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OFP Funding Rules: Drawdown, Consistency Rule, Scaling Plan and Banned Strategies

Review the documented rules, source notes, tools, and account checks recorded for OFP Funding Rules: Drawdown, Consistency Rule, Scaling Plan and Banned Strategies.

Document-based research and editorial review. Last reviewed October 11, 2026 33 min read

Rules can change: The firm or platform controls the current wording. Confirm the linked source and your dashboard before you trade or request a payout.

OFP Funding rules for the three instant accounts on sale today, Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus, in every size from $5,000 to $300,000. OFP Funding sells simulated “instant” accounts: there is no challenge to pass, you trade virtual capital from the first day and request rewards (OFP’s word for payouts) once the model’s conditions are met. The rules that decide most outcomes are the daily loss limit measured from the previous day’s closing equity, the static overall loss limit, the 1% floating-loss rule on Lite, the Inconsistency Score on Classic, the 4-minute news window and a long list of banned strategies that OFP checks when you ask to be paid. This page sets out each rule with dollar values for every size and option, worked examples, two calculators, the scaling plan (which pays back part of your fee rather than growing the account), and the places where OFP’s own pages disagree.

Checked October 11, 2026. Every value here was read on that date from OFP Funding’s own pages: the Trading Rules page (all three model tabs), the homepage plan selector and its plan data, the Terms and Conditions, and 17 help-centre articles on drawdown, consistency, the 1% rule, prohibited strategies, news, inactivity, commissions, withdrawals and countries. BestProps did not buy an account, so dashboard behaviour and how OFP’s review team applies its discretionary rules were not verified by purchase. Where OFP’s pages disagree, this page uses the current Trading Rules page for the model and flags the conflict.

Account Picker

Choose an OFP Funding model. The result lists the published rule values and the rule most likely to catch you out on that model.

What can trip you up

3% or 5%Daily loss limit, chosen at checkout, measured from the previous day’s closing equity at midnight GMT+2.
5% to 10%Overall loss limit from the starting balance: 5% or 10% (Lite, Plus), 6% or 10% (Classic). Equity touches count.
20% scoreClassic only: best day divided by total winning-day profit must stay under the limit to request a reward.
4 minutesNo new trades from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact news. Breaking it costs that cycle’s payout.

Rows To Inspect First

The labels explain why each row is surfaced. They are not a recommendation to buy or avoid any account.

Losses are checked on equity, not just closed trades

Both loss limits are measured on equity, so an open trade that dips through the line fails the account even if it would have recovered.

hard breachequity-based

Lite has a 1% floating-loss rule

On Instant Lite your open trades together may not show a loss of more than 1% of the balance. The rules page calls it a soft rule that resets the balance; the Terms say the account is closed.

Lite onlysources disagree

Payouts are reviewed for strategy

OFP pays only “when a real trading strategy is present”. Lot sizes far above your usual size, losers bigger than most winners, more than two same-direction trades or very short trades can lead to a denied reward.

payout reviewdiscretionary

OFP Funding Rule Checks

Rule areaOfficial-source snapshotWhat to verify + evidence
Maximum daily loss
3% or 5%
Equity may not fall below the previous day’s closing equity minus 3% or 5% (your checkout choice). Equity is recorded at midnight GMT+2 (GMT+3 in summer) and the limit resets then. Touching the line at any moment closes the account.On a fresh $100,000 account that is $3,000 or $5,000 on day one. After a winning day the dollar amount grows with your equity; after a losing day it shrinks.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP What is the Daily Drawdown (help centre, updated March 2, 2026) – section 1 Maximum Daily Loss – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and What is the Daily Drawdown (help centre, updated March 2, 2026)

Maximum overall loss
static floor
Equity may never fall below the starting balance minus 5% or 10% (Lite and Plus) or 6% or 10% (Classic). The rules page calls it a hard limit that “never changes”.Two help articles and the Terms measure it from the balance at your last reward instead. Before your first reward both readings give the same floor.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP What is the Maximum Drawdown (help centre, updated October 1, 2025) – section 2 Maximum Overall Loss – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and What is the Maximum Drawdown (help centre, updated October 1, 2025)

