Skip to main content

THE DOSSIER — ACCOUNT DEEP-DIVE

AquaFunded logo
AquaFundedAccount deep-dive

AquaFunded $100,000 CFD 1-Step Pro Account Rules

Exact dollar thresholds, breach math, and verified sources for this tier.

Registration Fee$447Non-refundable fee
Nominal Capital$100,000
Daily Drawdown3%$3,000 • higher of equity balance
Max Total Loss6%$6,000 • trailing balance
Profit Split90%Up to 100%
Profit TargetsP1: 6%Single phase
LeverageForex 1:100→1:50; Indices 1:20→1:10
PlatformsTradeLocker, Match Trader+2 more
Payout CycleBi-weekly (7-day add-on)

All-In Cost to First Payout

Sticker price vs real cost — All-In Quantitative Fee Model

Evidence-based analysis

If you pass first try

$447paid upfront
Challenge fee$447

Assumes pass on first attempt. Add 1–2 resets for realistic avg (FPFX: only 7% get payout).

Realistic (1 reset avg)

$894paid upfront

Non-refundable — every reset is sunk cost

Challenge fee$447
Resets × 1$447

Assumes 1 reset(s). Data fees vary by platform. FPFX base rate: ~7% ever get payout — budget for resets.

Methodology: challenge + resets + activation + data + add-ons − documented refund. Futures add $38/mo data + $149 activation where applicable. We never hide reset cost behind “bonus” language.

RISK ANALYSIS

Essential Pre-Purchase Risk Analysis

How Can I Fail This Account?

Before spending capital on this evaluation, these are the exact mathematical and operational tripwires that disqualify traders on this specific model.

#1 Biggest Risk

Daily Loss at 00:00 Rollover

Daily loss is calculated against your day-starting balance/equity. Holding floating drawdown into the 00:00 server reset can breach on spread widening alone.

Limit: losing $3,000 in 24h = immediate breach.
#2 Second Risk

30-Day Inactivity Forfeiture

30 consecutive days without a trade = automatic lock and revoked credentials. Many pass the evaluation and pause before the next step, losing all progress.

Mitigation: set a reminder or place a 0.01 micro-lot trade.
Payout Trap

Withdrawal Gates Bite After Passing

Min 5 days 0.5%/day + 25% consistency; trailing locks at initial at 6%

Open positions or pending orders at withdrawal time = automated rejection at most firms. Go flat first.
Strategy Trap

Banned Patterns Pass Silently, Fail at Payout

Grid, martingale, all-in sizing, copied signals, and cross-account hedging often trigger no dashboard warning during evaluation — the review lands when you request real money.

COMPLETE RULEBOOK

12 Rules · Read Before You Buy

Every Rule on This Account

Daily drawdown, max drawdown, targets, trading days, payouts, news, holding, automation, inactivity — each rule translated to this 100,000 account's exact dollar numbers.

Critical · Daily

Daily Loss Limit: 3% ($3,000/day)

Your daily allowance is fixed off the starting balance and counts open + closed P&L. It resets at 0:00 server time. Intraday profits temporarily widen the buffer, but the base never changes — lose the full allowance in 24 hours and the account is terminated on the spot.

Floor today: $97,000 on $100,000. A single red day of $3,000 = immediate breach.
Critical · Max

Maximum Loss: 6% (floor starts at $94,000)

Trailing: the floor rises with every new peak, never slides back down, and locks at $100,000 once profits cover the full allowance. Across the whole lifetime of the account, equity can never print below the current floor.

Starting floor: $94,000 on $100,000 — tightens toward $100,000 as you profit.
Single phase

Profit Target: 6% ($6,000)

Bank $6,000 from the starting balance to pass. Measured on closed-trade profit — floating P&L does not count until you close.

Target balance: $106,000.
Evaluation gate

Minimum Trading Days: 5

You must trade on at least 5 separate days before the phase counts as passed — even if you hit the profit target on day one. A trading day counts when you place at least one trade that closes with non-zero P&L.

No time limit — take as many days as you need.
Payout gate

Payouts: Bi-weekly (7-day add-on) · 90% split

Min 5 days 0.5%/day + 25% consistency; trailing locks at initial at 6%. Your share of every approved withdrawal is 90%, up to 100% with the scale-up/add-on.

Fee $447 — non-refundable. Treat it as sunk cost.
News · Conditional

News Trading: Restricted

0.5% cap per cycle on 5-min window

Holding · Free

Weekend + Overnight Holding: Allowed

Positions may stay open overnight and over the weekend at every stage. Swap charges still apply — and swap counts against your daily and maximum loss limits, with triple-swap days on some instruments.

