QT Funded

QT Instant

• No single trading day’s profit can exceed 25% of total profits at the time of withdrawal.

QT 1-step - Funded Only

• No single trading day’s profit can exceed 20% of total profits at the time of withdrawal.

GENERAL RULES

News Rule

• Evaluation: Allowed with No Restriction
• Funded & Instant Funding: Restrictions of 5 minutes before or after high Impact News. You may hold, adjust stop-loss and take-profit levels or cancel orders placed 5+ minutes before news, but opening and closing orders within 5 minutes before/after or during news is strictly prohibited. Violations result in a hard breach.

Expert Advisors

• Not Allowed | Pre-approval add-on to use an EA on your account.

Copy Trading

• Traders are permitted to copy trades only between accounts personally owned by them, including brokerage or other prop firm accounts while respecting the Max Allocation Restrictions.

Max Allocation and its Restrictions

Evaluation

• There are no restrictions on evaluation accounts
• You may hold unlimited evaluation accounts
• You are permitted to trade all evaluation accounts simultaneously

Funded

• The maximum total capital allocation across all Funded accounts is $300,000.
• The maximum total Instant Capital allocation is $100,000.
• The Instant Funded Capital Allocation counts your total capital allocation.

Restrictions

• You are not permitted to trade the same currency pair across multiple funded accounts simultaneously when operating at the $300,000 allocation limit.
• You are not permitted to trade the same currency pair across multiple funded accounts simultaneously when operating at the $100,000 Instant allocation limit.
• Failure to comply to the max allocation and its Restrictions will result in a hard breach and is not eligible for the Payout Promise

Inactivity Rule

• All Accounts are subject to a 14 Day Inactivity Rule

Weekend Holding

Allowed

Black Swan Event

• If a black swan event occurs during market closure, this will invalidate the entire trade held, profit or loss.

Crypto Trading on Weekend

• Not Allowed
• Modifying existing positions (including adjusting Stop Loss or Take Profit levels) is not available during the weekend
• If your Take Profit (TP) or Stop Loss (SL) level is reached while the market is closed over the weekend; the position will not be closed at that time.
• The order will be executed at the next available market price once trading resumes.

Risk Exposure Rules Explained

• https://support.qtfunded.com/hc/en-gb/articles/5613590674847-Exposure-Rule

Etiquette of a QT Funded Trader Explained

• https://support.qtfunded.com/hc/en-gb/articles/5295580631839-Etiquette-of-a-QT-FUNDED-Trader

Responsibilities of Traders Explained

• https://support.qtfunded.com/hc/en-gb/articles/5295596631327-Responsibilities-of-Traders

VPN/VPS/IP/Device Rules

• The use of VPNs and VPS is permitted; however, account credentials must be protected at all times
• Multiple IP addresses and devices are allowed, all trading activity must be conducted solely by the verified account holder who completed the KYC process

Prohibited Strategies

• Exploiting Unrealistic Market Conditions, Arbitrage trading, Latency trading, Front-running price feeds, Mispricing exploitation, High-Frequency & Manipulative Activity, High-frequency trading (including tick scalping), Order book spamming or excessive order placement, Flooding servers via algorithm misuse, Hedging & Coordination Tactics, Reverse trading or group hedging across accounts, One-sided betting that disrupts market balance, Toxic Trading Behaviour (you will be notified if this applies.), Any trading activity deemed abusive, manipulative, or disruptive by the Risk Department, All-or-Nothing Trading Approach, Trading without stop-loss protection, Holding positions through major news events without risk control, Risking more than 75% of your daily drawdown limit on trades, Applying inconsistent or poor risk management practices, Reverse trading.
• Trades executed during extreme volatility may be reviewed and, if deemed unrealistic, removed from your PnL.
• Violation of prohibited strategies is a Hard Breach
• See details on prohibited strategies: https://support.qtfunded.com/hc/en-gb/articles/5613598693279-Prohibited-Strategies

QT Instant

• Minimum Trading Days: Traders must trade for at least 5 separate trading days before requesting a withdrawal.
• Trading activity should reflect a consistent strategy and realistic trade sizing across these days
• Exposure Limit: Maximum risk exposure across all open trades at any one time is capped at 2%, calculated using stop loss placement and floating P&L | Hard breach

QT 1-Step

• The QT Buy Now, Pay Later 1-Step is a single-phase evaluation with a low initial payment. Pass the challenge and complete the second payment to unlock your funded account.
• Traders will have 7 Calendar Days to Pay the Activation Fee.

Minimum Trading Days

• Evaluation: None
• Funded: 5 days

Risk Rules

• Evaluation & Funded: 2% Open Floating Loss
• Your floating loss should not Exceed 2% at Anytime

QT 2 Step & QT 2 Step Elite

Minimum trading days

• Evaluation: 2 days
• Funded: 4 trading days with at least 2 profitable days with a minimum of 0.5% profit each day
• Trading activity should reflect a consistent strategy and realistic trade sizing across these days

Risk Rules

Evaluation

• Total exposure must not exceed 75% of your daily drawdown limit at any time.
• Violation will result to Denial of Funding and account reset back to phase 1.

Funded

• Exposure Limit: Maximum risk exposure across all open trades at any one time is capped at 2.5%, calculated using stop loss placement and floating P&L
• Hard breach

QT Instant

• Profit Split: 80% | 90% with add-on
• Payout Frequency: Bi-weekly | Weekly with Add-on

QT 1-Step

• Profit Split: 80%
• Payout Frequency: Bi-weekly
• Profit Cap Per Cycle: 5% Profit Cap per Cycle. Any additional Profit will be withdrawn from the account before your next Cycle.

QT 2 Step

• Profit Split: 80% | 90% with add-on
• Payout Frequency: Bi-weekly | Weekly with Add-on
• Profit Cap Per Cycle: 5% Profit Cap per Cycle (First 3 Payouts Only). Any additional Profit will be withdrawn from the account before your next Cycle.

QT 2 Step Elite

• Profit Split: 80% | 90% with add-on
• Payout Frequency: Bi-weekly

Performance Protection Promise

• Even if a trader breaches their funded/Instant Funding account, they still receive 10% of profits or full refund (whichever is higher).
• Phase 1 Account Reset, allowing you to restart for Assessment based accounts
• 3 guarantees per user across 3 purchases
• Exploitation = forfeiture + suspension.

Eligibility for Performance Protection Promise

The breach must not involve any prohibited trading practices

The account must be in profit to qualify

Minimum withdrawal amount

1% or $100 whichever is higher

Minimum Payout Threshold

• QT Instant: 5% of profit margin
• 2-Step & 2-Step Elite: None

Note: If you miss the payout request day, you must complete another payout cycle and complete the requirements again to make the new cycle eligible for payout - please contact the Risk team via live chat to have your payout date adjusted.

QT Capital Programme

• Consistent performers at QT Funded are eligible for the QT Capital Programme after completing Cycle 3 with no payout cap on QT 2-Step. This programme offers a salaried trading position with daily payouts, a monthly salary of 3% of account balance (minimum activity and profit required), and an initial 50/50 profit split with negotiable increases each quarter based on performance. Account balance, drawdown, and risk allowances are reviewed quarterly for scaling. Additional benefits include resources, bonuses, and the opportunity for a physical seat at one of QT's dedicated offices.

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