1% maximum risk limit
Instant Lite only
Floating PnL across open positions may not go below -1% of the balance: -$500 on a $50,000 Lite account. The rules page calls it a soft rule; a breach resets the account balance rather than closing it.The Terms (section 6.2.1) say a breach closes the account. The help comparison table lists the rule as Lite only.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP Do you have a maximum risk rule? (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) and OFP Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026) – section 3 Maximum 1% Risk Limit, Terms 6.2.1 – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and Do you have a maximum risk rule? (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) and Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026)

Inconsistency Score
Classic: under 20%
Best day’s closed profit divided by the total of your profitable days, times 100. Losing days count as zero. Measured from account creation or your last approved reward. A score at or above the limit blocks the reward; it never closes the account.The limit is 20 in OFP’s plan data and the Terms use 20% as the example. Lite and Plus have no consistency rule.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP Consistency Score / Consistency rule (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and OFP Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026) – Classic tab section 3, Terms 6.2.4 – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and Consistency Score / Consistency rule (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026)

Profit target and days
Lite: 5% in 5 days+
Lite: 5% profit target, at least 5 trading days, one reward, account ends after 30 days. Classic: no target, no minimum days, first reward 14 calendar days after the first trade. Plus: no target, 5 minimum trading days, first reward after 14 days.The homepage and help centre give Lite a 28-day duration; the rules page says 30 calendar days. Plan for 28.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP Differences between models (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and OFP homepage plan selector and its plan data – Payouts sections and plan data – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and Differences between models (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and homepage plan selector and its plan data

Minimum withdrawal
5% (help centre)
The help centre says the minimum profit that can be withdrawn is 5%, for all models. The rules page says OFP “does not impose a minimum withdrawal amount”.Assume the 5% minimum until your dashboard shows otherwise. On a $50,000 account that is $2,500 of profit.

Source: OFP Minimum Withdrawal Policy (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) – Minimum Withdrawal Policy and Withdrawal Limits – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Minimum Withdrawal Policy (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs)

News window
payout denied
News trading is allowed, but no new trades from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after a high-impact release. Straddling (opposite orders before a release) is banned.The penalty is denial of that cycle’s payout, not closure. The help article phrases it as avoiding trading in the window, which is wider than “opening”.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP Can I trade during news events? (help centre, updated October 1, 2025) – News Straddling – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and Can I trade during news events? (help centre, updated October 1, 2025)

Hedging, martingale, copy trading
account closed
Hedging or martingale across accounts (including your own) closes the account permanently. Copying trades between OFP accounts or from outside, arbitrage, HFT and public third-party EAs mean immediate closure.The help centre also bans AI bots, grid systems and third-party account management, and caps same-direction trades at 2 per asset.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP Which strategies are not allowed (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) – Prohibited Trading Strategies – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and Which strategies are not allowed (help centre, updated May 20, 2026)

Gambling and lot-size review
reward can be denied
For accounts bought before May 21 (year not stated), OFP treats as gambling: lots over 3.5 times your most-used size on a pair, no clear strategy, and a biggest loser larger than most winners. Result: payout denied for the month or account closed.The Terms ban “substantially larger position sizes” for every account, so keep lot sizes steady regardless of purchase date.

Source: OFP Which strategies are not allowed (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) and OFP Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026) – Gambling and Schedule B – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Which strategies are not allowed (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) and Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026)

Trade duration
guideline
Trades opened and closed in under about one minute may be flagged automatically as HFT. OFP recommends keeping most positions open for at least a minute.OFP calls this “not a fixed threshold, but a preventive guideline”.

Source: OFP Which strategies are not allowed (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) – High-Frequency Trading / AI Bots – checked October 11, 2026.

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Which strategies are not allowed (help centre, updated May 20, 2026)

Scaling plan
25% of the fee back
If an account makes 20% total profit by the end of three months, OFP pays a 25% return on the initial deposit (the account fee). The account size does not grow.Instant Lite ends after 30 days, so it cannot reach a three-month mark even though the rule appears on its tab.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) – Scaling Plan – checked October 11, 2026.

