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Base price: $322With code CRITIC: $289.80
10% off with CRITIC · saves $32.20
Base price: $850With code CRITIC: $807.50
5% off with CRITIC · saves $42.50
Cost
Base price
$322
$850
Price with code
$289.80
10% off with
CRITIC$807.50
5% off with
CRITICAccount size
$50K
$20K
Profit split
60% weekly / 80% bi-weekly / 100% monthly / 90% on-demand
Starts at 50%; moves to 75% at the next scale and ultimately 100%
Evaluation rules
Profit target
Phase 1: 10%
10% evaluation and each funded milestone
Max drawdown
6% static
6% static stop-out below initial account size
Daily loss limit
3% static (daily reset)
3% daily pause; account resumes the next trading day
Min trading days
3 days
None
Funded rules
Funded drawdown
6% static
6% static stop-out and 3% daily pause
Consistency rule (funded)
On-Demand: 35% maximum best-day share; minimum 2% profit
Not recorded
News trading (challenge)
Allowed in evaluation · Master Account: 5 minutes before or after red-folder high-impact news; speeches 5 minutes before until 5 minutes afterfirm-level
Holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed · No order execution 2 minutes prior, after or within to high-impact news in the related currency or indexfirm-level
News trading (funded)
Allowed in evaluation · Master Account: 5 minutes before or after red-folder high-impact news; speeches 5 minutes before until 5 minutes afterfirm-level
Holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed · No order execution 2 minutes prior, after or within to high-impact news in the related currency or indexfirm-level
Max live balance
$400K Max Allocation shared across all active accounts (Evaluation, Master and Prime), all models; up to $2M Prime Capital through scaling
$4,000,000
Scaling plan
Not recorded
Doubles after each 10% funded target, up to $4,000,000
Payouts
Payout frequency
Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or on-demand
Every 2 weeks
First payout
7 days weekly; 14 days bi-weekly; 30 days monthly; on-demand when eligible
14 days after funded-account activation; $150 minimum profit
Min days to payout
7 days on weekly cycle
14
Processing time
1–3 working days
Typically up to 3 business days after approval
Refund policy
Registration fee refunded at the 4th reward
Non-refundable
Payout methods
CardCryptoRiseBank Transfer
RiseCryptoBank transferHub Credits
Trading rules
Weekend holding
Evaluation allowed; Master currently not allowed
Allowed; index positions incur high swaps
Overnight holding
Not recorded
Allowed
Hedging
Not allowed
Ordinary hedging is allowed; hedge arbitrage and cross-account or cross-operator offsets are prohibited
Copy trading
Allowed only between your own FundingPips accounts; inbound/external copying is prohibited
External, other-trader and coordinated copying are prohibited; current own-account guidance conflicts
Expert advisors (EAs)
Third-party EAs only as trade/risk managers; full automation allowed only for personally developed EAs with proof of ownership
Allowed with visible stop-loss and owned source code; no copying, tick scalping, HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage, or emulators
Other restrictions
No gap trading, HFT, latency/reverse arbitrage, toxic flow, hedging, tick scalping, server exploits, opposite-account trading, or third-party account management
No news bracketing; 30-day inactivity expiry; general prohibited-practices policy applies
Commission / lot
Forex/metals: $5 standard; $10 swap-free
Approximately $4 per lot; no exact program-specific schedule published
Platforms
Platforms
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MetaTrader 5 Hedge
Copies code CRITIC
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Where they differ
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Hyper Growth
Base price
Winner: $322
$850
Price with code
Winner: $289.80
$807.50
Profit split
Winner: 60%
50%
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