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Headquarters

Algaroud Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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

CEO

Daniel Martin and Martin Najat

Jelle Dijkstra

Country

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2018

2023

Banned Countries
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Vietnam
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Vietnam
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
City Traders Imperium

Market Data Provider

Refund
Yes
  • 1-Step, 2 Step: 100% of your sign-up fee refunded when you hit 10% profit target on funded account
  • Instant Funding: 50% of your sign-up fee refunded when you hit 10% profit target on funded account at level 2
  • Instant Funding Pro: No refund
No
Platforms
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader
MT5, cTrader, DXtrade
Demo Account
No data
DXTrade
IDMagic_BFPasswordBF_Magic123!
cTrade
IDBrightFunded-DemoPasswordBrightFunded123!
Metatrader 5
ID318747699PasswordBrightFundedMT5!ServerBrightFunded-Server
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Crypto, Card, GooglePay, ApplePay
Payout Frequency

1-Step, 2-Step

  • 1st payout after at least 7 Profitable (0.5% or more) Trading Days and a Minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
  • After your 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Monthly, during the last 5 days of each month.

Instant

  • You can request the 50% profit share from Level 1 when the 10% profit target is achieved on Level 2.
  • You can request the second payout on Demand anytime once you have at least 5 profitable trading days and a minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
  • After the 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Bi-Weekly, on the 14th/15th & the last 2 days of each month.

7 days

Maximum Withdrawal
No data

No limit

Forex
30:1
100:1
Metals
10:1
40:1
Energies
10:1
40:1
Indices
10:1
20:1
Crypto
2:1
5:1
Forex
5 / lot
3 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
0.001%
Energies
0.05 / lot
0.001%
Indices
0.5 / lot
0
Crypto
0 / lot
0.024%
Commission-Free Option
No data
No
Swap Free
Yes
Yes

With add-on

Account Reset

You can reset your challenge with an unlimited 15% discount (1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding) or 10% (Instant Funding Pro)

No data
Add-ons
No
Yes
  • Bi-weeky payouts (+15%)
  • Weekly payouts (25%)
  • 90% Profit Split (+20%)
  • 100% Challenge Refund (+10%)
  • No minimum trading days (+15%)
  • Swap-Free (+10%)
Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

1-Step, 2-Step

  • You must achieve at least a +10% profit overall in the last 4 months. (Withdrawals don't affect this target).
  • Be profitable in at least 2 out of those 4 months.
  • Your account must have a positive balance (in profit) at the time of scaling.
  • Balance increases by +50% of its original balance, up to $100,000, and then $25,000 up to $200,000

Instant

  • You must achieve a 10% net profit of the initial account balance. (Withdrawals don't affect this target).
  • 20% Consistency Score.
  • Your account balance doubles until you reach the $2 million per account.
Yes

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.
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • 2-Step, Instant: Static
  • 1-Step: Trailing

Static

Profit Split
  • 1-Step, 2-Step: 80% (base value), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
  • Instant Funding: starts at 50% (Level 1)
  • Instant Funding Pro: starts at 70% (Level 2)
  • Instant scaling: 80% (Level 3), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)

80%

Free Trial
Yes
No
Daily Drawdown

Balance-based

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

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
  • 1-Step: $200,000
  • 2-Step: $200,000
  • Instant: $80,000
400,000
Merge Accounts
No
Yes
  • 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.
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days
No data

Evalution Phases: 5 days

Points Reward Program

Loyalty Program. Complete daily and weekly quests to earn points, unlock discounts, and win cash prizes or even free funded accounts.

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
Monthly Competition
No data
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • 1-Step, 2-Step: 3 days on evaluation phase, 7 days on funded phase
  • Instant: 5 days for payout On Demand
No data
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes
VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
No
No
Requires Stop Loss
Yes

Not using a stop loss is treated as a soft breach. Your account won’t be closed, but the system will automatically exit the trade after 1 minute if no stop loss has been set.

No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
No data
Martingale
No
No data
Copy Trading
No
Yes
News Trading
Yes
No

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.

Inactivity Rule

30 days

30 days

Consistency Rule
No
No
Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • Exploit Price Inefficiencies / Price Feed Errors
  • Group Hedging / Hedging / Group Trading / Copy Trading
  • Account Sharing / Reselling of Account / Account Management
  • One-Sided Bets
  • Gamble to Pass / Over-Leveraging
  • Using 3rd-Party EAs (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
  • Bracketing Strategies
  • Martingale Trading Style (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
  • Grid Trading
  • 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).
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