2-Step Pro Challenge
CFD · Two Phase Evaluation
Updated November 2026
- 1️⃣Step 1 — Challenge Phase
- 2️⃣Step 2 — Verification Phase
- 📉Maximum Daily Drawdown
- 🛡️Maximum Overall Drawdown
- 📅Minimum Trading Days
- 🛡️Guardian Shield Protection (1% Floating Reset)
- 🎯Consistency & Trading Behaviour
- ⚖️Consistency Rule
- 📰News Trading
- 📊Risk Management
- 🚫Prohibited Trading Strategies
- 🤖EA & Automation Rules
- 👥Copy Trading
- 📚Position Rules
- 🚀Funded Account Qualification
- 🗓️Payout Schedule & Minimum Withdrawal
- ⚠️Account Review & Termination
The FundedXCore 2-Step Pro Challenge is designed for traders who can demonstrate consistency, discipline, and professional risk management. Step 1 tests trading skill; Step 2 verifies risk control. Only traders who maintain stable performance and follow all rules will qualify for a funded account.
Step 1 — Challenge Phase
Trader must achieve a 10% profit.
Step 2 — Verification Phase
After completing Step 1, the trader must achieve 5% profit. The purpose of Step 2 is to verify consistency and risk control.
Maximum Daily Drawdown
Daily loss limit: 3% of Initial Balance. The daily drawdown resets at 5:00 PM EST. Calculated using Balance and Equity — whichever creates the stricter limit will apply.
Maximum Overall Drawdown
Maximum loss: 12% static drawdown. The account fails if balance or equity reaches $8,800 on a $10,000 account. The drawdown includes floating losses, closed losses, swap and commission. The drawdown level never increases after profits.
Minimum Trading Days
Each phase requires a minimum of 5 trading days. A trading day counts when the minimum profit is 0.5%. Trading days do not need to be consecutive.
Guardian Shield Protection (1% Floating Reset)
Guardian Shield applies to every FundedXcore account type. If any single open trade's floating loss reaches 1% of the starting balance, that trade is automatically closed to protect the account.
- First Trigger — Soft warning. Profit split reduced to 50%.
- Second Trigger — Permanent account breach.
Consistency & Trading Behaviour
A professional trading pattern is required. The following behaviour may trigger review:
- Making the entire target from one single trade.
- Extremely high lot size compared to account balance.
- Large profit followed by uncontrolled losses.
- Changing strategy only to pass the challenge quickly.
Consistency Rule
The biggest profitable day cannot represent more than 45% of total profit. If exceeded, the account is not failed, but additional trading is required until the 45% consistency requirement is achieved.
News Trading
News trading is allowed with restrictions.
- Not allowed: opening trades within 5 minutes before major news.
- Not allowed: closing trades immediately after news only to capture volatility spikes.
- Not allowed: using spread expansion or liquidity gaps as a strategy.
- Existing trades may remain open during news.
Risk Management
Maximum recommended risk: 1% – 2% per trade. Multiple positions on the same setup will be considered as one combined risk. Excessive exposure may result in account review.
Prohibited Trading Strategies
The following strategies are strictly prohibited:
- Martingale — increasing lot size after losses, doubling positions, recovery systems, revenge trading.
- Grid Abuse — unlimited averaging, adding positions against losses, no-stop-loss exposure systems.
- HFT & Arbitrage — latency arbitrage, tick manipulation, price-feed exploitation, execution delay abuse.
- Gambling — all-in trades, extreme leverage, random high-risk entries, single lucky-trade passing attempts.
EA & Automation Rules
EAs are allowed.
- Not allowed: HFT bots, arbitrage bots, market manipulation tools, systems designed to exploit platform behaviour.
Copy Trading
- Allowed: between accounts legally owned by the same trader.
- Not allowed: signal copying, group trading, third-party account management, sharing credentials.
Position Rules
Maximum open positions: 10. Highly correlated trades may be treated as one position idea.
Funded Account Qualification
After successfully completing both phases, traders receive:
- FundedXCore Funded Account.
- Up to 90% profit split.
- Reward eligibility and scaling opportunities.
Payout Schedule & Minimum Withdrawal
Once funded, reward cycle every 14 days · Processing within 24 business hours · Withdrawal methods: Crypto or Rise.
- Minimum Withdrawal — $50 (applies to all payout methods).
Account Review & Termination
FundedXCore reserves the right to review accounts showing abnormal trading behaviour, rule avoidance attempts, excessive risk taking, suspicious execution patterns or manipulation attempts.
Discipline creates consistency. Risk management creates success.
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