TX3 Funding
Futures split off to tx3futures.com — three one-fee models incl. no-evaluation instant funding; FX stays on MatchTrader (rebrand of TopTier Trader)
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Futures — TX3 Core · $100K · list $295
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EA rules at TX3 Funding
What TX3 Funding allows for Expert Advisors and other automation, as we read its rules. Rules change: confirm with the firm before you buy.
No EA ban published
- The futures rulebook publishes no ban on EAs
- Strict HFT and tick-scalping rules: most trades must last 1-2 minutes
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| Profit target | Futures — TX3 Core, Futures — TX3 Prestige: 6% ($3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 at 50K / 100K / 150K) · Futures — TX3 Instant: Profit goal $1,500 / $3,000 / $4,500 / $6,000 at 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K (payout gate, not a pass gate) · 1 Phase: 10% totalRead the full ruleShow less |
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| Max drawdown | Futures — TX3 Core, Futures — TX3 Prestige: 4% / 3% / 3% ($2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500) in the evaluation and funded · Futures — TX3 Instant: 4% ($1,000 / $2,000 / $4,000 / $6,000) · 1 Phase: 6% trailing, locks after 6% growthRead the full ruleShow less |
| Daily loss limit | Futures — TX3 Core: Evaluation $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 (soft breach); funded 2.5% on every size · Futures — TX3 Instant: 2.5%: none at 25K, $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750 at 50K / 100K / 150K · Futures — TX3 Prestige: None in the evaluation; 2% once funded (soft breach)Read the full ruleShow less |
| Consistency rule | Futures — TX3 Core: None during the evaluation; 40% at payout · Futures — TX3 Instant: 20% at payout · Futures — TX3 Prestige: 50% during the evaluation and 50% at payoutRead the full ruleShow less |
| Min trading days | Futures — TX3 Core: 5 to pass; 3 winning days of $150+ to request a payout ($250+ in the help centre) · Futures — TX3 Instant: Zero · Futures — TX3 Prestige: 3 to pass; 5 winning days of $150+ to request a payout ($250+ in the help centre)Read the full ruleShow less |
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| Payout schedule | 1 Phase: First payout 3 days after first trade, then every 3 days; minimum $100 · FX — MatchTrader challenges Flex: First payout 10 days after first trade, then every 7 days; minimum 2% · FX — MatchTrader challenges Pro: On-demand; minimum 2% |
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| EA / bots | The futures rulebook publishes no ban on expert advisors or automation as such.Read the full ruleShow lessIts prohibited-strategies article bans high-frequency trading (the majority of trades must last at least 1-2 minutes, with no excessive trades per hour), copying another trader's trades (copying between your own accounts is allowed), martingale, grid trading, hedging between accounts, latency and reverse arbitrage, guaranteed limit orders and trading on delayed charts. It also polices tick scalping and gambling behaviour: trades are flagged when positions are repeatedly opened and closed within 1-2 ticks, when the majority of trades fall below the instrument's minimum point target (roughly $200 of value per trade - e.g. 10 points NQ, 4 points RTY, 2 points GC, 20 points CL), or when tick scalping is combined with HFT-style trade counts. Gambling behaviour (all-or-nothing sizing, impulsive news entries, no trading plan) can cost you the payout, earn strikes or get you banned. |
| News trading | The futures News Trading Policy (evaluation and funded accounts) prohibits strategies that exploit immediate news bursts, such as straddles or strangles, and masking news trades as standard strategies, for all news releases; news trading is not otherwise banned.Read the full ruleShow lessThe firm also enforces a 2% price limit rule on both Sim Funded and Live Funded accounts: no trades may be placed within 2% of the CME price limit. Equity products (ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, RTY, M2K, YM, MYM) carry overnight limits up to 7%, so trading should stop as the % net change approaches 5%. CME limits update daily at 5:05 PM EST. The gambling-behaviour article separately warns against entering on breaking headlines without analysis. (The FX side on tx3funding.com allows Tier 1 news trading.) |
| Weekend holding | Futures: overnight holding is allowed on TX3 Prestige ONLY - TX3 Core and TX3 Instant close positions before market close.Read the full ruleShow lessTrading runs from the Globex open 6:00 PM EST Sunday to the NY close 4:10 PM EST Friday, with a daily maintenance break 5:00-6:00 PM EST. Positions left open are auto-closed at 4:10 PM EST on regular trading days; on holidays there is NO auto-liquidation and the trader must close manually or risk a violation. |
| Cheapest challenge | $107 |
| Trustpilot (estimate) | 3.0/5 from ~4,310 reviews |
Rules and pricing verified 2026-11-06 against TX3 Funding’s own site.
