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Facts checked 2026-09-24 by BrokerCatalogue research desk (from the firm's own site) · AI visibility: Pipswire index 2026-Q3
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · founded 2023
Aqua Funded is a proprietary trading firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, founded in 2023. It offers one-step, two-step, instant-funding evaluations on forex, indices, commodities, crypto, futures. Funded accounts go up to $400,000 (scaling to $4M). The profit split is 90% (100% with add-on).
| Evaluation models | Instant funding, One-step, Two-step |
|---|---|
| Asset classes | Commodities, Crypto, Forex, Futures, Indices |
| Platforms | cTrader, Match-Trader, MT5, TradeLocker |
| Maximum allocation | $400,000 (scaling to $4M) |
| Account sizes | $2.5k, $5k, $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $150k, $200k, $250k, $300k, $400k |
| Challenge fee from | $14 ($5k); $283 ($100k) |
| Profit split | 90% (100% with add-on) |
| Payout frequency | bi-weekly (first payout after 7 days; on-demand add-on; daily on Flex); 24-hour payout guarantee |
| Time limit | none |
| News trading | Yes |
| Status | active |
Sources: aquafunded.com/ · aquafunded.com/forex-rules · checked 2026-09-24
Fields we could not verify on the firm's own site are left out rather than guessed. Rules and prices change often; the firm's site is the binding version.
| Visibility score (0–100) | 1.3 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Rank among 76 prop firms | #31 |
| Named in AI answers | 2% |
| Sentiment (0–100) | 1 |
| Recommended | 2% of answers |
| Own website cited | 1% of answers |
| Share of voice | 0% |
| Engine | Score |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0.4 |
| Perplexity | 0 |
| Gemini | 1.2 |
| Claude | 0.5 |
| Google AI Mode | 0.2 |
| Google AI Overview | 0 |
| Google top-10 | 5.7 |
| Market | Score | Rank in market |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 6.4 | #15 |
| Thailand | 2 | #28 |
| Nigeria | 1.9 | #29 |
| United States | 1.9 | #30 |
| Brazil | 1.6 | #30 |
| Vietnam | 1.2 | #34 |
Source: Pipswire AI Visibility Index, 2026-Q3 (CC BY 4.0), 2,344 answers across 5 AI engines and Google, 16 markets. Visibility is not a quality rating.
Aqua Funded scores 1.3 / 100 on the Q3 2026 Pipswire AI Visibility Index (rank #31 of 76) and is named in 2% of AI answers about which prop firm to use.
Aqua Funded pays a 90% (100% with add-on) profit split, with payouts bi-weekly (first payout after 7 days; on-demand add-on; daily on Flex); 24-hour payout guarantee.
Challenge fees at Aqua Funded start at $14 ($5k); $283 ($100k) for account sizes of $2.5k, $5k, $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $150k, $200k, $250k, $300k, $400k.
No prop firm is a regulated broker: Aqua Funded sells evaluations and funds (usually simulated) accounts, it does not hold client deposits under a financial licence.
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