For Traders review 2026

For Traders sells simulated trading accounts for three markets: forex and CFDs, crypto and exchange-listed futures. Traders can take a Fast (1-step) or Classic (2-step) challenge, a Pay After Pass challenge with a small entry fee and an activation fee after passing, or an Instant account with no evaluation. All fees are one-time. The firm states that all accounts are demo accounts with virtual money, and that rewards are paid in real money.

Profit splits differ by plan, and the firm's pages do not agree on the highest split. Most challenge plans show 80%. Crypto Fast PRO shows 90%. The Our Rules page and the FAQ say the split on Instant Pro can grow to 100%. We set out the details below. The firm says it has paid out more than $10M to traders in 130+ countries; this is the firm's own figure, which we have not verified.

Everything in this review comes from For Traders' own web pages, saved on 7–9 October 2026. Rules and prices change, so check the firm's site before you buy.

For Traders sells four kinds of account. Fast is a one-phase challenge and Classic has two phases. Pay After Pass is a one-step challenge where you pay a small entry fee first and an activation fee only after you pass. Instant accounts skip the evaluation, and you start on a funded demo account. All fees are one-time, with no subscription.

The price lists below show the regular price. When we saved the pages, the firm was also showing lower promotional prices. The firm says that "the struck-through figure is the regular price and the second one is the current offer."

Pay After Pass

A help-centre article sets out the Pay After Pass fees. The activation fee must be paid within 5 days of passing, or the account is cancelled. The entry fee is not refundable.

The Forex page's checkout configurator showed a $499 activation fee next to a $49 entry fee, rather than the $489 in the help-centre table. Check the fee at checkout. That article describes three sizes. The Forex page and the Our Rules page also show a $200K Pay After Pass size. When we saved the pages, a banner advertised "All Pay after Pass challenges for just $9".

Forex challenges

The Challenges page compares the standard forex Fast and Classic plans:

The Our Rules page labels the Fast maximum drawdown as trailing and the Classic maximum drawdown as static. Fast Static has a 10% target, a 3% daily drawdown and a 6% static maximum drawdown. The Forex page says its drawdown "is fixed to the starting balance and never moves" and that it uses flat 1:20 leverage.

On Pay After Pass, the Our Rules page and the Forex page show a 2% profit target, a 3% daily drawdown and a 6% trailing maximum drawdown. The help-centre article says Pay After Pass has "No time limit. No minimum trading days required." On the Pay After Pass Master account, the Our Rules page adds a 20% consistency rule and a reward buffer of $750 to $6,000.

The FAQ says the daily loss limit is anchored to your initial balance. On forex Master accounts, the Our Rules page adds a drawdown protection rule: "Open positions must not reach a floating loss of -2% of starting balance."

Forex Instant accounts

The Instant Funding page compares the two forex Instant editions on a $25K account:

On the Instant account, the inactivity limit is 7 days rather than 30.

Crypto plans

The Crypto page lists three plans. Fast has a 10% target and an 80% split. Fast PRO has a 6% target, 1:20 leverage on every pair and a 90% split. Instant has no evaluation and a 70% split. Its Fast PRO configurator shows a 4% end-of-day trailing maximum drawdown, 4 minimum profitable days and a 35% consistency rule on the Master account. On Fast and Instant crypto plans, leverage is 1:5 on BTC and ETH and 1:2 on other pairs.

Futures plans

The Futures page describes Fast as "One evaluation, 5% target, 2.5% EOD trailing drawdown", with no daily drawdown. The Our Rules page gives a profit target of $1,500 to $5,000 and an end-of-day trailing maximum drawdown of $1,000 to $2,500 across the $25K to $100K sizes, so the percentages vary by size. The help-centre article for the $50K Futures Fast Pro account gives a $3,000 target, a $2,000 end-of-day trailing maximum drawdown, a $1,000 daily drawdown and a limit of 3 mini or 9 micro contracts. In the Fast Pro challenge phase, your best day must be below 40% of total profit; there is no consistency target on the Master account. The firm says futures plans have no activation fee and that market data is included.

Rules for all plans

The firm says there is no time limit in any evaluation phase or on the Master account. On the forex and crypto challenge plans, an account closes after 30 days without a closed trade. The Our Rules page gives 7 days for futures challenges and 14 days for futures Master accounts. On most forex evaluations leverage is 1:125 for forex, 1:20 for indices and 1:40 for commodities, according to the Our Rules page; most Master accounts use 1:30 for forex and 1:10 for indices and commodities. Fast Static uses 1:20 for forex throughout, and Instant PRO 1:10. The FAQ instead says "Up to 1:100 on forex"; we used the Our Rules page.

News trading. During challenges, the Our Rules page says you "can freely trade news". On funded forex Master accounts you may hold trades through news, but you "cannot open new trades within 5 minutes before or after a high-impact news release." The FAQ says crypto accounts have no news restrictions. However, the crypto and futures tabs on the Our Rules page are marked "ALLOWED" and carry the same 5-minute sentence, so we cannot tell which applies.

EAs and copy trading. The FAQ says EAs are allowed. It says copying other people's signals, third-party account management and latency or tick-arbitrage exploits are prohibited. Copying between your own For Traders accounts is allowed within the stated limits.

