2 Step Standard
Our 2 Step Standard Model is the industry standard and top choice for traders who believe mastery is built on a foundation of consistency. This two-tier evaluation ensures that reaching the Master level comes with the proven track record to stay there.
- 2-phase evaluation: Phase 1 (8%) + Phase 2 (5%).
- Flexible reward cycles: Weekly 60%, Bi-Weekly 80%, Monthly 100%, or On Demand 90%.
- 1:100 Forex leverage: the highest standard Forex leverage available across all models.
- Overnight & Weekend Holding: always allowed on Evals. Allowed on Master with Swing Add-on.
- Account sizes: $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, and $100K.
Tests trading skills and builds a trading profile.
- Achieve an 8% profit target during Phase 1.
- Complete a minimum of 3 trading days to pass. No minimum trading days when the 3% daily loss add-on is selected.
- Adhere to all trading rules and risk limits.
Confirms consistency and validates Phase 1 performance.
- Achieve a 5% profit target during Phase 2.
- Complete a minimum of 3 trading days to pass. No minimum trading days when the 3% daily loss add-on is selected.
- Adhere to all trading rules and risk limits.
A second chance built for momentum. If an account is breached due to trading behavior, risk violations, or inactivity breaches, it can restart quickly without changing the setup with a discounted reset shown below.
- Phase 1 Reset: differs by account sizes
- $50K and below: 20% off
- For $100K: 15% off
- Phase 2 Reset: 12% off the purchase price
- Master Account Reset: 8% off the purchase price
- Existing 2 Step Standard accounts with a 10% profit target will reset as 2 Step Flex with 85% profit split
- A non-USD account resets as a USD account.
- Available only within 7 calendar days of the breach
- Keeps the same account size
- Keeps the same trading platform
- The reward cycle can be selected once the evaluation account reaches the Master Account.
- If a Phase 2 or Master Account is reset, it restarts from Phase 1
The Master Account
Hard Breaches
Immediate account termination with no grace period. Click any card to learn more.
How is the Max Loss Limit calculated?
Max Loss Limit: 10% of the starting account size.
This is a static floor; it never moves. Equity or balance cannot touch this level at any point across all phases, including floating losses from open trades.
Account size: $100K
10% of $100K = $10K. Equity or balance cannot drop to $90K at any point.
How is the Daily Loss Limit calculated?
Daily Loss Limit 3% or 5% (based on the configuration you purchased) of the higher value between the opening balance or opening equity for that day.
At the start of each trading day, the system records both balance and equity. Whichever is higher becomes the baseline. Equity cannot fall by more than Daily Loss Limit of that baseline at any point during the day, including floating losses from open trades.
Opening balance: $105K / Opening equity: $107K
Baseline = $107K (equity is higher)
5% of $107K = $5,350. Equity cannot drop to $101,650 that day.
Opening balance: $100K / Opening equity: $99K
Baseline = $100K (balance is higher)
5% of $100K = $5K. Equity cannot drop to $95K that day.
What counts as activity?
The account is breached if no trades are completed in 30 consecutive calendar days. At least one complete trade, opened and fully closed, must occur within any 30-day window to keep the account active.
- No trades placed yet: the clock starts from the account creation date.
- Previously traded: the clock starts the day after the last trade was fully closed.
A trade only counts as activity once it is fully closed. Leaving a trade open does not reset or pause the inactivity timer.
News & Speeches Trading
We use the
Economic Calendar on the FundingPips dashboard
as our official news source, which features the News and
Speeches.
Trading during high-impact news and speeches is subject to specific
restrictions depending on account phase.
There are no news trading restrictions during the Evaluation phase. Trades can be held and managed during the news events.
Trades can be held during news events on the Master Account, however specific rules apply to trades opened or closed near high-impact news and speeches events.
Restricted Speeches; the window spans from 10 minutes before the high-impact speech begins until 10 minutes after it concludes.
Trades opened 5 hours or more before a high-impact event or speech are excluded from the restriction and can be closed within the restricted window. Profits from these trades will count.
- Related currency: restricted affects USD, trades cannot be opened or closed on any USD-related pairs within the 5-minute before or 5-minute after window.
- Trade opened 30 minutes before the event: closing it within the window will result in those profits not being counted.
- Trades opened more than 5 hours before the news or speeches: profits will count if closed within the restricted window.
- Trades opened less than 5 hours before the news or speeches: profits will not count if closed during the restricted window.
- Closing any partial orders will affect the entire order, leading to a news trading flag.
- Traders are responsible for violations if deductions exceed the daily or max loss limit.
Overnight & Weekend Holding
Evaluation
Overnight & Weekend holding are allowed during
evaluation phases for all instruments on
2 Step Standard.
Master
On the Master Account, holding trades overnight and
over the weekend is not allowed on 2 Step
Pro
Master
Accounts. All open trades will be automatically closed by
the system unless you have the Swing add-on.
Trades closed by the system for Overnight & Weekend holding
will not result in an account breach; however, it will not
count
as a valid trading day.
Open positions on 2 Step Standard Master Accounts are closed by the system each day within a 15-minute window:
• Summer time (from the first Sunday of March): 20:45 – 21:00 UTC
• Winter time (from the first Sunday of November): 21:45 – 22:00 UTC
Closing starts at the beginning of the window, and any position still open at the end of it will be closed. Overnight and weekend holding on Master Accounts can be enabled at the time of purchase through an Add-on.
Impact of Weekend trades on consistency score
Profits from these trades will still be added to the account
balance while the biggest winning day and biggest losing
day
will be included in the consistency score calculation.
Swap-Free Add-On
Available at purchase for traders observing Islamic finance principles. Removes overnight swap charges on eligible instruments.
