AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard: rules and how to get paid
The AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard is an instant account: funded from day one, with no challenge to pass. Here are its rules in dollars, how likely it is to pay out, and a plan worked out from its own limits.
In our benchmark the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard is one of the least likely instant accounts to pay out: 31% of attempts reached a first payout, against a middle value of 47% for instant accounts. For reaching a first payout it ranks 54th of 78 accounts. How the benchmark works.
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AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard rules
- Account type
- Instant funding
- Account size
- $100,000
- Profit target
- None
- Daily loss limit
- 3% ($3,000) of the day's opening balance
- Maximum loss
- 5% ($5,000), trailing
- Minimum trading days
- None
- Time limit
- None
- Consistency rule
- 15%
- First payout
- After 14 days, 2.5%+ profit
- Profit split
- 90%
- Price
- $505 for $100K
- Rules checked
- 8 Nov 2026, AquaFunded's rules page
Work it out for this account: position size · how much you can still lose today · real cost to get funded · payouts
What you need to make to get paid
| Stage | Profit needed | In R at 0.38% a trade | When | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funded: first payout | 2.5% ($2,500) | 6.6R | 14 days | – |
R is the amount you lose on one losing trade. At 0.38% risk, 1R is $380.
How to get paid on the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard
- Risk about 0.38% a trade ($380). That was the risk that gave the best chance of a first payout on these rules in our benchmark. Bigger trades finish sooner when they work but breach the limits far more often; smaller trades are safer but can take months. The position size calculator turns that into lots or contracts.
- Stop for the day well before the 3% daily limit. The limit is $3,000, measured from each day's opening balance, so it is slightly bigger after a winning day and smaller after a losing one. At 0.38% a trade, 7 losing trades in a row fit inside it. A personal stop at about half the limit (3 losses, about $1,140) leaves room for slippage and for open trades, which many firms count. The drawdown calculator shows your exact room at any moment.
- Protect open profit: the drawdown trails. Your floor is $5,000 below your highest balance, and it moves up every time you make a new high, so profit you give back counts against you just like a loss. Take partial profits or move stops to break-even once a trade is well in profit, and don't raise your size after a winning run. From any new high you have room for 13 losing trades in a row at 0.38%.
- Before each payout: 15% consistency. Your best day must be no more than 15% of the profit you withdraw. For a $2,500 payout, keep every day under about $375, or keep trading until the total is big enough.
- Getting paid. The first payout comes after 14 days, and you need at least 2.5% profit ($2,500, about 6.6R) first. With a 90% split, you keep $900 of every $1,000 of profit. Keep trading the same way you started: the limits still apply, and the account can still be lost.
- Test your own strategy before you pay. The numbers above come from a made-up trader. Upload your backtest or trade history to see your own pass and payout chance on this account, and use the strategy builder to add a daily stop and loss guards set to these limits.
Mistakes that fail this account
- One revenge trade after a losing morning. The 3% daily limit is the most common way accounts like this fail.
- Letting a winning trade turn into a loser. With a trailing drawdown, a big open profit that comes back costs you room.
- One huge day. It can make the consistency rule hold back your payout until the rest of your profit catches up.
- Trading normal size. A 5% maximum loss is tight, so a size that feels small elsewhere is large here.
- Trading news or holding over weekends without checking AquaFunded's own restrictions, which this page does not cover in full.
Rules to watch at AquaFunded
Daily drawdown set at 00:00 UTC from the higher of the previous day's balance or equity. Instant: needs 5 days of 0.5%+ profit per payout, and combined open loss reaching 1% of the start cuts the split to 50%, then 25%, then breaches. Sources: help.aquafunded.com/en/articles/15281226-2-step-standard and help.aquafunded.com/en/articles/10476448-instant-funding-models
What it really costs to get funded
A challenge fee buys an attempt, not an account. If you divide the fee by the chance of success, you get what the average trader actually spends, retries included, before it pays off.
- At a 31% chance of reaching a first payout, every $100 of fee works out at about $323 for each first payout.
- At $505 for $100K, that is about $1,629 per first payout.
These use our benchmark trader's odds, not yours. A stronger strategy pays less per success and a weaker one pays more, which is why it is worth testing your own trades first. Many firms refund the fee with the first payout; check AquaFunded's terms.
