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Headquarters

Dubai, TradingHive Technologies Ltd. office

Masarykova 409/26, Brno, Czech Republic

CEO

Thomas Heinfart

David Varga

Country

United Arab Emirates

Czech Republic

Banned Countries
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Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, Cuba, Venezuela, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China
Foundation
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2023

Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Refund
Limited

Passing a challenge earns a 200% fee reward in Hive Coins, not a cash refund; coins cover up to 50% of future purchases. Failed evaluations are not refunded. Cash refunds are considered only under the terms.

Yes

Within 14 days of purchase, only if you haven't accessed MyFintokei or placed any trade. Refund must be requested via email.

Payout Fee

Ethereum gas is paid by the trader; ETH is required in the wallet.

  • ETH: 2.5% + 10 EUR
  • BTC: 2.5% + 20 EUR
  • Other crypto: 2.5%
Platforms
cTrader
TradingView, Metatrader 5, cTrader
Payout Methods
Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, Wallet
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, ApplePay, GooglePay, Crypto, Transfer
Payout Frequency

On demand through a smart contract, with verified A Book profits, no open positions and after covering A Book losses and outstanding fees. PFP debt may also be deducted from other funded accounts. Trading resumes at 00:00 UTC after a withdrawal.

14 days

Maximum Withdrawal

Daily limit per ERC20 address: USD 1,000 on Classic and PFP; USD 2,000 on InstantGrowth. Resets at 00:00 UTC. Accounts sharing an address share the cap; excess profit remains available on following days.

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Minimum Withdrawal

USD 50, paid in USDC on Ethereum ERC20.

  • All accounts: 100 EUR, 100 USD, 2,000 CZK, 20,000 JPY
  • ProTrader $400,000: 120 EUR/USD
  • SwiftTrader: 3% of the account balance
Brokers
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Liquidity Provider

Alternative Currency
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EUR, JPY, CZK
Forex

Dynamic by exposure. Classic: NewBee up to 1:50, WorkerBee 1:100 and QueenBee 1:200. PFP: evaluation up to 1:50; funded Low/Moderate/Medium/High up to 1:200/1:100/1:50/1:30. InstantGrowth up to 1:50. Decreases in tiers as exposure increases.

  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 25:1
  • ProTrader Swing: 25:1
  • ProTrader: 100:1
Metals

Gold: dynamic by exposure, up to 1:30 on NewBee, PFP evaluation and InstantGrowth; up to 1:50 on WorkerBee and QueenBee. Higher exposure tiers reduce leverage.

  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:25
  • ProTrader Swing: 1:25
  • ProTrader: 1:100
Energies
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  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:10
  • ProTrader: 1:20
Indices
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  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:20
  • ProTrader: 1:50
Crypto
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  • BTC: 2:1
  • Other Crypto: 1:1
Forex
3 / lot
6 / lot
Metals
0.003%
6 / lot
Indices
0.003%
0
Energies
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6 / lot
Crypto
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0
Commission-Free Option
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No
Swap Free
Yes

All accounts are swap free.

Yes
  • ProTrader Swing: swap-free on all account sizes
Instant
Yes

Golden Tower begins with demo verification; AADS applies from level 2.

No
One Step
Yes

One phase Pay From Profits.

Yes
Account scaling
Yes

InstantGrowth: 10 levels up to USD 1,000,000, with a 6% target per level. Scaling is paid from profits; capital doubles through level 5 and then grows in tiers. Only the entry level is directly purchasable. Classic unlocks WorkerBee after NewBee and QueenBee after WorkerBee.

Yes

Achieve 10% profit during at least 2 consecutive months to increase your funded account balance. Only one scaled account per trader. More details on scalind structure here

Two Steps
Yes

Classic and two phase Pay From Profits.

Yes
Max Drawdown

Static and balance based; floating or realized losses can trigger a breach. Funded PFP: Low 5%, Moderate 6%, Medium 7% and High 10%. AADS closes positions and switches to B Book at a 1% loss below initial balance; recover initial balance and reactivate in the dashboard to return to A Book. B Book profit is not withdrawable. A cumulative A Book loss limit also follows the account daily limit; on InstantGrowth it is 6%.

Static

Daily Drawdown

Calculated from the previous closing balance and reset at 00:00 UTC. Funded PFP depends on risk group: Low 2%, Moderate 3%, Medium 4% and High 5%.

  • StartTrader, ProTrader, Swift: Equity based
  • ProTrader Swing: Balance based
Maximum Accounts

Up to 6 active InstantGrowth accounts. Anonymous Web3 access permits one identity per user, device, household and network; it may hold multiple challenges.

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Maximum Trading Days

No maximum phase completion time. PFP: 14 days to pay the next phase or activate funding; activation may receive one extension of up to 30 additional days with approval.

  • StartTrader: 180 days on phases 1 and 2
  • SwiftTrader: 60 days
  • ProTrader, ProTrader Swing: No limit
Points Reward Program

Hive Coins are internal utility rewards with no guaranteed monetary value. They may be issued for passed challenge fees or for B Book profit net of A Book losses when an account closes.

Loyalty Program based on Experience Points (XP) with 6 tiers. XP never expires.

