AquaFunded
Trailing intradayVerified 2026-10-08
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Code zgf · 25% off — confirm at checkout
- Markets
- forex, cfd, crypto
- Platforms
- MatchTrader, TradeLocker, MetaTrader 5, cTrader
- Headquarters
- United Arab Emirates — Aqua Funded FZCO (IFZA, Dubai Silicon Oasis); simulated services via AquaFunded LTD, Saint Lucia (per aqua-futures.json). Founded December 2023 per third-party review (pf.watch); firm site states no year.
- Founded
- 2023
- Profit split
- 90% default on all programs; 100% available as a checkout add-on (Instant Funding Standard and others).
- Payouts
- Bi-weekly (every 14 days); first payout in 7 days or on demand available as a paid checkout add-on. Funded: 24-hour payout guarantee advertised.
- Payout buffer
- Not stated as a fixed buffer. Instant Pro needs 5 trading days of at least 0.5% profit each before first payout; 2-Step Pro funded needs 3 such days; 1-Step Pro 5; 1-Step Standard 3. Evaluation fee refundable after the 4th payout.
- Consistency
- 20% — Instant Pro: best day must stay under 20% of total profit (accounts bought from 2026-09-08, limited-time; 15% before). 1-Step Pro 25% per payout period; 2-Step Pro 50% (25% for accounts bought before 2026-08-31). 1-Step Standard, 2-Step Standard, 3-Step: none mentioned. Breach blocks payouts, does not close the account.
- Contract scaling
- Lot-based forex/CFD, no contract scaling. Aqua scaling plan up to $4,000,000; funded accounts mergeable up to $400,000 active allocation (not Instant). Leverage evaluation 1:100 forex / 1:20 indices+commodities / 1:2 crypto; funded and Instant Pro 1:50 / 1:10 / 1:2. Floating loss of -2% of starting balance (-1% on $300K/$400K) closes Instant accounts; Wave Stop in funded accounts.
- Daily loss limit
- Yes
- News trading
- Allowed
- Weekend holding
- Allowed
- Overnight holding
- Allowed — Help center: no restrictions on holding positions outside regular market hours, overnight and over the weekend.
- Automation / EAs
- Restricted — EAs allowed if part of your own strategy; trade copiers only across your own AquaFunded accounts. HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage prohibited; trades under 2 minutes may be tick scalping (profit removed on funded). Martingale, grid and no-SL allowed per other sources.
- Accounts you may hold
- Unverified — Multiple evaluation accounts allowed at once; funded accounts can be merged up to $400,000 active allocation. No numeric account-count cap published.
- Min. trading days
- 5
- Activation fee
- None
- Data feed
- Unverified
- Reset fee
- Varies / unverified
Account sizes
| Plan | Price | Profit target | Max drawdown | Daily loss | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Step Pro 5K | $29 | $500 | $500 | $250 | — |
| 2-Step Standard 5K | $36 | $400 | $400 | $250 | — |
| 1-Step Pro 5K | $59 | $300 | $300 | $150 | — |
| 1-Step Standard 5K | $67 | $450 | $300 | $150 | — |
| Instant Pro 5K | $115 | — | $300 | $150 | — |
| 2-Step Pro 10K | $63 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $500 | — |
| 3-Step 10K | $77 | $600 | $800 | $400 | — |
| 2-Step Standard 10K | $89 | $800 | $800 | $500 | — |
| 1-Step Pro 10K | $99 | $600 | $600 | $300 | — |
| 1-Step Standard 10K | $113 | $900 | $600 | $300 | — |
| Instant Pro 10K | $155 | — | $600 | $300 | — |
| 2-Step Pro 25K | $104 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $1,250 | — |
| 2-Step Standard 25K | $139 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $1,250 | — |
| 3-Step 25K | $157 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,000 | — |
| 1-Step Pro 25K | $199 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $750 | — |
| 1-Step Standard 25K | $227 | $2,250 | $1,500 | $750 | — |
| Instant Pro 25K | $310 | — | $1,500 | $750 | — |
| 2-Step Pro 50K | $215 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $2,500 | — |
| 3-Step 50K | $237 | $3,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | — |
| 1-Step Pro 50K | $289 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 | — |
| 2-Step Standard 50K | $299 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $2,500 | — |
| 1-Step Standard 50K | $327 | $4,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | — |
| Instant Pro 50K | $465 | — | $3,000 | $1,500 | — |
| 3-Step 100K | $377 | $6,000 | $8,000 | $4,000 | — |
| 2-Step Pro 100K | $429 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | — |
| 1-Step Pro 100K | $459 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $3,000 | — |
| 2-Step Standard 100K | $469 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $5,000 | — |
| 1-Step Standard 100K | $527 | $9,000 | $6,000 | $3,000 | — |
| Instant Pro 100K | $750 | — | $6,000 | $3,000 | — |
| 3-Step 200K | $677 | $12,000 | $16,000 | $8,000 | — |
| 2-Step Pro 200K | $822 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 | — |
| 1-Step Pro 200K | $899 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $6,000 | — |
| 2-Step Standard 200K | $947 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $10,000 | — |
| 1-Step Standard 200K | $1,017 | $18,000 | $12,000 | $6,000 | — |
| Instant Pro 200K | $1,250 | — | $12,000 | $6,000 | — |
2-Step Pro 50K — true cost to first payout
Assumes you pass without resets and reach your first payout in about 2 months.
- Evaluation fee · with code zgf (list 215)
- $161.25
- Activation / PA fee · none
- $0
- Data feed
- Unverified
- Total (known costs only)
- $161.25
Not included — unverified: data feed fee.
