Blink Funding - Prop Firm Review
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- US-based (Texas) multi-asset CFD prop firm on DXtrade, Match-Trader and cTrader via ThinkMarkets — unregulated
- 75% base split; the advertised “up to 90%” is a paid add-on
- 3-Step line has no daily loss limit; daily loss is calculated on closed balance, not equity
- The distinctive “max lots with risk” rule frees capacity when you move a stop to breakeven — it rewards discipline
- Marketed as “live, real profits” but the Terms describe notional funding with Blink as a possible counterparty
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TL;DR: Blink Funding in 30 seconds
- What it is: a US-based (Sugar Land, Texas) multi-asset CFD prop firm trading forex, indices, metals, stocks and crypto CFDs on DXtrade, Match-Trader and cTrader through the broker ThinkMarkets. 1-, 2- and 3-Step lines.
- The split: 75% base. The advertised “up to 90%” is a paid add-on, not earned.
- The drawdown: depends on the line: the 1-Step trails on closed balance (6%) and locks at your starting balance after +6%; the 2-Step and 3-Step are static (8% and 5%). The 3-Step has no daily loss limit.
- The catch: the funded account is marketed as “live, real profits” but the Terms say it is notionally funded and that Blink “may act as the direct counterparty” to your trades.
- Cost: one-off fee from $50, no monthly fee. A standing 20% code runs. Stop-loss and weekend-holding come as paid add-ons.
- Best for: disciplined traders who use stops - its distinctive “max lots with risk” rule actively rewards good stop management - and who read the notional-funding clause first.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026. Checked against Blink Funding’s official website, how-it-works FAQ and Terms. Figures below reflect the products on sale at the time of review; prop firm rules change often, so always confirm on the firm’s own pages before you buy.
Pricing snapshot
CFD pricing
1-Step Evaluation
| Account size | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5K | USD 75 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $10K | USD 125 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $25K | USD 275 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $50K | USD 450 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $100K | USD 850 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $250K | USD 2200 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $500K | USD 4500 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
2-Step Evaluation
| Account size | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5K | USD 60 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $10K | USD 110 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $25K | USD 250 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $50K | USD 375 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $100K | USD 550 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $250K | USD 1300 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $500K | USD 3000 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. BLINK20 discount and optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
3-Step Evaluation
| Account size | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5K | USD 50 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. Optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $10K | USD 80 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. Optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $25K | USD 175 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. Optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $50K | USD 350 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. Optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $100K | USD 375 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. Optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $250K | USD 900 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. Optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
| $500K | USD 1800 | One-time test fee | Official Blink Funding test fee from the public evaluation section. Optional add-ons are excluded from base pricing. |
Pricing last verified: 2026-08-11
Company and regulation
Blink Funding gives its home as Sugar Land, Texas, in the Houston metro area - a US base, which is less common in this sector. It does not, however, publish a registered company name, incorporation number or street address anywhere on the site. Its infrastructure partners are named: back-end via Prop Account, LLC, billing under Dashboardanalytix.com, execution through the broker ThinkMarkets, and payouts via Deel.
It is not regulated - no licence or regulatory status is claimed, and funded traders are treated as independent contractors.
The live-versus-notional question
This is the part of Blink’s offer where the marketing and the contract diverge most sharply, so it goes near the top.
The homepage is emphatic: “At Blink Funding, we don’t believe in demo accounts. Once you pass your challenge, you’ll be trading on live markets, making real profits from day one.” That is a strong claim, and it is unusual - most firms in this project say the opposite.
The binding terms qualify it heavily. The funded account is notionally funded: “The capital in your Live Account is notional and may not match the amount of capital on deposit with the Broker… Notional funds are the difference between nominal account size and actual capital.” And Blink reserves the right to be your counterparty: “we may offset or negate market risk and act as the direct counterparty to certain trades… your trades do not result in net gain or loss to us.”
So the honest description is a hedged prop model - the same structure most of the sector runs - presented in sharper “real capital” language than the contract supports. To Blink’s credit, it discloses the counterparty conflict of interest openly, which many peers do not. But do not buy on the strength of “live markets, real profits from day one” without reading the notional-funding clause.
The products, targets and drawdown
| Line | Targets | Daily loss | Max drawdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Step | 10% | 5% | 6% trailing (closed balance; locks at start after +6%) |
| 2-Step | 10% then 5% | 4% | 8% static |
| 3-Step | 5% + 5% + 5% | none | 5% static |
Account sizes run $5k to $500k (a $1m tier is referenced), across seven sizes. There is no time limit on any line and no monthly fee - a one-off test fee only, from $50, with a standing 20%-off code (BLINK20).
Two things here are genuinely trader-friendly and worth calling out. First, the 3-Step line has no daily loss limit at all, paired with a low 5% static drawdown. Second, the daily loss on the other lines is calculated on the previous day’s closing balance, not equity: “we do NOT base our calculations on previous day equity.” That means intraday floating profit does not inflate your limit and then vanish - a fairer method than most.
The 1-Step’s trailing drawdown behaves well too: it trails on closed balance rather than equity, and once you are up 6% it “no longer trails and is permanently locked in at your starting balance.”
