Lark Funding - 1-Stage Evaluation - 1-Step 10K

**Minimum Trading Days** - **Requirement:** None across all programs **Stop Loss Rule** - **Requirement:** If you fail to place a stop loss at the time of placing an order or executing a trade, the system will automatically close the trade — soft breach - **Add-on Option:** Removable with add-on except on DXtrade platform **News Trading** - **Allowance:** News trading is allowed, but opening large positions around high-impact news events is prohibited and may violate their terms under the All-or-Nothing prohibited trading strategy **Expert Advisor** - **Allowance:** EA's are allowed, except those that are designed for HFT or arbitrage trading **Copy Trading** **Allowed** - Between Lark funded / Instant funding accounts - Between Lark funded/Instant funding accounts, Other prop firms and personal accounts owned by the same person - Copy trading from an external account (other propfirm or personal accounts) is allowed, but only to a single evaluation account at a time - Copy trading from a Lark funded/Instant funding accounts to a single Lark evaluation account is allowed **Not Allowed** - Copy trading between multiple evaluation accounts is not allowed - Copy trading from accounts not owned by the same person is strictly prohibited **Partnership with PropFirm One** - Lark funding's partnership with PropFirm One enables you to extend your copy trading capabilities even further. PF1 allows traders to seamlessly copy trades across different proprietary firm accounts within a single platform, offering increased flexibility and a broader range of opportunities. This means that, in addition to Lark funding's internal copy trading feature, PF1 empowers users to manage trades across multiple firms, enhancing scalability and trading efficiency without breaching Lark funding's core rules. For more details on this enhanced functionality, visit [PropFirmOne.com](https://PropFirmOne.com) **Inactivity** - **Requirement:** Traders must execute at least one trade every 30 days to avoid account inactivity and breach **Gain Limit** - **Threshold:** Daily and/or per-trade gains exceeding $10,000 (calculated at 5 PM EST) trigger the following actions: - **Challenge Accounts:** One violation results in restarting Phase 1 with no refund but a free evaluation - **Simulated Funded Accounts:** Gains above $10,000 are excluded from payouts. Three violations lead to account breach with no payout - **Trade Calculation:** Trades executed at similar times or partially closed count as a single trade - **Multi-Phase:** Gains made across multiple phases on a single day will be considered toward the daily gain limit **Recommended Risk Limit** - **Maximum Risk:** Maximum risk per simulated trade idea is 1.5% - **Trade Idea Definition:** A trade idea refers to similar trades, meaning those placed in the same direction on the same instrument, opened and closed within a short interval of 1 to 2 minutes **Margin Limit** - **Overall Requirement:** Overall margin utilization must not exceed the following limits: - **Forex:** 50% - **Metals:** 50% - **Indices:** 75% - **Oils:** 75% - **Crypto:** 75% - **Stocks:** 75% **Weekend Holding | Crypto Trading On Weekends** - **Allowance:** Not allowed except purchased with hold over the weekend add-on - **Crypto Breaks:** Crypto temporary break between 5-6 pm EST and a 4-hour break from 9 am-1 pm EST on Saturday mornings **All-or-Nothing Trading** - **Prohibition:** This refers to a style of trading where a trader could breach or come close to breaching the drawdown limits in a single trade due to the large volume of positions, lots executed or margin utilization, this practice is prohibited **Holding Into Earnings, Dividends, or Other Corporate Actions** - **Prohibition:** Holding Single Share Equity CFD positions through earnings releases, dividends, or any corporate action is strictly prohibited - **Requirement:** All such positions must be closed by 3:50 PM ET on the day of the event (or the prior trading day if the event is pre-market) - **Violation Consequence:** Violation results in an immediate hard breach and any gain or loss on the position will be removed **More on Prohibited Trading Strategies** - **Prohibited Strategies:** All-or-Nothing & Gambling-Based Trading, High-Frequency Trading, Reverse Trading (between different accounts) / Group Hedging, Unauthorized Copy Trading, Holding Into Earnings, Dividends, or Other Corporate Actions - **Details:** [https://helpdesk.larkfunding.com/en/articles/8243502-prohibited-trading-strategies](https://helpdesk.larkfunding.com/en/articles/8243502-prohibited-trading-strategies) **VPN/VPS Policy Explained** - [https://helpdesk.larkfunding.com/en/articles/7174234-can-i-use-a-vpn](https://helpdesk.larkfunding.com/en/articles/7174234-can-i-use-a-vpn) **1 - Step Smart Restart Guarantee** - **Attempts per Evaluation:** Each Evaluation comes with 4 attempts. If your first attempt fails but you traded within the risk parameters, you get a free restart — no cost - **Qualification Requirements:** - No single trade loss greater than 1% of account balance - Overall drawdown stays better than -5% - **How to Use:** A "Surrender Account" button appears in your dashboard once eligible. Clicking it surrenders the account and generates a 100% discount code for a new Evaluation - **Key Notes:** - Can be used up to 3 times per purchased Evaluation - If drawdown briefly exceeds -5% but recovers, you may still qualify as long as no single trade exceeded 1% - Discount code is valid once per purchased Evaluation **Lark Funding Special Futures Explained** - [https://helpdesk.larkfunding.com/en/collections/5518409-special-features](https://helpdesk.larkfunding.com/en/collections/5518409-special-features)

**Instant Funding** - 90% default profit split, On Demand for first payout, then 30 days for subsequent. **Drawdown lock for Instant accounts:** - The maximum drawdown will become static and remain fixed at the initial balance after the first withdrawal or once 8% in gains has been achieved.Withdrawing all profit will breach the account **1 Step** - Profit Split: 80% default profit split - Payout Frequency: Bi- weekly | weekly with add-on **1 Step monthly based rewards** **Traders earn a fixed monthly fee by meeting two conditions within every 30-day period:** - Keeping overall drawdown better than -3.5% and recording at least 3 profitable days of 0.5% or more. - Once eligible, the request is submitted via the Dashboard and processed within 2-3 business days. - The reward can be earned indefinitely, but qualification is sequential — missing a month breaks the streak and disqualifies you from the next month as well. - Reward amounts (before $40 Riseworks processing fee): $10K → $50 | $25K → $125 | $50K → $250 | $100K → $500 | $200K → $1,000 **3 Step** - Profit Split: 80% default profit split | 90% with add-on - Payout Frequency: Bi- weekly | weekly with add-on **Minimum payout of 100$** **Processing fee: $40 (flat)**