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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
Thomas Heinfart
Arlind I.
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates / Saint Lucia
2024
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.
1-Step only: 100% fee refund with the third payout.
Ethereum gas is paid by the trader; ETH is required in the wallet.
Crypto: no fee. Bank transfer through Rise: USD 50.
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.
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.
USD 50, paid in USDC on Ethereum ERC20.
USD 100 via crypto; USD 300 via bank transfer.
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.
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.
1-Step: 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 in the PineX Account. 2-Step: 30:1. Instant PineX and Instant Elite: 10:1.
Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account and Instant: 10:1.
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.
1-Step and Instant: 2:1. 2-Step: 2:1 in evaluation and 1:1 in the PineX Account.
All accounts are swap free.
Golden Tower begins with demo verification; AADS applies from level 2.
One phase Pay From Profits.
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.
Free Growth Plan with scaling up to USD 2,000,000.
Classic and two phase Pay From Profits.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
80% by default. Up to 100% through an add-on on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant PineX. Instant Elite remains at 80%.
Eligible accounts may be combined up to USD 600,000. Instant accounts cannot be combined with Direct Funding.
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%.
EAs are allowed; no HFT, latency arbitrage, error exploitation or abusive automation.
EAs, bots, scripts and tools that automatically open, close or manage trades are not allowed.
Netting accounts offset opposite orders in the same symbol. Cross account hedging is prohibited.
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.
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.
No minimum holding time under the current terms; no tick scalping or HFT.
Scalping is allowed, but Quick Strike/HFT, extremely short holding times and mass order activity are prohibited.
Partial entries are allowed; all positions with the same instrument and trading intent count as a single trade for combined risk assessment.
A maximum of two simultaneous open positions in the same market and direction within one trade idea.
Prohibited on InstantGrowth. Other plans remain subject to risk limits and restrictions on excessively speculative strategies.
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.
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.
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.
Mirroring, third-party executed signals and copying between accounts are prohibited.
Trading through news is allowed. Bracketing high impact news with nearby buy and sell stops is prohibited.
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.
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.
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.
Allowed during evaluations; prohibited on funded accounts.
Allowed on Instant PineX and Instant Elite. Not allowed on 1-Step or 2-Step.
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.
The firm expressly discourages VPN or VPS use and prohibits sharing devices or access credentials.


