How it compares
The best instant accounts in our benchmark, with this one included for comparison.
| Account | Payout chance | Target | Daily loss | Max loss | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lark Funding Instant Master | 89% | None | 5% | 8% trailing, locks at start | None |
| Funded Trading Plus Instant Program | 86% | None | 6% | 6% trailing, locks at start | None |
| Instant Funding Clarity (instant) | 84% | None | None | 10% static | None |
| FXIFY Instant Funding | 83% | None | 8% | 8% trailing | None |
| FundedNext Stellar Instant | 83% | None | None | 6% trailing, locks at start | None |
| FTMO Instant Account | 66% | None | 3% | 10% trailing | 30% |
| AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard (this one) | 31% | None | 3% | 5% trailing | 15% |
Other AquaFunded accounts
How typical traders do on AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard
Eleven made-up traders, replayed 1,000 times each against these exact rules at the risk per trade that suited each one best. Every one except the grid sample makes the same average profit a day; only the shape of their results differs, which is what the rules react to. High win rate does best here (85% reach a first payout), position trading worst (9%).
| Sample trader | Win rate and reward | Trades a day | Reach a first payout | Best risk a trade | Typical trading days | Most failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High win rate | 75% at 0.4R | 2 | 85% | 0.5% | 32 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Opening range breakout | 55% at 1R | 1 | 84% | 0.38% | 37 | No payout within 120 days |
| Mean reversion | 58% at 0.8R | 2 | 69% | 0.3% | 48 | No payout within 120 days |
| Breakout | 37% at 2R | 1 | 61% | 0.38% | 49 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Grid and martingale (no edge) | 91% at 0.3R | 2 | 58% | 0.5% | 20 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Swing trading | 44% at 2R | 0.3 | 50% | 0.63% | 74 | No payout within 120 days |
| Trend following | 34% at 2.5R | 0.5 | 47% | 0.38% | 72 | No payout within 120 days |
| Scalping | 54% at 0.9R | 5 | 32% | 0.25% | 68 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Day trading | 41% at 1.5R | 3 | 32% | 0.2% | 73 | No payout within 120 days |
| Low win rate | 20% at 5R | 0.5 | 18% | 0.38% | 77 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Position trading | 33% at 4R | 0.15 | 9% | 1% | 90 | Hit the maximum loss |
These are sample traders, not you: they show how the rules treat each style. Upload your own trades in the test centre for your own odds. Reward is the size of a winner in multiples of the amount risked (R).
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Price history
List price now: $505. We've tracked this price since 13 Nov 2026, so the 30-day low comes later.
No price changes by AquaFunded since we started tracking on 13 Nov 2026.
List prices from the firm's own site, checked each week. Firms also run short discount codes, which we don't track or link to: PropPassCheck takes no money from prop firms. All rule changes
Rule history
No changes recorded since we started tracking on 9 Nov 2026. Rules last checked 8 Nov 2026. All rule changes.
Questions about the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard
What is the profit target for the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard?
There is no profit target: the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard is funded from the start. To take a first payout you need at least 2.5% profit ($2,500 on a $100,000 account) and at least 14 days.
What is the daily loss limit on the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard?
3% of the balance at the start of each day, which is $3,000 on a $100,000 account. Breaking it fails the account.
Is the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard drawdown static or trailing?
The maximum loss is 5% ($5,000) and it is trailing. The floor is $5,000 below your highest balance, and it moves up every time you make a new high.
Does the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard have a consistency rule?
Yes: 15%. Your best day can be no more than that share of your total profit, in the challenge and when funded.
When does the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard pay out, and what is the split?
After 14 days, 2.5%+ profit. The profit split is 90%.
How likely is the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard to pay out?
In our benchmark (the same made-up trader replayed against every account), 31% of attempts reached a first payout, 14th of 15 instant accounts.
How much should I risk per trade on the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard?
In our benchmark the best results on these rules came at about 0.38% of the account per trade ($380 on $100,000). Your own best size depends on your win rate and losing streaks, so test your trades in the PropPassCheck test centre.
Will your strategy pass?
The benchmark ranks the rules, not you. Upload a backtest or trade history and PropPassCheck replays it 2,000 times against the AquaFunded Instant Funding Standard and every other account, showing your own chance of passing and of reaching a first payout. Nothing is uploaded: it runs in your browser. Open the test centre.
Nothing here is financial advice. Rules change, so confirm them on AquaFunded's own site before you buy.