At a glance
The short version
Crypto Fund Trader runs 2 evaluation programs for crypto traders. The headline one, 1 Phase Challenge, asks for a 10% profit target with a 6% intraday trailing max loss and a 4% daily loss limit. This page puts every Crypto Fund Trader rule set in one table, runs each through thousands of simulated challenges to show what the rules alone do to your odds, and opens a chart that enforces them candle by candle — so you can rehearse the Crypto Fund Trader challenge on real historical data before you pay for one.
Crypto Fund Trader challenge rules, program by program
Rules as published on cryptofundtrader.com, checked 21 October 2026. Prop firms revise rules often — confirm on their site before you buy; the source for each program is in the fine print below. Account sizes offered: $5k, $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $200k.
What the Crypto Fund Trader rules do to your odds
The same trader passes one firm's challenge far more often than another's, and the difference is the rules, not the trader. To isolate it, each program below was run through the CRTLAB challenge simulator for three traders: a break-even one (50% wins at 1:1 — zero edge, so any pass is the rules' slack plus luck), a small edge (45% at 1:1.5) and a solid edge (45% at 1:2).
Of Crypto Fund Trader's 2 programs, 2 Phases Challenge leaves a break-even trader the most room (28.5% pass) and 1 Phase Challenge the least (21.2%).
| Program | Break-even trader | Small edge | Solid edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Phase Challenge | 21.2% | 43.9% | 67.3% |
| 2 Phases Challenge | 28.5% | 71% | 93.4% |
Simulated: $100k account, 1% risk per trade, 2 trades a day, 60 trading days or the program's own limit; multi-phase programs multiply each phase's pass rate. Min-day and consistency rules are not simulated. Run your own numbers in the prop firm challenge calculator.
The rule most likely to end a Crypto Fund Trader attempt
On 1 Phase Challenge the target (10%) is 1.7× the room you have to lose (6%). That gap is the whole difficulty: a trader has to make 1.7 units for every unit they can afford to give back, so a cold streak early in the phase ends more attempts than a lack of edge does.
The max loss trails intraday, including open profit: a trade that runs 6% in your favour and comes back to break-even has used your entire allowance without closing a loss. This is the rule that catches traders who let winners breathe, and it is the first thing to rehearse.
There is a 4% daily loss limit. With only 6% in total, two bad days are the whole account.
In simulation, a trader with a small edge (45% wins at 1:1.5, 1% risk) fails 56.1% of phase-one attempts on the max loss; the ones who pass take a median of 13 trading days.
Rehearse the Crypto Fund Trader challenge on a real chart
The button opens CRTLAB with prop firm mode running on Crypto Fund Trader's 1 Phase Challenge rules. The chart's HUD carries your progress to target, the distance to the max loss and the daily floor, and it calls the verdict — passed, phase two, or breached — the moment a rule is hit, exactly as the firm's dashboard would. Every Crypto Fund Trader program and account size is one click away in the rules panel, and so are the other 98 firms in the catalogue.
What makes it a rehearsal rather than a demo account: you replay real historical data, candle by candle, on any of 38 markets from 1-minute to weekly, and you can do in an evening what a live challenge takes a month to show you. Run the same week three times with three different risk sizes and watch which one the intraday trailing floor catches.
There is no account to fund and no time limit on practice — the replay waits for you. When your rehearsals pass consistently, you know the edge survives Crypto Fund Trader's rules before the fee is spent.
Crypto Fund Trader fine print worth knowing
1 Phase Challenge: Split 80%. Crypto Fund Trader's rules page.
2 Phases Challenge: Split 80%. Max loss type not stated. Crypto Fund Trader's rules page.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the official Crypto Fund Trader challenge?
No. CRTLAB is an independent backtesting platform and is not affiliated with Crypto Fund Trader. It reproduces Crypto Fund Trader's published rules (checked 21 October 2026) so you can practise against them on historical data; passing here does not fund an account.
What is the Crypto Fund Trader max drawdown?
1 Phase Challenge: 6% intraday trail; 2 Phases Challenge: 10% (type n/s).
Does Crypto Fund Trader have a daily loss limit?
1 Phase Challenge: 4%; 2 Phases Challenge: 5%.
What is the Crypto Fund Trader profit target?
1 Phase Challenge: 10%; 2 Phases Challenge: 8% then 5%.
Is the Crypto Fund Trader simulator free?
CRTLAB is free to try. You get prop firm mode with Crypto Fund Trader's rules and every other firm's, with every tool the product has, for your first 10,000 candles of replay — roughly two hours of stepping through a chart, no card needed. After the sample, unlimited replay is $14.99 a month, cancel any time. Prop firm mode itself is never behind a paywall.