FAQ: Your Questions About ACFX Prop Firms Answered
Find answers to the most common questions about our challenge passing, drawdown recovery, and funded account management services.
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ACFX Prop Firms is a team of experienced, disciplined, and profitable funded traders that offers specialized trading services dedicated to helping fellow traders pass prop firm challenges, recover accounts in drawdown, and successfully manage funded accounts.
Founded by professional traders with over 7 years of consistent profitability in the financial markets. ACFX Prop Firms exist to bridge the gap between struggling traders and the capital opportunities offered by prop firms.
We take pride in having a track record of over 1,822 challenges passed, a 92%+ success rate, and millions of dollars collectively funded through our clients. We are committed to delivering real results, real trading, and real support, not just promises.
Our mission is simple:
Help our fellow traders secure capital and build a sustainable, profitable trading career with funded accounts.
We have been operating since 2019, with over seven years of experience helping traders navigate the prop firm industry and achieve their funding goals.
ACFX Prop Firms was founded and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Our team consists of experienced traders from the United Kingdom, the United States, Portugal, and South Africa, bringing together a diverse range of global trading expertise.
We understand the frustration and skepticism many traders feel, especially nowadays, when the prop firm industry is flooded with unreliable services and individuals falsely claiming to be traders while they are not.
Unlike many so-called “challenge passers” who disappear after intentionally breaching accounts, our team is built on integrity, transparency, and real trading expertise.
Here’s what truly sets us apart:
Experienced Team: We are professional traders with over 7 years of consistent profitability in the financial markets, not anonymous operators or automated services.
Manual Trading Only: All trades are manually analyzed and executed to fully comply with prop firm rules that prohibit bots, EAs, and copy trading.
Strict Risk Management: We follow disciplined risk management, never risking more than 1% per trade, ensuring controlled, sustainable profitability.
Stable Psychology: We trade with patience and precision, never rushing challenges or forcing results just to “pass quickly.”
Privacy & Security: We operate using secure systems and encrypted connections to protect client privacy and ensure safe account handling.
Real Proof, Not Promises: We openly share real trading history, client testimonials, funded accounts, and payout proofs to back our track record, over 1,800+ challenges passed and $742,000+ in funded payouts.
Full Refund Policy: If we don’t deliver results, which is extremely rare with our team, you’re protected by a clear and fair refund policy.
Genuine Support: We offer 24/7 customer service and treat every client’s journey as if it were our own.
At ACFX, we are not here to sell you dreams, we are here to build real, lasting success stories. Your trust matters to us, and we work every day to earn it through action, not words.
We specialize in all core areas to support traders at every stage of their prop firm journey:
- Challenge Passing Service:
We help our fellow traders successfully pass the evaluation phase by trading their accounts with a disciplined risk management approach and full compliance with firm rules and trading parameters.
- Drawdown Recovery Service:
If you have an account that’s in drawdown or at risk of breaching trading parameters, we offer professional recovery strategies aimed at bringing your account back to profitability while protecting your eligibility for payouts.
- Funded Account Management:
For traders who prefer a hands-off approach after getting funded, we offer full account management services. Our team trades the funded account carefully, focusing on consistent returns, strict risk management, and maximizing your long-term payout potential.
Each service is designed to be flexible and tailored to the trader’s specific needs, whether you need full challenge handling, recovery support, or active management after funding.
Funded account management is not compulsory: after we pass the evaluation, you are free to manage the funded account yourself if you prefer. If you choose to continue with us, we work on a 30% profit share basis, with no upfront management fees required.
We work with all major and reputable prop firms that offer fair rules, realistic trading parameters, and reliable payouts.
Based on our experience managing hundreds of funded accounts, we recommend working with firms that not only have transparent evaluation rules but also handle payouts reliably without unnecessary delays or complications.
Here’s the reality most traders don’t hear:
In this industry, most prop firm payouts are covered by the fees of losing traders, not directly from live market profits, that’s why nearly all firms issue demo or virtual funded accounts. Because of that, it’s important to work with firms that have strong liquidity, a steady flow of new clients, and a reputation for consistently paying successful traders without issues.
Such firms have proven themselves over time, offering a good balance of fair trading conditions, achievable targets, and most importantly — reliable, hassle-free payouts.
If you already have a preferred prop firm in mind, we’re happy to review their rules with you.
If you’re undecided, our team can recommend the best option based on your trading style and goals.
Yes, absolutely. We understand that every trader’s situation is different, and we’re fully flexible in how we support you.
Whether you need help with only Phase 2 of a challenge, full drawdown recovery, or prefer a specific trading style like scalping, day trading, or swing trading, we can customize the service to match your needs.
Before starting, we’ll discuss your preferences, trading objectives, and risk tolerance to ensure our approach aligns perfectly with your goals.
Our priority is to offer a tailored solution that gives you the best chance of success — not just a one-size-fits-all service.
We work with a wide range of account sizes to suit different trader needs and goals.
For challenge passing services, we currently accept accounts starting from $50,000, $100,000, and $200,000, which are the most popular and cost-effective options for serious traders.