Reset fee: unverified / varies by size. Payout buffer: Not stated as a fixed buffer.
What we could not fully verify
- Main program picked for top-level fields: Instant Pro (labelled 'Most Popular' on homepage). Also separate tiers via 'program': 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro, 3-Step. Futures (Aqua Futures) is a separate file and not duplicated.
- PRICES ARE SECONDARY: the official pricing selector is JS-rendered (fetch showed placeholder $0) and help-center articles list no prices or sizes. List prices come from thetrustedprop.com (undated), which shows a struck-through 'Was' price and a 25% discounted price per size; the 'Was' value is used as list price. Cross-check: pf.watch (2026-08-24) fees for 1-Step/2-Step Standard 5K and 200K equal ~60% of these list prices (40% promo), consistent. Instant Standard 5K/200K did not match as cleanly. Homepage '$14 for 5K' / '$283 for 100K' hero figures could not be mapped to a program. Prices should be re-verified in a rendered browser.
- Two numbers per size on the pricing source = list ('Was') and discounted; list used.
- Targets, drawdown and daily loss computed from % of account size (official help-center percentages): Instant Pro none/6%/3%; 1-Step Standard 9/6/3; 1-Step Pro 6/6/3; 2-Step Standard 8 (phase 2: 5)/8/5; 2-Step Pro 10 (phase 2: 5)/10/5; 3-Step 6 per step/8/4. Help articles show only a $100K example, so the size lists (5K-200K) come from the secondary pricing source; all six common sizes appear for every program except 3-Step (no 5K listed).
- Drawdown types: Instant Pro, 1-Step Standard/Pro and 2-Step Pro are trailing on highest balance/equity (labelled trailing_intraday as closest category); 1-Step Pro locks at start balance after +6%. 2-Step Standard and 3-Step are static. 1-Step Standard help article contradicts itself (trailing rule vs example 'of starting balance'); 2-Step Pro article says 'depending on platform' balance or equity.
- Daily loss for 1-Step Pro is 3% of initial balance; Standard programs use previous day's higher balance/equity at 00:00 UTC; amounts shown as % of account size.
- Omitted: Instant Standard (official 'New Instant Funding Standard' article says 5% trailing/3% daily/15% consistency, secondary sources say 3% or 6%; sizes/prices unmatched), 2-Step Elite (help: 8%/5% targets, 10% static, 4% daily; secondary table shows a 'Two Step' 5%/10%/4% that I could not confidently map), Instant Flex, 1-Step Flex, AquaMan, TryAqua $1/$10, Pay After Pass, Crypto programs, and sizes above 200K or 2.5K (not common).
- Consistency: Instant Pro 20% applies to accounts bought on/after 2026-09-08 (limited-time offer), 15% earlier; flagged because it can revert. null for programs where the article does not mention a rule (unknown, not confirmed none).
- Min trading days top-level 5 = Instant Pro (5 days of >=0.5% profit); other programs 0-5 (2-Step Pro none in evaluation, 3 once funded; 3-Step not stated).
- activationFeeUsd 0: homepage lists 'no activation fee' as a feature but without mapping it to a model; assumed for all. Fee: one-time, described as 100% refundable; help center says refundable after the 4th payout (conflicts with homepage wording and the March 2026 blog saying first withdrawal).
- News: accounts opened after 2026-04-27 may trade news but news-window profit is capped at 0.5% of starting balance (5 min either side of red-folder/FOMC); older accounts cannot open/close in the window. Set true (allowed with limits).
- Weekend/overnight: article says no restrictions on holding outside regular market hours; Instant Standard has no stated restriction. Set yes.
- Automation 'restricted': EA allowed only for own strategy; copiers only on own accounts; HFT/arbitrage banned. pickmytrade (secondary) says martingale/grid/hedging same-account allowed; official hedging/martingale article was not fetched.
- maxAccounts null: help article states no numeric cap (merging up to $400K active funded allocation; Instant accounts cannot be merged).
- maxContracts null: forex/CFD lot-based, no published max lot limit (secondary says none; official 'max lot limit' article not read).
- Reset fee: no reset price published; failed account closes and a new purchase is needed (help center), so resetFeeUsd null. Account sizes/leverage for Instant Pro per help article: 50K, 100K, 300K, 400K mentioned as examples.
- Affiliate (refer-earn page): Tier 1 15% commission, Tier 2 17.5% at 100+ referrals, Tier 3 20% at 250+; 1,000+ tier mentioned; $1,000 loyalty bonus (12 consecutive months, >=3 referrals/month, not for companies); payouts bi-weekly per FAQ vs 'monthly' in calculator section (conflict); rewards under $1,000 in crypto, above via Rise; no cookie duration stated. Signup via checkout.aquafunded.com/affiliate-area / affiliates.aquafunded.com. Help center says 'up to 20%'.
- HQ/entity: pf.watch says founded December 2023, Dubai, Aqua Funded FZCO; consistent with aqua-futures.json (Aqua Funded FZCO, IFZA, Dubai Silicon Oasis; AquaFunded LTD Saint Lucia for simulated services). Firm site states no year.
FAQ
Does AquaFunded have a trailing drawdown?
AquaFunded uses a trailing drawdown that updates intraday on its main program.
Does AquaFunded have a consistency rule?
Yes — 20% best-day cap. Instant Pro: best day must stay under 20% of total profit
Is news trading allowed at AquaFunded?
Yes, with possible restrictions on funded accounts. Check AquaFunded’s current rules.
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