QT Funded Rules (2026): Consistency, Drawdown and Every Plan
QT Funded rules for 2026: targets, daily and max drawdown, consistency rules, leverage and payouts for QT ONE, TWO, INSTANT, POWER and Buy Now Pay Later.
By Tom Lin, Head of IT Updated · 9 min read
QT Funded sells five programs: QT ONE, QT TWO, QT INSTANT, QT POWER and Buy Now Pay Later. Profit targets run from 5% to 8% per phase, and QT INSTANT has none. Daily drawdown is 3% or 4% and maximum drawdown 6% or 8%. The consistency rule depends on the plan: QT ONE and QT TWO have none, QT INSTANT caps your best day at 30% of total profit, QT POWER at 35%, and Buy Now Pay Later at 20% on the funded account. QT Funded’s rules don’t mention copy trading or trade copiers at all. Rules checked on October 28, 2026, against QT Funded’s help center and evaluations page.
QT Funded rules at a glance
| Program | Type | Profit target | Daily drawdown | Max drawdown | Consistency rule | Split and payout cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QT ONE | 1 step | 6% | 3% | 6%, trailing | None | 70%, every 4 trading days |
| QT TWO | 2 steps | 8%, then 5% | 4% | 8%, static | None | 80%, every 14 days |
| QT INSTANT | Instant funding | None | 3% | 6%, trailing | 30% | 100%, every 4 days |
| QT POWER | 2 steps | 6% each phase | 4% | 8% of the starting balance | 35%, evaluation and funded | 80%, every 14 days |
| Buy Now Pay Later | 1 step | 6% | 3%, trailing | 6%, trailing | 20% on the funded account | 80%, every 14 days |
- Sizes and list prices: QT ONE $5K to $100K ($110 to $1,000), QT TWO $10K to $200K ($70 to $1,000), QT INSTANT $5K to $100K ($75 to $750) and QT POWER $5K to $100K ($35 to $475). These are one-time fees before the discount codes the site usually shows. TradeLocker accounts cost $5 more.
- Buy Now Pay Later: $1 up front, then an activation fee of $65 to $650 that you have 7 calendar days to pay.
- QT INSTANT changed on August 11, 2026. The rules here apply to accounts bought from that date. QT 2 Step, QT 2 Step Elite and the old QT Instant are discontinued.
Sources: Evaluations, QT ONE, QT TWO, QT INSTANT, QT POWER, Buy Now Pay Later
How QT Funded’s daily drawdown works
QT Funded separates the drawdown amount from the drawdown threshold:
- The amount is fixed. It’s the percentage times your starting balance, so $300 on a $10,000 QT ONE or QT INSTANT account and $400 on a $10,000 QT TWO account. It never grows.
- The threshold moves. At the start of each trading day it’s reset to that amount below the previous day’s close, then stays fixed for the day. QT ONE uses the higher of the closing balance or equity; QT TWO and QT INSTANT use the closing balance.
| Previous day’s close ($10,000 QT ONE) | Daily drawdown amount | Lowest equity allowed that day |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | $300 | $9,700 |
| $11,000 | $300 | $10,700 |
| $11,500 | $300 | $11,200 |
So even on plans described as fixed or static, the floor rises after a profitable day. QT Funded’s examples only show rising balances; they don’t say what happens to the threshold after a losing day.
Maximum drawdown:
- QT INSTANT: trails your highest balance or floating equity by 6% of the starting balance ($600 on $10,000), never moves back down, and locks at the starting balance once you make a withdrawal.
- QT TWO: 8%, static.
- QT POWER: 4% daily and 8% maximum, both measured from the starting balance.
- QT ONE and Buy Now Pay Later: 6% trailing. Their pages don’t explain how the trailing limit is measured.
What is the QT Funded consistency rule?
The consistency score is your best trading day’s profit as a share of your total profit. QT POWER’s page gives the formula: best day’s profit ÷ total profit × 100. A $600 best day out of $2,000 total profit is a 30% score.
| Program | Evaluation | Funded account |
|---|---|---|
| QT ONE | None | None |
| QT TWO | Not stated | None |
| QT INSTANT | No evaluation | 30%, checked when you withdraw |
| QT POWER | 35% | 35% |
| Buy Now Pay Later | None | 20%, plus 5 minimum days |
Older QT Funded pages still give 25% for QT INSTANT. The current QT INSTANT page and evaluations page say 30%.
