Key takeaways
A free trial tells you whether you can pass the rules it copies, not the funded rules that end most accounts, and it never pays. We checked 28 firms: 16 with a free offer, and 12 more without one. Most faithful: E8 Markets Free Trial. Most repeatable: FundedNext. The free routes that can pay are tiny (BrightFunded $1K), promotional (trader2B) or need your own money (Axi Select).
Freshness: Every trial term, price and Trustpilot count was checked on each firm’s own pages on September 30, 2026; Alpha Capital Group’s checkout and prices were checked again on October 3, 2026. Confirm on the firm’s site first.
Editorial disclosure. BestProps has no affiliate or sponsor relationship with any firm in this post (E8 Markets, FundedNext, SabioTrade, FTMO, City Traders Imperium, FundingPips, BrightFunded, trader2B, HyroTrader, Audacity Capital, Alpha Capital Group, FXIFY, Velotrade, The5ers, Axi Select, PropFirm.com, Topstep, Tradeify, Apex Trader Funding, Lucid Trading, MyFundedFutures, Take Profit Trader, TradeDay, Earn2Trade, Phidias, OneFunded, AquaFunded or FundedNext Futures), has received no money from them, and the discount codes shown are uncompensated. No firm paid for placement or reviewed this post. Full policy: affiliate disclosure.
Quick picks for prop firms with free trials in 2026
- Most faithful free trial: E8 Markets Free Trial, “the same rules, and the same scoring” as E8 One.
- Cheapest first paid attempt after a ranked trial: FundingPips 2 Step Pro 50K, $249 list.
- Most loss room per dollar after a ranked trial: FundedNext Stellar 2-Step 50K, $60.00 per $1,000 ($299.99 for a $5,000 static floor).
- Most repeatable: FundedNext Free Trial, rejoin every 14 days, any size from $6K to $200K.
- Best free competition: FundingPips Monthly Competition, 2 Step Pro prizes up to $100K.
Five kinds of free at prop firms with free trials
The first three never pay; the fourth can; the fifth pays in accounts.
- Faithful practice trial: the paid rules, no payout (E8 Markets, FundingPips).
- Softened practice trial: a lower target or fewer phases (FundedNext, SabioTrade, FTMO, HyroTrader, and Alpha Capital Group’s documented trial).
- Platform preview: software only, no rules (City Traders Imperium, Audacity Capital).
- Free funding path: a free challenge leading to an account that can pay (BrightFunded, trader2B).
- Competition: a leaderboard whose prizes are mostly challenge accounts.
Not free: a fee refund (you pay first) and a no-fee programme that needs your own deposit. Swap-free means no overnight interest, not free; see swap-free prop firms.
How we ranked prop firms with free trials
We read each trial’s signup, length, rules and outcome, then priced and graded the paid product it previews at 50K.
- Ranked: a practice trial you can start now whose paid product has no serious catch. Order: faithful, then softened, then platform preview. Within a class, the lower cost per $1,000 of loss room wins: the 50K list price plus any activation fee, divided by the smallest max-loss floor at any stage, times 1,000. None of these one-time products names an activation fee. Promos never enter the order. A live-account call-up is a warning, named in the firm’s block, never a reason to leave this list.
- Documented, not offered: a trial the firm’s help centre describes but its checkout did not offer when we looked (Alpha Capital Group). It gets a full block and table rows, but no rank.
- Serious catch: the paid or free-funded product has a real catch: a floor that trails open profit, an account-ender you cannot read before signup, or a firm-confirmed discretionary payout refusal.
Why cost per $1,000 and not the sticker price: a $249 challenge with a $3,000 floor gives less room to be wrong than a $299.99 challenge with a $5,000 floor. On sticker price FundingPips beats FundedNext; per $1,000 of loss room FundedNext costs $60.00 against FundingPips’ $83.00. The class still comes first, because a faithful trial rehearses the exact paid rules and a softened one does not.