Automation

Expert Advisors / Bots: Allowed

Automation is permitted — but verify whether your firm requires a paid add-on, platform restriction (MT4/MT5 only at some firms), or bot registration before the first automated trade. Unauthorized automation is a standalone violation.

Boundaries

Copy Trading & Hedging Boundaries

Copy trading between your own accounts is permitted — third-party signals and for-hire management stay banned. Hedging inside this single account is fine; mirrored positions across accounts or external brokers are banned.

Identical-trade monitoring flags synchronized entries across accounts.
Silent killer

Inactivity: 30 Days

Place at least one trade every 30 consecutive days or the account is automatically deactivated — no warning email, no extension. This kills more passed evaluations than any market move: traders pass, take a break, and return to revoked credentials.

Mitigation: set a calendar reminder or place a 0.01 micro-lot trade.
Consistency

Consistency Rule Active

25% consistency — largest day <25% total

One monster day can move the goalpost instead of failing you — size winners deliberately.
Arsenal

Markets, Leverage & Platforms

Trade Forex · Indices · Commodities · Crypto. Leverage: Forex 1:100→1:50; Indices 1:20→1:10. Platforms: TradeLocker, Match Trader, cTrader, MT5.

SIMULATOR

Interactive Drawdown Simulator

Pre-configured for 100,000 • 3% daily, 6% max — adjust equity to test breach.

RISK ENGINE — LIVE
SAFE

Account size

Current equity$100,000
$80,000 (-20%)$120,000 (+20%)

Live calculations

Daily floor

$97,000

Buffer $3,000

Max floor

$94,000

Buffer $6,000

Account is currently SAFE. You have $3,000 (3%) of buffer remaining above your nearest loss floor.

SIGNATURE VISUAL

Same trade, different fate — see why

This +1.8% win (+$1,800) followed by a -0.5% loss with an intraday dip is replayed against each program's real drawdown math.

Same Trade → Different Program → Different Outcome

One trade history, replayed against each program's real rules

Deterministic math — no AI guess

Day 1 Win (+1.8%)

+$1,800

Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)

$-500

low $96,500

Day 3 Overnight (+0.3%)

+$300

low $99,000

BREACH

AquaFunded CFD 1-Step Flex

Daily drawdown breach on Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)

3% daily • 12% max • static

$100,000 • final $101,300

  • • Trade 2 (Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)): equity low $98,300 ≤ daily floor $98,746 (3%)
BREACH

AquaFunded CFD 1-Step Standard

Daily drawdown breach on Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)

3% daily • 6% max • trailing balance

$100,000 • final $101,300

  • • Trade 2 (Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)): equity low $98,300 ≤ daily floor $98,746 (3%)
PASS

AquaFunded CFD 2-Step Standard

Survives all trades

5% daily • 8% max • static

$100,000 • final $101,600

  • • Final: +$1,600 profit, peak $101,800
PASS

AquaFunded CFD 2-Step Elite

Survives all trades

4% daily • 10% max • static

$100,000 • final $101,600

  • • Final: +$1,600 profit, peak $101,800

This is the moat: traders finally understand “the problem is not your trade, it is how the program's rules interpret the trade.” Math is exact — equity vs balance, EOD vs intraday included.

THE RULES · 14 APPLY TO THIS CFD 1-STEP PRO

Explain the Rules

Exact formulas, plain translations, and verified source citations — filtered to 14 of 22 firm rules that govern this program.

ACCOUNT FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions: AquaFunded $100,000 CFD 1-Step Pro Rules

What are the AquaFunded $100,000 CFD 1-Step Pro account rules?

The AquaFunded $100,000 CFD 1-Step Pro ($100,000 nominal capital) enforces a 3% daily loss limit, a 6% trailing balance maximum drawdown, a 6% Phase 1 profit target, and 5 minimum trading days.

How is drawdown calculated on the AquaFunded $100,000 CFD 1-Step Pro account?

Daily drawdown is 3% ($3,000) calculated via higher of equity balance. Maximum total loss is 6% ($6,000) enforced as trailing balance from the $100,000 starting balance.

What is the profit split and minimum trading days for AquaFunded $100,000 CFD 1-Step Pro?

Traders receive a 90% base profit split (up to 100% with add-on) paid on a bi-weekly (7-day add-on) cycle, with 5 minimum trading days required per evaluation phase.