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Built by traders, not influencers
Prove you can trade.
We'll fund you.
Trade accounts up to $100K. Pass the challenge, keep 80% of your profits.
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Built by traders, not influencers.
Pipster was built by people who traded professionally long before they wrote a line of software. Its founders spent years running prop books and building quant models inside investment banks, then got tired of watching retail traders make do with tools that were never built for them.
We're based in London and run on the same class of infrastructure the institutions do. What you get is a platform that takes your capital seriously: rules you can see, analysis you can check, and software that stays out of your way.
- Founders from bank prop desks and quant teams
- Risk controls built to institutional desk standards
- Analysis from working market analysts, not affiliates
- A route to funding once you trade to the rules
How it works
Three steps from signup to payout. No gimmicks.
1
Pick your challenge
Choose your account size — from $1,000 up to $100K in funding.
2
Trade and hit your target
Trade forex, gold, indices, crypto, and commodities — 100+ instruments with up to 100x leverage.
3
Get funded, keep 80%
Pass the challenge and trade with our capital. Once funded, you keep 80% of the profits you make.
Meet Pip
Most firms let you fail in silence.
Pip is different: an AI trading coach inside your dashboard that has read every trade you've placed. Ask it what's working, what's costing you money, and why an account really breached.
Your patterns, not predictions
Sessions, sizing, stop-loss habits, what happens after a loss — Pip shows you how you actually trade. It never calls markets.
Every attempt counts
A breached challenge isn't wasted. Pip carries the lessons across every account — challenges, competitions and funded.
The honest debrief
Ask why an account failed and you get the real story, with the numbers behind it — the moment it happens, not weeks later.
Included with every Pipster account.
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Why did my last challenge fail?
You breached the daily drawdown on day 4 — and it comes down to one trade. A gold position at 5 lots, around ten times your usual size, opened without a stop loss and closed at −$4,120. That single trade was 24x your average loss.
What should I work on this time?
Two habits: size and stops. Your gold trades at your normal size are profitable — the losses cluster in the oversized ones. And you've now placed a stop loss on every trade for two weeks straight. Protect those two habits and you've removed what ended your last attempt.
Illustrative conversation based on real Pip coaching. Pip describes your trading — it never gives trade advice or market calls.
Frequently asked questions
A quick peek at the most asked questions. See the full FAQ for details.
All evaluation and funded-account activity takes place in a simulated trading environment. We offer four product types:
One Phase Challenge:
Complete a single evaluation phase with a 10% profit target, 4% daily drawdown limit, 8% maximum drawdown (static), 5 minimum trading days, and unlimited time to complete.
Two Phase Challenge:
Phase 1: 8% profit target, 5% daily drawdown, 10% maximum drawdown (static), 5 minimum trading days, unlimited time.
Phase 2: 5% profit target, 5% daily drawdown, 10% maximum drawdown (static), 3 minimum trading days, unlimited time.
Instant Funded Account:
Bypass evaluation phases and start with a simulated funded account featuring a 3% daily drawdown and 10% maximum drawdown (trailing).
Pipster Entry:
Pay $1.99 to start a challenge with a 6% profit target, 6% static maximum drawdown, no daily loss limit, no consistency rule, and no time limit. An optional $4.99 add-on reduces the target to 3%. If you pass, you have 30 calendar days to pay the activation fee disclosed at checkout for your selected account size. The simulated funded account has a 3% daily loss limit and 6% trailing drawdown that locks at 96% of the starting balance.
You have access to 100+ instruments across five asset classes:
Forex (50 pairs): All major, minor, and exotic pairs including EUR/USD, GBP/JPY, USD/ZAR, and more.
Indices (10): US500, US30, US100, GER30, UK100, JAP225, AUS200, and more.
Commodities (12): Gold (XAU/USD), Silver (XAG/USD), Brent Oil, WTI, Natural Gas, Coffee, Cocoa, Copper, and more.
Crypto (22): Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Cardano, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Chainlink, and more.
Metals & Other (8): Aluminium, Zinc, Platinum, Palladium, and European indices (FRA40, ITA40, SPA35, SUI20).
All instruments are available on the Match-Trader platform with competitive spreads and up to 100x leverage on forex pairs.
Loss limits vary by challenge type and carry through to your funded account.
One Phase Challenge (and when funded):
• Daily drawdown: 4%
• Maximum drawdown: 8% (static)
Two Phase Challenge (and when funded):
• Daily drawdown: 5%
• Maximum drawdown: 10% (static)
Instant Funded Account:
• Daily drawdown: 3%
• Maximum drawdown: 10% (trailing, locks at 96% threshold)
Static vs Trailing:
• Static — calculated from your starting balance and never changes
• Trailing — follows your highest equity in real time until it reaches the threshold, then locks in place
Example (Trailing on a $100,000 Instant Funded account):
Trailing drawdown is 10%, so your initial limit is $90,000. If your equity rises to $110,000, the limit moves up to $99,000 (10% below the new high). However, the 96% threshold means the limit can never rise above $96,000. Once it hits $96,000, it locks there permanently — even if your equity keeps climbing.
Breaching either the daily or maximum drawdown limit results in evaluation failure or funded account termination.
Your first payout is eligible after 14 days, then weekly thereafter based on your funded account performance. To be eligible for a simulated payout:
Minimum Requirements:
• Complete the minimum trading days (5 days by default, unless configured otherwise)
• Maintain positive simulated profit
• Comply with all challenge rules and risk limits
• Meet the minimum payout amount ($100 for most challenges, unless specified otherwise)
Profit Split: You receive between 80‑90% of simulated profits, depending on your challenge configuration (default 80% unless otherwise specified). An increase to 90% may be granted to traders who demonstrate consistent profitability and is applied at the discretion of the risk team on an ad‑hoc basis, following an account review with the trader.
Each account also has a payout capacity — see “Is there a limit on how much I can withdraw?” for details.
Yes. Each Pipster account has a payout capacity — the total amount you can receive in payout rewards from that account.
• Purchased accounts: 12% of the account’s starting balance
• Reward, competition and free accounts: 6% of the account’s starting balance
This is a cumulative total for the account, not a limit on each individual payout. There is no cap on how many payouts you request or how quickly you request them — only on the total.