What the window is
Fourteen days from the moment the challenge is marked passed. Pay the activation fee inside it and a funded account of the same size opens immediately. Let it lapse and the pass is gone; you would start a new challenge to get another.
Why it catches people
Because passing switches the subscription off. Up to that point a monthly charge was arriving as a reminder that the account existed. After it, nothing does. A trader who passes and then goes away for a fortnight can return to find the pass expired and no charge to explain why.
Why the window exists at all
A pass commits us to funding an account at a fixed size under fixed rules. Leaving that open indefinitely means carrying an unbounded commitment on terms that may have changed. Fourteen days is long enough to be fair and short enough to be a real decision.
If you are not ready to activate
Activate anyway, if you intend to trade the account at all. The funded account itself has no deadline once open, so activating early costs nothing but the fee you were always going to pay, and the fourteen-day payout wait starts running sooner rather than later.
What activation buys
A new funded account at the same size with the profit target removed, on the same terminal under the same rules. It is charged once, only after a pass, and is not refundable because the account opens the moment it clears.
Questions people ask
What if I miss the window?
The pass expires. There is no fee to restore it, but you would take another challenge.
Can I pay activation early?
It is only charged after a pass. From that point, pay it whenever you like inside the fourteen days.
Does the window pause at weekends?
No. It is fourteen calendar days.