TX3 Funding plan rules, drawdown and payout terms
Every figure below is read from TX3 Funding’s own published plan pages and re-checked 2026-11-06. 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.
TX3 Funding Futures — TX3 Core (one-time fee, formerly Model SX) TX3 Core — no evaluation consistency rule rules
| Profit target | 6% ($3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 at 50K / 100K / 150K) |
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| Daily loss limit | Evaluation $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 (soft breach); funded 2.5% on every size |
| Max drawdown | 4% / 3% / 3% ($2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500) in the evaluation and funded |
| Drawdown type | trailing_eod |
| Min trading days | 5 to pass; 3 winning days of $150+ to request a payout ($250+ in the help centre) |
| Consistency rule | None during the evaluation; 40% at payout |
| Profit split | 90% |
| Activation fee | $0 |
| Time limit | Unlimited |
| Account size | Price |
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| $50K | $107 one-time (shown as 40% off $178.33, with a code at checkout) |
| $100K | $177 one-time (shown as 40% off $295, with a code at checkout) |
| $150K | $257 one-time (shown as 40% off $428.33, with a code at checkout) |
TX3 Funding Futures — TX3 Instant (instant funding, one-time fee, formerly Type X) TX3 Instant — no evaluation rules
| Profit target | Profit goal $1,500 / $3,000 / $4,500 / $6,000 at 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K (payout gate, not a pass gate) |
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| Daily loss limit | 2.5%: none at 25K, $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750 at 50K / 100K / 150K |
| Max drawdown | 4% ($1,000 / $2,000 / $4,000 / $6,000) |
| Drawdown type | trailing_eod |
| Min trading days | Zero |
| Consistency rule | 20% at payout |
| Profit split | 90% |
| Activation fee | $0 |
| Time limit | None - the account does not expire, but funded accounts must place at least 1 trade every 7 days or may be marked inactive or breached |
| Account size | Price |
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| $25K | $319 one-time (shown as 40% off $532, with a code at checkout) |
| $50K | $459 one-time (shown as 40% off $765, with a code at checkout) |
| $100K | $599 one-time (shown as 40% off $998, with a code at checkout) |
| $150K | $739 one-time (shown as 40% off $1,232, with a code at checkout) |
TX3 Funding Futures — TX3 Prestige (one-time fee, replaced GTX Pro Redline) TX3 Prestige — overnight holding, 3-day minimum rules
| Profit target | 6% ($3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 at 50K / 100K / 150K) |
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| Daily loss limit | None in the evaluation; 2% once funded (soft breach) |
| Max drawdown | 4% / 3% / 3% ($2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500) in the evaluation and funded |
| Drawdown type | trailing_eod |
| Min trading days | 3 to pass; 5 winning days of $150+ to request a payout ($250+ in the help centre) |
| Consistency rule | 50% during the evaluation and 50% at payout |
| Profit split | 90% |
| Activation fee | $0 |
| Time limit | Unlimited |
| Account size | Price |
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| $50K | $127 one-time (shown as 40% off $211.67, with a code at checkout) |
| $100K | $217 one-time (shown as 40% off $361.67, with a code at checkout) |
| $150K | $297 one-time (shown as 40% off $495, with a code at checkout) |
TX3 Funding FX — MatchTrader challenges (tx3funding.com) 1 Phase rules
| Profit target | 10% total |
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| Daily loss limit | 3% of balance/equity at 5 PM |
