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Dubai, TradingHive Technologies Ltd. office

Meydan Grandstand, 6th Floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia

CEO

Thomas Heinfart

Arlind I.

Country

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates / Saint Lucia

Banned Countries
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Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Cuba, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen
Foundation
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2024

Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Stocks, 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.

Limited

1-Step only: 100% fee refund with the third payout.

Payout Fee

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

Crypto: no fee. Bank transfer through Rise: USD 50.

Platforms
cTrader
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
Payout Methods
Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto
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.

Every 21 exchange days; 14 days with the add-on. Requests are usually processed within 72 business hours.

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.

The first two payouts are limited to 10% of the account size and an absolute maximum of USD 10,000. There is no maximum from the third payout onward.

Minimum Withdrawal

USD 50, paid in USDC on Ethereum ERC20.

USD 100 via crypto; USD 300 via bank transfer.

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.

1-Step and 2-Step evaluation: 100:1. PineX Account: 1-Step and Instant PineX 30:1; 2-Step and Instant Elite 50:1.

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.

Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account: 1-Step, Instant PineX and Instant Elite 10:1; 2-Step 20:1.

Energies
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1-Step: 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 in the PineX Account. 2-Step: 30:1. Instant PineX and Instant Elite: 10:1.

Indices
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Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account and Instant: 10:1.

Stocks
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1-Step: US 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 funded; EU 30:1. 2-Step: US 5:1 and EU 30:1. Instant: US and EU 30:1.

Crypto
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1-Step and Instant: 2:1. 2-Step: 2:1 in evaluation and 1:1 in the PineX Account.

Forex
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Metals
0.003%
0
Indices
0.003%
0
Energies
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0
Stocks
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0
Swap Free
Yes

All accounts are swap free.

Yes
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.

Yes

Free Growth Plan with scaling up to USD 2,000,000.

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 and 2-Step use static drawdown from starting capital. Instant PineX and Instant Elite trail new highs; PineX resets after a payout and Elite does not.

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 and 2-Step keep a static daily limit. On Instant PineX and Instant Elite, the limit trails the daily balance/equity high.

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.

Multiple accounts are allowed. Eligible traders may combine them up to USD 600,000 in active allocation.

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.

No time 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.

PineX Points: 1 point per euro spent, redeemable for accounts, add-ons, discounts and rewards.

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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Yes

Add-ons are available to reduce the payout cycle from 21 to 14 exchange days and, except on Instant Elite, increase the split up to 100%.

Profit Split
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80% by default. Up to 100% through an add-on on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant PineX. Instant Elite remains at 80%.

Three Steps
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No
Max Allocation
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600,000
Merge Accounts
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Limited

Eligible accounts may be combined up to USD 600,000. Instant accounts cannot be combined with Direct Funding.

Minimum Trading Days
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1-Step: 3 evaluation days and 4 profitable days of at least 0.5% for payout. 2-Step: none in evaluation and 4 on the PineX Account. Instant PineX: 5 days of at least 0.5%. Instant Elite: 6 days of at least 0.5%.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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

No

EAs, bots, scripts and tools that automatically open, close or manage trades are not allowed.

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

A stop loss is not mandatory, but exposure above 10 times the starting capital with more than 50% of trades lacking an SL may be treated as abuse.

Scalping
Limited

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

Limited

Scalping is allowed, but Quick Strike/HFT, extremely short holding times and mass order activity are prohibited.

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.

Limited

A maximum of two simultaneous open positions in the same market and direction within one trade idea.

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.

Limited

Instant PineX: maximum 2% of starting capital per trade idea. Instant Elite: maximum 1% floating loss. No fixed per-trade percentage applies on 1-Step or 2-Step, but the general excessive-risk rules still apply.

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.

No

Mirroring, third-party executed signals and copying between accounts are prohibited.

News Trading
Limited

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

No

Positions on the affected instrument cannot be opened or closed during the 5 minutes before and after red-folder news. Automatic SL or TP closures also count.

Inactivity Rule

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

The account is considered breached after 30 calendar days without opening and closing at least one trade.

Consistency Rule
No
Limited

Instant PineX applies a 20% rule: the best day must represent less than 20% of the period's profit. 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Elite have no consistency rule.

Hold Weekend
Limited

Allowed during evaluations; prohibited on funded accounts.

Limited

Allowed on Instant PineX and Instant Elite. Not allowed on 1-Step or 2-Step.

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.

Hedging and inverse trading; copy trading and account sharing; martingale, grids and recovery systems; excessive or all-in risk; more than two positions in the same trade idea; extreme margin usage; Quick Strike/HFT; arbitrage and latency abuse; account rolling; EAs and automated tools.

VPN
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Limited

The firm expressly discourages VPN or VPS use and prohibits sharing devices or access credentials.

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