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Headquarters

Office 8.05 One Canada Square, London, England, E14 5AA, United Kingdom

85 Great Portland Street, London, England W1W 7LT, GB

CEO

Karim Yousfi

Faizan Anees

Country

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Foundation

2012

2024

Banned Countries
United States, Syria, Iran, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Venezuela
Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, British Columbia, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Cyprus, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Midway Islands, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, Samoa, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Vatican City State, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam, Venezuela
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
AudaCity Global LTD
ThinkMarkets
Refund
Yes

Full refund after first payout

Yes

Full refund of the challenge fee with the first payout

Payout Fee
No data

Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested

Platforms
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5, ThinkTrader, Tradingview
Demo Account
Metatrader5
ID54555PasswordYq!8YsYaServerAudaCityGlobal-Live
Metatrader 5
ID14300283PasswordN!SbG1KoServerThinkMarkets-Demo
ThinkTrader
IDSpreadtest@test.comPassword4+5O)z#.)14E
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, PayPal
Crypto, Rise, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Transfer
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level
No data

100%

Payout Frequency
  • Ability Challenge: First payout after 30 days, next every 14 days
  • Funded Trader Program: When reaching the 10% profit
  • By default: Biweekly
  • With add-on (+25%): Weekly
  • Bolt: Biweekly by default; On-Demand Payouts with add-on (+25%)
Crypto Weekend Trading
No data
Yes
Minimum Withdrawal

Funded Trader Program: 10% profit

$100

Forex
  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Metals
  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Energies
  • Ability Challenge: 25:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 60:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Indices
  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Crypto
  • Ability Challenge: 2:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 2:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Forex
6 / lot
0
Metals
6 / lot
0
Energies
6 / lot
0
Indices
10 / lot
0
Crypto
0
0
Commission-Free Option
No
No data
Swap Free
No
No
Add-ons
Yes
Yes
  • Profit Split 90% (+25%)
  • Weekly payout (+25%; not available on Bolt)
  • Allows News Trading (+25%)
  • Bolt: On-Demand Payouts (+25%)
  • Bolt: Weekend Holding (+15%), permits weekend holding and trading
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes
  • Eligibility: Traders must demonstrate a monthly profitability of at least 2.5% for the 3 consecutive months.
  • Scaling Increase: The account balance is doubled (100% increase) during each scaling event up to $2,000,000.
  • Review Cycle: The account is reviewed every 3 months. Traders must make at least one withdrawal within this period.
Yes
  • Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step: Traders become eligible after reaching a minimum profit of 10% within three months, equivalent to an average monthly gain of around 3.33%. Each approved phase increases the original demo account balance by 20%, up to $1 million on MetaTrader 5 or $1.5 million on ThinkTrader. Assessments take place every three months and require three payouts during each cycle.
  • Bolt: Reach 10% total profit across four payouts within two months. Each approved scaling phase increases the account balance by 25%, up to $500,000.
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

Balance based

  • Lightning: 6% trailing, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
  • Bolt: 6% trailing equity, locks at initial balance after the first payout
  • Dual Step Intraday: 7% static
  • Dual Step Swing: 7% static
  • Nexus: 8% static
Profit Split

Ability Challenge

  • The profit share for the first payout is 75%
  • If you withdraw over 10% profit in 30 days, the profit share will increase to 85%
  • Once you've doubled your account twice and consistently achieved over 10% profit, you'll qualify for up to 90% profit sharing

Funded Trader Program

  • $7.5k, $15k, $30k, and $60k: More than 30 Days to reach target = 50%, Less than 30 days = 60%
  • $120k and $240k: More than 30 Days to reach target = 60%, Less than 30 days = 70%
  • $480k, $960k, and $1.92m: More than 30 Days to reach target = 50%, Less than 30 days = 60%
  • $120k and $240k (High tier): More than 30 Days to reach target = 70%, Less than 30 days = 80%
  • Standard: 80%
  • With add-on (+25%): 90%
  • Bolt: 90% with scaling
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Daily Drawdown

Based in highest value between balance and equity

  • Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing, Bolt: 3% Balance-based (Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing) / 3% Equity-based (Bolt, Dual Step Intraday)
  • All accounts: Soft breach, account disabled for the day, resumes next day at 00:00 MT5 Server Time
Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation
240,000
  • MetaTrader 5: $300,000
  • ThinkTrader: $600,000
  • Bolt with scaling: $500,000
Merge Accounts
No
No
Maximum Trading Days

