Lark Funding
Canada-based career model that pays a monthly base - DXTrade, cTrader and Match-Trader, no MT4/MT5.
EA rules at Lark Funding
What Lark Funding allows for Expert Advisors and other automation, as we read its rules. Rules change: confirm with the firm before you buy.
EA at own risk
- Not prohibited, but the firm has no public API
- Your EA must run on DXtrade, cTrader or Match-Trader
- No HFT or arbitrage EAs
Lark Funding discount codes
No public discount code is listed for Lark Funding right now.
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Lark Funding at a glance
Key rules and pricing across all plans. Verify on the firm’s site — these change frequently.
| Profit target | 10% (1-Step) / 12% (1-Step Max) / 5% (3-Step P1); Instant has no target |
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| Max drawdown | 7% static (1-Step) / 12% static (1-Step Max) / 5% (3-Step, same in all 3 phases and funded) / 8% trailing (Instant)Read the full ruleShow less |
| Daily loss limit | 5% on 1-Step, 1-Step Max and Instant; NO daily loss limit on 3-Step |
| Consistency rule | None |
| Min trading days | 0 on every program and phase |
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| Phase 2 target | 4% (3-Step P2) |
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| Payout schedule | 1-Step and 3-Step: every 14 days, first and subsequent alike. Instant: first payout on demand, then every 30 days. A weekly payouts add-on is sold at checkout. |
| EA / bots | EAs are not prohibited, but the firm publishes no public API - any connection to their platform instances (gooeytrade DXTrade/cTrader/Match-Trader) is at the trader's own risk, and the EA must support those instances.Read the full ruleShow lessEAs built for high-frequency trading or arbitrage are strictly prohibited. The firm publishes no martingale or grid ban. |
| News trading | Allowed - no news restrictions on any program. The limit is the all-or-nothing / gambling policy and the $10,000 daily and per-trade gain cap, not the news calendar. |
| Weekend holding | Prohibited by default - trading is disabled at 3:45 PM EST Friday and the system closes all open trades and pending orders.Read the full ruleShow lessThe Hold Over The Weekend add-on (10% of the account fee, at checkout or by email) lifts it; with it, crypto stays tradable over the weekend except a 5-6 PM EST break and a 4-hour break 9 AM-1 PM EST Saturday. |
| Max leverage | Per asset class, not flat. 1-Step: FX 30:1, XAUUSD 10:1, XAGUSD 5:1, indices 10:1, commodities 5:1, stocks 5:1, crypto 2:1.Read the full ruleShow less3-Step: FX 50:1, indices 20:1, XAUUSD 10:1, XAGUSD/commodities/stocks 5:1, crypto 2:1. Instant: FX 50:1, XAUUSD 10:1, XAGUSD/stocks 5:1, indices 10:1, crypto 2:1. The headline 30:1/50:1 is FX only. |
| Inactivity rule | One trade every 30 days keeps the account alive - a 0.01 lot round trip is enough. An inactivity breach can be appealed by email, but reinstatement is not guaranteed. |
| Cheapest challenge | $99 |
| Trustpilot (estimate) | 4.2/5 from ~517 reviews |
Rules and pricing verified 2026-11-04 against Lark Funding’s own site.
Lark Funding plan rules, drawdown and payout terms
Every figure below is read from Lark Funding’s own published plan pages and re-checked 2026-11-04. Where a plan defers part of the fee, the balance is shown beside the price. Open a plan for its rules and its price per account size.
Lark Funding 1-step Evaluation rules
| Profit target | 10% |
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| Daily loss limit | 5% |
| Max drawdown | 7% |
| Min trading days | |
| Profit split | 80% once funded |
| Payout rules | Every 14 days; weekly available as a paid add-on |
| EA and trading bots | Allowed (no HFT) |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Leverage | FX 30:1, XAUUSD 10:1, XAGUSD 5:1, indices 10:1, commodities 5:1, stocks 5:1, crypto 2:1 |
| Account size | Price |
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| $10,000 | $200 |
| $25,000 | $300 |
| $50,000 | $500 |
| $100,000 | $800 |
| $200,000 | $1,500 |
Lark Funding 1-Step Max Evaluation rules
| Profit target | 12% |
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| Daily loss limit | 5% |
| Max drawdown | 12% (static) |
| Min trading days | |
| Consistency rule | None |
| Profit split | 80% once funded |
| Payout rules | Every 14 days; weekly available as a paid add-on |
| EA and trading bots | Allowed (no HFT) |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Leverage | 30:1 FX, 10:1 gold and indices, 5:1 silver, commodities and stocks, 2:1 crypto (simulated) |
| Account size | Price |
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| $10,000 | $99 |
| $25,000 | $249 |
| $50,000 | $389 |
| $100,000 | $599 |
Lark Funding 3-step Evaluation rules
| Profit target | 5% |
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| Phase 2 target | 4% |
| Daily loss limit | No limit |
| Max drawdown | 5% |
| Min trading days | |
| Profit split | 80% once funded; 90% via a paid checkout upgrade |
| Payout rules | Every 14 days; weekly available as a paid add-on |
| EA and trading bots | Allowed |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Leverage | FX 50:1, indices 20:1, XAUUSD 10:1, XAGUSD 5:1, commodities 5:1, stocks 5:1, crypto 2:1 |
| Account size | Price |
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| $10,000 | $105 |
| $25,000 | $175 |
| $50,000 | $280 |
| $100,000 | $370 |
| $200,000 | $700 |
Lark Funding Instant Funding rules
| Profit target | None |
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| Daily loss limit | 5% |
| Max drawdown | 8% |
| Drawdown type | Trailing |
| Min trading days | |
| Consistency rule | None |
| Profit split | 90% |
| Payout rules | First payout on demand, then every 30 days |
| EA and trading bots | Allowed |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Leverage | FX 50:1, XAUUSD 10:1, XAGUSD 5:1, indices 10:1, stocks 5:1, crypto 2:1 |
| Account size | Price |
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| $5,000 | $200 |
| $10,000 | $400 |
| $25,000 | $1,125 |
| $50,000 | $2,750 |
| $100,000 | $4,500 |
Costs, payouts & platforms
What the account costs to run and how the money actually comes out — fees, payout timing and limits, scaling, and which platforms you can trade on.
