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

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

Jelle Dijkstra

Faizan Anees

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

2023

2024

Market Data Provider

Full refund of the challenge fee with the first payout

Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested

100%

7 days

• By default: Biweekly
• With add-on (+25%): Weekly
• Bolt: Biweekly by default; On-Demand Payouts with add-on (+25%)

No limit

$100

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

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%)

• 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

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.

• 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.

Static

• 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

80%

• Standard: 80%
• With add-on (+25%): 90%
• Bolt: 90% with scaling

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

• 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

• MetaTrader 5: $300,000
• ThinkTrader: $600,000
• Bolt with scaling: $500,000

• 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.

Evalution Phases: 5 days

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

• Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
• Bolt: No minimum profitable trading days

• Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
• With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
• Bolt: Bi-weekly (14 days); On-Demand Payouts add-on (+25%) available

• All programs except Bolt: No consistency rule
• Bolt: 20% best day cap

Maximum of 2 positions simultaneously

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.

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.

• 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.

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

• 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).

• 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