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Headquarters

IFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

5900 Balcones Drive, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78731, United States

Country

United Arab Emirates

United States

Foundation

2023

2021

Banned Countries
Cuba, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Albania, Algeria, North Korea, Senegal
Iran, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Russia, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, Belarus, Afghanistan
CEO
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Anton Calmes

Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
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Liquidiy provider
Refund
Yes

Full refund after 4th payout

No
Payout Fee

$35 flat fee via Rise (for payouts of $1,000 or more). Payouts below $1,000 are paid in crypto and only carry the network fee.

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Platforms
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker, cTrader
cTrader, DXTrade, MatchTrader
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Rise, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal
Payout Frequency

First payout 14 days after the first trade. Every 14 days after that. First payout after 7 days with add-on (+15%).

  • Instant Pro: First Payout on Demand is available as a checkout add-on.
  • Instant Flex: first payout on demand, then every 14 days.
  • First payout on demand
  • Next payouts, every 30 days
Payout Guarantee

Get Paid in 24 Hours or get an extra $1,000. Rewards are only processed on business days, and so the 48 Hour Reward Guarantee timer is paused on weekends.

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Maximum Withdrawal

For traders with $200K accounts or larger, the first two reward requests are capped at a maximum withdrawal of $10,000 each. After the first two rewards, this restriction is removed, and there are no further withdrawal limits.

TryAqua: maximum lifetime withdrawal of $100.

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Minimum Withdrawal

$100

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Forex
  • Instant Standard: 30:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 50:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 100:1 during evaluation, 50:1 when funded
20:1
Metals
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
20:1
Energies
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
20:1
Indices
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
10:1
Crypto
  • Instant Standard: 1:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 2 Step, 1 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 2:1
2:1
Forex
5 / lot
7 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
7 / lot
Energies
5 / lot
0 / lot
Indices
0
0
Commission-Free Option
No
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Swap Free
Yes

Swap-free accounts are available. No overnight swap fees; positions can be held for as long as desired.

No
Add-ons
Yes
  • 100% profit split (+15%)
  • First payout after 7 days (+15%)
  • First Payout on Demand (Instant Pro)
  • 100% profit split and first payout after 7 days combined (+25%)
Yes
  • Hold over the weekend (+10%)
  • 90% Profit Split (+20%)
Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

You can grow your account to a maximum of $4,000,000. In order to scale your capital and grow, you must make 12% within a 3-month period. If you achieve this, they will increase your account size by 25% of your initial balance.

This is complementary to the Aqua Elite Program.

Yes

Double the size of your account every time you meet the requirements, up to $2,000,000:

  • Make at least one withdrawal (tracking starts then).
  • Within any 6-month window, 3 months must show over 2% profit.
  • Total profit (current profit + payouts) must reach 10% of the starting balance.
Two Steps
Yes
No
Max Drawdown
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Pro, Aqua Man: Trailing, based on the highest value between equity and balance
  • TryAqua: Daily and maximum drawdowns are trailing
  • 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: Static

Static

Profit Split

90%. 100% with add-on (+15%)

75% (90% with add-on)

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

Based on highest value between equity and balance

Balance-based

Three Steps
Yes
No
Max Allocation
400,000
2,000,000
Merge Accounts
Yes

Instant accounts can't be merged

Yes
Maximum Trading Days

No limit

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Minimum Trading Days
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro: 5 days (non-consecutive), 0.5% profit each
  • Instant Flex: 7 days
  • TryAqua: 5 days, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Standard: 3 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard: 5 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Flex: no minimum during evaluation; 3 days before the first funded payout, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 2 Step Pro: 0 in evaluation, 5 in funded
  • 2 Step Elite: 3 per step
  • 3 Step: not specified
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Monthly Competition
No
Yes
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
No
Martingale
Yes
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Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

If your floating PnL (profit and loss) drops below -2% of the account balance, the account will be permanently closed.

Only applies to Instant Funding Standard, Pro, Flex, AquaMan and TryAqua.

No
Copy Trading
Yes
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded accounts
  • Copy trading from Funded-to Evaluation accounts and vice versa
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded account and external accounts.
Yes
News Trading
Limited

Two policies depending on the account creation date:

Accounts opened after 2026-04-27

  • News trading is allowed.
  • Profits generated within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a red folder (high-impact) news event or FOMC are capped at 0.5% of the starting balance per payout cycle.
  • Anything above the cap is removed without further penalty.

Accounts opened before 2026-04-27

  • Trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after a red folder news event or FOMC on funded accounts are not allowed.
  • Any profits generated during these windows are removed.
No

Traders are restricted from opening new positions within a 6-minute window – 3 minutes before and 3 minutes after high impact news

Inactivity Rule

30 days

30 days

Consistency Rule
Yes

Applies on funded accounts. A single trading day cannot equal or exceed a given percentage of total profits during the payout period. If it does, payouts are blocked until the ratio normalises; the account is not closed.

  • Instant Standard: 20%
  • Instant Pro: 20% for accounts purchased on or after 8 September 2026 (limited-time offer); 15% for accounts purchased before that date
  • Instant Flex: no consistency rule
  • Aqua Man: 15%
  • TryAqua: 15%
  • 1 Step Pro: 25%
  • 2 Step Pro: 50%
  • 1 Step Flex: no consistency rule
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: no specific consistency rule documented
No
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

Only with add-on (+10% price)

Prohibited Strategies
  • Use of platform or data freezing due to a Demo Server error.
  • Use of a delayed data feed
  • Trading on delayed charts
  • Tick scalping
  • High frequency trading
  • Arbitrage bots
  • Reverse arbitrage
  • Latency arbitrage
  • Hedge arbitrage or any emulators are prohibited.
  • Exploiting broker pricing or platform errors.
  • Using insider or non-public information.
  • Front-running trades from other sources.
  • Trading in ways that harm the company's broker relationship.
  • Causing regulatory issues for the broker.
  • Using third-party or marketed challenge-passing strategies.
  • Passing an assessment with one strategy and using another in a funded account.
  • Using Martingale or averaging-down strategies.
  • Arbitraging an evaluation account with another account.
  • Taking repeated excessive "all-in" risks across one or multiple accounts.
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