| Reset policy | 1-Step Smart Restart Guarantee: free restart (100% discount code) if no single trade setup lost more than 1% and overall drawdown stayed better than -5%; usable up to 3 times per evaluation purchased (4 attempts total).Read the full ruleShow less3-Step Surrender Account: 75% discount code, and the bar is tighter - the account may not be down more than 3.5% (70% of available drawdown), no single trade worse than 1%, and all trades must be closed first. 3-Step surrender works in every phase including the funded account, and always sends you back to Phase 1. 1-Step Max: 3 Free Restarts - surrender before a breach while drawdown is within 5% and no symbol lost more than 1% of the balance across its open positions, and you get a 100% discount code for a fresh 1-Step Max, up to three times. |
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| Commissions | $7 round-turn per standard lot on FX and metals; $0.02 per share on stock CFDs; crypto, indices and oil are commission-free. |
| Minimum payout | $100 minimum, paid via Riseworks. A flat $40 processing fee is deducted from every payout - including each monthly base reward. |
| Max capital allocation | $200,000 across funded evaluation accounts, $100,000 on Instant. You may buy past $200,000, but the surplus accounts sit on hold until the active allocation frees up. |
| Platforms | DXTrade, cTrader and Match-Trader (no MT4/MT5). CFDs only - forex, indices, crypto, commodities and 100+ stock CFDs; futures and spot stocks are not supported. |
Strengths & watch-outs
What works in your favour, and the quirks, fees, hidden rules and operational catches we found in Lark Funding’s rules and FAQ. Always verify with the firm before purchase.
Strengths
- Generous max-drawdown buffer
- Static (not trailing) drawdown — equity gains stay banked
- No consistency rule — single big winners don't void payouts
- EAs/automation officially allowed
- High payout split (Up to 90%)
Watch out for
- Trailing drawdown — equity gains can shift the breach line
- November Double Up offer: buy a $10K, $25K, $50K or $100K 1-Step, 1-Step Max or 3-Step evaluation between November 1 and November 22, 2026 (23:59:59 UTC) with code DOUBLELARK, pass it (all three phases on 3-Step) within 30 days of purchase, and you get one free evaluation of the same size.
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The bonus is an evaluation with the standard rules, not a funded account. $200K and Instant accounts are excluded. Lark says it has not yet confirmed whether the offer combines with other discount codes, how free restarts affect eligibility, or whether multiple accounts qualify.
- 1-Step Max ($99 for $10K up to $599 for $100K) trades a lower price and a 12% static drawdown for a 12% target and a 1% per-symbol loss limit - all open positions on one symbol count together - that is a soft breach during the evaluation (the 3rd one fails it) but a HARD breach the first time once funded.
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It pays 80% every 14 days but does not get the Lark Base monthly payment - that stays on 1-Step Career.
- 3-Step is priced per platform: DXtrade and Match-Trader are cheaper than cTrader at every size (200K is $700 vs $715). The $750 shown on the marketing page is charged by no checkout path
- The monthly base reward is smaller than it looks: a flat $40 Riseworks processing fee comes off EVERY payment, including the base itself. On a $10k account the $50 base nets $10. The fee only stops mattering at $50k+ ($250 base) and up.
- Lark Base (1-Step only): the firm pays 0.5% of account size every month once funded - $50 at $10k up to $1,000 at $200k - even in a flat month.
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Each month you must re-qualify: 3+ profitable days of 0.5% or more, and overall drawdown better than -3.5%. Eligibility is a streak - qualify in month 1, miss month 2, and you are also locked out of month 3. The firm frames it as a B2B data-contractor fee, not a wage.
