01 · At a glance
AquaFunded rules at a glance
AquaFunded keeps its core numbers simple and publishes them consistently: an 8% static maximum loss and a 4% daily limit across the main plans, with a payout commitment backed by a penalty.
- Models
- 1-Step, 2-Step, Instant + Pro plans
- Maximum loss
- 8% static
- Daily loss
- 4%
- Consistency
- 15% to 25% on Pro and Instant
- Minimum days
- 3 profitable days (One-Step)
- Profit split
- 90%, 100% add-on
- Payouts
- 24 business hours or +$1,000
02 · What stands out
What stands out in the AquaFunded rulebook
A static 8% floor with a 4% daily limit is a clean, plannable pair, and it is the kind of structure a trader can size positions against without recalculating after every winning day. Processing beyond 24 business hours pays an additional $1,000, and the split reaches 90% with a 100% add-on.
Consistency between 15% and 25% applies on the Pro and Instant plans, which is the tightest band on this page and the reason to read which plan you are buying. The One-Step requires three profitable days rather than three active days, a distinction that matters for a strategy with a low win rate and a high reward ratio.
Fewest published rules in this directory
Meridian Funded carries no consistency requirement during evaluation and none at all on Instant Zero, three minimum trading days per phase, and a floor that locks at the starting balance on the 1-Step. Every figure is in the comparison table below.
03 · Max loss
AquaFunded maximum drawdown rules
Where the account dies. Read the type column before the number, because a wide static floor beats a narrow trailing one in almost every realistic sequence of trades.
| Field | Published figure | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum loss | 8% static | Published on the plan pages |
| Basis and detail | not published | Ask support and keep the reply |
The published figure is 8% static. Confirm on the plan page whether it trails and whether it locks at the starting balance.
Where a firm has not published a number, treat the rule as open rather than absent. Get it in writing, then compare.
04 · Daily loss
AquaFunded daily loss limit and reset
The limit that closes accounts on ordinary days. Know the reset hour before the first trade, not after the first bad one.
| Field | Published figure | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Daily loss limit | 4% | Published on the plan pages |
| Basis and detail | not published | Ask support and keep the reply |
The published figure is 4%. Ask support for the reset time and timezone in writing if it is not on the rules page.
Ask support for this figure in writing before buying, and keep the reply. A dated answer from support is the only version of a rulebook you can point to later.
05 · Consistency
AquaFunded consistency rule
The rule that decides whether a concentrated style fits inside this account at all. Check the figure, then check when it starts applying.
| Firm | Rule | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| AquaFunded | 15% to 25% | Pro and Instant plans |
06 · Minimum days
AquaFunded minimum trading days
A sample size requirement. Mild on its own, and routinely misread in one way: per phase or per account changes the real floor completely.
| Firm | During the evaluation | Before a funded payout |
|---|---|---|
| AquaFunded | 3 profitable days of 0.5% (One-Step) | not published |
07 · Trading rules
AquaFunded news, weekend and automation rules
The permissions that decide whether your method is even possible on this account: releases, weekends and automation.
| Firm | News trading | Weekend holding | EAs and bots |
|---|---|---|---|
| AquaFunded | Allowed; profit capped at 0.5% within 5 minutes | Allowed | Custom EAs allowed |
08 · Payouts
AquaFunded payout rules and cycle
The payout mechanics. The gap between requesting on day one and requesting on day fourteen dwarfs the gap between twelve hours and three days.
| Firm | Processing promise | When you can request |
|---|---|---|
| AquaFunded | Within 24 business hours, or $1,000 added | First payout 14 days after the first trade |
09 · Split
AquaFunded profit split rules
Funded profit split. Treat the headline as a ceiling and find the floor, because the floor is what lands in your account first.
| Firm | Default split | How the top split is reached |
|---|---|---|
| AquaFunded | 90% | 100% as a paid add-on |
10 · Sizes
AquaFunded account sizes and scaling rules
What is available at purchase and what the account can become. A ceiling without a published trigger is not a plan.
| Firm | Account sizes | Scaling or total ceiling |
|---|---|---|
| AquaFunded | Up to $400K | +25% after a 12% return in 3 months, up to $4,000,000 |
11 · Platforms
AquaFunded platform rules
The execution stack. Platform availability is a constraint on strategy, not a matter of taste.
| Firm | Platforms |
|---|---|
| AquaFunded | MT5, cTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker |
12 · Suitability
Who the AquaFunded rules suit
Intraday traders who want fixed, static numbers and fast processing. Less suitable for a concentrated style on the Pro and Instant plans, where the consistency band bites.
Match the rule set to your own method rather than to a score. The two fields that decide it for most traders are the consistency rule and whether the maximum loss locks, because those are the two that can end an account you are trading correctly. Everything else is a preference.
13 · Compared
AquaFunded rules compared with Meridian Funded
Placed side by side on the seven rules that decide account survival. Meridian Funded is first in this directory on published rules, which makes it the useful reference point for any other rulebook.
| Rule | Meridian Funded | AquaFunded |
|---|---|---|
| Models | 1, 2, 3-Step, Instant, Instant Zero | 1-Step, 2-Step, Instant + Pro plans |
| Maximum loss | 6% trailing to 10% static; Instant Zero 5% | 8% static |
| Daily loss | 2.5% to 5% | 4% |
| Consistency | None in evaluation or on Instant Zero | 15% to 25% on Pro and Instant |
| Minimum days | 3 per phase; none on Instant Zero | 3 profitable days (One-Step) |
| Profit split | 80% to 90%, up to 100% | 90%, 100% add-on |
| Payouts | Within 12h | 24 business hours or +$1,000 |
The two rows that matter most are consistency and maximum loss. A difference in split is a difference in price, while a difference in those two is a difference in what you are allowed to do.
FAQ
AquaFunded rules: frequently asked questions
Does AquaFunded have a consistency rule?
Published position: 15% to 25% on Pro and Instant. Treat an unquantified consistency clause as the strictest possible version, because the threshold then gets decided after you have made the profit. A published percentage you dislike is a better product than silence.
What is the maximum drawdown at AquaFunded?
Published figure: 8% static. Ask what the floor is measured from and whether that reference point moves. Static floors never move, floors that lock stop moving once you are in profit, and floors that never lock turn every winning day into a higher liquidation level.
What is the daily loss limit at AquaFunded?
Published figure: 4%. Flatten before the reset on days you are already down. A loss that straddles the reset can be charged in a way that eats into an allowance you thought was untouched.
How many trading days does AquaFunded require?
Published position: 3 profitable days (One-Step). If you reach the target in two sessions, this rule decides how long you wait afterwards. That waiting period is traded at full risk, which is a cost worth pricing before buying.
How fast does AquaFunded pay out?
Published commitment: 24 business hours or +$1,000. The useful figure is the date of the first request, not the hours it takes to process. Fourteen days to eligibility and twelve hours to process is slower than three days to eligibility and three days to process.
What is the profit split at AquaFunded?
Published range: 90%, 100% add-on. Multiply the realistic first payout split by your honest probability of reaching a payout at all. That product, not the headline, is what the account is worth to you.
More sheets
Other prop firm rule sheets
Each sheet is laid out identically, which turns a comparison into a matter of reading two rows rather than two rulebooks. The full rules table holds all 28 firms indexed here, and the glossary explains each term as it appears in a rulebook.