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title: "My challenges: status, targets, and why MT5 is not enough"
url: "https://smpfund.com/help/challenges"
language: "en"
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# My challenges: status, targets, and why MT5 is not enough

This list is the official status of each test (preparing, active, passed, failed). Profit target and loss limits are enforced here. MetaTrader only shows broker P&L.

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## Step 1: Open the list and read the status word

Open [My challenges](https://smpfund.com/account/challenges). Each row is one purchase.

Preparing / pending = we received payment, MetaTrader login is not ready. Active / in progress = you may trade (after you connect). Passed = that phase succeeded. Failed / breached = the test ended; you may see [Challenge reset](https://smpfund.com/account/challenge-reset) if eligible.

Account details on the card shows login and server. The password stays in [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials).

If the list is empty, you have not completed a paid order yet — [Shop](https://smpfund.com/shop) and [Orders](https://smpfund.com/account/orders).

![Annotated screen: Open the list and read the status word](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/challenge.webp)

- Status
- Login / server

## Step 2: Objectives are on this site, not inside the MT5 window

Profit target, minimum trading days, daily loss, and max loss are calculated by our engine. MetaTrader can look “fine” while you already failed a rule (for example news or daily loss).

After every session open [My challenges](https://smpfund.com/account/challenges) and [Trader dashboard](https://smpfund.com/account). Read [Trading Rules](https://smpfund.com/trading-rules) for the legal wording. If a yellow or red event appears, also open [Breaches](https://smpfund.com/account/breaches).

![Annotated screen: Objectives are on this site, not inside the MT5 window](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/challenge.webp)

## Open these pages

- [My challenges](https://smpfund.com/account/challenges)
- [Trade history](https://smpfund.com/account/trade-history)
- [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials)
- [Trading Rules](https://smpfund.com/trading-rules)

## Related guides

- [Trader dashboard: the home after you sign in](https://smpfund.com/help/dashboard): After website Sign in you land here. Numbers on this page summarize your test or funded accounts. You do not place trades here. Use the left menu (or phone tabs) to open each tool.
- [Reset a failed challenge (discount repurchase)](https://smpfund.com/help/challenge-reset): If the page lists your account, you can buy the same test again cheaper. After crypto payment we close the old demo and issue new credentials. This is not the “reactivate idle account” button.
- [News calendar and yellow/red flags (beginner)](https://smpfund.com/help/news-and-flags): Restricted news windows follow the clock at the top of the panel, not your phone. Trading inside a news window is never a yellow or red flag: on Prime/Rapid only 40% of that profit counts, and on Instant it is not credited. Yellow and red flags come from other rules — confirm your program on Trading Rules.
- [Credentials vault: where the MetaTrader password lives](https://smpfund.com/help/credentials): This is the only panel page that can show the trading password. Reveal asks for extra proof (site password or email code). Never paste that password into any other website.
- [Contests: race a free demo account for a funded prize](https://smpfund.com/help/contests): Contests are optional and free — no purchase needed. Registration and the contest itself run on separate date windows. Login details for the contest account only appear once trading starts, and the standard drawdown, news, and breach rules still apply.