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Headquarters

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

Suite 201, The Catalyst, Cybercity, Ebène, 72201, Mauritius

CEO

Revin Zabala

Bashaar Gokal

Country

Cyprus

Mauritius

Foundation

2024

2023

Banned Countries
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus
United States
Assets
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Provider

Hantec Markets
Refund
Yes

Full refund after 3rd payout. Not available for Instant Funding Accounts and 1-step Nitro X Accounts

No
Payout Fee

5% processing fee on crypto payouts (covers blockchain costs, liquidity swaps, and infrastructure). Only TRC20 USDT supported for crypto payouts.

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Platforms
cTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5
Demo Account
MatchTrader
ID-Passwordpzddx08j7q
TradeLocker
ID-PasswordK8aqkT,YR_gn
cTrader
IDctid8638354Passwordspreadtest
Metatrader 5
ID100003PasswordAemI1#0n0G0ServerFundedTraderMarkets-server
Metatrader 4
ID1005PasswordaGXr8ZzServerHantecMarkets-Server3
Metatrader 5
ID155586PasswordH1Trader!2ServerHantec Markets Holding Limited
Stop Out Level

100%

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Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Transfer, PayPal
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, Neteller, PayPal, Transfer, Skrill
Margin Call Level

110%

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Payout Frequency

On Demand, provided you have met these specific criteria:

  • Consistency Rule
  • Minimum Payout Amount of 1% of Initial Balance (Before-Split)
  • Minimum Trading Days
  • Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX: 14 days standard, 7 days with "Weekly Payout" add-on. First reward 14 days from first trade.
  • Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24: 14 days standard, 7 days with Weekly Payout add-on.
  • Endurance: 14 days standard, 7 with add-on.
  • Withdrawals processed within 1-2 business days. Minimum reward: $20 for Express and Enhanced; 2% of starting balance for EnhancedX; $20 for Instant Funding.
Payout Guarantee

The 24-hour payout guarantee ensures that you are eligible to receive your full payout within 24 business hours of your payout request. If Funded Trader Markets fail to meet this time frame, they will double the requested payout and issue a free account of the same size. This guarantee is only applicable for payouts up to $1000.

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Maximum Withdrawal
  • 2-Step Prime: $15,000 per month
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $5,000 per account and request, and required to leave a buffer of 50% of the profits
  • Crypto payouts: $5,000 per transaction (TRC20 USDT only)
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Minimum Withdrawal
  • 1-Step Nitro X: Must make at least a 3% profit before withdrawal
  • All other accounts: 1% of initial balance

$20 for Express and Enhanced; 2% of starting balance for EnhancedX; $20 for Instant Funding/Lite/24.

Forex
100:1
50:1
Metals
30:1
20:1
Energies
30:1
15:1
Indices
30:1
15:1
Crypto
  • BTC, ETH: 5:1
  • Other crypto: 2:1
1:1
Forex
7 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
7 / lot
1 / lot
Energies
7 / lot
1 / lot
Indices
0
0
Crypto
0
0
Commission-Free Option
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No
Swap Free
Yes

All accounts are swap free

No
Account Reset

A reset gives a trader who has violated their account rules (such as exceeding the Daily or Overall Loss Limit) the ability to restore the account to its original starting balance paying a fee, and begin trading again.

1-Step Nitro X (Evaluation Phase)

  • Reset Limit: Unlimited
  • Reset Window: Within 30 days of the original purchase date

1-Step Nitro and 1-Step Nitro X (Funded Phase)

  • Reset Limit: One-time only

Instant Standard

  • Reset Limit: One-time only
  • Reset Window: Within 24 hours after the breach

10% discount for any retakes

Add-ons
Yes

90% Profit Split (2-Step Plus): It has no cost on money but Shield Risk Protocol will apply now on evaluation phase as well

Yes
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Once you've successfully completed your Challenge, you'll be able to choose between receiving a Hantec Trader account with the same simulated balance as your Challenge account or upgrading your Challenge account at no additional cost.

If you pass the Challenge again with the increased balance, you'll face the same decision: move up to the next simulated balance level or switch to the Hantec Trader account.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Instant, 1-Step: Trailing
  • 2-Step: Static
  • Enhanced, EnhancedX: Static
  • Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Express: Trailing (balance based)
Profit Split

Instant Standard, Instant Pro

  • 1st payout: 50%
  • 2nd payout: 60%
  • 3rd payout: 70%
  • 4th payout and next: 80%

Instant Plus

80%

2-Step Plus

70% (up to 90% with 2-Step Plus add-on)

1-Step Nitro

90% for the first $10,000 and 80% after that

1-Step Nitro X

100%

80% base split on all programs. Up to 90% with the optional 90/10 Profit Share add-on at purchase. Some marketing copy mentions up to 95% with additional add-ons stacking.