Minimum trading days, inactivity and time limits
- Evaluation time limit: none is stated on any QT Funded page.
- Minimum days to pass: none on QT ONE and Buy Now Pay Later; 4 per phase on QT TWO and QT POWER.
- Minimum days per payout: 4 on QT ONE and QT POWER, 4 days of +0.5% on QT TWO, 4 profitable days of +1% on QT INSTANT, and 5 on Buy Now Pay Later.
- What counts as a profitable day: a trade opened and closed the same day with at least 0.5% profit. Missing the day count isn’t a breach; you complete another cycle. Padding days with tiny trades is treated as improper.
- Inactivity: 7 days on QT ONE and 14 days on the other plans, counted from your last closed trade. Inactivity is a hard breach.
Sources: Inactivity rule, Performance fee policy
Leverage, floating loss and stop-loss rules
- Leverage: QT Funded states it only for QT POWER: forex 1:100, indices and metals 1:35, crypto 1:2.5. No official page gives leverage for the other plans.
- Floating loss on funded accounts: 1% of the account on QT ONE (a hard breach) and QT TWO (the first breach is soft, the second hard), 1% per instrument on QT INSTANT, and 2% on Buy Now Pay Later.
- Stop loss within 60 seconds: required on QT TWO funded accounts and on QT INSTANT.
- QT TWO evaluation: your total risk can’t exceed 75% of the daily drawdown limit at any time.
- Commission: $4 per lot, round trip.
News trading and weekend holding
- News: allowed on QT ONE, QT INSTANT, QT POWER and Buy Now Pay Later. The evaluations page marks QT TWO as restricted, with profit forfeited. Where the standard news rule applies, you can’t open or close trades from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after restricted news, using Forex Factory’s calendar.
- Weekends: you can keep positions open over the weekend, but you can’t open new trades or change existing ones while the market is closed.
Sources: News rule, Weekend holding
Does QT Funded allow copy trading?
QT Funded’s official pages don’t mention copy trading, trade copiers, signal services or EAs, either to allow or to ban them. Several rules still apply to anyone who copies trades:
“Your account is for your use only.”
Source: Responsibilities of traders
- Personal accounts: sharing logins and letting anyone else trade for you are banned. The device you trade from must be owned by the account holder.
- No hedging across accounts: holding opposite positions on the same asset in different accounts for more than 2 minutes, or more than 3 times, is a hard breach and can lead to a platform ban.
- Same pair at the allocation limit: once you reach the $300,000 funded limit ($100,000 for QT INSTANT), you can’t trade the same pair on several funded accounts at the same time.
- Banned automation: high-frequency trading, tick scalping and flooding servers through algorithm misuse.
- Third-party apps: trade-journaling apps are explicitly allowed. Trade copiers aren’t mentioned.
Because the rules are silent, ask QT Funded support in writing whether your copy setup is allowed before you connect a funded account, and keep the answer. Sources: Prohibited strategies, Maximum capital allocation, Restricted countries
Can you use Copygram with QT Funded?
Copygram connects both platforms QT Funded sells, MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker, and both can send or receive trades. Copygram doesn’t connect cTrader, which QT Funded doesn’t offer on its current plans anyway.
- Get written approval first. Copygram connects to your accounts from its own cloud servers, not from your device, and QT Funded’s rules don’t cover copiers or cloud connections.
- Copy only your own trades, in the same direction. Never set up accounts to take opposite sides.
- Size each receiver for QT’s limits. Copygram doesn’t track QT Funded’s drawdown or floating-loss limits for you. Set each receiver’s lot size so a copied trade stays inside its daily drawdown and the 1% floating-loss limit.
- Watch the same-pair rule if your funded accounts reach the allocation limit.
The MetaTrader and TradeLocker trade copier pages explain the setup, and the prop firm rules table compares QT Funded with firms that publish copy trading rules.
Platforms, countries and KYC
- Platforms: MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker for QT ONE, QT TWO and QT INSTANT; MetaTrader 5 only for QT POWER and Buy Now Pay Later. The help center also names cTrader, but the evaluations page doesn’t offer it.
