InstantFunding — Instant Funded (Micro)

Worth stating plainly since it's the opposite of the big tier: both IF Micro and IF Micro Clarity include news trading and weekend holding by default, no add-on, no extra 15%. If those permissions matter to your strategy, that alone can outweigh the smaller account size and lower split ceiling.

This isn't generosity, the 15% consistency rule already does the work a paid gate would otherwise do. No single day can exceed 15% of total profit, so a big one-off news win doesn't just fail to help, it actively works against you: a 3% day on a $100k account needs roughly $20,000 in total profit before that day is even compliant with the rule, which delays payout for months rather than paying it out immediately. The firm doesn't need to restrict news trading here, the consistency math already discourages leaning on it. Charging extra for a permission that's already self-limiting would be pure upsell with no risk behind it, which is presumably why it isn't priced that way here.

The scaling plan adds 25% per 90-day cycle, each cycle gated behind its own fresh 10% profit requirement, capped at doubling the account. Reaching a full 2x takes roughly 3-4 consecutive successful cycles (1.25³ ≈ 1.95x, 1.25⁴ ≈ 2.44x), so 9-12+ months of sustained quarterly performance. Miss a cycle and it pushes further out.

Against that, a second account on either product here is a rounding error by comparison. Buying another account beats scaling this tier on any realistic time frame. Compare that to the big tier, where a single 10% gain doubles the account immediately, scaling is a real feature there and largely theater here.