Demo vs funded, what a prop firm free trial can and cannot show
Trials never pay. E8: trial users are “not eligible to receive any payouts.” City Traders Imperium: “You cannot get payouts from the trial.”
“Funded” rarely means live money either. FundingPips: “All accounts provided by FundingPips are demo accounts,” and “No actual trades are executed on live financial markets.” FTMO: “all accounts provided by FTMO are demo accounts using fictitious capital.” E8 calls its accounts simulated and says any live market trading “is conducted entirely outside the scope of E8 Funding LLC.” The difference between a trial and a funded account is not the market feed but the payout: the firm pays you a share of the simulated profit once you pass its paid evaluation and its review. Audacity Capital is an outlier: its Knowledge Center says funded accounts are live, while its site footer calls the setup simulated.
Every trial stops at the evaluation, so none shows the funded rules that end most accounts. Even the most faithful trials, E8 Markets and FundingPips, preview funded stages that add rules the trial never runs. Treat a pass as proof you can hit a target, not keep an account.
Markets fork early: trials cover forex and CFD, crypto (HyroTrader, E8 Terminal) and US stocks (trader2B), never futures. Beginners should read prop firms for beginners.
Who each kind of free fits: a faithful trial (E8 Markets, FundingPips) suits a trader who already has a strategy and wants to rehearse the exact paid targets and loss limits before paying, since passing it tells you almost nothing new about the funded stage. A softened trial (FundedNext, SabioTrade, FTMO, Alpha Capital Group, HyroTrader) suits someone comparing a firm’s execution, spreads and platform quality cheaply, because the easier target makes a pass a weak signal for the harder paid product. A platform preview (City Traders Imperium, Audacity Capital) suits a trader who has already picked a ruleset elsewhere and only wants to test software and fills. A free funding path (BrightFunded) or a competition (FundedNext, FundingPips, Alpha Capital Group, FXIFY, The5ers, Velotrade) suits someone willing to accept a small account or long odds for a real shot at capital with no fee at risk.
Prop firms with free trials compared, the free version and the first paid attempt
What the free version lets you do
| #, firm / free offer (class; markets) | Signup: card, ID, countries | Length and repeats | Rules vs the paid product | What it leads to | Platform and markets | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FundingPips Free Trial (faithful; forex CFD) | “No credit card or identity documents” | 14 days per phase; “Unlimited trials” vs “only one” | “Real rules”: 2 Step Standard or Pro, any size | Nothing | MT5 only, so not US | 4.5 / 69,349 |
| 2. E8 Markets Free Trial (faithful; forex, crypto) | “No card”; MatchTrader trial needs Veriff ID | 30 days; 2 trials every 28 days | “the same rules, and the same scoring” as E8 One; size not published | Nothing; “No payouts” | MatchTrader or E8 Terminal; paid adds MT5 (non-US), cTrader | Hidden (breach banner), 3,299 |
| 3. FundedNext Free Trial (softened; forex CFD) | “no payment required”; no ID; 20 countries excluded | 14 days from 1st trade; unlimited, one at a time | One phase at 5% vs 8% + 5%; 5% daily, 10% max | 5% discount code (new users, 14 days) | MT5; US on Match-Trader only | 4.5 / 80,423 |
| 4. FTMO Free Trial, 2-Step and 1-Step (softened; CFD) | No card field; no ID; about 70 countries excluded | 14 days; unlimited, one at a time | Target 10% cut to 5%; 2-Step becomes one phase | Nothing | MT4, MT5, cTrader; US trial MT5 only | 4.8 / 53,395 |
| 5. SabioTrade Free Trial (softened; CFD) | $0 form asks for phone; no “no card” line; 11 US states excluded | 7 days, then “automatically blocked”; once per user | $10K, 10% target; trial loss limits not published | Nothing stated | Sabio Traderoom, same as paid | Hidden (breach banner), 697 |
