New Trading Rules and Funding Program Updates for 2026
Key Programs Overview
1. Ability Challenge (Two-Step Program)
- Structure: Two challenge stages on demo accounts (Challenge and Verification), followed by a live funded account stage.
- Account Sizes: Offers 5K, 10K, 15K, 30K, 60K, 120K, and 240K options.
- Trading Period: Unlimited time to complete targets at all stages.
- Minimum Trading Days:
- Challenge & Verification: 4 days each
- Live Account: No minimum trading days
- Drawdown Rules:
- Daily Drawdown (Static, refreshed every 24 hours):
- Challenge: 7.5%
- Verification & Live: 5%
- Absolute Drawdown Limit:
- Challenge: 15%
- Verification & Live: 10%
- Profit Targets:
- Challenge to Verification: 10% profit
- Verification to Live: 5% profit
- Profit Sharing:
- Starts at 75%
- Increases to 85% after 10% profit withdrawal
- Up to 90% after doubling account twice via scaling plan
- Withdrawals: Allowed bi-weekly starting 14 days after live account activation; same-day payout upon approval.
- Other Features:
- No consistency rule required to advance
- Free to hold trades over weekends and during high-impact news
- Expert Advisors (EAs) and copy trading allowed following compliance with rules
- Fastest scaling plan in the market with quarterly doubling opportunities (conditions: minimum 2.5% profit monthly and at least one withdrawal)
2. Ability One (One-Step Program)
- Structure: Single-step challenge on a demo account before live funding.
- Account Sizes: Same range as Ability Challenge (5K to 120K).
- Trading Period: Unlimited.
- Minimum Trading Days: 3 days for challenge; none for live.
- Drawdown:
- Daily drawdown (static): 3% for challenge and live
- Absolute drawdown: 6%
- Profit Target: 10% before live stage.
- Profit Sharing & Scaling: Same as Ability Challenge.
- Withdrawals: Bi-weekly with same-day payout.
- Trading Flexibility: No restrictions on news trading, weekend holding, cryptos trading, use of EAs, or copy trading.
3. FTP (Funded Trader Program) – Instant Funding
- Account Sizes: 3K, 7.5K, 15K, 60K.
- Assets Available: Forex, metals, energy, indices, crypto.
- Minimum Trading Days: 5 days.
- Drawdown Rules:
- Daily drawdown (trailing, adjusts with equity/balance): 5%
- Absolute drawdown (fixed): 10%
- Profit Target: 10% to advance.
- Profit Sharing:
- Minimum 50%, max 80%.
- Bonus 10% profit share if 10% target reached within 30 days.
- Scaling plan allows doubling account size up to $2 million in as little as 5 trading days.
- Withdrawals: Same-day payout upon approval.
- Other Features:
- No consistency rule.
- Weekend and news trading allowed (except opening trades 3 minutes before/after news).
- EAs and copy trading permitted.
- No lot size restrictions.
Trading Rules and Compliance
- Prohibited Practices:
- High-frequency trading, dollar-cost averaging, martingale strategies, hedging (specifically “CD hedging”), and exploiting latency are forbidden.
- Stop-loss Orders: Not mandatory but highly recommended due to market volatility.
- Wi-Fi and Location Changes: Must notify risk management when trading from different or public Wi-Fi connections.
- Consistency Rule: Removed across all programs to simplify progression; however, monitoring consistency is advised for better profit management.
Funded Trader Program
Get Funded NowProfit Sharing and Scaling Plans Summary
Program | Starting Profit Share | Profit Share after 10%+ Profit | Max Profit Share with Scaling Plan | Scaling Frequency | Account Doubling Condition |
Ability Challenge | 75% | 85% | 90% | Quarterly | Double account twice with monthly ≥2.5% profit |
Ability One | 75% | 85% | 90% | Quarterly | Same as Ability Challenge |
FTP Instant Funding | 50% | 60% (if ≤30 days) / 50% (>30) | 80% | Quarterly (fastest) | Double account upon 10% profit target |
Withdrawal Process
- Withdrawals can be requested bi-weekly (every 14 days) post live account activation.
- Requests approved by risk management are paid out on the same day into the dashboard wallet.
- The refundable fee is returned with the first payout after entering the live stage.
- Traders can withdraw all or part of the wallet balance, or reinvest in new accounts.
Additional Insights
- Trading Conditions: Institutional-level liquidity providers ensure superior pricing and execution compared to retail brokers.
- Copy Trading: Allowed within Audacity accounts and externally, provided the master account is manually traded.
- Scaling Flexibility: Traders may opt to keep smaller accounts or scale up depending on personal trading style and psychology.
- Industry Experience: Audacity Capital has been funding traders since 2012, with a strong reputation for reliable payouts globally including recent expansion into the US market.
- Promotional Offer: A 40% discount code (“WEBINAR40”) is available for all programs for a limited time.
Conclusion
Audacity Capital’s 2026 program updates prioritize trader flexibility, transparency, and profitability. The removal of the consistency rule, allowance of weekend and news trading, static and trailing drawdown protections, and generous profit shares combined with fast scaling options make these programs highly competitive in the prop trading industry. With institutional-grade trading conditions and global payout reliability, Audacity Capital aims to support traders of all styles and experience levels to grow confidently and profitably.
Frequently Asked Questions
Violations of drawdown limits, prohibited trading practices, or rule breaches.
240K for Ability Challenge, 120K for Ability One, 60K for FTP Instant Funding.
Yes, with the exception of opening new trades 3 minutes before/after major news.
No, but strongly recommended.
Yes, up to a cumulative initial size of 480K across programs.
Yes, with the two-minute trade rule still in place.
FTP program offers the fastest scaling in the industry, with doubling possible in as few as five trading days.
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