Is the Funded Account Demo or Live

Both the Challenge account and the Funded account are demo accounts with real market quotes.

What changes after you become Funded is not the account type you see in the platform, but how your trades are executed by the company: when you are Funded, your trades can be copied to the company’s real (live) trading accounts through an API-based system and controlled by internal risk management.

How it works:

1) During the Challenge phase

• You trade on a demo account.
• The demo account uses real market quotes (live pricing feed).
• This phase exists to prove consistency and risk discipline under clear rules.

So if you see “demo” in the platform during the Challenge — that is expected and correct.

2) After passing the Challenge (Funded status)

• You receive a Funded demo account (still demo on the platform side).
• Your trading activity can be copied to the company’s live accounts via API.
• Trades are executed in the real market through the company’s risk layer, not directly from “your” account.

This means:

• No real money is deposited into the trader’s platform account
• The real exposure happens on the company’s side, under controlled conditions.

So if you see that your Funded account is a demo account — this is normal and intentional.

Why the Funded account is still demo

A direct “live account in your name” creates uncontrollable risks that can harm the company’s capital and the stability of the program. For example:

• Slippage and execution differences between what you see and what the market can fill in real time
• Missing or incorrect stop-loss/take-profit placement
• Technical issues (platform freezes, connectivity problems, bridge/API errors, liquidity gaps)
• Fast market conditions where a trader’s action is valid in the platform, but unsafe to mirror 1:1 without filters
• Operational risk that can lead to outsized losses if trades are sent to the market without controls

By keeping the trader interface as demo and routing real execution through an internal system, Era Trade can:

• apply position sizing rules,
• set exposure limits,
• filter abnormal conditions,
• manage overall portfolio risk,
• and protect long-term sustainability of the funded program.

What this means for you as a trader

• Your performance is evaluated based on your Funded demo account activity under the rules.
• The company can replicate your strategy on real accounts using its own execution and risk controls.
• Seeing “demo” on a Funded account does not mean “not funded” — it means the program is built in a way that is safer and more robust for everyone.

Key takeaway

Challenge = demo with real quotes

Funded = demo with real quotes + potential copying to real market through the company’s API and risk management system

That’s why a Funded account shown as “demo” is not a mistake — it’s the correct setup.