On the split, the default is 75%. The “up to 90%” on the marketing cards is a paid add-on, foregrounded while the 75% sits behind an asterisk. A note on leverage: the product cards advertise figures up to 1:30, but the FAQ caps leverage at 10:1 (20:1 on FX and metals only with the paid double-leverage add-on) - so the card figures are not supported by the FAQ.
The rule worth understanding: “max lots with risk”
Most firms cap the total number of lots you can have open. Blink caps only the lots that currently carry risk, and the distinction is genuinely clever - it is the most trader-aligned rule in this review.
Your limit is roughly one lot per $10,000 of account (so 10 lots on a $100k). But here is the twist, in the firm’s own words: once you move a position’s stop to your entry price, “you no longer have risk on that trade. So, you would again have 10 lots available, even though you currently have 5 lots open.” Bringing a trade to breakeven frees up capacity to add more.
Breaching the cap triggers automatic liquidation of every position that still carries risk. Read together with Blink’s mandatory stop-loss on every trade (a soft breach if missing) and its closed-balance drawdown, this is a coherent risk-management identity: the whole rule set rewards disciplined stop placement and penalises leaving positions exposed. For a trader who already manages risk tightly, it is unusually accommodating. For one who does not use stops, it is a constant tripwire - though a “no stop-loss” add-on exists for a 10% surcharge.
Payouts and trading rules
- First withdrawal: available “at any time”; every 30 days thereafter. Paid through Deel.
- The catch on withdrawing: on approval Blink takes its share and the trailing drawdown locks at your starting balance - so withdrawing all your gains drops your balance back to the start and trips the locked floor, forfeiting the account. Plan partial withdrawals accordingly.
- Silver lining: if you hard-breach while holding gains, “you will still receive your portion of those gains.”
- News: allowed - but single-stock CFDs must be closed before earnings, and holding one through earnings is a hard breach.
- Weekend holding and trading without a stop-loss are both paid add-ons (10% each); otherwise positions auto-close Friday afternoon and a missing stop is a soft breach.
- EAs: allowed. Inactivity: one trade every 30 days or the account is breached.
Verdict
Blink Funding has one of the more thoughtfully-designed rule sets in this project. The 3-Step line with no daily loss limit, the balance-based (not equity-based) daily calculation, the closed-balance trailing drawdown that locks, the “max lots with risk” mechanic that rewards moving to breakeven, and the promise that you keep your share of gains even on a hard breach - these add up to a firm that clearly wants disciplined traders to succeed. There is no time limit, no monthly fee, and a US base with named infrastructure partners.
Weigh against that: the split is 75%, not the 90% the marketing leads with; leverage is lower than the cards imply; stop-loss-free and weekend trading are paid add-ons; and, most importantly, the “live markets, real profits” pitch is contradicted by a Terms document that describes notional funding with Blink as a possible counterparty. No registered entity or number is published either.
A strong choice for a disciplined, stop-using trader who reads the notional-funding clause and prices in the add-ons - and treats it as a well-built hedged-prop model rather than the live-capital account the homepage describes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Blink Funding regulated?
No. Blink Funding gives its base as Sugar Land, Texas, but publishes no registered company name, incorporation number or street address, and claims no regulatory status or licence. Its infrastructure partners are named - Prop Account LLC, the broker ThinkMarkets, and Deel for payouts - but the funded relationship is unregulated and treats you as an independent contractor.
Is Blink Funding a live account or simulated?
The marketing says live: “we don’t believe in demo accounts… you’ll be trading on live markets, making real profits from day one.” The binding Terms qualify that heavily, describing the funded account as notionally funded and stating that Blink may act as the direct counterparty to your trades. The honest description is a hedged prop model, though Blink discloses the counterparty conflict openly.
What is the Blink Funding profit split?
The base split is 75%. The “up to 90%” shown on the marketing cards is a paid add-on rather than an earned or default rate.
How does the Blink Funding drawdown work?
It depends on the line. The 1-Step uses a 6% trailing drawdown calculated on closed balance, which permanently locks at your starting balance once you are up 6%. The 2-Step uses an 8% static drawdown and the 3-Step a 5% static drawdown. The 3-Step has no daily loss limit at all, and on the other lines the daily loss is calculated on the previous day’s closing balance rather than equity.
What is Blink Funding’s “max lots with risk” rule?
Instead of capping your total open lots, Blink caps only the lots that currently carry risk - roughly one lot per $10,000 of account. When you move a position’s stop to your entry price it no longer counts as carrying risk, which frees up capacity to open more. Breaching the cap automatically liquidates every position that still has risk. It is designed to reward disciplined stop management.
How do Blink Funding payouts work?
Your first withdrawal can be requested at any time, then every 30 days, paid through Deel. Note that on approval Blink takes its share and the trailing drawdown locks at your starting balance, so withdrawing all your gains drops your balance to the start and can forfeit the account - plan partial withdrawals. If you hard-breach while holding gains, you still receive your portion of them.
Does Blink Funding charge a monthly fee?
No. It charges a one-time test fee (from $50, with a standing 20% discount code) and no recurring monthly fee. Note that trading without a stop-loss and holding over the weekend are each available as paid add-ons at a 10% surcharge, and there is a double-leverage add-on.
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