit.
Daily loss limit
4% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at UTC.
Maximum loss
8% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation
No trading 2 minutes either side of high-impact news. Doing so can fail the account.
News, Funded
Profit from trades opened or closed within 2 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 10 business days 80%, 3 profitable days of 0.5%+ per cycle.
Also note
At least half of all trades must be held 60 seconds or more. Withdrawals are capped at $10,000 of profit across two payouts or any rolling 30 days.

Source: maventrading.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Standard 3 Step

2% daily · 3% static max loss · 3% per phase

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
Phase 1 3% · Phase 2 3% · Phase 3 3%
Daily loss limit
2% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at UTC.
Maximum loss
3% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation
No trading 2 minutes either side of high-impact news. Doing so can fail the account.
News, Funded
Profit from trades opened or closed within 2 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 10 business days 80%.
Also note
At least half of all trades must be held 60 seconds or more. Withdrawals are capped at $10,000 of profit across two payouts or any rolling 30 days.

Source: maventrading.com, checked 26 October 2026.

2 Step OMO

4% daily · 8% static max loss · 6% then 8% target

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
Phase 1 6% · Phase 2 8%
Trading days
4 profitable days per phase, each closing at least 0.5% of the account in profit.
Daily loss limit
4% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at UTC.
Maximum loss
8% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation
Allowed.
News, Funded
Profit from a trade opened or closed within 0 minutes of high-impact news is capped at 0.5% of the account. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
Combined floating loss on open trades may not reach 2% of the account. 30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 10 business days 80%, 4 profitable days of 0.5%+ per cycle.
Also note
Both phases must be done within 180 days. First payout capped at 6% of the initial balance, the second at 8%. Funded trades must be held 150 seconds or their profit is removed.

Source: maventrading.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Buy Now Pay Later

No daily limit in evaluation · 10% static · 4% target

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
Evaluation 4%
Daily loss limit
4% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at UTC.
Maximum loss
8%, trailing the highest balance reached.
Limits by phase
Evaluation: no daily loss limit, 10% max loss.
News, evaluation
Allowed.
News, Funded
Allowed.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
On the Funded, combined risk on open trades may not reach 2% of the account. 30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
On demand 80%, best day under 20% of total profit.
Also note
Funded: 4% daily, 8% trailing until the first withdrawal, then fixed at the starting balance; best day under 20% of the cycle’s profit (losing days excluded). Withdrawals are capped at $10,000 of profit across two payouts or any rolling 30 days.

Source: maventrading.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Instant Funding

2% daily · 3% trailing max loss · 1% max floating loss

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
None. The account is funded from the start.
Daily loss limit
2% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at UTC.
Maximum loss
3%, trailing the highest balance reached.
News, Funded
Allowed.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
Combined floating loss on open trades may not reach 1% of the account. 30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
On demand 80% (from 3% profit), best day under 20% of total profit, at least 3% profit to request.
Also note
At least half of all trades must be held 60 seconds or more. Withdrawals are capped at $10,000 of profit across two payouts or any rolling 30 days. Withdrawals are capped at $10,000 of profit across two payouts or any rolling 30 days.

Source: maventrading.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Instant Mini

24 hours · 2% daily · 3% trailing max loss · 1% max floating loss

Account sizes
$2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
None. The account is funded from the start.
Daily loss limit
2% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at UTC.
Maximum loss
3%, trailing the highest balance reached.
News, Funded
Allowed.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
Combined floating loss on open trades may not reach 1% of the account.
Payouts
One payout 70% (from 3% profit), at least 3% profit to request.
Also note
The account lasts 24 hours from the first trade, with one open trade at a time and one payout. The best winning trade must be 15% or less of total profit. Trades under 150 seconds earn no profit.

Source: maventrading.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Trading Maven with PAYOUT

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

Daily loss limit
2–4% a day
Max loss
3–10% · static or trailing
Max open risk
1–2% of the account at risk at once
Consistency
Best day under 20% 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.

Maven doesn’t publish index contract sizes on its site; check MT5’s specification.

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