| 6. City Traders Imperium Free Trial (platform preview; CFD) | “never asks for a card”; no KYC to start | 14 days (trial page) vs 7 days (help); max two | $100K; “No targets”; loss limits not published | Nothing; “no payouts” | MT5 (non-US) or Match-Trader | 4.2 / 1,630 |
| Alpha Capital Group Free Trial (softened; forex CFD; not ranked) | No card asked; phone required; MT5-only, so not US | 3 to 30 trading days; one at a time | One phase at 10% vs 6% + 6%; 5% daily vs 3%, 10% max vs 6% | Nothing | MT5 only; not offered at checkout Sep 30 or Oct 3 | Hidden (breach banner), 21,789 |
| BrightFunded Free $1K Challenge (funding path; CFD; serious catch) | “No fee. No card required.”; phone check; daily country cap | No time limit; one, with no active accounts | 1-Step rules at $1K; 6% floor trails real-time equity | $1K funded account, 80/20, no cap | Not named on F1KC pages | Hidden (breach banner), 573 |
| trader2B Free Toro100 (funding path; US stocks; serious catch) | “No payment details required”; ID wording conflicts | Once per trader; renews monthly with activity | Same target and loss limits as Toro100 | “live $100,000 funded account” at up to 50% | WebTrader; data may cost if the free pool is empty | 3.0 / 77 |
| HyroTrader Free Trial (softened; crypto; serious catch) | No card; email only; US allowed | Length not published on the site | One 5% phase vs 10% + 5%; 5% daily, 10% max | Nothing (Sponsored Challenge by application) | Bybit demo, Tealstreet or CLEO | 4.0 / 226 |
| Audacity Capital Free Trial (platform preview; CFD; serious catch) | No card, no ID; US on DXTrade | 30 days vs “no fixed expiry”; several at once | No target, no daily or max loss | Nothing | MT5 or DXTrade | Hidden (breach banner), 287 |
The first paid attempt after it
| #, firm / first paid product (50K) | List price (promo, dated) | Fee refund; retry | What the free version cannot show | First payout wait and minimum; split | Our ranking; cost per $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FundingPips 2 Step Pro, after the Free Trial | $249 one-time; FP 10% for new users, no end date | No refund on 2 Step Pro; Phase 1 reset $199.20 | News profit at 40%, paid Swing add-on for overnight holds, Striking System | 7 days (Weekly); 1% minimum; 80% | #1 faithful; $83.00 |
| 2. E8 Markets E8 One, after the Free Trial | $288 one-time ($488 at 100K); $260 with E8, first order, no end date | No refund with payouts; no reset price published | 40% best day, news ban, 1% de-risk power | “as little as 3 Days”; payout above 50% of daily loss; 80% | #2 faithful; $96.00 |
| 3. FundedNext Stellar 2-Step, after the Free Trial | $299.99 one-time ($549.99 at 100K; US $269.99); 5% trial code | Fee back with the 1st reward; reset $269.99 | News profit at 40%, 3% max risk, Quick Strike | 21 days, then 14; 80% | #3 softened; $60.00 |
| 4. FTMO 1-Step or 2-Step, after the Free Trial | 1-Step €319 (≈$358.08); 2-Step €345 (≈$387.26, €540 at 100K); US $359 / $399 | 2-Step “may be refunded” (T&C 3.12 differs); 1-Step none | News lockout, weekend close, post-pass risk cap | Day 14 after 1st funded trade; 80% (1-Step 90%) | #4 softened; $71.62 (1-Step) |
| 5. SabioTrade Plus, after the Free Trial | $339 one-time (Advanced 100K $549, US site); $289 non-US table | “no refunds on any purchases”; retry at list | Initial-balance floor after 1st reward; reward clawback | Effectively 3 days; every 7 days; 80% | #5 softened; $113.00 |
| 6. City Traders Imperium 1-Step, after the Free Trial | $299 one-time ($449 at 100K); SINCE2018 ended Sep 30, 2026, not used | 100% at the 1st 10% funded target; reset 15% off | 7 profitable days, month-end windows, 60-second stop-loss | 7 profitable days, 2% or $100; 80% | #6 platform preview; $119.60 |
| Alpha Capital Group Alpha Pro 6%, after the Free Trial | $217 one-time ($397 at 100K); a dated September code is not used here | No refund published; free retries discontinued | Weekend-hold ban, news window, 2% max risk per asset, 40% Best Day | 2% of gross profit minimum; on demand; 80% (90% with add-on) | Not ranked (not offered at checkout); $72.33 |