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Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs)

Inactivity and account limits
28 days
No trade for 28 consecutive days suspends the account (the help centre and Terms say closed). Login details may not be changed. Accounts cannot be merged and the total you can hold is capped.The cap is $300,000 on the rules page and $400,000 across all instant accounts in the help centre.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP Trading Inactivity Days (help centre, updated October 3, 2025) and OFP Account models (help centre, updated October 9, 2026) – Inactivity, Account Credentials, Accounts Merging – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and Trading Inactivity Days (help centre, updated October 3, 2025) and Account models (help centre, updated October 9, 2026)

How OFP Funding Accounts Work

OFP Funding (OFP stands for Overview Funding Program) sells only instant accounts today. The challenge and older instant plans (One Phase, Two Phase, Instant Pro and Instant Prime) are no longer in the plan selector, although the Terms still list them in their plan schedule.

  • What you buy: a demo account with virtual capital and fixed rules. You pay once; there is no monthly fee. Credentials arrive by email straight after purchase.
  • What you trade: forex, metals, indices, energies and crypto CFDs on OFP’s own platform (Sirix, with TradingView charting), on the web at my.ofpfunding.net or the mobile apps.
  • How you get paid: profits on the demo account are paid as “rewards” once the model’s conditions are met, after identity checks (KYC), a payout form and a self-billing invoice.
  • What ends the account: touching the daily or overall loss limit, a closure-level strategy breach, 28 days without a trade, or (Lite) reaching the end of its 30-day life or its one reward.
Who you deal with: the footer names FINTEKNOLOGY LTD (UK company 15131112, London) as the brand owner and payment agent, and OFP Funding Ltd (Saint Lucia, company 2024-00577) as the provider of the simulated trading. OFP states it is not a broker, takes no client deposits and offers simulated trading only. For reputation, payout record and reviews see the OFP Funding review.

Source: OFP homepage plan selector and its plan data and OFP Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026) – footer and section 7 – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

homepage plan selector and its plan data and Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026)

OFP Funding Account Models Side by Side

Each model is sold with two loss-limit options and an 80% or 100% profit split. The 100% split is a checkout add-on that raises the price by 20%. Values are from the homepage plan data and the Trading Rules tabs on the check date.

RuleInstant LiteInstant ClassicInstant Plus
Sizes$10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K, $300K$5K to $300K (7 sizes)$5K to $300K (7 sizes)
Daily loss / overall loss options3% / 5% or 5% / 10%3% / 6% or 5% / 10%3% / 5% or 5% / 10% at checkout (help centre lists 5% / 10% only)
Profit target5%NoneNone
Minimum trading days505
Account life30 days on the rules page, 28 in the plan data and help centreUnlimitedUnlimited
RewardsOne reward only, then the account endsEvery 14 days, first one 14 calendar days after the first tradeEvery 14 days, first one 14 calendar days after the first trade
Consistency ruleNoInconsistency Score, limit 20No
1% floating-loss ruleYesNoNo
Profit split80% (100% add-on shown at checkout; help centre says 80% only)80%, or 100% with add-on80%, or 100% with add-on
LeverageDynamic, up to 1:100Dynamic, up to 1:100Dynamic, up to 1:100
News tradingAllowed outside the 4-minute windowAllowed outside the 4-minute windowAllowed outside the 4-minute window
50K price, 80% split$150 (3%) / $190 (5%)$175 / $220$350 / $440

Prices for every size and the latest discount codes are on the OFP Funding deals page. Account sizes run from $5,000 to $300,000 and you may hold several accounts up to the allocation cap.

Source: OFP homepage plan selector and its plan data and OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP Differences between models (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and OFP Account models (help centre, updated October 9, 2026) and OFP Minimum and maximum account size (help centre, updated October 3, 2026) – plan selector, model tabs and comparison table – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

homepage plan selector and its plan data and Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and Differences between models (help centre, updated September 23, 2026) and Account models (help centre, updated October 9, 2026) and Minimum and maximum account size (help centre, updated October 3, 2026)

OFP Funding Daily Drawdown (Maximum Daily Loss)

OFP’s daily limit is not a fixed dollar amount. Each day it is recalculated from the equity recorded at the end of the previous day, at midnight GMT+2 (GMT+3 while daylight saving applies), and it counts open trades:

Daily floor = previous day’s closing equity – (previous day’s closing equity x daily %)

