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Building A1, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Meydan Grandstand, 6th Floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia

Jelle Dijkstra

Arlind I.

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates / Saint Lucia

2023

2024

Market Data Provider

1-Step only: 100% fee refund with the third payout.

Crypto: no fee. Bank transfer through Rise: USD 50.

7 days

Every 21 exchange days; 14 days with the add-on. Requests are usually processed within 72 business hours.

No limit

The first two payouts are limited to 10% of the account size and an absolute maximum of USD 10,000. There is no maximum from the third payout onward.

USD 100 via crypto; USD 300 via bank transfer.

1-Step and 2-Step evaluation: 100:1. PineX Account: 1-Step and Instant PineX 30:1; 2-Step and Instant Elite 50:1.

Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account: 1-Step, Instant PineX and Instant Elite 10:1; 2-Step 20:1.

1-Step: 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 in the PineX Account. 2-Step: 30:1. Instant PineX and Instant Elite: 10:1.

Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account and Instant: 10:1.

1-Step and Instant: 2:1. 2-Step: 2:1 in evaluation and 1:1 in the PineX Account.

1-Step: US 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 funded; EU 30:1. 2-Step: US 5:1 and EU 30:1. Instant: US and EU 30:1.

With add-on

• Bi-weeky payouts (+15%)
• Weekly payouts (25%)
• 90% Profit Split (+20%)
• 100% Challenge Refund (+10%)
• No minimum trading days (+15%)
• Swap-Free (+10%)

Add-ons are available to reduce the payout cycle from 21 to 14 exchange days and, except on Instant Elite, increase the split up to 100%.

If you meet the requirements of the scaling plan, your funded star account will be increased by 30% of its original size.

• Every funded star account goes through an evaluation over a period of four consecutive months.
• You must be profitable in at least two out of those four months, with a minimum total gain of 10% during the entire four-month period.
• You must also successfully complete at least two payout requests on your funded star account.
• When the scale-up takes place, the balance of the funded star account must be at breakeven or in profit.
• There are no restrictions on upside balance.

Free Growth Plan with scaling up to USD 2,000,000.

Static

1-Step and 2-Step use static drawdown from starting capital. Instant PineX and Instant Elite trail new highs; PineX resets after a payout and Elite does not.

80%

80% by default. Up to 100% through an add-on on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant PineX. Instant Elite remains at 80%.

Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)

1-Step and 2-Step keep a static daily limit. On Instant PineX and Instant Elite, the limit trails the daily balance/equity high.

• Accounts can only be merged into sizes that currently offered
• Only accounts in the Funded Stage are eligible for merging.
• The accounts to be merged must have the same add-ons.
• Merging is only possible if you request it before we send the Funded Account for the first time or after a payout.

Eligible accounts may be combined up to USD 600,000. Instant accounts cannot be combined with Direct Funding.

Unlimited

No time limit.

Evalution Phases: 5 days

1-Step: 3 evaluation days and 4 profitable days of at least 0.5% for payout. 2-Step: none in evaluation and 4 on the PineX Account. Instant PineX: 5 days of at least 0.5%. Instant Elite: 6 days of at least 0.5%.

Trade2Earn is a BrightFunded program that rewards traders based on their trading volume, not just their profits. For every trade you make on Challenge or Funded accounts, you earn BrightFunded Tokens that can be exchanged for exclusive perks.

Available perks

• More Drawdown – Greater flexibility and margin for error.
• Lower Profit Targets – Easier to pass evaluations.

Token calculation

• Forex, indices, commodities: 0.2 tokens / $100,000 volume
• Crypto: 0.2 tokens / $20,000 volume

PineX Points: 1 point per euro spent, redeemable for accounts, add-ons, discounts and rewards.

Multiple accounts are allowed. Eligible traders may combine them up to USD 600,000 in active allocation.

EAs, bots, scripts and tools that automatically open, close or manage trades are not allowed.

The firm expressly discourages VPN or VPS use and prohibits sharing devices or access credentials.

A stop loss is not mandatory, but exposure above 10 times the starting capital with more than 50% of trades lacking an SL may be treated as abuse.

Scalping is allowed, but Quick Strike/HFT, extremely short holding times and mass order activity are prohibited.

A maximum of two simultaneous open positions in the same market and direction within one trade idea.

Instant PineX: maximum 2% of starting capital per trade idea. Instant Elite: maximum 1% floating loss. No fixed per-trade percentage applies on 1-Step or 2-Step, but the general excessive-risk rules still apply.

Mirroring, third-party executed signals and copying between accounts are prohibited.

Trading 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after the event is prohibited ( this is a soft breach and will not result in your account being breached).

Trading during this window will result in a deduction of the profit that you made on that particular trade.

Executed trades during this period that lead to a loss won't be compensated.

Executing a trade refers to initiating or closing a market order, as well as triggering any pending order, including stop-loss and take-profit instructions.

Positions on the affected instrument cannot be opened or closed during the 5 minutes before and after red-folder news. Automatic SL or TP closures also count.

30 days

The account is considered breached after 30 calendar days without opening and closing at least one trade.

Instant PineX applies a 20% rule: the best day must represent less than 20% of the period's profit. 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Elite have no consistency rule.

Allowed on Instant PineX and Instant Elite. Not allowed on 1-Step or 2-Step.

• Hedging across multiple accounts
• Exploiting Service Errors or Platform Delays.
• Using External or Delayed Data Feeds.
• Coordinated or Multi-Account Manipulation.
• Violating Platform or Provider Terms.
• Use of Automated Software, AI, or High-Speed Trading Tools.
• Trading During High-Impact News or Events.
• Risk-Abusive Trading: Overleveraging, Overexposure, One-Sided Bets, and Account Rolling.
• Abusive Strategy Types: Grid Trading, Arbitrage, Tick Scalping, High-Frequency Trading (HFT).

Hedging and inverse trading; copy trading and account sharing; martingale, grids and recovery systems; excessive or all-in risk; more than two positions in the same trade idea; extreme margin usage; Quick Strike/HFT; arbitrage and latency abuse; account rolling; EAs and automated tools.