How to earn XP

  • Challenge purchases: 10-400 XP per purchase
  • Milestones: 50-300 XP for passing phases, breaches, or approved payouts
  • One-time bonuses: 200 XP each for registration, KYC completion, and first trial
  • Daily activities: 10 XP for login or active trading days
  • XP is earned even when failing challenges

Tier Benefits

  • Tier 1 (0-1,999 XP): No benefits
  • Tier 2 (2,000-4,999 XP): Free $5K StartTrader challenge, 5% performance boost, 5% capital boost
  • Tier 3 (5,000-9,999 XP): Free $10K ProTrader challenge, 10% performance boost, +0.5% daily loss limit, 10% capital boost
  • Tier 4 (10,000-19,999 XP): Free $20K ProTrader challenge, +1% daily loss limit, +1% max loss limit, 15% capital boost
  • Tier 5 (20,000-29,999 XP): Free $50K ProTrader challenge, 15% performance boost, +1.5% daily/max loss limits, 20% capital boost
  • Tier 6 (30,000+ XP): Free $100K ProTrader challenge, 20% performance boost, +2% daily/max loss limits, 25% capital boost
Minimum Profitable Days

Classic and PFP: 3 profitable days per phase, each earning at least 1% of initial balance while balance is at or above the initial balance. None on funded accounts or InstantGrowth.

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Add-ons
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No
Profit Split
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StartTrader (Dynamic Performance reward)

Your performance reward can vary from 50% to 100%, depending on your trading behavior. The system automatically assesses the way you trade, taking into account several aspects of your trading history, such as:

  • The number of active trading days
  • How you handle your account's leverage
  • Your trading background, reflected in the number of payouts
  • The consistency of your results, evaluated through your daily gains and losses

ProTrader: 80%

SwiftTrader: 90%

Free Trial
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Yes
Three Steps
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Yes
Max Allocation
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  • ProTrader and ProTrader Swing (combined): 400,000 EUR/USD
  • StartTrader: 100,000 EUR/USD
  • SwiftTrader: 200,000 EUR/USD
Merge Accounts
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No
Minimum Trading Days
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  • StartTrader, ProTrader, ProTrader Swing, SwiftTrader: 3 days on evaluation phase
Monthly Competition
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Yes
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

EAs are allowed; no HFT, latency arbitrage, error exploitation or abusive automation.

Yes
Hedging
No

Netting accounts offset opposite orders in the same symbol. Cross account hedging is prohibited.

Yes
Requires Stop Loss
Limited

PFP Low: stop at opening and closing, with up to 20 seconds to place it. Moderate: stop before closing. Medium, High, Classic and InstantGrowth: no general requirement. An accidental position fully closed within 10 seconds does not by itself change risk group.

No
Scalping
Limited

No minimum holding time under the current terms; no tick scalping or HFT.

Yes
  • It is not allowed to have more than 10% of your total lot volume coming from tick scalping trades
  • Any trade lasting less than 10 seconds falls under our tick scalping definition
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Limited

Partial entries are allowed; all positions with the same instrument and trading intent count as a single trade for combined risk assessment.

Yes
Martingale
Limited

Prohibited on InstantGrowth. Other plans remain subject to risk limits and restrictions on excessively speculative strategies.

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Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Per trade: Classic and PFP evaluation 3%; InstantGrowth 2%. Funded PFP Low/Moderate/Medium/High: 1%/1.5%/2%/3% of opening balance. Exceeding the assigned group pauses funding and closes positions; resuming requires paying the fee difference for the new group.

Yes

Open trades: 3%

Copy Trading
Limited

Own account copying is allowed during evaluation only. Prohibited on funded accounts, including your own. While one funded account holds an asset, other funded accounts of the same user or network cannot open that asset in either direction.

Yes
News Trading
Limited

Trading through news is allowed. Bracketing high impact news with nearby buy and sell stops is prohibited.

Yes
Inactivity Rule

The account may be terminated after 3 consecutive months of inactivity.

30 days

Consistency Rule
No
Yes

Fintokei applies Consistency Rules to promote sustainable trading and prevent gambling-style or high-risk behavior. These rules are used only after warnings and can affect either a single account or a trader's entire profile, depending on the severity. When applied, traders are notified with details about the restrictions and next steps.

  • Reduced leverage (e.g., 1:10 for FX, 1:5 for other instruments)
  • Daily profit and loss caps (+1% / -1% of starting balance)
  • Inability to advance in the Scaling program
  • Restrictions on new evaluation program purchases

These rules are intended as a safety layer, not a penalty, and can be lifted after 3–6 months of consistent, responsible trading.

Only StartTrader

Max 40% of your profit target can come from 1 day

Hold Weekend
Limited

Allowed during evaluations; prohibited on funded accounts.

Yes
Prohibited Strategies

Arbitrage, latency exploitation, tick scalping, HFT, hedge/reverse arbitrage, news bracketing, error or slow feed exploitation, third party account management, account sharing and resale. InstantGrowth prohibits martingale and grid.

  • Copying trades from other persons' signals
  • Using services to pass prop trading evaluations
  • Tick scalping
  • HFT
  • Latency arbitrage trading
  • Opposite trading / hedging across multiple accounts or traders
VPN
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No
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