| Max drawdown | 6% trailing, locks after 6% growth |
| Drawdown type | trailing |
| Min trading days | 3 days |
| Consistency rule | 50% max from top day (funded only) |
| Profit split | 85% (90% with add-on) |
| Payout rules | First payout 3 days after first trade, then every 3 days; minimum $100 |
TX3 Funding FX — MatchTrader challenges (tx3funding.com) Flex (2 Phase) rules
| Profit target | 10% (Phase 1), 5% (Phase 2) |
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| Daily loss limit | 5% of balance/equity at 5 PM |
| Max drawdown | 10% |
| Min trading days | 5 days |
| Consistency rule | None |
| Profit split | 80% |
| Payout rules | First payout 10 days after first trade, then every 7 days; minimum 2% |
TX3 Funding FX — MatchTrader challenges (tx3funding.com) Pro (2 Phase) rules
| Profit target | 10% (Phase 1), 5% (Phase 2), or 8% with Hybrid add-on |
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| Daily loss limit | 5% of balance/equity at 5 PM |
| Max drawdown | 10% (8% with add-on) |
| Min trading days | 3 days per phase |
| Consistency rule | 40% max from top day (funded only) |
| Profit split | 80% (90% with add-on) |
| Payout rules | On-demand; minimum 2% |
TX3 Funding FX — Instant funding, no evaluation (tx3funding.com) Instant Standard — higher split, looser limits rules
| Profit target | None — funded from day one, no evaluation phase |
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| Daily loss limit | 3% of the INITIAL balance, checked at 5 PM EST against the higher of that day's starting balance and equity (floating P/L included); hard breach |
| Max drawdown | 5% trailing — the floor moves up as balance grows and never moves back down |
| Drawdown type | trailing |
| Min trading days | 7 days, and 7 profitable days of at least 0.25% each |
| Consistency rule | 15% — no single day may be more than 15% of total profit |
| Profit split | 80% |
| Payout rules | Every 14 days; no payout cap. Calculation order: buffer → split |
| News trading | News trading NOT allowed |
| Weekend holding | Weekend trading NOT allowed |
TX3 Funding FX — Instant funding, no evaluation (tx3funding.com) Instant Pro — faster payouts, far lower split rules
| Profit target | None — funded from day one, no evaluation phase |
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| Daily loss limit | 2% of the INITIAL balance, checked at 5 PM EST against the higher of that day's starting balance and equity; hard breach |
| Max drawdown | 5% trailing — the floor moves up as balance grows and never moves back down |
| Drawdown type | trailing |
| Min trading days | 10 days, and 10 profitable days of at least 0.25% each |
| Consistency rule | 10% — no single day may be more than 10% of total profit |
| Profit split | 50% |
| Payout rules | Every 10 days, capped at 20% of profit per cycle. Calculation order: cap → buffer → split |
| News trading | News trading restricted — no trades 5 minutes before or after red-folder events; a breach deducts profit rather than terminating the account |
| Weekend holding | Weekend trading NOT allowed |
Full rules
Our full notes on TX3 Funding’s rules. Verify on the firm’s site — these change frequently.
Rules overview
Futures moved to its own domain (tx3futures.com) and is sold as three ONE-TIME-fee models - the firm states "One fee per model. No monthly subscription." No model charges an activation fee.
All figures below are from the firm's own rulebook, which moved to faq.tx3futures.com in September 2026 and was rewritten for the new lineup in October 2026; drawdown is end-of-day trailing on every model and stops trailing once it reaches the starting balance.
Contract limits are published as maximum mini / maximum micro contracts - NOT evaluation/funded - and they scale with account size.
