What is a funded trading account?
A funded trading account lets you trade a proprietary firm's capital instead of risking your own. You first pass an evaluation (a "challenge") that proves you can hit a profit target without breaking risk rules — typically a 5% daily drawdown and a 10% maximum drawdown. Once you pass, you receive a funded account ranging from $10k up to $200,000 and split profits with the firm.
For UK traders, prop firms are a powerful workaround to the FCA's retail leverage cap of 1:30. With Royale Funded you can effectively access institutional-style buying power for the cost of a challenge fee.
Why Royale Funded beats FTMO and other prop firms
- Profit split: 90% vs FTMO's 80% (90% only after scaling). On a $1,000 monthly profit that's £100 more in your pocket every payout.
- Entry cost: £35 vs €89+. Lower barrier means you can attempt multiple challenges without burning capital.
- Payouts: 24-hour processing vs 1–5 business days at competitors.
- Trading freedom: EAs, news trading and weekend holds permitted — restrictions that legacy firms still enforce.
- 1-step option: Skip the second phase entirely with Royale's express challenge.
How to pass a prop firm challenge
- Risk no more than 0.5–1% per trade — drawdown rules are the #1 reason traders fail.
- Trade only your A+ setup. Volume kills challenges; patience passes them.
- Avoid trading the first 5 minutes after high-impact news to dodge slippage.
- Hit the profit target across multiple trading days, not one heroic move.
- Stop trading immediately once you pass — protect the pass, then request the funded account.
Ready to trade real capital?
Start a Royale Funded challenge from £35 and keep up to 90% of profits.