There are many rules when it comes to prop firms which are deep within the terms and conditions are the FAQ articles or people might miss them because of other features being to attractive. Here we list out some of the rules of funding Pips that can be considered hidden or easy to miss.
Note: Funding Pips is a reputed prop firm in our list and these rules are often missed because sometimes traders forget to read full terms and condititons
Hidden Rules Traders Often Discover After Passing
- No Single-Trade Pass Allowed Passing Phase 2 with just one large winning trade can result in restrictions on your funded account. Some traders report receiving warning emails even after technically meeting the profit target.
- Margin Usage Limitation (Around 50%) Using more than roughly half of your available margin during evaluation may trigger risk flags. Even if you pass, the firm may restrict or monitor the funded account more strictly.
- Full Margin Trading Not Allowed on Master Accounts After passing, you cannot aggressively use 100% of your available margin. Master accounts are expected to follow controlled risk management, and overleveraging can lead to warnings or violations.
- Per-Trade Risk Expectation (~3% Rule)While daily loss limits are advertised, many traders overlook per-trade risk caps (around 3%). Exceeding this can result in breaches even if the daily drawdown is not hit.
- Risk Review After Passing- just passing the evaluation does not automatically mean full freedom. Trading behavior is reviewed, and accounts can be placed under additional scrutiny if trading is considered “aggressive” or inconsistent.
One Step Account Hidden Rules
There is a 10 lots open a day in one step account. There can be no more than 10 lots open at a time which can be very frustrating if you are trading forex even with higher account size and leverage.
Funding Pips has set this to protect your account from excessive toxic trading flow.
EA Allowed but Grid/Martingale Detected Automatically
They allow EAs only if they don’t:
- increase lot size after loss (martingale)
- stack infinite orders (grids)
- take 50+ micro trades per minute (HFT)
Hidden rule:
If average order duration < 1 second, account is auto-flagged.
Daily Drawdown Resets at 5 PM EST — Not Midnight
Even if you trade only London session, your daily loss limit resets at 5 PM EST.
If you take a trade at 4:59 PM and it goes into drawdown at 5:01 PM → it counts as new day’s loss.
Hidden effect:
You can accidentally violate the daily drawdown even with a winning trade if floating loss crosses reset time.
