THE DOSSIER — ACCOUNT DEEP-DIVE
BrightFunded $200,000 2-Step Bright Account Rules
Exact dollar thresholds, breach math, and verified sources for this tier.
All-In Cost to First Payout
Sticker price vs real cost — All-In Quantitative Fee Model
If you pass first try
→ $0 net after refund on 1st payout
Assumes pass on first attempt. Add 1–2 resets for realistic avg (FPFX: only 7% get payout).
Realistic (1 reset avg)
→ $947 net after refund
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
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.
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.
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.
Withdrawal Gates Bite After Passing
15% eval bonus after 10% funded growth
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
Every Rule on This Account
Daily drawdown, max drawdown, targets, trading days, payouts, news, holding, automation, inactivity — each rule translated to this 200,000 account's exact dollar numbers.
Daily Loss Limit: 4% ($8,000/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.
Maximum Loss: 8% (floor starts at $184,000)
Static: the floor is set once from your starting balance and never moves — profits never drag it up behind you. Across the whole lifetime of the account, equity can never print below the current floor.
Profit Target: 8% ($16,000) → 5% ($10,000)
Bank $16,000 to clear phase 1, then $10,000 more in phase 2. Targets are measured on closed-trade profit from the starting balance — open floating P&L does not pass you.
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.
Payouts: 30 days then bi-weekly · 80% split
15% eval bonus after 10% funded growth. Your share of every approved withdrawal is 80%, up to 90% with the scale-up/add-on.
News Trading: Restricted
Funded 10-min window soft breach
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.
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.
Copy Trading & Hedging Boundaries
Copy trading between your own accounts is permitted — third-party signals and for-hire management stay banned. Cross-account and correlated-instrument hedging are banned.
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.
Markets, Leverage & Platforms
Trade Forex · Metals · Indices · Energy · Crypto. Leverage: FX 1:100 · Metals 1:40 · Indices 1:20 · Energy 1:40 · Crypto 1:5. Platforms: DXTrade, cTrader, MetaTrader 5.
SIMULATOR
Interactive Drawdown Simulator
Pre-configured for 200,000 • 4% daily, 8% max — adjust equity to test breach.
Account size
Live calculations
Daily floor
$192,000
Buffer $8,000
Max floor
$184,000
Buffer $16,000
Account is currently SAFE. You have $8,000 (4%) of buffer remaining above your nearest loss floor.
SIGNATURE VISUAL
Same trade, different fate — see why
This +1.8% win (+$3,600) 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
Day 1 Win (+1.8%)
+$3,600
Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)
$-1,000
low $193,000
Day 3 Overnight (+0.3%)
+$600
low $198,000
BrightFunded 2-Step Bright
Daily drawdown breach on Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)
4% daily • 8% max • static
$200,000 • final $205,200
- • Trade 2 (Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)): equity low $193,200 ≤ daily floor $198,912 (4%)
BrightFunded 2-Step Classic
Daily drawdown breach on Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)
5% daily • 10% max • static
$25,000 • final $25,650
- • Trade 2 (Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)): equity low $24,150 ≤ daily floor $24,605 (5%)
BrightFunded 1-Step Challenge
Daily drawdown breach on Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)
3% daily • 6% max • trailing equity
$5,000 • final $5,130
- • Trade 2 (Day 2 Loss (-0.5%)): equity low $4,830 ≤ daily floor $5,025 (3%)
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 · 9 APPLY TO THIS 2-STEP BRIGHT
Explain the Rules
Exact formulas, plain translations, and verified source citations — filtered to 9 of 9 firm rules that govern this program.
ACCOUNT FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions: BrightFunded $200,000 2-Step Bright Rules
What are the BrightFunded $200,000 2-Step Bright account rules?
The BrightFunded $200,000 2-Step Bright ($200,000 nominal capital) enforces a 4% daily loss limit, a 8% static maximum drawdown, a 8% Phase 1 profit target and 5% Phase 2 target, and 5 minimum trading days.
How is drawdown calculated on the BrightFunded $200,000 2-Step Bright account?
Daily drawdown is 4% ($8,000) calculated via balance based. Maximum total loss is 8% ($16,000) enforced as static from the $200,000 starting balance.
What is the profit split and minimum trading days for BrightFunded $200,000 2-Step Bright?
Traders receive a 80% base profit split (up to 90% with add-on) paid on a 30 days then bi-weekly cycle, with 5 minimum trading days required per evaluation phase.