Questions, Answered Straight

You trade through two phases. Phase 1 requires a 7% profit target without breaching 6% daily or 12% maximum drawdown. Phase 2 requires a 5% profit target under the same drawdown rules. There are no minimum or maximum trading days — trade at your own pace. Pass both phases and you receive a funded account.

Your first payout is eligible after 14 trading days on a funded account. With the optional payout add-on, this reduces to 10 days. All withdrawals are guaranteed to be processed within 12 hours. If we miss that window for any reason, you automatically receive $1,000 compensation — no claim required.

We currently support MetaTrader 5 (MT5), Match-Trader, and TradeLocker. You can choose your preferred platform when setting up your account after purchase.

Instant Funding gives you immediate access to a funded account without any evaluation phases. You pay a one-time fee, receive your account credentials, and start trading the same day. The daily drawdown limit is 3% and maximum drawdown is 6% — stricter than evaluation accounts due to the immediate access.

Yes. Weekend holding and overnight positions are fully permitted. There are no forced position closes at session end or before weekends. Swing traders and position traders are fully supported.

Yes. News trading is fully permitted. You can hold positions through and enter trades around major economic events including NFP, CPI, FOMC decisions, and others. There are no news event blackout windows.

Copy trading is allowed only if you own all the accounts involved and the strategy is legitimate and not used to bypass account limits. Copying between unrelated traders, or selling copied accounts, is prohibited.

The following strategies are prohibited: Martingale (increasing lot size to recover losses), Grid Trading (repetitive orders without market analysis), Tick Scalping, Latency Arbitrage, Cross-Account Hedging, Trade Spamming, and any form of platform exploitation or manipulation.

If your equity breaches the daily drawdown (6%) or maximum drawdown (12%) limit at any point, your challenge account is immediately failed. The evaluation fee is non-refundable, but you can purchase a new challenge immediately with no waiting period.

Once funded and eligible, submit a payout request through your client dashboard. Select your preferred payment method (crypto, bank wire, Skrill, or Wise). Processing is guaranteed within 12 hours. If we miss the 12-hour window, you receive $1,000 compensation automatically.

The maximum evaluation account size is $500,000. Instant Funding accounts go up to $100,000. Through our scaling plan, eligible traders can reach a total allocation of $1,000,000 across all accounts.

Yes. All Expert Advisors are permitted provided they comply with the trading rules. This includes commercially available EAs and custom-built ones. EAs that exploit platform bugs, manipulate quotes, or use prohibited strategies are not allowed.

No. Stark Funded does not charge commissions. Standard broker spreads apply on all trades, but there are no additional commission charges from our side. Swap-free accounts are available as an optional add-on.

You can trade Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks, and Cryptocurrencies. Additional markets may be added over time.

Eligible funded traders can scale toward a total allocation of $1,000,000. Specific scaling milestones and requirements will be published in your trader dashboard. Scaling is based on consistent performance and adherence to trading rules.