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One sheet per firm, the same sections in the same order, so two rulebooks can be compared line by line without reading either of them twice. Every figure was read from the firm's own published terms on 3 September 2026. Where a firm does not publish a number, the sheet says so rather than filling the gap.
The five fields that decide whether a rule set fits a strategy, across every firm with a sheet. Read the consistency column and the maximum loss column together: those two end more accounts than the other three combined, because they are the ones that can close an account you are trading correctly.
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| Firm | Consistency rule | Maximum loss | Daily loss | Minimum days | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Funded | None in evaluation or on Instant Zero | 6% trailing to 10% static; Instant Zero 5% | 2.5% to 5% | 3 per phase; none on Instant Zero | 80% to 90%, up to 100% |
| FTMO | 50% Best Day (1-Step) | 10% (EOD trailing or static) | 3% or 5% | 4 per phase (2-Step) | 90% (1-Step), 80% (2-Step) |
| FundedNext | None by default | 6% to 10% | None to 5% | None to 5 | 80%, up to 95% |
| Blue Guardian | None published on CFD | 6% trailing or 8% static | 3% to 4% | not published | Up to 90% |
| Shark Funded | No consistency score rules | 6% (Lite 1 Step) | 3% | None in evaluation | 80%, up to 90% |
| Goat Funded Trader | None on 1 Step; 15% on some | 6% to 10% static | 3% to 5% | 3 (1 Step) | 80%, 100% add-on |
| AquaFunded | 15% to 25% on Pro and Instant | 8% static | 4% | 3 profitable days (One-Step) | 90%, 100% add-on |
| FundingPips | None on 1 Step Flex | 5% to 12% | 3% to 5% | None to 3 per phase | 60% to 100% by cycle |
| E8 Markets | None in challenge; 35% to 40% on some funded | 3% to 6% | 2.5% to 4% | None | 80%, up to 100% |
| BrightFunded | None | 6%, 8%, 10% | 3%, 4%, 5% | 5 (add-on removes it) | 80%, then 90%, then 100% |
| Blueberry Funded | None except Instant Lite (15%) | 4% to 12% | None to 4% | None to 5 | 80% to 85% |
| Maven Trading | 50% over $5,000 profit | 3% to 8% | 2% to 4% | 3 profitable days (Two Step) | 80% |
| The5ers | 50% | 6% or 10% | 3% | None on Hyper Growth level 1 | 80% ($200K funded) |
| Breakout | None | 3% to 6% static | 3% | None | 80%, 90% upgrade |
| City Traders Imperium | 20% score, for scaling only | 3% to 10%, balance-based | None to 5% | 3 profitable days (challenges) | Up to 100% |
| Moneta Funded | 15-20% on some; none on Phoenix | 5% to 10% | 3% to 5% | 3 per phase | 60% to 88% |
Each sheet opens with the seven figures that decide account survival, then takes them one at a time with the basis each is measured on. Start at the consistency section, because it is the only rule that can punish a trader for winning too well. Then read the maximum loss section and check whether the floor locks. If both of those suit your method, the rest of the sheet is a matter of preference rather than survival.
Every sheet ends with a side by side comparison against the firm placed first in this directory on published rules, so the gap between any two rulebooks can be read in one table rather than argued about. Where a firm does not publish a figure, the sheet says unpublished, which is a fact about the firm rather than a gap in the research.
A firm gets a sheet when two conditions are met: its rules are published in a form that can be quoted, with numeric limits stated per plan, and the firm name is searched together with a rule often enough to justify the page. Firms that meet the first condition but not the second still appear in the full rules table with the same seven columns. Firms that publish no numbers at all are not indexed, and that absence is recorded rather than estimated.
If you are choosing rather than checking, the full rules table puts all 28 firms in this directory on one screen across the seven rules that decide whether an account survives. The ten minute reading order explains which of those seven to check first, and the ten questions to ask support cover the gaps that published rulebooks leave.