Prohibited trading practices. The Terms list practices that are not allowed. They include:

• opening opposite positions to manipulate demo trading;
• trading with an external or slow data feed;
• reaching more than 70% of the profit target through a single trade, or through several trades on the same symbol in the same direction;
• exploiting price errors or delays;
• overleveraging, gambling strategies, and martingale or recovery trading patterns;
• letting a third party trade your account, or managing accounts for others.

The Terms say the firm decides at its own discretion whether a practice is prohibited. A breach can lead to disqualification, closure of all the trader's accounts and the cancellation of pending rewards.

How often you can request a reward depends on the plan. Forex Fast and Classic pay bi-weekly, as do the forex and crypto Instant accounts. Futures plans pay on demand. The Forex page's Pay After Pass configurator and the Crypto page's Fast PRO configurator also show on-demand rewards. The FAQ says the minimum payout is "$100 on every plan". However, the Futures Fast Pro article gives a range of $250 to $1,200 per reward on the $50K account. The Our Rules page also gives Instant PRO a minimum withdrawable profit of $90 to $750. Several plans on the Our Rules page show a $15,000 maximum reward per cycle. The Terms add a cap of USD 30,000 per trade idea.

The FAQ says: "We process every reward within 48 hours — if we ever miss that window, you receive 100% of the reward." The site footer, by contrast, says that "Payouts are discretionary, not guaranteed". The Terms say the firm may "approve, adjust, delay, or decline" a reward request. The FAQ says bank transfer and crypto payouts are supported, with more methods depending on your region. The Rewards page also names Rise. KYC and the contract happen once. The Challenges page says this is right before your first reward. The FAQ and the Our Rules page place it when you pass the challenge, or before the first reward on Instant and Pay After Pass. The Terms say a verification video call may be required.

Profit split

Forex challenge routes pay 80%, futures plans pay 80%, Crypto Fast PRO pays 90% and forex Instant pays 70%. On the highest split, the pages disagree:

• The Our Rules page shows a plan with a 60% split that "increases by 10%, up to 100%".
• The FAQ says Instant Pro starts at 80% and grows to 100%.
• The Instant Funding page lists Instant PRO at 60%.
• A help-centre article on the new forex Instant account says its split starts at 70% and rises by 5% per reward to 90%.
• The Crypto page says "No other plan we sell pays 90%" and calls 90% "our highest".
• A help-centre article for Instant PRO accounts bought before 8 June 2026 says the split rises "up to 90%".

We take the Our Rules page and the FAQ as the current position for Instant Pro: a split that can rise to 100% with successive payouts. Check the split for your plan at checkout.

Allocation. The Terms set a maximum of USD 300,000 in combined virtual capital across all active Master and Instant Master accounts. There is no cap on the number of challenge accounts you can run at once.

The FAQ lists MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker and cTrader for forex and crypto, and For Traders X for exchange-listed futures on CME, COMEX, CBOT and NYMEX. The Trading Platforms page says For Traders X is available on futures accounts only. The Crypto page names only MT5 and TradeLocker for crypto.

Forex accounts cover FX majors and minors, gold and silver, indices, commodities and the top crypto pairs at 1:2 leverage. The Crypto page lists 70+ pairs traded 24/7, including weekends; the home page says "50+ tradable coins". Futures accounts cover E-mini index futures (ES, NQ, YM), metals (GC, SI, HG), energy (CL, NG) and grains. The FAQ also says stocks are available as CFDs on selected platforms.

The Terms say the services are provided by BLN TECH CLUB DMCC, based in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, and give licence number DMCC-882990. The site footer gives the same company's registration number as DMCC196633. The footer also names FT Trading Ltd. at an address in Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia. The sign-up app says FT Trading Ltd. provides the trading platforms and BLN Tech Club DMCC provides educational products and payment processing. The Terms are governed by Czech law. The FAQ describes the firm as founded in 2023 in Dubai, with an office in Prague.

The firm states that it "does not collect customer deposits or offer financial services to customers" and that all accounts are demo accounts with virtual money. Under the Terms, passing a challenge makes you eligible only for a recommendation to the Master account: "Entry into the For Traders Member Program is not guaranteed."

The service is for people over 18. The Terms list these prohibited jurisdictions: Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Vietnam, North Korea, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, Crimea, the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates.

Fees are not refunded if you fail a challenge or end it early. Consumers can withdraw within 14 days, but only before opening a demo trade. Under the Terms, a chargeback leads to the end of all services and a permanent ban.

For Traders may suit traders who want one firm for forex, crypto and futures, and who do not want a deadline on the evaluation. Pay After Pass suits traders who want to pay less up front. Instant PRO suits traders who want to skip the evaluation and trade under a single drawdown rule, at a higher price and a lower starting split. Forex traders who rely on opening trades around high-impact news should note the 5-minute restriction on funded forex accounts.

MyPropGenius Rating: 3.0/5 — its Transparency Index score of 61/100 ÷ 20, rounded down

The rating measures how openly For Traders discloses its rules, pricing, payouts and ownership (our Transparency Index methodology). It does not measure how likely you are to pass or be paid.