- US and Canada: residents can’t use MetaTrader 5. QT Funded says US clients may use TradeLocker instead.
- Restricted countries: the help center and the site footer give different lists; both include Iran, North Korea, Syria and Russia. Check both before you buy.
- KYC: identity checks go through Didit before a funded account is activated, and VPNs or VPS services aren’t allowed during KYC.
Sources: Trading platforms, Restricted countries, KYC guide
Payouts, allocation and scaling
- Payout conditions: QT ONE needs 3% profit before you can request a payout. QT INSTANT has a 5% minimum withdrawal plus a 3% buffer, so you need 8% profit before your first payout. QT TWO and Buy Now Pay Later cap profit at 5% per cycle.
- Processing: requests are processed within 24 business hours, paid by crypto or wire.
- Allocation: up to $300,000 across all funded accounts, of which up to $100,000 can be QT INSTANT. You can hold unlimited evaluation accounts.
- Scaling: QT Funded advertises scaling up to $300K, but no official page explains the scaling plan’s steps.
Where QT Funded’s own pages disagree
Several older QT Funded pages still describe plans retired in August 2026. Where pages conflict, follow the stricter rule and ask support:
- QT ONE drawdown: the evaluations page calls the 3% daily drawdown static; the QT ONE help article says trailing. A FAQ PDF calls the maximum drawdown static, while the help article and evaluations page say trailing.
- QT TWO inactivity: 14 days in the help center, none on the evaluations page.
- QT TWO news: restricted on the evaluations page, not mentioned in the QT TWO help article.
- QT INSTANT: older pages give 25% consistency, 5 trading days and a 14-day cycle; the current pages say 30%, 4 profitable days and 4 days.
- Terms of service: last updated February 19, 2026, they still describe the retired 2-step plans and a general 2% floating-loss limit.
- QT POWER: its page says the daily drawdown is 4% fixed, but its example gives $3,000 or $4,000 on a $100,000 account.
QT Funded rules: questions
What is the QT Funded consistency rule?
It depends on the plan. QT ONE and QT TWO have no consistency rule. QT INSTANT caps your best day at 30% of total profit when you withdraw, QT POWER at 35% in both the evaluation and funded stages, and Buy Now Pay Later at 20% on the funded account.
What are the main QT Funded rules?
Reach the profit target (6% on QT ONE, QT POWER and Buy Now Pay Later, 8% then 5% on QT TWO) without breaching the 3% or 4% daily drawdown or the 6% or 8% maximum drawdown. Close at least one trade every 7 days on QT ONE, or every 14 days on the other plans.
What is QT Funded’s daily drawdown?
3% on QT ONE, QT INSTANT and Buy Now Pay Later, and 4% on QT TWO and QT POWER. The dollar amount is fixed from your starting balance, but the threshold is reset each day below the previous day’s close, so it rises after profitable days.
What leverage does QT Funded offer?
QT Funded publishes leverage only for QT POWER: 1:100 on forex, 1:35 on indices and metals, and 1:2.5 on crypto. Its pages don’t state leverage for the other plans.
Does QT Funded allow copy trading?
Its rules don’t say. No official page mentions copy trading or trade copiers. Accounts are personal, nobody else may trade for you, and opposite positions across accounts are banned, so ask QT Funded support in writing before you copy trades.
Is news trading allowed at QT Funded?
Yes on QT ONE, QT INSTANT, QT POWER and Buy Now Pay Later. The evaluations page marks QT TWO as restricted, with profit forfeited for trades around restricted news.
Which platforms does QT Funded use?
MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker. QT POWER and Buy Now Pay Later are MetaTrader 5 only, and US and Canadian residents can’t use MetaTrader 5.
Sources
Checked on October 28, 2026:
- QT Funded evaluations and homepage
- Plan rules: QT ONE, QT TWO, QT INSTANT, QT POWER, Buy Now Pay Later
- Inactivity rule, News rule, Weekend holding and Trading commissions
- Prohibited strategies, Maximum capital allocation and Responsibilities of traders
- Performance fee policy
- Trading platforms, Restricted countries and KYC guide
- Terms of service, last updated February 19, 2026