Free Trial
No
No
Profit After Breach

If your Simulated Funded account with Funded Trader Markets is in profit but has been breached, you may still qualify for a withdrawal with a 50% split, provided the following conditions are met:

  • Stop Loss Usage: Every trade had an SL in place.
  • Loss Limits: No single position incurred a loss exceeding 1% of the account's initial balance.
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Daily Drawdown

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

  • Instant Funding: Balance-based
  • Instant Lite, Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX: Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)
Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation

Evaluations

  • 2-Step Plus: $200,000
  • 1-Step Nitro: $300,000
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $150,000

Instant Funding

  • Instant Standard: $100,000
  • Instant Pro: $100,000
  • Instant Plus: $100,000

Maximum allocation $400,000 total across all challenge and Hantec Trader accounts. Traders can hold multiple accounts of the same size (e.g. 2×$200K at once). Scaling plan up to $200K free of charge (NOT available on Instant Funding).

Merge Accounts
Yes
No
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Monthly Competition
No
Yes
Minimum Profitable Days

1-Step Nitro / 1-Step Nitro X

  • Evaluation: no minimum days.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.

2-Step Plus

  • Evaluation: 3 minimum days per phase.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit.

Instant Standard / Pro / Plus

  • Payout eligibility: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.
  • Instant Pro: trading-day requirement can be removed with a checkout add-on.
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Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Limited

Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance

  • EAs allowed as long as they do not perform any restricted strategies.

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

  • EAs PROHIBITED on Instant Funding.
VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
Yes
Limited

Hedging is allowed within each individual account but PROHIBITED across separate accounts.

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
No

The majority of the traders must last longer than 3 minutes

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
Yes

Martingale and layering are allowed per account (increasing position size after a loss, or opening multiple positions in the same direction at different price levels). Running these strategies across multiple accounts simultaneously is prohibited and counts as abusive behavior.

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Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Shield Risk Protocol

Maximum Floating Loss Limits

  • Instant Plus, 2-Step Plus: Maximum floating loss = 1% of account balance

Breach Consequences

  • Breach it once = 80% profit split drops to 50%
  • Breach it repeatedly = payout share reduces permanently to 40%, 30% and finally 20%
Yes
  • Proportionate monitoring of excessive or abnormal margin usage. No fixed margin cap per asset or connected accounts.
Copy Trading
Yes

Built-in Copy Trading lets traders link their own FTM accounts and mirror trades, including from Evaluation to Funded phases. Available across supported platforms. Account sharing and group trading remain prohibited.

Yes
News Trading
Yes
Limited

Challenge phase (Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance)

  • No restrictions on trading during news events. Caution advised due to volatility/slippage.

Funded phase (Hantec Trader Accounts on Express/Enhanced/EnhancedX)

  • News trading is restricted. Trades may not be opened, closed or adjusted 3 minutes before or after high-impact news events (Forex Factory red folder).

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

  • News trading prohibited. Trades may not be opened or closed within 3 minutes before/after high impact news events.
Inactivity Rule

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

If no trade is placed for 30 consecutive days, this is treated as a Hard Breach and the account is closed.

Consistency Rule
Yes

Instant (all)

  • If a single day's profit is more than 20% of your total profit in the Instant Funding Account, you have to keep trading until the best day profit is less than 20% of the total profit.

1-Step Nitro

50% on evaluation phase and 45% on funded phase

1-Step Nitro X

25% on funded phase

2-Step Plus

No consistency rule on evaluation. No consistency rule on funded phase.

Limited

Express Challenge (1 Step)

  • No consistency rule.

Enhanced Challenge (2 Step)

  • No consistency rule.

EnhancedX (2 Step)

  • 35% consistency: (Best day profit / Total profit) * 100 must be ≤ 35%. Calculated on end-of-day equity (00:00 server time). Applies to Challenge AND Hantec Trader account stages. Can be removed in challenge phase via "Remove Consistency" add-on (persists in Trader Account). Reward requests withdraw the full account profit, not a partial amount.

Endurance (3 Step)

  • No consistency rule.

Instant Funding

  • No consistency rule.

Instant Lite

  • 20% consistency: (Best day profit / Total profit) * 100 must be ≤ 20%.

Instant24

  • 15% trade consistency.
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance

  • Weekend holding allowed. Caution advised due to gap risk.
  • Crypto can be traded over the weekend.

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

  • Weekend holding NOT allowed. All trades must be closed by Friday 23:45 GMT+3.
Prohibited Strategies
  • Using Manipulative Software or Techniques
  • Non-Standard Trading Practices
  • Using External or Slow Data Feeds
  • Exploiting Service Errors
  • Manipulative Trading
  • Hedging Across Accounts
  • Account Management Services
  • Group Trading
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • News Scalping
  • Arbitrage Trading
  • Multi-Account Reverse Trading
  • Tick Scalping
  • Internal Reverse Trading
  • Group Hedging
  • Account Management Services
  • Account Sharing
  • Exploiting platform or pricing errors / latencies
  • Collusion with others to manipulate prices or coordinate trading
  • Scalping for quick profits from minor price changes (majority of trades open <3 minutes)
  • Third-party or marketed strategies to pass the Challenge
  • Automated algorithms for manipulative trading practices
  • Unauthorised access or use of another customer's account
  • Arbitrage between Demo Account and any other account
  • Trading under multiple accounts using different registration details
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Reverse trading / group hedging
  • Overleveraging, overexposure or one-sided bets (≥85% margin across one or connected assets)
  • Hedging across multiple accounts
  • All or nothing trading
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