- $10,000 daily and per-trade gain limit, enforced at 5:00 PM EST.
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On a challenge account a single violation forces a restart from Phase 1 (free evaluation issued, no refund); on a funded account the excess trades are voided and three violations breach the account with no payout.
Note what this does to the big sizes: a $200k 1-Step needs $20,000 to pass, so it cannot legally be done in one day.
- A stop loss is mandatory on every trade - place an order without one and the system closes it. It is only a soft breach, so the account survives - unless you buy the 'Stop Loss Not Required' add-on at checkout (10% of the fee, cTrader and Match-Trader only).
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- Similar trades in the same direction on the same instrument are scored as ONE trade setup even when opened at different times, and their combined risk is summed - closing a trade and re-entering the same direction on the same instrument within 2 minutes also joins that setup.
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That matters because the 1% single-trade ceiling is what qualifies you for a free restart and for the Gain Protector.
- Lark Gain Protector: breach the daily drawdown limit and you can still be paid the gains already banked, provided no single loss exceeded 1% of balance and you traded at least 5 days. Request it by email.
- Smart Restart is generous on 1-Step (free, drawdown better than -5%) but noticeably tighter on 3-Step, where Surrender Account only gives a 75% discount code and the account may not be down more than 3.5%.
- Instant drawdown lock: the 8% trailing drawdown freezes at the starting balance once you hit 8% gain or request your first withdrawal - and it never resets after a reward.
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Withdrawing all your gains at that point deliberately breaches the account; you still get paid, but it ends there.
- The free $1,000 Instant account from promotions is capped: $100 total withdrawal per account after the split, $50 minimum request - though the $40 Riseworks fee is waived on those accounts.
- Breached funded account? The Lark Funded Reset lets you email for a manual review (72h). If approved you pay 3-5x the original challenge fee to restart at the starting balance.
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Approval is discretionary and unlikely if you blew up in one trade or within a week.
- Hedging is fine inside one account, but hedging between two Lark accounts, group hedging, or coordinating opposite positions across prop firms is prohibited.
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Copy trading: external accounts may feed exactly ONE Lark evaluation (or multiple funded/Instant accounts); every evaluation must be passed on its own.
- Holding a single-share equity CFD through earnings, a dividend or any corporate action is an immediate HARD breach. Positions must be closed by 3:50 PM ET on the day of the event, or the trading day before if it lands pre-market.
- Add-ons can only be bought before you pass - there is no way to add the 90% split, weekly payouts or weekend holding to an account afterwards. Challenge fees are non-refundable.
- Zero Pause Trading: once a withdrawal is approved (typically under 3 hours) you can keep trading immediately instead of waiting for funds to land. Pass Assist counts floating equity, so hitting target passes you without closing the trade.
- Published risk guidance rather than hard limits: keep overall margin utilisation under 50% on FX and metals, 75% on indices, oils, crypto and stocks, and risk at most 1.5% per trade idea. No lot-size cap - leverage is the only hard constraint.
- Demo/simulated only: Lark Funding Inc. states it provides no brokerage services and carries out no regulated activity; operations run through Lark Dashboards Inc.
How to play Lark Funding
Model-specific observations about their rules and mechanics. Educational only — not trading or investment advice.
Lark Base is the reason to be here, but do the subtraction first: on a funded 1-Step the firm pays 0.5% of account size every month even in a flat month - $50 at $10k up to $1,000 at $200k - and a flat $40 Riseworks fee comes off every single payment.
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That nets $10/month at $10k and $210 at $50k, so the base only earns its keep at $50k and above. Re-qualify monthly: 3 profitable days of 0.5%+ and drawdown better than -3.5%, and keep the streak alive or you lose the following month too.
3-Step is far cheaper ($280 vs $500 at $50k) and has no daily loss limit at all, but it forgoes the base and its Surrender Account only refunds 75%.
Whatever you pick, respect the $10,000 daily and per-trade gain cap - one breach on a challenge sends you back to Phase 1 - and set a stop loss on every order or the system closes the trade for you (on cTrader or Match-Trader a 10% add-on at checkout lifts that rule).
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Lark Funding — frequently asked questions
Does Lark Funding have a discount code?
Lark Funding has no public promo code right now. Any promotion runs directly in the firm's own checkout, so there is nothing to paste in. Our link is a tracked affiliate link and does not change the price you pay.
Is Lark Funding legit and safe?
Lark Funding holds an estimated Trustpilot rating of 4.2/5 from roughly 517 reviews. As with any prop firm, read the current rules and payout terms before buying, and start with a smaller account size.
Does Lark Funding have a consistency rule?
None.
What is Lark Funding's profit split?
Lark Funding's profit split is Up to 90%.
How fast does Lark Funding pay out?
1-Step and 3-Step: every 14 days, first and subsequent alike. Instant: first payout on demand, then every 30 days. A weekly payouts add-on is sold at checkout.
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