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Headquarters

Corso G. Matteotti 61, Latina, 04100, Italy

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

CEO

Christian Habibi

Faizan Anees

Country

Italy

United Kingdom

Foundation

2023

2024

Banned Countries
United States, Canada, Iran, Iraq, Cuba, North Korea, Israel, Syria, Palestine
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, Stocks, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
Funded Elite
ThinkMarkets
Refund
Yes
  • Without Second Chance: If you complete our challenges successfully on your first attempt, your original fee will be reimbursed with your third payout.
  • With Second Chance: If you activated the "Second Chance" option and received a complimentary retry, the initial fee becomes non-refundable.
Yes

Full refund of the challenge fee with the first payout

Payout Fee
  • Rise: $35
  • ERC20 and BTC: Around $7
  • TRC20: Around $3

Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested

Platforms
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
Metatrader 5, ThinkTrader, Tradingview
Demo Account
MetaTrader 5
ID55188PasswordFundedelite1!Server Fundedelite-Server
Metatrader 5
ID14300283PasswordN!SbG1KoServerThinkMarkets-Demo
ThinkTrader
IDSpreadtest@test.comPassword4+5O)z#.)14E
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Rise, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level
No data

100%

Payout Frequency

Can be choose at checkout: 3, 7, 14, 21 days

  • 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
Maximum Withdrawal
  • Crypto: $500
  • Giveaway and free accounts: 2% of the initial balance
No data
Minimum Withdrawal
  • Crypto: $30
  • Rise: $500

$100

Forex

30:1 (50:1 and 100:1 available as an add-on at the checkout)

  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Metals
10:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Energies
10:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Indices
10:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Crypto
2:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Forex
3 / lot
0
Metals
0 / lot
0
Energies
3 / lot
0
Indices
0
0
Crypto
0
0
Swap Free
No
No
Account Reset

Traders can independently restart their live account directly from the dashboard.

  • The initial reset carries a fee equal to 20% of the original challenge price (no discounts applied and including any selected add-ons), with a minimum charge of $10 USD.
  • The fee for the second reset will be double the cost of the first reset.
  • The third and final reset will cost twice the fee of the second reset.
No data
Add-ons
Yes
  • Forex Leverage: 30:1, 50:1, 100:1
  • Allow Scalping
  • Weekend trading (open or close positions)
  • Profit Split: 60%, 70%, 80%, 95%
  • Days between payout: 3, 7, 14, 21
  • Profit target: 6-12
  • Max Drawdown: 6-10
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
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
  • 1 Step, 2 Step: Static
  • Instant: Trailing
  • Activation: Static during challenge and trailing on funded account
  • Catalyst: Trailing equity. 6% at $25K, 5% from $50K up
  • 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
  • 1 Step, 2 Step: 60%, 70%, 80%, 95% (can be selected at the checkout)
  • Instant: 70%, 95%
  • Activation: 80%
  • Catalyst: 80% at $25K, 85% at $50K, 90% at $100K, 95% from $200K and up
  • Standard: 80%
  • With add-on (+25%): 90%
  • Bolt: 90% with scaling
Free Trial
No
Yes
Daily Drawdown

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

  • Catalyst: 3% of the higher of yesterday's closing balance or 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
  • Vietnam, Pakistan: 100,000
  • Rest of the world: 300,000
  • MetaTrader 5: $300,000
  • ThinkTrader: $600,000
  • Bolt with scaling: $500,000
Merge Accounts
Yes
No
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days
  • 1 Step, 2 Step: 3 days on funded account
No data
Points Reward Program

Elite Packs: each pack contains three reward cards. Depending on the card obtained, rewards can remove consistency requirements, increase profit split or drawdown allowance, enable weekend trading or scalping, change payout frequency, reduce or skip trading days, skip a 2-Step evaluation phase, or provide account and reset discounts. One card rewards three $400K Instant Elite accounts. Benefits depend on the card obtained and its redemption conditions.

Packs and credit cost

  • Ignition: 3,000 credits
  • Breakout: 6,000 credits
  • Market Maker: 10,000 credits
  • Whale: 12,500 credits; every card is Uncommon or better
  • Oracle: 15,000 credits; every card is Rare or better

Higher-tier packs offer better odds of higher-rarity cards. Cards are drawn separately; the displayed odds are per card.

Credits

Credits can be purchased by card or crypto, or obtained by converting Payout Credits. Crypto purchases receive a 5% discount.

  • $10: 1,150 credits
  • $25: 3,105 credits, including an 8% bonus
  • $50: 6,440 credits, including a 12% bonus
  • $100: 13,340 credits, including a 16% bonus
  • $250: 34,500 credits, including a 20% bonus
No data
Monthly Competition
Yes
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • 1 Step, 2 Step: 3 days of at least 0.5% profit on challenge phase
  • Instant: 3 days of at least 1% profit on funded phase
  • Activation: 3 days of at least 0.5% profit on both challenge and funded phase
  • Catalyst: 5 days with a minimum PnL per stage ($150 / $250 / $350 / $450 / $650 / $850 / $1,000 for $25K → $1M)
  • 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)
No

Only manual trading tools are allowed, not automated trading

Yes
VPN
Yes

Must inform Funded Elite in advance

No
Hedging
No
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes

Trades must last longer than 30 seconds if the scalping add-on was purchased, and more than3 minutes if it wasn't

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
No

Maximum of 2 positions simultaneously

Martingale
Yes
No data
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Funded Phase: Risking more than 50% of your daily loss limit on a single instrument during the same day is strictly prohibited.

No
Copy Trading
Yes
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
Yes
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

29 days

30 days

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • Instant: yes
  • Catalyst: yes
No
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

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

Prohibited Strategies
  • IP sharing
  • HFT
  • Hedging
  • Account Rolling
  • Account Sharing/any passing service
  • Latency Arbitrage
  • Server Spamming
  • 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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