For drawdown recovery services, we assist accounts of all sizes, whether it’s a smaller account or a high six-figure funded account as long as the account is still eligible under the prop firm’s rules.
For funded account management, we typically manage accounts starting from $50,000 and above, ensuring we maintain proper risk management and trading consistency.
If you have a different account size or a special request, feel free to reach out as we’re happy to review and accommodate wherever possible.
Our Challenge Passing Service fees are a one-time payment based on the account size you choose:
The service fee covers the full evaluation process, including manual trading by our professional traders, strict risk management, and compliance with all prop firm rules ensuring successful passing.
$25,000 Account — $197
$50,000 Account — $350
$100,000 Account — $600
$200,000 Account — $849
NB: The upfront service fee is used strictly to facilitate the enrollment procedure, which includes:
- Purchase a phone (a budget Android) on which your account will be traded. Every account must be traded from a unique device to avoid suspicion regarding CID and IP addresses.
- Pay for a highly secure VPN profile service that helps with IP address masking to match yours.
- Cover other expenses at our trading floor such as paying our trader who will be manually executing trades on your account considering that we only use a manual trading approach.
For Drawdown Recovery Services, fees are tailored based on the specific details of your account, such as the drawdown percentage, account balance, and prop firm rules.
To get an accurate quote, please contact our team directly:
Telegram Support (24/7) https://linktr.ee/ACFX_PROPFIRMS
WhatsApp Support (24/7) https://linktr.ee/ACFX_PROPFIRMS
Our team will review your account and provide you with a personalized recovery plan and a clear, fair fee structure based on your situation.
At ACFX Prop Firms, passing prop firm challenges is about precision, discipline, and respecting every prop firm’s trading parameters, not rushing for quick wins.
Our approach includes:
Manual Trading Only: Every trade is manually analyzed and executed by our team of professional traders, we never use bots, EAs, or copy trading services, ensuring full compliance with prop firm rules.
Strict Risk Management: We cap risk at a maximum of 1% per trade, applying tight stop-losses and smart position sizing to protect the account from daily and maximum drawdown breaches.
Proven Trading Strategies: Our traders use a combination of price action, trend-following, and a few of ICT concepts carefully tailored to match each firm’s specific rules and market conditions.
This allows us to consistently meet profit targets like 10% for Phase 1 and 5% for Phase 2, while maintaining strict discipline within all risk limits.
Stable Trading Psychology: We approach every challenge with patience and calmness, never trading with emotions or trying to pass in one day. We also ensure minimum trading day requirements are properly met.
Full Compliance Focus: We adapt our trading to avoid any violations such as restrictions on news trading, weekend holding, tick scalping, or rapid entries/exits, ensuring every challenge is passed safely and legitimately.
By combining real trading expertise, structured risk control, and market-adaptive strategies, we have built a proven 92%+ success rate across thousands of prop firm challenges, helping traders secure real funded accounts the right way.
Passing the evaluation phase typically takes less than 10 trading days, depending on market conditions and the availability of high-probability trading setups.
In many cases, we reach the required profit targets even sooner but continue placing minimum lot size trades (such as 0.01 lots) to satisfy the minimum trading day requirements set by the prop firms.
The longest we have taken to pass both evaluation phases was 17 trading days, and that was with an account submitted already in significant drawdown (–8.3%).
For drawdown recovery, the timeline varies based on the extent of the drawdown and market conditions, but most recovery processes are completed within 7 to 15 trading days.
We prioritize disciplined trading to ensure the account is brought back to a positive standing safely, without rushing or risking further violations.
Our approach always focuses on steady, rule-compliant progress, whether we are passing a challenge or recovering a funded account.
To qualify for our drawdown recovery services, the account must still have at least 1% of drawdown tolerance remaining.
For example, if the prop firm allows a maximum drawdown of 10%, your account must not have exceeded 9% of drawdown.
If the account has already breached the maximum drawdown limit or is too close to violation with no breathing room, recovery would not be possible under prop firm rules.
We always assess each account individually before accepting it for recovery, ensuring there is enough space to trade moderately, apply strict risk management, and work toward bringing the account safely back into a positive standing.
After successfully passing your prop firm challenge, we guide you through the transition process to help you activate your funded account smoothly.
Our team assists you with completing any necessary formalities required by the prop firm, such as signing contracts or submitting verification documents, to make sure your funded account is set up correctly without delays.
Once you receive your funded account credentials, you have two options:
- Manage the funded account yourself
- Continue with our Funded Account Management service (optional)
If you choose to continue with us, we offer professional funded account management, targeting a minimum ROI of 5–10% monthly, and working on a profit-sharing basis — with no upfront management fees.
However, Funded Account Management is not mandatory — the choice is fully yours.
We take pride in our commitment to proper risk management, stable trading psychology, and strict compliance with prop firm trading parameters, making failures extremely rare.
Our traders never risk more than 1% per running trade, and we maintain a minimum 1:3 risk-to-reward ratio while trading only during high-probability market sessions like London and New York.
However, in the unlikely event that a challenge fails under our management, we offer a full and immediate refund.
This includes:
- A refund of the service fee you paid to us
- Reimbursement for the cost of purchasing a new challenge account from the prop firm, covering both the evaluation and funded account fees.
