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title: "Account reset - Meaning & GFN's Figure - Get Funded Now"
description: "Paying to return a failed or drawn-down evaluation to its starting balance rather than buying a new account. It is a recurring revenue line at firms that…"
url: "https://getfundednow.com/glossary/account-reset"
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last_modified: "2026-09-22"
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disclosure: "All trading at Get Funded Now is simulated. 'Funded' means a simulated or virtual account; GFN is not a broker and does not hold client funds."
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Evaluations and accounts

# Account reset

Paying to return a failed or drawn-down evaluation to its starting balance rather than buying a new account. It is a recurring revenue line at firms that sell it, and a real cost to track.

GFN’s figure

GFN does not sell account resets. The evaluation fee is a one-time purchase with no subscription and nothing to buy back - the only second attempt offered is the free 2 Step retake.

- **Resets for sale**: None
- **Subscription**: None
- **2 Step Second attempt**: One free retake, on tighter limits

In detail

## Account reset, explained

Resets look cheaper than a fresh account and frequently are not, once several have been bought. The honest way to price an evaluation is fee plus expected resets, not fee alone.

A firm that sells no resets at all is making a different bet: that the one-time fee plus the trading outcome is enough, which tends to align its interest with traders who take longer and risk less.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/free-retake) · [Rules handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) · [More evaluations and accounts](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/category/evaluations)

Related

## Terms that come with it

Most rules only make sense next to the ones they interact with. These are the entries this one depends on.

- [Retake](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/retake) - A second run at an evaluation after a failed one. Some firms include a retake in the original fee; others sell it, and the terms of the second attempt are not always the terms of the first.
- [Free retake](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/free-retake) - A second attempt at an evaluation included in the original fee, granted after a hard breach. It is not a free first attempt - the evaluation was paid for - and its rules are often tighter than the original.
- [Evaluation fee](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/evaluation-fee) - The one-time price of an assessment. It is what the trader is genuinely risking - no customer capital is exposed on a simulated account - and it is the number to compare between firms per dollar of allocation.
- [Refundable fee](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/refundable-fee) - An evaluation fee a firm returns under stated conditions - usually with the first payout after a trader reaches the funded stage. Where it exists it is a term of the programme, not a consumer refund right.
- [Activation fee](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/activation-fee) - A charge some firms apply when a passed evaluation is converted into a funded account. It is separate from the evaluation fee, which is why it is so often missed when headline prices are compared.

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Source: https://getfundednow.com/glossary/account-reset
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