SFX Funded Prop Firm – Full Detailed Overview

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Firm Overview

SFX Funded is operated by SFX International FZCO and is registered in the United Arab Emirates. The firm states that its trading accounts are simulated and do not represent live market capital. SFX Funded is not regulated by a financial regulator.

Trading Platforms

Tradable Instruments

Leverage

Commissions & Trading Conditions

Trading Programs at SFX Funded

1-Step Pro Program

A single-phase evaluation programme with a 9% profit target and a 6% trailing maximum drawdown.

• 1 evaluation step
• Profit target: 9%
• No daily drawdown limit
• Max drawdown: 6% trailing
• Minimum trading days: 4 evaluation days
• Funded: 7 trading days per payout
• No time limit
• Account sizes: $10K / $25K / $50K / $100K / $200K

Ascend (2-Step) Program

A two-phase evaluation with a static 8% maximum drawdown and a 4% daily drawdown limit.

• Daily drawdown: 4%
• Max drawdown: 8% static
• Funded: 5 trading days per payout
• No time limit
• Account sizes: $15K / $30K / $60K / $120K / $180K

Instant Funding Program

Direct access to a funded account with no evaluation phase.

• No evaluation
• No time limit
• Daily drawdown: 3%
• Max drawdown: 6% trailing
• Minimum trading days: 10 per payout
• Account sizes: $5K / $10K / $20K / $40K / $80K / $150K / $200K / $250K / $300K / $400K

One Step - Pay Later Program

A one-step Buy Now Pay Later programme. The evaluation has a 3% target and the funded phase has a 3% daily drawdown.

• 1 evaluation step
• Evaluation profit target: 3%
• Evaluation max drawdown: 7% trailing
• Funded daily drawdown: 3%
• Funded max drawdown: 6% trailing
• Evaluation minimum trading days: None
• Funded minimum trading days: 5 per payout
• No time limit
• Account sizes: $10K / $25K / $50K / $100K

SFX-GO Program

An instant programme with a 30-day trading limit and a single 1% payout before the account closes.

• No evaluation
• Daily drawdown: 3%
• Max drawdown: 6% trailing
• Minimum trading days: 5
• Trading limit: 30 days
• Account sizes: $5K ($9) / $80K ($88)
• Single 1% payout, then the account closes

Drawdown Rules

Profit Split

• 1-Step Pro, Ascend and Instant Funding: 85% base split, scaling up to 100%
• One Step - Pay Later: 80% from the funded phase, scaling up to 100%
• SFX-GO: 80% fixed for its single 1% payout
• Maximum split: up to 100% through performance-based scaling
• Ascend offers a paid 90% profit-split upgrade
• Selected promo codes can grant up to 100%, applied manually at payout
• Ascend Payout on Demand: 40% split

Fees & Fee Refund

One-time evaluation fees are currently marketed at 50% off at checkout. Standard pre-discount prices are listed below.

• Evaluation fee is refunded as a rebate with the trader's 5th payout by default
• Some promotions offer a 100% refund with the first payout
• A separate 20% Challenge Profit Bonus is paid on 1-Step and 2-Step programmes after 7 successful payouts
• If a trader fails, the account is lost and no further amount is owed, but the fee refund is not paid
• No second fee is payable after passing on standard programmes
• One Step - Pay Later is the pay-after-pass structure and charges an activation fee after passing

Available Add-ons

Payouts & Withdrawals

Payout Methods

• Payouts under $100 are crypto only
• No fixed minimum payout on standard programmes

Minimum Profit for First Payout

First Payout Timing

Payout Cycle & Processing

• Ascend and One Step - Pay Later: bi-weekly (every 14 days)
• Instant Funding and 1-Step Pro: pay on demand
• SFX-GO: one payout, then account closes
• Average processing time: around 7 hours
• 48-hour payout guarantee, with $1,000 compensation if missed
• No fee is deducted from crypto payouts beyond the normal profit split
• For bank payouts, the trader covers their own banking fees; SFX covers its fees
• First two withdrawal requests are capped at $10,000 each; no cap thereafter

Trading Rules & Conditions

• Platforms: MatchTrader and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) only
• 80+ instruments: 35+ FX pairs, 5+ cryptos, 10 indices and 4 commodities
• Minimum lot size: 0.01
• Trade and risk-manager EAs are allowed
• Self-developed EAs are allowed with source code provided
• Third-party EAs are not allowed
• No copy trading between accounts, copy-trading software, or external signals
• News trading is allowed during evaluation
• Once funded, no execution 2 minutes before or after any red-folder / Forex Factory event
• Weekend and overnight holding is allowed on all programmes, including funded accounts
• No fixed minimum trade duration
• Normal scalping and same-instrument simultaneous trades at equal lot sizes are allowed
• HFT, ultra-fast and tick scalping are prohibited
• No cap on profit per day or per trade

SFX Stability Index (SSI)

The SFX Stability Index measures the best single day's profit divided by total profit. Breaching the threshold is not a hard rule violation; the trader can continue trading until the ratio falls back below the applicable threshold to qualify for payout.

Inactivity Rule

• 30 days without trades triggers automatic suspension
• A reminder is sent 5 days before suspension
• A single trade restarts the 30-day count

Prohibited Trading Strategies & Behaviour

SFX Funded lists the following strategies and behaviours as prohibited.

• Gamble to Pass
• Opposite Direction Recovery
• Churning
• Poor Money Management
• Overtrading
• One-Sided Bets
• Group Hedging
• Multi-Account Reverse Trading
• Behavioural / Inconsistent Trading
• Exploiting System Glitches
• Latency Arbitrage
• HFT / Ultra-Fast Scalping
• Tick Scalping
• Emulators
• Reverse Arbitrage
• Hedge Arbitrage
• News Bracketing
• Martingale
• Grid Trading
• Order Layering (4+ layers)
• Hedging
• Over-leveraging (margin at or below 150%)

Company Information

Capital Allocation & Scaling

• Maximum capital allocation: up to $400,000 per account
• Maximum across all active purchased accounts: $500,000
• Scaling can reach up to $3.2M