We believe integrity defines our legitimacy, and we are committed to offering full transparency and fairness to every trader who trusts us.
Our goal is simple: help you succeed and if we don’t, you don’t bear the financial risk.
We also encourage you to review our client testimonials and real trading history to see the consistent results we deliver before starting with us.
There are no upfront fees for funded account management if the account’s evaluation was initially passed by us.
Instead, we work on a profit-sharing basis, meaning we only earn when you earn.
Our standard profit share is:
30% of the total profits, depending on the account size, trading conditions, and the specific agreement in place.
This model ensures that our interests are fully aligned with yours — we are committed to trading your account carefully and consistently to maximize profits for both sides. You keep full ownership of your account and payouts are handled fairly and transparently after each profit split period.
Yes, absolutely.
We provide detailed weekly and monthly performance reports to all clients with managed accounts.
You’ll receive updates via email and through access to our secure dashboard, where you can monitor: Executed trades, profits and withdrawals and drawdown status
We believe transparency is key, so you’ll always have a clear, real-time view of how your account is performing under our management.
How do you ensure compliance with prop firm rules? For example, IP address detection, how do you avoid violating daily drawdown, maximum drawdown, or minimum trading day requirements?
At ACFX Prop Firms, strict compliance with each prop firm’s rules is at the core of how we operate, from the evaluation phase all the way through to funded account management.
Here’s how we ensure full compliance:
Deep Rule Familiarity:
Before trading any account, we thoroughly study the specific prop firm’s rules, including daily drawdown limits (e.g., 5%), maximum drawdown (e.g., 10%), minimum trading day requirements, prohibited trading styles, and payout conditions.
Automated Risk Monitoring:
We use advanced risk management tools to constantly monitor account metrics in real-time. This allows us to stay safely within daily and overall drawdown limits, without the risk of accidental breaches.
Compliance Checklist:
Our traders follow a strict compliance checklist before placing any trade, ensuring every action we take is in line with the firm’s rules, including respecting news event restrictions, lot size rules, and time-based trading limits.
IP Address Protection:
To protect your privacy and prevent detection by prop firms, we use highly secure and static Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) profiles that match your original IP location. This ensures that all trading activity appears completely legitimate and seamless from the prop firm’s perspective.
Manual Trading Only:
We trade manually, using professional judgment and human analysis, rather than relying on bots or automation, which could trigger suspicion or violations under prop firm guidelines.
Anonymity and Confidentiality:
Safeguarding your anonymity is a priority. Our team operates discreetly to ensure no unusual patterns or account activities raise flags with the prop firms.
In short, we combine professional trading discipline with strict operational security to protect your account, comply fully with all prop firm conditions, and help you reach your funding goals without unnecessary risks.
Yes, absolutely.
We fully understand and respect consistency rules set by certain prop firms — such as maintaining consistent lot sizes, consistent trade frequency, and balanced profit distribution across trading days.
Some prop firms often enforce these rules to ensure that traders perform steadily, not just with a few lucky trades.
Our team carefully structures trades to meet these consistency requirements while still achieving the profit targets needed to pass evaluations or maintain funded accounts.
We monitor trading performance closely to ensure we remain fully compliant and avoid any violations that could impact your funding status.
No, there are absolutely no hidden fees.
All service fees, profit-sharing terms, and any potential commitment fees are clearly explained upfront before you begin working with us.
We believe in full transparency, so you will always know exactly what you are paying for, when, and why — with no surprise charges along the way.
Our goal is to build trust through honesty and clear communication, ensuring you can focus fully on achieving your funding and trading goals without worrying about unexpected costs.
For funded account management, we work on a profit-sharing basis, and here’s how it’s structured:
We take 30% of the total profit figure as our account management fee.
You, as the account owner, keep the remaining profit after both the prop firm’s split and our management fee.
Example:
On a $100,000 funded account, if we generate a $15,000 profit over a biweekly period:
ACFX takes $4,500 (30% of total profit).
The prop firm (e.g., FTMO) typically takes around 10–20% (e.g., $1,500–$3,000).
You keep the rest — around $7,500 or more — depending on your prop firm’s payout structure.
We target a realistic ROI of 5–15% biweekly under normal market conditions, but we always aim to capitalize on high-probability trading opportunities when available, sometimes achieving even higher returns.
Important:
Once you receive your payout from the prop firm, we will issue an invoice for our share, and you send our 30% portion based on the total profit generated.
We then continue managing the account and aim to repeat the process consistently.
Do you offer a trial or demo? Can I test your services before committing to a full challenge or account management package?
No, we do not offer a free trial or demo service.
We believe strongly in the quality of our work and the trading discipline we apply to every account. Instead of offering a trial, we encourage new clients who are cautious to submit a smaller account size first such as a $25K or $50K evaluation before committing to a larger funded challenge or management service.
We also invite you to review our client testimonials, trading history, and real success stories available on our website. We prefer to let our results, transparency, and client experiences speak for themselves, rather than offering temporary samples.
Our team is committed to delivering real, consistent results and we take every account we work on seriously from the start.