General Rules
Every rule, every condition, published before you start your challenge. Same rules for every trader.
News Trading
News trading is allowed, with no restrictions on when or how you trade.
40% News Profit Split (FundedNext Accounts and Stellar Instant): Profits made during the news window count at 40%. Losses count at 100%.
Challenge Phases excluded: Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step, and Lite Challenge Phases are not subject to the split. The rule applies once the account moves to Funded.
News window: 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a listed high-impact news event tied to the traded symbol.
Hedging
Hedging is allowed inside a single account. Across accounts or with external brokers, it's not.
Same account: Opposite positions on the same instrument are permitted as part of your strategy.
Across accounts: Mirrored or opposite positions across two FundedNext accounts are prohibited, even when both belong to you.
External brokers: Hedging between a FundedNext account and an account at another firm is prohibited.
Trading patterns that risk the full or near-full daily loss limit on a single trade may be reviewed as suspected hedging, even when no second leg is visible on FundedNext's side.
Expert Advisors (EAs) and VPS
Both EAs and VPS are allowed across all models and account types.
EAs and VPS each require their own paid add-on to enable usage.
MT4 and MT5 only. Match-Trader and cTrader do not support automated trading.
Automated activity must still follow the prohibited strategies and copy-trading rules.
Copy Trading
Copy trading is allowed only between accounts owned by the same individual.
What's allowed:
Between your own Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step, and Lite Challenge accounts.
Between your own Stellar Instant accounts.
Both VPS-based and local trade copiers are permitted.
What's not allowed:
Copy trading is not allowed if a FundedNext Funded Account is involved on either side, whether copying to another Funded Account or to a Challenge Account.
With friends, family, colleagues, or any third party, prohibited in any direction.
Through third-party copier services like Social Trader Tools and Duplikum.
Through third-party account management for hire.
FundedNext monitors for identical trades, synchronized entries, and shared strategies across accounts. Violations may result in warnings or account termination depending on severity.
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