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Firm details	BrightFunded
Market	Forex
Country	United Arab Emirates
Operating status	Not confirmed
CEO	Jelle Dijkstra
Founded	2023-09
Maximum allocation	$400K
Allocation conditions	$400,000 maximum per trader in the funded phase. Challenge-phase capital is not capped by this rule. Additional capital may be available under the scaling plan.
Platforms	MT5, cTrader, DXtrade
Broker / data provider	Simulated evaluation and funded accounts; the public overview does not identify an external execution broker.
Assets	FX, Metals, Indices, Energy, Crypto, BTC+ETH, Majors, Altcoins, DeFi, Meme
Leverage / contract limits	Reference limits: FX 1:100; metals and energy 1:40; indices 1:20; crypto 1:5.
Commissions	Reference listing: FX $3 per lot; metals and energy 0.0010% of volume; crypto 0.024% round-trip; indices $0.
Rating	4.5 / 5 (PropFirmEdge snapshot)
Lowest challenge fee	€55.00 EUR
Available account sizes	Not listed
Challenge types	2-Step
Listed profit splits	80% - 90%
Profit targets	Not listed
Maximum drawdown	Not listed
Daily loss limits	Not listed
Payment methods	Not listed
Payout methods	USDC (ERC20), Bank transfer (EUR)
Consistency rules	The official general FAQ reports no consistency requirement; selected product terms still apply.
Copy trading	Reference listing permits copying among personally owned accounts; different owners may not copy each other.
Expert advisors / EAs	Reference listing permits EAs subject to trading conditions.
News trading	Evaluation news execution is unrestricted. Funded accounts prohibit execution on affected instruments within five minutes either side of major news. Profits are deducted; losses remain. Certain 48-hour positions are exempt.
Weekend holding	Positions may remain open over weekends. Swaps can apply unless the swap-free add-on was selected; market gaps and instrument trading hours still apply.
Inactivity rules	Official inactivity policy: 30 calendar days, applicable to evaluation and funded accounts.
Prohibited strategies	Official policy prohibits cross-account hedging, pricing/feed exploitation, coordinated manipulation, excessive risk and abusive grid/arbitrage/HFT strategies.
Payout policy	Reference listing: standard first payout after 30 days, then fortnightly; earlier cycles require an add-on. Base split 80%, with separate upgrade and scaling conditions.
Country eligibility	Confirm with the firm
Research notes	Field additions are linked to dated sources. Earlier account examples remain dated reference snapshots, not current checkout quotes. Research pass: 2026-10-16. Still unconfirmed: purchase payment methods, country eligibility list. Unconfirmed fields are not evidence of permission or zero fees.

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Firm details

BrightFunded

Market

Forex

Country

United Arab Emirates

Operating status

Not confirmed

CEO

Jelle Dijkstra

Founded

2023-09

Maximum allocation

$400K

Allocation conditions

$400,000 maximum per trader in the funded phase. Challenge-phase capital is not capped by this rule. Additional capital may be available under the scaling plan.

Platforms

MT5, cTrader, DXtrade

Broker / data provider

Simulated evaluation and funded accounts; the public overview does not identify an external execution broker.

Assets

FX, Metals, Indices, Energy, Crypto, BTC+ETH, Majors, Altcoins, DeFi, Meme

Leverage / contract limits

Reference limits: FX 1:100; metals and energy 1:40; indices 1:20; crypto 1:5.

Commissions

Reference listing: FX $3 per lot; metals and energy 0.0010% of volume; crypto 0.024% round-trip; indices $0.

Rating

4.5 / 5 (PropFirmEdge snapshot)

Lowest challenge fee

€55.00 EUR

Available account sizes

Not listed

Challenge types

2-Step

Listed profit splits

80% - 90%

Profit targets

Not listed

Maximum drawdown

Not listed

Daily loss limits

Not listed

Payment methods

Not listed

Payout methods

USDC (ERC20), Bank transfer (EUR)

Consistency rules

The official general FAQ reports no consistency requirement; selected product terms still apply.

Copy trading

Reference listing permits copying among personally owned accounts; different owners may not copy each other.

Expert advisors / EAs

Reference listing permits EAs subject to trading conditions.

News trading

Evaluation news execution is unrestricted. Funded accounts prohibit execution on affected instruments within five minutes either side of major news. Profits are deducted; losses remain. Certain 48-hour positions are exempt.

Weekend holding

Positions may remain open over weekends. Swaps can apply unless the swap-free add-on was selected; market gaps and instrument trading hours still apply.

Inactivity rules

Official inactivity policy: 30 calendar days, applicable to evaluation and funded accounts.

Prohibited strategies

Official policy prohibits cross-account hedging, pricing/feed exploitation, coordinated manipulation, excessive risk and abusive grid/arbitrage/HFT strategies.

Payout policy

Reference listing: standard first payout after 30 days, then fortnightly; earlier cycles require an add-on. Base split 80%, with separate upgrade and scaling conditions.

Country eligibility

Confirm with the firm

Research notes

Field additions are linked to dated sources. Earlier account examples remain dated reference snapshots, not current checkout quotes. Research pass: 2026-10-16. Still unconfirmed: purchase payment methods, country eligibility list. Unconfirmed fields are not evidence of permission or zero fees.