Review

Crypto Fund Trader review: crypto challenge from $40

Crypto Fund Trader is the most conventional option in this list: a two-step evaluation, unlimited time, an 80% split and a $300,000 ceiling on allocation. It is also the only firm here that puts the same challenge on three platforms, including MT5 and Bybit, so you can keep the terminal you already trade. If you want a slower, rules-light path and you are not in the US, it is the least complicated of the four to evaluate.

Every figure below comes from Crypto Fund Trader's own published terms, linked at the foot of this page. We have not traded this account and this is not a rating out of five.

The four numbers

Cheapest challenge$40 for a 5,000 account$9.60 per $1,000 at the $25k size
Profit split80%$300 of profit to clear the fee
PayoutsOn demand after the first payoutBTC / USDT / USDC / Deel
Drawdown and rules10% total (Evaluation)$2,500 of room on a $25k balance

Every figure in this panel comes from Crypto Fund Trader's own pages, linked in the sections below. Where a firm publishes nothing, this says so rather than filling the gap.

Screenshot of Crypto Fund Trader's public website — Crypto Fund Trader's own site, https://cryptofundtrader.com/pricing, captured 8 November 2026. Public pages only - the funded dashboard sits behind a login and is not pictured.

Cheapest entry: $40 for a 5,000 USDT account. The button opens Crypto Fund Trader's own site in a new tab, where the terms above are what you agree to.

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Key terms

Crypto Fund Trader terms at a glance
Challenge formats	1-step / 2-step / instant
Price for a $25k account	$240 (Evaluation; its Accelerated costs $219)
Profit split	80%
Drawdown	10% total (Evaluation)
Profit target	10% (Accelerated) / 8% (Phase 1) then 5% (Phase 2) (Evaluation) - both set a pass mark. Per-plan table
Leverage	1:100
Maximum allocation	$300,000
KYC	Before payout
Payout methods	BTC / USDT / USDC / Deel
Payout speed	On demand after the first payout
Instruments	540+ crypto pairs, 39 forex pairs, indices, commodities and stocks
Platforms	MT5, Match-Trader, Bybit
Restricted countries	United States

All challenge prices

Accelerated and Evaluation challenge prices from Crypto Fund Trader, by account size.
Account size	Format	Fee
$5,000	Accelerated	$40
$10,000	Accelerated	$80
$25,000	Accelerated	$219
$50,000	Accelerated	$369
$100,000	Accelerated	$619
$200,000	Accelerated	$1,199
$5,000	Evaluation	$58
$10,000	Evaluation	$110
$25,000	Evaluation	$240
$50,000	Evaluation	$389
$100,000	Evaluation	$660
$200,000	Evaluation	$1,250

Read from the firm's own shop and each product page. Every format is sold at its listed price: no sale or discount is applied anywhere, so no row carries a second figure. Both formats are priced from 5k to 200k. Drawdown at 25k by format: Evaluation 10% overall with a 5% daily limit and an 8% then 5% target; Accelerated 6% trailing with 4% daily and a 10% target.

Read from the firm's shop: 25k Evaluation $240, the two-phase plan whose rules this record quotes; its Accelerated one-phase account is $219. 5k starts at $40 (Accelerated) and $58 (Evaluation).

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Every plan, its own rules

Crypto Fund Trader sells two models and the rules are not interchangeable.

Crypto Fund Trader: target, drawdown, daily limit and split, plan by plan
Plan	Profit target	Max drawdown	Daily loss	Split	Entry fee
Accelerated	10%	Maximum trailing loss 6% - set at 6% of the initial balance and moves up as the account reaches new highs	Maximum daily loss 4%	Live stage 80%	$40 at $5,000
Evaluation	8% (Phase 1) then 5% (Phase 2)	Maximum overall loss 10% - fixed at 10% of the initial balance	Maximum daily loss 5%	Live stage 80%	$58 at $5,000

Each of the two states its own daily loss limit beside the total drawdown.

Entry fee is the cheapest size each plan is sold at, the same rows the ladder above prices. Every figure is the firm's own wording, read from the plan pages linked under Sources.

The rules that decide whether you pass

Crypto Fund Trader sells 1-step / 2-step / instant challenges; on its $25k account, hit 8% then 5% (Evaluation) before breaching 10% total (Evaluation). Leverage is 1:100 and the account is traded on MT5, Match-Trader, Bybit. 540+ crypto pairs, 39 forex pairs, indices, commodities and stocks are available, so the instrument set is broad enough that position sizing matters more than the rules do.

Evaluation runs without identity checks; KYC is done from the dashboard, Withdrawals section, once the simulated funded account is reached.