| BrightFunded 1-Step, after the Free $1K Challenge | €297 (≈$333; €497 at 100K); €207.90 with 3YEARS, no end date | Refund only as a paid add-on; no reset | Real-time trailing floor; floor-value conflict | 30 days, then 14; 80%, no cap | Serious catch; about $111.13 |
| trader2B Toro100, after the Free Toro100 | $199 a month (no 50K size); $133 a month on 3 months | 1st month back if 1st payout ≥ 2× it; reset $100 | Funded limits in an unpublished agreement | Not published; 97% paid, 50% free path | Serious catch; $66.33 a month |
| HyroTrader 2-Step, after the Free Trial | $379 one-time ($579 at 100K), a “Refundable Challenge Deposit” | Back with 1st payout, kept if you fail; no reset | Daily floor trails the intraday equity peak | Same day as 1st trade (FAQ); 5% cap per payout; 80% | Serious catch; $75.80 |
| Audacity Capital Ability Challenge, after the Free Trial | $329 one-time ($549 at 100K); $283 with a 14% widget, no end date | Up to 100% with a 1st Live payout above the fee; no reset | Payout withheld after an undisclosed Risk review | 14 days after 1st Live trade; 75% to 90% | Serious catch; $65.80 |
Price rankings: cheapest prop firms, cheapest futures prop firms and prop firms with no monthly fee. Free resets are tracked in free reset deals.
What the paid step after a free trial costs per $1,000 of loss room
A free trial saves you nothing until you buy the product it previews, so this is the number that decides what the trial is worth. Each row divides the 50K list price, plus any activation fee, by the smallest max-loss floor at any stage, then multiplies by 1,000. A lower figure means more room to be wrong for each dollar you pay.
| Firm / first paid product (50K) | List price + activation | Smallest max-loss floor | Cost per $1,000 | Daily loss limit | Retry after a breach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FundingPips 2 Step Pro | $249 | $3,000 (6% static) | $83.00 | 3% ($1,500), on equity | Phase 1 reset $199.20, within 7 days of the breach |
| 2. E8 Markets E8 One | $288 | $3,000 (6%, trails closed balance, locks at start) | $96.00 | $2,000 (4%), from the day’s starting balance | No reset price published; new purchase at list |
| 3. FundedNext Stellar 2-Step | $299.99 | $5,000 (10% static) | $60.00 | 5% ($2,500) of the initial balance | Reset $269.99, unlimited until funded |
| 4. FTMO 1-Step | €319 (≈$358.08) | $5,000 (10%, trails end-of-day balance) | $71.62 | 3% ($1,500) | No reset; new purchase at list |
| 5. SabioTrade Plus | $339 | $3,000 (6%, trails closed balance) | $113.00 | 5% of the prior day’s closed balance | No reset; new purchase at $339 |
| 6. City Traders Imperium 1-Step | $299 | $2,500 (5%, trails closed balance) | $119.60 | None on the 1-Step | Reset at 15% off, unlimited |
| Alpha Capital Group Alpha Pro 6% (not ranked) | $217 | $3,000 (6% static) | $72.33 | 3% ($1,500), highest end-of-day balance or equity | No reset; free retries discontinued |
| BrightFunded 1-Step (serious catch) | €297 (≈$333.38) | $3,000 (6%, trails real-time equity) | $111.13 | 3% ($1,500) | No reset |
| HyroTrader 2-Step (serious catch) | $379 deposit | $5,000 (10% static) | $75.80 | 5%, trails the day’s equity peak | No reset |
| Audacity Capital Ability Challenge (serious catch) | $329 | $5,000 (10% static, Phase 2 and funded) | $65.80 | 7.5% Phase 1, 5% after | No reset; new purchase at list |
| trader2B Toro100 (serious catch; no 50K size) | $199 a month | $3,000 on $100K, floor type conflicts | $66.33 a month | $500, pause for the day | Reset $100 |
Three things move a firm on this measure. Floor size: FundedNext and FTMO give $5,000 of room at 50K, FundingPips, E8, SabioTrade and Alpha $3,000, City Traders Imperium $2,500. Floor type: a static floor stays put, while E8, SabioTrade and City Traders Imperium trail the highest closed balance and FTMO’s 1-Step trails the end-of-day balance, so the room shrinks as you make money (E8’s floor locks at the starting balance; City Traders Imperium does not publish a lock). Retries: FundingPips sells a Phase 1 reset at $199.20 if you buy within 7 days of the breach, FundedNext a $269.99 reset, City Traders Imperium 15% off; the rest charge full price again.