In October 2026 the lineup was renamed and re-priced: Model SX became TX3 Core, Type X became TX3 Instant, and GTX Pro Redline was replaced by TX3 Prestige (the old /sx, /type-x and /gtx-redline pages redirect to the new ones).
Every card is now shown at 40% off a 'regular price', and the old per-model codes are gone; since 2026-11-06 the firm applies that 40% with a code at checkout (its own Buy buttons pass the code in the link; PFDEALS is set to the same 40%).
TX3 Core (one evaluation phase, 50K/100K/150K): $107 / $177 / $257 one-time (regular $178.33 / $295 / $428.33; re-priced lower); 6% profit target ($3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000); evaluation daily drawdown $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 (soft breach); max drawdown 4% / 3% / 3% ($2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500), EOD trailing; NO evaluation consistency rule; minimum 5 trading days; unlimited time; contracts 5/50, 10/100, 15/150 (mini/micro).
Funded Core: 2.5% daily loss on every size, 40% consistency, payout after 3 winning days, minimum payout $100, each request capped at 50% of profit, maximum payout $2,500 / $3,500 / $4,000. Overnight holding is NOT allowed on Core.
TX3 Prestige (one evaluation phase, 50K/100K/150K): $127 / $217 / $297 one-time (regular $211.67 / $361.67 / $495; re-priced lower); 6% profit target; NO evaluation daily drawdown; max drawdown 4% / 3% / 3% ($2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500), EOD trailing; 50% evaluation consistency; minimum 3 trading days; unlimited time; contracts 4/40, 8/80, 12/120 (mini/micro).
Funded Prestige: 2% daily loss, 50% consistency, payout after 5 winning days, minimum payout $100, each request capped at 50% of profit, maximum payout $2,500 / $3,500 / $4,000. Overnight holding IS allowed - the only futures model where it is.
A winning day is $150+ on the model pages but $250+ in the help-centre payout articles.
TX3 Instant (formerly Type X; instant funded, no evaluation, 25K/50K/100K/150K): $319 / $459 / $599 / $739 at 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K (regular $532 / $765 / $998 / $1,232, '40% Off for a Limited Time'); profit goal $1,500 / $3,000 / $4,500 / $6,000, max drawdown 4% ($1,000 / $2,000 / $4,000 / $6,000), daily loss 2.5% on 50K/100K/150K ($1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750) and NONE on 25K, contracts 1/10, 4/40, 8/80, 12/120 (mini/micro), 20% payout consistency, zero minimum trading days, no account expiration (but at least 1 trade every 7 days on funded accounts), minimum payout $1,000, each request capped at 50% of profit, and maximum payout $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500.
Overnight holding is NOT allowed. The daily loss limit is a SOFT breach on every futures model: hitting it locks trading for the rest of the day rather than failing the account.
Sim Funded and Live Funded accounts on every model must place at least 1 trade every 7 days, or the account may be marked inactive or breached. Platforms: Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView (CQG data feed).
Trading runs from the Globex open 6:00 PM EST Sunday to the NY close 4:10 PM EST Friday, with a daily maintenance break 5:00-6:00 PM EST; open positions are auto-closed at 4:10 PM EST on regular days, but NOT on holidays, when the trader must close manually.
FX side stays on tx3funding.com / MatchTrader - 1 Phase: 10% target, 3% daily loss on the 5 PM balance/equity, 6% trailing drawdown that locks after 6% growth, 3 minimum days, 50% top-day consistency (funded only), 1:30 leverage (1:60 with add-on), 85% split (90% with add-on), first payout 3 days after the first trade then every 3 days, $100 minimum.
Flex: 10%/5% targets, 5% daily loss, 10% max drawdown, 5 minimum days, no consistency rule, 1:50 (1:100 with add-on), 80% split, first payout 10 days after the first trade then every 7 days, 2% minimum.
