FundedNext review: Stellar challenges, rules and payouts

Overview

FundedNext is a CFD prop firm launched in 2022 and headquartered in the United Arab Emirates; its challenge terms name GrowthNext – F.Z.E. as the operator. This review covers its two main CFD programs, Stellar 2-Step and Stellar 1-Step, for forex, indices, commodities, crypto and stocks on MT4, MT5, Match-Trader or cTrader. Facts were checked on FundedNext’s official pages on 7 October 2026.

Programs and prices

Each program has six account sizes, from $6,000 to $200,000, and a one-time fee in US dollars (global prices).

• Stellar 2-Step (two phases): $59.99 to $1,099.99; the help center lists the $200,000 account at about $999.99. The fee is refunded with your first Performance Reward, FundedNext’s term for a payout.
• Stellar 1-Step (one phase): $65.99 to $1,099.99; the $100,000 and $200,000 prices appear only in the help center, as approximate. The fee is refunded with the third reward.

Otherwise, the terms allow a refund only within 7 days of purchase and before any trade.

Rules

• Targets: Stellar 2-Step sets a profit target of 8% in Phase 1 and 5% in Phase 2, with at least 5 trading days per phase; Stellar 1-Step requires 10% and at least 2 trading days.
• Losses: the daily loss limit is 5% (2-Step) or 3% (1-Step) of the initial balance, includes floating losses and resets at 00:00 server time. The maximum loss is static: balance or equity must not fall below 90% (2-Step) or 94% (1-Step) of the initial balance.
• News: allowed, but on the funded account only 40% of the profit from trades within 5 minutes of listed high-impact news counts.
• Weekends: holding trades is allowed.
• EAs: EAs only on MT4 and MT5, below $50,000 and with a paid add-on; not on cTrader or Match-Trader.

Payouts

On Stellar 2-Step, the default option pays an 80% reward share, first after 21 days and then every 14 days. At checkout you can instead choose a 3-day cycle (60%) or on-demand rewards (90%, after 2% growth and with 40% consistency). Scale-Up raises the share to 90%; the “up to 95%” on the plans pages requires a paid add-on. Stellar 1-Step pays 80% on a cycle of 5 business days.

Countries

The help center (article dated 27 August 2026) lists 20 countries and territories whose residents and citizens cannot access its trading platform, including Chad, Cape Verde, Burundi, Eritrea, the Comoros, Grenada, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Syria. The site’s legal footer gives a different list that also names Iran and Russia.

Before you buy a challenge

• Check your country against both lists; ask FundedNext if it appears on only one.
• To use an EA, choose MT4 or MT5 and an account below $50,000.
• Confirm the final price at checkout where FundedNext’s pages differ.
• Choose your payout option knowingly: it sets your share and timing.

We have not tested this company with our own account yet; this review will be updated when we do.