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Headquarters

Bahnhofstrasse 21, 6300, Zug, Switzerland

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

CEO

Alan Sanchez

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Country

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2022

2023

Banned Countries
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Cuba, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Albania, Algeria, North Korea, Senegal
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Brokers
Proveedor de liquidez, Bybit
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Refund
No
Yes

Full refund after 4th payout

Payout Fee

5% processing fee on crypto payouts. Only TRC20 USDT supported.

$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.

Platforms
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, ByBit
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker, cTrader
Demo Account
Metatrader 5
ID123456Password7cZy-gEoServerRLCrates-Live
Match Trader
ID-PasswordDemoCFT1
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Payout Methods
Crypto, Transfer
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency

1-Phase and 2-Phase: after at least 15 traded days or every 30 calendar days; the Weekly Payout add-on reduces this to 7 traded days. Break: on demand with no minimum traded days after passing, paying the activation fee and meeting the 40% consistency rule. Instant: Withdrawal & Upgrade at 10% profit with no minimum days; earlier withdrawals follow the standard conditions.

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.
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
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Maximum Withdrawal

$5,000 per transaction (crypto)

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.

Payout Guarantee
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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.

Minimum Withdrawal
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$100

Forex
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
  • 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
Metals
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
  • 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
Energies
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
  • 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
Indices
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 20:1
  • 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
Stocks
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 5:1
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Crypto
  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: Advance accounts 100:1; Student accounts 5:1.
  • Bybit evaluations: up to 100:1, depending on the instrument and the limits available on Bybit.
  • Instant Standard: 1:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 2 Step, 1 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 2:1
Forex
5 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
0.001%
5 / lot
Energies
0.001%
5 / lot
Indices
0.01%
0
Stocks
0.004%
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Crypto
0.065%
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Commission-Free Option
No
No
Swap Free
No
Yes

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

Account Reset

If your final-stage account is suspended, you can request a reset within 30 days as long as:

  • Every trade had a stop-loss.
  • No trade lost more than 2%.

2-Phase (size -> reset)

  • $5,000 -> $180
  • $10,000 -> $345
  • $25,000 -> $760
  • $50,000 -> $1,140
  • $100,000 -> $1,880
  • $200,000 -> $3,620

1-Phase (size -> reset)

  • $5,000 -> $198
  • $10,000 -> $380
  • $25,000 -> $840
  • $50,000 -> $1,255
  • $100,000 -> $2,079
  • $200,000 -> $3,980
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Add-ons
Yes

1-Phase: Weekly Payout (+20%) and 90% Profit Split (+20%). 2-Phase: Weekly Payout (+20%), 90% Profit Split (+20%), 6% Daily Drawdown (+15%) and 12% Maximum Drawdown (+25%).

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%)
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

Only Instant account can be scaled. Request a withdrawal after 10% profit to double the size of your account up to a max of $1,280,000.

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.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: 2 Phases and Instant use a static maximum loss; 1 Phase uses trailing drawdown.
  • Bybit: 1-Phase and Break use a balance-based trailing loss limit that locks at the initial balance after sufficient profit. 2-Phase, Ascend and Instant use fixed maximum-loss limits.

Exact limits are shown in each challenge.

  • 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
Profit Split
  • Instant: 50% at the starting level, then 60%, 70%, 80% and 90% as the account scales.
  • 1 Phase and 2 Phases: 80% in the Final Stage, with an optional 90% add-on.
  • Break: 80% in the Final Stage.

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

Free Trial
No
No
Profit After Breach

If your final-stage account is suspended with virtual profits, you can still receive up to 50% in performance rewards if:

  • Every trade had a stop-loss.
  • No single trade lost more than 2%.
  • You traded for at least 15 days.
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Daily Drawdown
  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: 2 Phases, 1 Phase, Instant and Ascend use balance-based daily drawdown.
  • Bybit: daily drawdown is calculated from equity using the account balance at 00:05 UTC. Break accounts do not have a separate daily-loss limit.

Exact limits are shown in each challenge.

Based on highest value between equity and balance

Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation

Standard Final Stage allocation is capped at $300,000. Instant accounts are separate and can scale to $1,280,000. Break and Ascend accounts also have separate allocation limits.

400,000
Merge Accounts
No
Yes

Instant accounts can't be merged

Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

No limit

Minimum Trading Days
  • 1-Phase, 2-Phase and Break: no minimum trading days to pass the evaluation.
  • Instant: no evaluation phase and no minimum days.
  • Ascend: 5 trading days in evaluation.
  • 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, at least 0.5% profit per day, not necessarily consecutive
  • 3 Step: not specified
Monthly Competition
No
No
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Expert Advisors and automation are allowed when used for normal trading. EAs designed for high-frequency trading, tick scalping, arbitrage, reverse trading or exploitation are prohibited.

Yes
VPN
Yes
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Hedging
No
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Limited

Normal scalping is allowed. Tick scalping, high-frequency trading and latency exploitation are prohibited.

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Simulated profit is capped at $10,000 per trading day and per trade. Trades closed in parts or opened together as one strategy may be treated as a single trade.

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.

Copy Trading
Limited

Copy trading is allowed under the firm's general rules. Break evaluations may be copied only between the same trader's own Break accounts. Copy trading is prohibited in Break Final Stage and between different traders, third parties or coordinated accounts.

Yes
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded accounts
  • Copy trading from Funded-to Evaluation accounts and vice versa
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded account and external accounts.
News Trading
Yes

Ascend

During the two minutes before and after high-impact news or market open, traders must not open or add new positions, nor increase or combine their maximum theoretical loss beyond 2% of the account's initial balance.

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.
Consistency Rule
Limited

Only Break Final Stage accounts apply a consistency rule: no single trading day may represent more than 40% of total profits. It is checked only when requesting a payout and does not breach the account.

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
Hold Weekend
Yes

Crypto futures trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and positions may remain open overnight and over weekends.

Yes
Prohibited Strategies

High-frequency trading, tick scalping, latency or price-feed exploitation, arbitrage, gambling or all-in trading, abusive hedging, reverse trading across accounts and coordinated trading are prohibited. On Bybit, unauthorized deposits into the subaccount, modifying or disconnecting the API, spot trading, options and non-USDT pairs are also prohibited.

  • 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.
Martingale
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Yes
Inactivity Rule
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