A worked case for a trader who expects to need two attempts: at FundingPips the second try costs $199.20 through the reset, so two attempts cost $448.20. At FundedNext a reset is $269.99, so two attempts cost $569.98, but each gives $5,000 of room against FundingPips’ $3,000. At SabioTrade, with no reset product, two attempts cost $678. For the odds behind a second attempt, see our risk-of-ruin calculator.
Your first payout after a free trial, worked at $50K
Here is what a trader keeps from the first payout after making 5% ($2,500) on a 50K account under each firm’s published split, wait and refund rule. It assumes the account passes every review; it is arithmetic on the firms’ own terms, not a forecast.
| Firm / product (50K) | Fee at list | Earliest first request | Split on $2,500 profit | Fee back? | Kept after the fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FundingPips 2 Step Pro (Weekly) | $249 | 7 days after the first Master trade; minimum $500 | 80%, $2,000 | No | $1,751 |
| 2. E8 Markets E8 One | $288 | No minimum days; 40% best day means 3+ days; payout above $1,000.01 | 80%, $2,000 | No | $1,712 |
| 3. FundedNext Stellar 2-Step | $299.99 | 21 days after the FundedNext Account starts | 80%, $2,000 | Yes, with the 1st reward | $2,000 |
| 4. FTMO 1-Step | €319 (≈$358.08) | Day 14 after the first funded trade; 50% best day | 90%, $2,250 | No | ≈$1,891.92 |
| 4. FTMO 2-Step | €345 (≈$387.26) | Day 14 after the first funded trade | 80%, $2,000 | “may be refunded”; T&C 3.12 says not unless agreed | ≈$1,612.74, or $2,000 if refunded |
| 5. SabioTrade Plus | $339 | Every 7 days; no day above 55% of profit (terms say 40%) | 80%, $2,000 | No | $1,661 |
| 6. City Traders Imperium 1-Step | $299 | 7 profitable days; minimum $1,000 | 80%, $2,000 | Only at the 1st 10% funded target | $1,701 |
| Alpha Capital Group Alpha Pro 6% | $217 | Each 2% window ($1,000); 40% best day | 80%, $2,000 | Not published | $1,783 |
| BrightFunded 1-Step | €297 (≈$333.38) | 30 days after the first funded trade | 80%, $2,000 | Only as a paid add-on | ≈$1,666.62 |
| HyroTrader 2-Step | $379 deposit | Same day (FAQ) or 30 days (Agreement); 5% cap | 80% (FAQ) $2,000; 70% (Agreement) $1,750 | Yes, with the 1st payout | $2,000, or $1,750 |
| Audacity Capital Ability Challenge | $329 | 14 days after the first Live trade | 75% under 10% profit, $1,875 | Up to 100% with a 1st Live payout above the fee | $1,875, or $1,546 with no refund |
Fee refunds matter more than the split at this size. FundedNext refunds the $299.99 with the first reward, so a trader keeps the full $2,000, more than at FundingPips ($1,751) despite the higher sticker price. FTMO’s 1-Step pays 90% but never refunds, and its 50% best-day rule means no single day may carry more than $1,250 of the $2,500. City Traders Imperium refunds only at a 10% funded profit ($5,000 at 50K), so a 5% first payout leaves the fee unrecovered.
