FTUK — Funded Stage Rules & AI Trust Score

Hidden Rules & Critical Conditions

• Account Protector — 2% Floating Loss Auto-Close [Critical]: FTUK's Account Protector monitors combined floating loss from all open losing positions. If this exceeds 2% of the starting balance, ALL open positions are automatically closed immediately. This applies to Flex Challenge, One-Step, Two-Step, and Instant Funding (NOT Lightning Challenge). First violation = Soft Breach (all positions closed, trading can continue). Second violation = Hard Breach (account permanently terminated with no recovery). This rule applies in BOTH evaluation and funded stages and creates an effective intraday drawdown ceiling far tighter than the headline daily drawdown rates (e.g., the One-Step has a 4% daily drawdown but the Account Protector triggers at 2% floating loss).
• Lightning Challenge 15% Consistency Cap (Funded) [Critical]: On FTUK's Lightning Challenge funded accounts, no single trading day can contribute more than 15% of total cumulative profits. This is the tightest consistency rule among FTUK's plans. If your best trading day accounts for more than 15% of your total earnings at any point, your account will be flagged. During evaluation, the limit is 30% per day — but it tightens to 15% once funded. This effectively penalizes large outlier trading days and may cause payout rejections for traders who rely on a few big winning days.
• Partial Trade Closing Prohibited (All Plans) [Warning]: FTUK introduced a firm-wide ban on partial trade closing effective 18 February 2026. Traders must close positions in their entirety — no scaling out allowed. This ban applies across Flex Challenge, Lightning Challenge, One-Step, Two-Step, and Instant Funding accounts on all platforms. Partial closing includes partial position size reduction via any mechanism.
• Stop-Loss Mandatory on Lightning Challenge Funded Stage [Warning]: On FTUK's Lightning Challenge funded accounts, a stop-loss is mandatory for every open trade and must be set within 1 minute of opening the position. During the evaluation phase, stop-losses are not required. This rule becomes active only after passing to the funded stage. Failure to set a stop-loss within the 1-minute window is treated as a rule violation.
• 0.5% Minimum Daily Profit Required for Qualifying Days [Warning]: On One-Step, Two-Step, and Lightning Challenge plans, each trading day must generate a minimum profit of 0.5% of the account balance for that day to count as a 'qualifying trading day'. Days where profit is below 0.5% (including near-zero or small positive days) do not count toward the minimum trading day requirement. This extends the time before traders reach payout eligibility or can scale their accounts.