Pro: 10%/5% (or 8% with the Hybrid add-on), 5% daily loss, 10% max drawdown (8% with add-on), 3 minimum days per phase, 40% top-day consistency (funded only), 1:50 (1:100 with add-on), 80% split (90% with add-on), on-demand payouts, 2% minimum.
FX INSTANT FUNDING (added 2026-08-29 - two products the firm sells that were missing from this record entirely; all figures below are from TX3 Funding Forex's own Intercom rulebook, collection "Instant Programs" (12 articles), articles dated 2026-03-20).
Both are funded from day one with NO evaluation phase, both carry a 5% TRAILING max drawdown whose floor ratchets up with balance and never moves back down, both cap risk at 1% of balance combined across all open trades, both forbid weekend trading, and neither publishes a price in fetchable markup.
Instant Standard: 3% daily drawdown, 3% buffer zone, 15% consistency, 7 minimum trading days and 7 profitable days of 0.25%+, 1:50 leverage, 80% split, payouts every 14 days with NO payout cap, news trading NOT allowed; payout maths is buffer then split.
Instant Pro: 2% daily drawdown, 5% buffer zone, 10% consistency, 10 minimum trading days and 10 profitable days, 1:5 leverage, 50% split, payouts every 10 days CAPPED at 20% of profit per cycle, news trading restricted to outside 5 minutes either side of red-folder events; payout maths is cap, then buffer, then split.
The daily drawdown on both is a percentage of the INITIAL balance but is applied at 5 PM EST to the HIGHER of that day's starting balance and equity, and breaching it is a HARD breach.
On Instant Pro a trading-restriction breach deducts profit rather than terminating the account, while a risk-rule breach still terminates.
Strengths & watch-outs
What works in your favour, and the quirks, fees, hidden rules and operational catches we found in TX3 Funding’s rules and FAQ. Always verify with the firm before purchase.
Strengths
- High payout split (see at a glance)
Watch out for
- Futures and FX are now separate businesses on separate domains - futures at tx3futures.com, FX at tx3funding.com (MatchTrader)
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- Futures is a ONE-TIME fee per model; the firm states "One fee per model. No monthly subscription." The old Starter/Pro monthly subscription plans are gone, and no model charges an activation fee
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- CONTRADICTION in the help centre: the Core drawdown article says 'During the evaluation, there is no daily loss limit', but its own table, the Core rules article ('Daily drawdown: Yes') and the model page all list $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 - we publish the daily drawdown
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- The '40% OFF' on every futures card is now tied to a code entered at checkout (no end date): the firm's own Buy buttons put its code in the checkout link, but a buyer who reaches checkout any other way has to enter one - PFDEALS is set to the same 40%.
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The 'regular price' is still the current price divided by 0.6 ($107 / 0.6 = $178.33 on Core 50K)
- Contract limits are published as maximum MINI / maximum MICRO contracts, not evaluation/funded, and they scale with size - the widget's "10/100" is simply the 100K row
- Drawdown is percentage-based, so the dollar buffer on Core and Prestige SHRINKS as you scale: 4% at 50K ($2,000) but 3% at 100K ($3,000) and 150K ($4,500)
- TX3 Instant minimum payout is $1,000 against $100 on Core and Prestige - at 25K that is also the $1,000 payout cap, so every 25K request is exactly $1,000, and because each request is capped at 50% of profit you need $2,000 of profit before you can make it (more than the $1,500 profit goal)
- Overnight holding is allowed on TX3 Prestige only; Core and Instant are closed out before the market close
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- Consistency binds in different phases per model: Prestige 50% in the evaluation AND at payout, Core none in the evaluation but 40% at payout, Instant 20% at payout
- The daily loss limit is a soft breach on all three models - it locks trading for the rest of the day instead of failing the account
- Winning-day size conflicts: the Core and Prestige model pages say a winning day is $150+, while the help-centre payout articles (rewritten October 2026) say $250+. Check the dashboard before relying on either
- GTX Redline is no longer sold and its help-centre articles were removed in October 2026 (it had 4% drawdown on every evaluation size and $4,000-$6,000 payout caps): /en/gtx-redline redirects to TX3 Prestige, which has lower caps ($2,500-$4,000) and smaller contract limits (4/8/12 minis against 5/10/15)
- The help centre renamed Type X to Instant in October 2026 (the first-payout article still says 'Type X'), and its Prestige category blurb mentions a '$149 activation fee', while every Prestige article and the model page say there is no activation fee
- 2% price limit rule: no trades within 2% of the CME price limit, on Sim Funded and Live Funded alike; limits refresh daily at 5:05 PM EST
- On holidays there is no auto-liquidation at the close - the trader must close manually or risk a violation
- FX consistency rules (50% on 1 Phase, 40% on Pro) apply only once funded - not during the evaluation
- FX payout minimums are percentage-based on Flex/Pro (2%) but a flat $100 on 1 Phase
- Trustpilot rating dropped from 4.6 (baseline May 2025) to 3.0 (4,311 reviews) in October 2026
- FX Instant Standard and Instant Pro are NOT cheaper/pricier versions of each other - they invert.