After the first payout, splits rise at some firms: FTMO’s Scaling Plan lifts the 2-Step split to 90%; FundedNext pays 90% after scale-up and 95% with its paid Lifetime add-on; City Traders Imperium pays 90% at Bronze VIP and 100% at Silver VIP; HyroTrader’s FAQ reaches 90% after 16 months; Audacity’s Ability accounts go from 75% to 90% as profit grows. FundingPips’ Monthly cycle pays 100% from the start, with stricter consistency rules. For a wider view of passing, see how to pass a prop firm challenge.
Ranked prop firms with free trials, most faithful first
FundingPips Free Trial is a faithful prop firm free trial
Verdict: The cheapest ranked trial to attempt paid: “Real market conditions. Real rules,” matching the paid 2 Step Standard or 2 Step Pro. It leads to nothing.
Video: no official FundingPips Free Trial video exists; its only official video covers the unrelated 1K Instant Giveaway, so we do not substitute it.
FundingPips: “Real market conditions. Real rules. No credit card, no commitment.” Pages disagree: “Unlimited trials” vs help’s “Only one trial account is allowed per user.” Each phase closes after 14 days, MT5 only. 2 Step Standard (8%/5% target, 5% daily, 10% max) or Pro (6%/6%, 3% daily, 6% max), $5K to $200K.
First paid attempt: 2 Step Pro 50K costs $249 one-time (a sitewide FP code takes 10% off new users) for $3,000 of static loss room, or $83.00 per $1,000. The funded Master stage adds a news-window deduction, a paid Swing add-on for overnight holds, and the Monthly cycle’s Striking System.
After you pass: the Master account pays on a Weekly cycle at 80% (first request 7 calendar days after the first Master trade) or a Monthly cycle at 100% (30 days plus 7 profitable days of at least 0.5%, a 35% consistency score and the Striking System). The minimum request is 1% of the account, $500 at 50K, and no payout cap is published. After ID checks, “the Responsible Trading Team reviews the trading history to confirm no violations occurred during the evaluation,” and the terms keep the right “to withhold remuneration until the risk assessment is satisfactorily completed.” Every FundingPips account is simulated: “No actual trades are executed on live financial markets.”
Trader sentiment: 4.5/5 on 69,349 Trustpilot reviews (82% five-star, 8% one-star). Praise: fast payouts, responsive support; complaints: automated terminations over device-ID matches.
What reviewers say about the trial itself: none of the first-page reviews mentions the trial, the giveaway or the competition. The homepage badge reads “4.8 rated”; Trustpilot itself shows 4.5.
- Choose it when: You want the exact 2 Step Standard or Pro targets and static loss limits on MT5, free, before paying.
- Watch out for: FundingPips can invite a trader to a Prime account at its discretion: acceptance “is mandatory, and you waive any right to refuse or contest it,” every Evaluation and Master account closes, and the Prime size is “not a requestable balance.” The trial never shows this or the Master-only rules.
- US traders: No; MT5 only (“United States is NOT currently supported”).
- Related pages: FundingPips rules, FundingPips payouts.
E8 Markets Free Trial is the most faithful prop firm free trial
Verdict: The only ranked trial with “the same rules, and the same scoring” as the paid product, E8 One. It leads to nothing.
Video: “E8 One Explained: The Fastest Path to E8 Performance,” E8 Markets official YouTube channel, June 12, 2026. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: No official E8 free-trial video exists; this explainer covers E8 One, the product the trial mimics.