“Yes. Before any scholarship reward can be processed, your KYC must be completed and approved.”

Source: the firm's own page, read 2026-11-08. Our classification: Before payout.

Drawdown by product
Product	Type	Rule in the firm's terms
Accelerated	Trailing	6% trailing from the initial balance, moving up with new highs; 4% daily.
Evaluation	Static	10% fixed to the initial balance; 5% daily.

Two practical warnings for this structure. A 10% total drawdown (Evaluation) sounds generous until you measure it against the volatility of the coins you trade: a 3% overnight move on a large position is normal in crypto and can take most of that in one candle. And the profit split of 80% applies to profit you withdraw, not to the account balance, so plan the first payout before you start rather than after you pass.

Payouts and verification

How it pays

Rails: BTC / USDT / USDC / Deel

Timing: On demand after the first payout

The first payout follows the firm's scheduled cycle; later payouts are requested on demand.

Before you request

Verification: Before payout - Evaluation runs without identity checks; KYC is done from the dashboard, Withdrawals section, once the simulated funded account is reached.

Restricted: United States

Support: what this firm publishes about its own support - channels, stated hours, any response-time claim in its own words.

Confirm the network for any USDT, USDC or BTC withdrawal and the minimum payout on the firm's dashboard before you trade to the target; those two settings, not the split, are what turn a payout into a delay.

Strengths and trade-offs

What it does well

Unlimited time on the evaluation - no deadline forcing rushed trades
Two-step structure with a lower first target than most one-step challenges
Crypto payouts in BTC, USDT or USDC, plus Deel for fiat
Scaling programme advertised up to a $1.5M allocation

What costs you

Flat 80% split - no route to 90% shown on the published terms
KYC required before the first payout
Restricted for US traders
Spread and commission costs apply on top of the challenge fee

What traders like, and what they don't

What traders like

Support moved a trader off a broken Bybit connection onto the firm's own platform the same day
Platform choice (MT5, CFT terminal, Bybit) is repeatedly given as the reason people joined

What they do not

One reviewer reports leverage cut to 1:5 after one or two payouts of $3-4k, which effectively ends the account
The same reviewer says the restriction stayed on the account, so buying a new challenge did not lift it

These are reviewers' claims, sorted into praise and complaints, not our verdict: a complaint is not proof and a five-star review is not verification. Our own assessment of the terms is above, in What works and What costs you. Read on 2026-10-25; the sources are the firm's review page.

Who it suits, and who it does not

Suits: Traders who want a two-step evaluation with no time limit and are happy with an 80% split.

Does not suit: Traders outside the US who need a 90% split, or anyone who wants to avoid KYC entirely.

How it compares with the rest of the list

At the $25k size Crypto Fund Trader sits at $240 for its Evaluation account with a split of 80% and a 10% total drawdown (Evaluation). The firms that undercut it charge less for the challenge but usually ask for a tighter drawdown or a one-step target, and the firms that publish wider room to trade ask more up front. If the deciding factor for you is the split rather than the fee, read the side-by-side comparison before choosing.

Sources

Copied from the firm's own pages. If a term has changed since, tell us at research@cryptopropfirms.com and we will re-check it against the firm's own wording.

Head to head

The rules that end accounts

Every firm here publishes a fee and a split. These are the terms that decide whether the account survives a bad week, taken from Crypto Fund Trader's own rules page and quoted verbatim under the table.

Crypto Fund Trader: risk and payout rules
Maximum drawdown type	Depends on the plan
Daily loss limit	4-5% 4% on the 1-Phase Evaluation, 5% on the 2-Phase
Consistency rule	Yes Break Final Stage only: 40% max single day
Minimum trading days	15 days or every 30 calendar days; 7 with the Weekly Payouts add-on
News trading	Allowed
Weekend holding	Allowed
Cap on a single payout	No cap published max $10,000 simulated profit per day or trade

The trailing drawdown applies only to the 1-Phase Evaluation and Break Evaluations. On drawdown, from https://cryptofundtrader.com/faq/

Where a firm runs several plans with different rules, the field says so rather than picking the flattering one. "Not published" means the page we read does not say.

Position and per-trade limits

Largest position	No fixed maximum lot size; the cap is available margin and leverage.
Risk per trade	Not published
Open positions	Not published
Hedging	Reverse trading is not allowed while opposite positions are open for 60 seconds or longer; hedging across accounts is not allowed.
Bots and EAs	Arbitrage, tick scalping and EAs built to exploit the simulated environment are prohibited.
Other limits	Simulated profit limit of $10,000 per day and per trade.

Read from https://cryptofundtrader.com/evaluation-rules/. Where a firm publishes nothing, this says so rather than assuming a limit.

Other firms

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