No limit

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days
  • Ability Challenge: 4 days
  • Ability One: 3 days
  • Funded Trader Program: 5 days
  • At least one position must be opened on each of those days
No data
Monthly Competition
Yes
  • 1st Place: 3K + $240K Ability Challenge
  • 2nd Place: 1.5K + $120K Ability Challenge
  • 3rd Place: 500 + $120K Ability Challenge
  • 4th Place: 300 + $60K Ability Challenge
  • 5th Place: 150 + $60K Ability Challenge
  • 6th – 10th Place: $30K Ability Challenge
  • 11th – 25th Place: One-time 30% discount on any Ability Challenge
  • 26th – 50th Place: One-time 15% discount on any Ability Challenge
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • Funded Trader Program: 3 days (traders must maintain consistency in trade duration and lot sizes to meet the minimum trading requirement)
  • Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
  • Bolt: No minimum profitable trading days
Payout Frequency
No data
  • Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
  • With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
  • Bolt: Bi-weekly (14 days); On-Demand Payouts add-on (+25%) available
Consistency Rule
No data
Limited
  • All programs except Bolt: No consistency rule
  • Bolt: 20% best day cap
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes

Only self-developed EAs are permitted. The use of commercial, publicly available, or third-party-created automated trading tools is strictly prohibited.

Yes
VPN
No data
No
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
No

Maximum of 2 positions simultaneously

Martingale
No
No data
Maximum Risk Limit
No

Maximum limit of 10 lots per open position. You may open multiple positions, but each individual position cannot exceed 10 lots.

No
Copy Trading
Limited

Internal copying between your own AudaCity accounts is allowed. Copying from third-party accounts (other traders, other firms, signal providers) is not permitted.

Limited

Traders may use copy trading across multiple Think Capital accounts. That said, copying trades from personal accounts or from accounts with other proprietary firms is not allowed.

If you wish to copy trades between different prop firm accounts, your Think Capital account must be set as the primary (master) account.

News Trading
Limited

Do not open new trades or increase existing ones within 3 minutes before or after high-impact economic releases or official speeches, as this behavior may be considered excessive risk-taking.

Only high-impact FOMC events fall under this restriction; low- and medium-impact FOMC events are exempt. Other major/high-impact news restrictions remain unchanged. This update applies to existing and new accounts across Ability Challenge, Ability One and FTP Instant Funding.

Yes
  • Dual Step (Swing): Allowed by default
  • Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step (Intraday): Only allowed with add-on
  • Bolt: Not allowed

Rule for products where news trading requires the add-on:

  • No trades, including limit and stop orders, may be executed 2 minutes before and 2 minutes after a high-impact news event (total of 4 minutes).
  • Any activity during this 4-minute window will result in immediate termination of the funded agreement, account cancellation, and forfeiture of any profits.
Inactivity Rule

6 months

30 days

Consistency Rule
Yes

The formula for calculation of the Consistency Score is: [1 - (most profitable trading day)/(combined profit on all profitable days)]*100:

  1. If the score is above 70 then the trader is considered as consistent.
  2. If the score lies between 50 - 70 then the risk team will manually review the account and decide whether the trader should continue trading until the score becomes above 70 or pass them.
  3. If the score is less than 50, then the trader shall continue trading the account until the score reaches above 50 and then the risk team can take a call.
No
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step: allowed. Bolt: requires the Weekend Holding add-on (+15%).

Prohibited Strategies
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
  • Martingale Trading
  • Dollar Cost Averaging
  • Copy Trading
  • Grid (Reverse) Trading
  • Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
  • Collusion Between Users
  • Account Sharing, Account Management, or Account Sale
  • Latency Arbitrage
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Abuse of a Delayed Data Feed
  • Abuse of the Simulated Environment
  • Trading on Delayed Charts
  • Utilization of Expert Advisors
  • Challenge Passing Services
  • Martingale Trading
  • Use of Guarantee of Compliance with Limit Orders
  • Trading in Sanctioned Countries
  • Trading Activity: Soft Breaches/Warnings
  • Use of Platform or Data Freezing Due to Technical Errors
  • News Trading
  • Order Layering
  • Gambling/Punting
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