E8: “Free trial account, created in 5 seconds. No card.” The trial “mimics the same conditions as E8 One accounts,” and “You are eligible for 2 free E8 trials every 28 days,” each closed after 30 days. The size is not published. The MatchTrader trial needs Veriff ID; the E8 Terminal (crypto) trial a Google or Discord login. There is no futures trial.
First paid attempt: E8 One 50K costs $288 one-time ($260 with code E8 on a first order, no end date) for a $3,000 floor that trails the highest closed balance, or $96.00 per $1,000. The funded stage adds a 40% best-day rule, a news ban, and a floor that does not reset after a payout.
After you pass: Performance payouts are on demand at 80% (90% or 100% as a paid add-on) with no cap, but the net payout must be more than half the daily drawdown, $1,000.01 at the 50K default, and a 40% best-day rule makes three trading days the practical minimum. The drawdown level “does not reset” after a payout, so E8 itself advises leaving a buffer. Its footer says any live market trading “is conducted entirely outside the scope of E8 Funding LLC”; we found no move to a live account.
Trader sentiment: Rating hidden (breach banner) on 3,299 Trustpilot reviews (84% five-star, 9% one-star). E8’s own discount page claims “4.3 on Trustpilot,” which Trustpilot does not show. Praise: helpful support, an easy dashboard; complaints: the 1% per-trade-idea rule used to cut payouts.
What reviewers say about the trial itself: none of the first-page reviews mentions the trial.
- Choose it when: You want to rehearse the exact rules you will pay for, on forex or crypto.
- Watch out for: From our most trusted list: E8 may cap risk at 1% per trade idea “if we detect prohibited practices,” and two dated reviews say it cut payouts. Its KYC article says “regulated business”; its terms say it is not.
- US traders: Yes, on MatchTrader (“US clients can utilize only TradeLocker and MatchTrader”).
- Related pages: E8 Markets rules, E8 Markets payouts.
FundedNext Free Trial is a prop firm free trial with a discount at the end
Verdict: Repeatable at any size from $6K to $200K, and the only ranked trial that rewards a pass (a 5% code).
Video: “Free Trial Now Available On FundedNext!,” FundedNext official YouTube channel, February 15, 2024. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: FundedNext’s own 43-second trial announcement; dated February 2024, so use the April 2026 rules article for figures.
FundedNext: “Sign up with your email and basic details; no payment required.” One phase: 5% target, 5% daily and 10% max loss, 14 days from the first trade. One trial at a time; rejoin “every 14 days.” No ID. A pass issues a 5% code for new users, valid 14 days.
First paid attempt: Stellar 2-Step 50K costs $299.99 one-time ($269.99 on the US Match-Trader table), refunded with the first reward. Its 10% static floor gives $5,000 of loss room, so it costs $60.00 per $1,000, the lowest of any ranked first paid attempt. Two phases (8%, then 5%) become one at 5%. The trial never shows news-window profit counted at 40%, a 3% maximum risk, or Quick Strike, which ends an account if 30% of a cycle’s profit comes from trades closed within 30 seconds.
After you pass: the first reward comes 21 days after the FundedNext Account starts, then every 14 days, at 80% (90% after scale-up, 95% with a paid Lifetime add-on), with the challenge fee refunded in that first reward. Payment methods carry their own caps: USDT or USDC $1,999 where RiseWorks is available, card $3,000, bank $50,000. KYC must be done within 30 days of passing, and “All Performance Reward requests are subject to a standard compliance review.”
Trader sentiment: 4.5/5 on 80,423 Trustpilot reviews (shared with FundedNext Futures; 82% five-star, 7% one-star). Praise: helpful support; complaints: violation denials after passing.
What reviewers say about the trial itself: none of the first-page reviews mentions the trial or the competition.
- Choose it when: You want unlimited practice and a small discount if you pass.
- Watch out for: The trial never shows the Stellar 2-Step funded-only rules named above, nor the 30-day KYC deadline that applies once a paid challenge is passed.
- US traders: Yes, but only on Match-Trader (“For U.S. clients only, the Free Trial Account is available exclusively on Match-Trader”).
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