During purchase, traders can select the Swap-Free add-on to hold positions overnight without incurring swap (interest) fees.
- Applies to Forex and Metals only.
- Energies, Indices, and Crypto still incur standard swap charges even with the add-on active.
Reward Cycles
Request an On Demand Reward with a 90% split at any time once both of the following criteria are met:
- A 35% consistency score must be achieved: no single trading day can account for more than 35% of total profit.
- The minimum reward amount for On Demand is 2% of the Master Account Size.
Request a Reward with a 60% split seven days after the first executed trade on the Master Account.
- First trade on Monday, then request the following Monday
- First trade on Tuesday, then request the following Tuesday
- First trade on Wednesday, then request the following Wednesday
- First trade on Thursday, then request the following Thursday
- First trade on Friday, then request the following Friday
Request a Reward with an 80% split every 14 calendar days after the first executed trade on the Master Account.
Request a Reward with a 100% split every 30 calendar days after the first executed trade on the Master Account. The consistency score and profitable days reset after each successfully processed reward.
Eligibility Requirements
- A 35% consistency score must be achieved: no single trading day can account for more than 35% of total profit. This resets after each reward.
- At least 7 profitable days to qualify for a reward, each with 0.5% or more profit of the starting Master Account Size. Profitable days resets after each reward.
- The Striking System warning trigger drops to 1% of account size, at every account size, for as long as the reward cycle is set to Monthly.
- One trade
- Multiple trades running together on the same instrument and in the same direction
- Two or more new trades opened within 10 minutes of closing a losing trade
How does the Striking System work?
The Striking System applies when the closed and floating loss on one trade idea reaches 1% of the Master Account size.
All losses from a single trade idea are counted together. A trade idea can be any of the following:
Warnings are cumulative and do not reset between Reward cycles.
| Warning | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1st | A warning is recorded |
| 2nd | The reward split drops by half |
| 3rd | The reward split drops to 20%. |
| 4th | Account breach. The account is closed immediately. |
- Dynamic leverage has been applied to Metals, Energies, and Indices on Master Accounts. See the Important Information section below.
Commission
Standard accounts use the base commission structure. Accounts with the Swap-Free Add-on (MT5 only) pay higher commission in exchange for no overnight swap fees.
| Instrument | Standard Account | Swing and Swap Free accounts |
|---|---|---|
| Forex | $5 per lot | $10 per lot |
| Metals | $5 per lot | $10 per lot |
| Energies / Indices | No commission | No commission |
| Crypto | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Leverage
| Instrument | Standard Account | Swing and Swap Free accounts |
|---|---|---|
| Forex | 1:100 | 1:30 |
| Metals | 1:30 | 1:10 |
| Energies | 1:10 | 1:5 |
| Indices | 1:20 | 1:5 |
| Crypto | 1:2 | 1:1 |
Once Phase 2 is passed and the account moves to the Master Account, Crypto leverage changes from 1:2 to 1:1, including on swap-free accounts. This is a temporary change and is separate from the Dynamic Leverage below. During the evaluation phases, Crypto leverage stays at 1:2.
Important Information
We actively monitor market conditions and geopolitical developments to ensure a safe and stable trading environment. When volatility, liquidity, or overall risk levels change, we may adjust Commission & Leverage as needed. This can include temporary changes to leverage and margin requirements. All updates will be communicated to clients promptly by email.
Leverage Update: Effective 16 March 2026 at 23:59 Server Time (UTC+3)
Temporary Dynamic Leverage
Dynamic leverage is designed to give more trading flexibility while maintaining responsible risk controls. Instead of applying a single fixed leverage ratio to the entire position, it uses a tiered structure where smaller trade lot sizes benefit from higher leverage, and the ratio gradually decreases as position size grows. The temporary Dynamic Leverage is applied to Metals, Indices, and Energies on Master Accounts.
Dynamic Leverage Tiers
| Lot Size | Leverage |
|---|---|
| 0.00 - 0.05 lots | 1:50 |
| 0.05 - 0.10 lots | 1:30 |
| 0.10 - 0.15 lots | 1:25 |
| 0.15 - 0.25 lots | 1:20 |
| 0.25 - 0.50 lots | 1:10 |
| 0.50 and above lots | 1:5 |
The first 0.05 lots of any position uses 1:50 leverage, meaning only a small fraction of the trade's full value is needed as margin. As the position grows beyond that, each additional portion requires progressively more margin (stepping through 1:30, 1:25, 1:20, and 1:10) until any volume above 0.50 lots uses the base rate of 1:5.
The margin requirement is calculated cumulatively, each tier only applies to the portion of volume within its range, not the entire position. So, the lower tiers always benefit the trade, no matter how large it becomes.
Instruments
View full instrument list by category
| Category | Instruments |
|---|---|
| FX Majors7 | EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD |
| FX Crosses21 | AUDCAD, AUDCHF, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, CADCHF, CADJPY, CHFJPY, EURAUD, EURCAD, EURCHF, EURGBP, EURJPY, EURNZD, GBPAUD, GBPCAD, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, NZDCAD, NZDCHF, NZDJPY |
| Metals2 · spot | XAUUSD Gold (1 lot = 100 oz), XAGUSD Silver (1 lot = 5,000 oz) |
| Indices7 · cash | DJI30 (US Wall Street 30), FTSE100 (UK 100), GER40 (Germany 40), JP225 (Japan 225), NDX100 (US Tech 100), SPX500 (US SPX 500), STX50 (EU Stocks 50) |
| Energies2 · spot | UKOIL (Crude Oil Brent), USOIL (Crude Oil WTI) |
| Crypto2 | BTCUSD (Bitcoin vs USD), ETHUSD (Ethereum vs USD) |
Lot Size Limit
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the topics covered on this page.
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