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Headquarters

Dubai, TradingHive Technologies Ltd. office

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

CEO

Thomas Heinfart

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Country

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Banned Countries
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Nigeria, Syria, Myanmar, North Korea
Foundation
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2025

Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices
Forex, Indices, Commodities, 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

The fee can be refunded after the required successful payout.

  • 1-Step and 2-Step: refunded with the second successful payout.
  • Hyper Instant and Instant Plus: refunded with the third successful payout.
  • The refund equals the amount actually paid.
Payout Fee

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

Rise: $35

Platforms
cTrader
Volumetrica, Tradingview, DeepCharts, DeepDOM, ATAS
Payout Methods
Crypto
Rise, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto, PayPal
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.

  • 1-Step and 2-Step Fast: every two weeks
  • Hyper Instant and Instant Plus: on demand
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.

  • 1-Step and 2-Step Fast: $100
  • Hyper Instant: $100
  • Instant Plus: 6% of the initial account balance
Brokers
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Dxfeed

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.

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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.

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Energies
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50:1
Indices
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50:1
Crypto
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50:1
Forex
3 / lot
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Metals
0.003%
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Indices
0.003%
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Swap Free
Yes

All accounts are swap free.

No
Instant
Yes

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

Yes
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.

No
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%.

  • 1-Step: 6%
  • 2-Step Fast: 8% static
  • Instant Plus: 6% trailing
  • Hyper Instant: 6% smart trailing
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%.

  • 1-Step: 3%
  • 2-Step Fast: 4%
  • Instant Plus: 3%
  • Hyper Instant: 3%
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.

No limit on the number of accounts. Combined funded capital is capped at $500,000; passed accounts above that stay on hold until you are back under the limit.

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.

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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.

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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.

A trading day only counts if it closes with at least 0.5% profit (for example, $50 on a $10,000 account). This applies to every phase and to the instant accounts.

Add-ons
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No
Profit Split
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  • 1-Step: 80%
  • Instant Plus: 70%

See each challenge for the applicable split.

Free Trial
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No
Three Steps
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No
Max Allocation
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500,000
Merge Accounts
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No
Minimum Trading Days
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  • 1-Step: 3 profitable days
  • 2-Step Fast: 5 profitable days per phase
  • Instant Plus: 5 valid days before payout
  • Hyper Instant: 10 valid days before payout
Monthly Competition
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No
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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

Yes

EAs are allowed if they comply with every trading rule.

Using an EA does not override the prohibited-strategy rules. The following remain prohibited:

  • Hedging
  • Layering
  • Martingale
  • Grid trading
  • High-frequency trading
  • Trades held for less than 2 minutes
Hedging
No

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

No
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.

Limited

All trades must remain open for at least 2 minutes.

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.

No

Layering or stacking orders to manipulate position size or risk is prohibited.

Martingale
Limited

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

No
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

A maximum floating-loss rule applies to evaluation and funded accounts.

  • First occurrence: soft breach and profit split reduced to 45%.
  • Second occurrence: account termination.
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.

Limited

Copy trading is allowed between accounts connected to the trader's web-platform login, including accounts across multiple prop firms. Additional prop-firm connections are linked using an OTP sent by email. Copying from signal providers, third-party services or accounts belonging to other traders remains prohibited.

News Trading
Limited

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

Limited

Allowed during evaluation, with restrictions on funded and instant accounts.

  • Evaluation: fully allowed.
  • Funded and instant accounts: no new positions from 5 minutes before until 5 minutes after high-impact news.
  • Existing positions may remain open.
Inactivity Rule

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

Instant accounts are breached after 21 consecutive calendar days without a trade.

Consistency Rule
No
Limited
  • 1-Step, 2-Step Fast and Hyper Instant: no consistency rule
  • Instant Plus: 20%
Hold Weekend
Limited

Allowed during evaluations; prohibited on funded accounts.

Yes

Allowed on evaluation, funded and instant accounts. The trader assumes the risk of weekend gaps.

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.

Hyperticks prohibits strategies that exploit execution or avoid its risk rules.

  • Hedging
  • Layering
  • Martingale
  • Grid trading
  • High-frequency trading
  • External signals, third-party copy trading services and copying accounts belonging to other traders
  • Arbitrage and latency trading
  • Trades held for less than 2 minutes
VPN
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No

Each account is limited to one IP address. Contact support before changing location or IP.

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