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Standard gives the higher split (80% vs 50%) and 10x the leverage (1:50 vs 1:5); Pro gives faster payouts (10 vs 14 days) and tighter risk.
The firm's own comparison article says Pro is 'a more affordable pricing' / 'lower cost to entry', so the cheaper product is the one that keeps half your profit
- The FX instant payout calculation ORDER differs between the two products and materially changes what you receive: Instant Standard applies buffer then split, Instant Pro applies the 20% cap FIRST, then the 5% buffer, then the 50% split
- FX instant daily drawdown is a percentage of the INITIAL balance but is applied at 5 PM EST against the HIGHER of that day's starting balance and equity including floating P/L - so a floating winner raises the floor you can be stopped out at
- The two FX instant products cannot be switched between - the firm states each account type 'operates independently and must be purchased separately'
- Every TX3 payout resets the clock: only winning days earned since your last payout count, and your balance must climb back above the balance left after that payout before you can request again.
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The full request is deducted from your balance and you receive 90% of it.
How to play TX3 Funding
Model-specific observations about their rules and mechanics. Educational only — not trading or investment advice.
Want capital today? TX3 Instant (formerly Type X) funds instantly with no evaluation - but its minimum payout is $1,000, ten times the $100 on Core and Prestige. Want to hold overnight?
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TX3 Prestige is the only model that allows it ($217 at 100K) with a 3-day minimum - at the cost of a 50% consistency rule in the evaluation and when funded.
TX3 Core is the cheapest way in ($107 at 50K, $177 at 100K) and the only model with no consistency rule during the evaluation, but it adds an evaluation daily drawdown and a 5-day minimum.
Every card shows the 40% off, but the firm now applies it with a code at checkout - PFDEALS gives the same 40%.
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TX3 Funding — frequently asked questions
Does TX3 Funding have a discount code?
Yes. The TX3 Funding discount code for November 2026 is PFDEALS: 40% off TX3 Futures evaluations at checkout. PFDEALS is PropfirmDeals' own TX3 Funding code, which ends 3 Jan 2027; the checkout total shows the exact amount. PROPFIRMDEALS is PropfirmDeals' own TX3 Funding code too: 40% off TX3 Futures evaluations at checkout.
Is TX3 Funding legit and safe?
TX3 Funding holds an estimated Trustpilot rating of 3.0/5 from roughly 4,310 reviews. As with any prop firm, read the current rules and payout terms before buying, and start with a smaller account size.
What is TX3 Funding's profit split?
TX3 Funding's profit split is Futures: up to 90%. FX: 85% 1-Phase / 80% Flex & Pro (90% with add-on) / 80% Instant Standard / 50% Instant Pro.
Does TX3 Funding allow EAs or trading bots?
The futures rulebook publishes no ban on expert advisors or automation as such.
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