  • It breaches intraday. If equity touches or drops below the floor at any moment, the account fails immediately. You do not get to the end of the day.
  • It moves with your equity. A good day raises tomorrow’s dollar allowance and a bad day lowers it. Open positions at midnight are included in the recorded equity.
  • You choose 3% or 5% at checkout and cannot change it later. The 5% option costs more.
  • It can never be looser than the overall limit. OFP says the daily limit “cannot, under any circumstances, exceed the Max Overall Loss limit”: whichever floor is higher is the one that ends the account.
SizeClassic / Plus 3% (day one)Classic / Plus 5% (day one)Lite 3%Lite 5%
5K$150$250–$250
10K$300$500$300$500
25K$750$1,250$750$1,250
50K$1,500$2,500$1,500$2,500
100K$3,000$5,000$3,000$5,000
200K$6,000$10,000$6,000$10,000
300K$9,000$15,000$9,000$15,000

The table shows the dollar limit on the first day, when closing equity equals the starting balance. Lite is not sold in a $5,000 size.

Worked example: $100,000 Classic, 5% / 10%

DayEquity recorded at the previous midnightDaily floorOverall floorFloor that applies
1$100,000$95,000$90,000$95,000 (daily)
2$102,000$102,000 – $5,100 = $96,900$90,000$96,900 (daily)
3$97,500$97,500 – $4,875 = $92,625$90,000$92,625 (daily)
4$93,000$93,000 – $4,650 = $88,350$90,000$90,000 (overall, because the daily figure would be looser)

On day 4 only $3,000 of room is left, not $4,650. After a run of losing days, the overall floor is the one to watch.

OFP Daily and Overall Floor Calculator

Enter your starting balance, the equity recorded at the previous midnight (GMT+2) and your options. The result is the equity level you must stay above today.

Two other definitions exist. The Terms (section 6.2.2) describe the daily limit as a drop from “the highest account balance of that Calendar Day”, in UK time. That would be stricter: a winning morning would raise the same day’s floor. The Trading Rules page and the March 2026 help article both use the previous day’s closing equity at midnight GMT+2, and that is what this page uses. Check which one your dashboard shows.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP What is the Daily Drawdown (help centre, updated March 2, 2026) and OFP Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026) – Maximum Daily Loss and Terms 6.2.2 – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and What is the Daily Drawdown (help centre, updated March 2, 2026) and Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026)

OFP Funding Maximum Overall Loss

The overall limit is static: it is set from the starting balance and, according to the Trading Rules page, “never changes”. It does not trail your profits. Equity, including open trades, may never touch it.

SizeLite 5% floorClassic 6% floorPlus 5% floorAll models 10% floor
5K–$4,700$4,750$4,500
10K$9,500$9,400$9,500$9,000
25K$23,750$23,500$23,750$22,500
50K$47,500$47,000$47,500$45,000
100K$95,000$94,000$95,000$90,000
200K$190,000$188,000$190,000$180,000
300K$285,000$282,000$285,000$270,000
  • Static means profit is a cushion. On a $50,000 account with a 10% limit, the floor stays at $45,000. Make $3,000 and you have $8,000 of room, not $5,000.
  • Is the drawdown trailing? Not on the Trading Rules page. The daily limit moves day to day, but the overall floor stays fixed.
  • After a reward: the help centre and the Terms measure the limit from the balance “at the last Reward”. If your balance returns to the starting balance after a withdrawal, the floor is the same either way. If profit stays in the account, the floor may be re-set higher. OFP does not show a worked example for this case.
  • A breach is final. OFP’s help article says “once breached, the account is permanently invalid, even if markets later recover”.

Source: OFP Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and OFP What is the Maximum Drawdown (help centre, updated October 1, 2025) and OFP Trading rules every OFP trader must follow (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) and OFP Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026) – Maximum Overall Loss, help examples and Terms 6.2.3 – checked October 11, 2026.

Full source URLs

Trading Rules page (Instant Lite, Instant Classic and Instant Plus tabs) and What is the Maximum Drawdown (help centre, updated October 1, 2025) and Trading rules every OFP trader must follow (help centre, updated May 20, 2026) and Terms and Conditions (version valid from February 9, 2026)

The 1% Rule on Instant Lite

Instant Lite adds a “maximum 1% risk limit”: the combined floating PnL of your open positions may not go below -1% of the account balance at any time. Classic and Plus do not have it.

Lite sizeLargest allowed open lossDaily limit at 3%Profit target (5%)
10K$100$300$500
25K$250$750$1,250
50K$500$1,500$2,500
100K$1,000$3,000$5,000
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