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30/1, Kenilworth Court, Sir Augustus Bartolo Street, Ta’Xbiex , Malta

Office 8.05 One Canada Square, London, England, E14 5AA, United Kingdom

Gary Mullen

Karim Yousfi

Malta

United Kingdom

2023

2012

• Challenge fee credited back after passing and claiming first reward (Classic and One-Phase)
• Pro Challenges are not eligible
• Full refund available for mistaken purchases within 14 days if no trades were placed

Ability Challenge only: fee refunded with the first payout. Ability One (accounts from 2 November 2026) and FTP Instant Funding: not refundable.

• Standard: bi-weekly (14 days) for Challenge and Instant Funded accounts
• "First Reward in 7 Days" add-on available on Classic and One-Phase
• Typically processed within 24 hours on business days (average 8 hours)

• Ability Challenge: first payout after 30 days, then every 14 days
• Ability One: every 14 days
• FTP Instant Funding: first payout 14 days after the first trade, then every 14 days

$100 minimum for reward requests on all account types.

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:100

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:50

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:30

Instant Account

• 1:30 (1:20 with News Trading Add-On)

• Ability Challenge: 100:1
• Funded Trader Program: 30:1

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

• Ability Challenge: 100:1
• Funded Trader Program: 30:1

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

• Ability Challenge: 25:1
• Funded Trader Program: 60:1

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

• Ability Challenge: 100:1
• Funded Trader Program: 30:1

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:5

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:3

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:2

Instant Account

• Not available

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:2

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:2

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:1

Instant Account

• 1:2 (1:1 with News Trading Add-On)

• Ability Challenge: 2:1
• Funded Trader Program: 2:1

• Challenge reset available at any time via dashboard for a fee
• Challenge Upgrade feature available during Phase 1 of Classic and Pro (30% discount on upgrade price)

• First Reward in 7 Days: available on Classic and One-Phase
• 90/10 Profit Split: available on Classic and One-Phase
• No Minimum Trading Days: available on Classic
• Swing Account: available on all challenge types (Classic, One Phase, and Pro)

• Achieve 10% profit target each trading month for 3 consecutive months
• Account balance increased by 50%
• Continues until account reaches $5 million

• Eligibility: Traders must demonstrate a monthly profitability of at least 2.5% for the 3 consecutive months.
• Scaling Increase: The account balance is doubled (100% increase) during each scaling event up to $2,000,000.
• Review Cycle: The account is reviewed every 3 months. Traders must make at least one withdrawal within this period.
• FTP Instant Funding: no scaling plan for accounts bought from 2 November 2026.

Challenge Accounts

• Fixed percentage of initial balance for the lifetime of the account

Instant Account

• 6% trailing drawdown based on EOD Equity or Balance (whichever is higher)
• Drawdown trails upward with profits until reaching the initial account balance
• Once reaching initial balance, drawdown becomes static and fixed

Balance based

• Standard: 80% on all withdrawals
• 90% available via add-on on Classic and One-Phase

Ability Challenge

• The profit share for the first payout is 75%
• If you withdraw over 10% profit in 30 days, the profit share will increase to 85%
• Once you've doubled your account twice and consistently achieved over 10% profit, you'll qualify for up to 90% profit sharing

Ability One

• Up to 90%

FTP Instant Funding

• 1st payout: 75%
• 2nd payout: 80%
• 3rd payout onward: 85%

Challenge Accounts

• Daily Drawdown calculated on account starting balance at 5 PM EST snapshot
• Equity cannot drop below the allowed daily percentage

Instant Account

• 3% based on EOD Equity or Balance (whichever is higher)
• Measured at 00:00 GMT+3 server time
• Does not reset intraday; resets at start of next trading day

Based in highest value between balance and equity

No maximum time limit to complete the Challenge.

No limit

Classic, Pro and One-Phase

• Minimum trading days apply (exact count available on dashboard)
• "No Minimum Trading Days" add-on available on Classic

Instant Program

• 5 profitable simulated trading days required
• Each day must achieve at least +0.5% simulated profit
• Days do not need to be consecutive
• Loss or breakeven days do not count

• Ability Challenge: 4 days per phase; at least one position must be opened on each of those days
• Ability One and FTP Instant Funding: no minimum (accounts bought from 2 November 2026)

• 1st Place: 3K + $240K Ability Challenge
• 2nd Place: 1.5K + $120K Ability Challenge
• 3rd Place: 500 + $120K Ability Challenge
• 4th Place: 300 + $60K Ability Challenge
• 5th Place: 150 + $60K Ability Challenge
• 6th – 10th Place: $30K Ability Challenge
• 11th – 25th Place: One-time 30% discount on any Ability Challenge
• 26th – 50th Place: One-time 15% discount on any Ability Challenge

• Instant Program requires 5 profitable trading days with at least +0.5% profit each
• Days do not need to be consecutive

• Expert Advisors (EAs) and trading bots are permitted
• You must own your EA/bot
• Must not exploit technical inefficiencies or manipulate latency
• Third-party EAs not allowed on Instant unless you own the source code

Only self-developed EAs are permitted. The use of commercial, publicly available, or third-party-created automated trading tools is strictly prohibited.

Permitted only within the same trading account. Hedging across multiple accounts is not allowed.

Instant Account

• Maximum 2% risk per trade idea
• Margin usage must not exceed 80% across all asset classes at any time

Challenge Phase

• No margin cap or maximum lot size enforced

Funded Account

• Margin rules apply

Maximum limit of 10 lots per open position. You may open multiple positions, but each individual position cannot exceed 10 lots.

Internal copying between your own AudaCity accounts is allowed. Copying from third-party accounts (other traders, other firms, signal providers) is not permitted.

Challenge Phases

• Allowed in all challenge types (Classic, Pro, One-Phase)

Funded Accounts

• Only permitted with Swing Add-On

Instant Account

• Restricted by default
• Only allowed with News Trading Add-On
• 2-minute window rule applies (no opening within 2 minutes before/after major news)

Do not open new trades or increase existing ones within 3 minutes before or after high-impact economic releases or official speeches, as this behavior may be considered excessive risk-taking.

Only high-impact FOMC events fall under this restriction; low- and medium-impact FOMC events are exempt. Other major/high-impact news restrictions remain unchanged. This update applies to existing and new accounts across Ability Challenge, Ability One and FTP Instant Funding.

• 30 consecutive days without placing or closing a trade results in automatic account failure
• Applies to Challenge, Instant, and Funded Stage accounts
• No refunds or renewals for inactivity breaches

6 months

Classic Challenge

• Phase 1: No consistency rule
• Phase 2: No consistency rule

One-Phase Challenge

• 40% max daily profit of total

Pro Challenge

• Phase 1: 45%
• Phase 2: 45%

Funded Stages

• No consistency rule

Instant Account

• 15% max daily profit of total

• Rule is equity-based (unrealised profit included)

• Even if account is in loss, the rule still counts towards highest profit day

• Ability Challenge: no consistency rule.
• Ability One: 50%, only at the live (funded) stage.
• FTP Instant Funding: 35% for payout eligibility. Score = best trading day profit ÷ total net profit × 100. Above 35%, keep trading until the score is 35% or below.

Ability One and FTP rules apply to accounts bought from 2 November 2026.

Challenge and Funded Accounts

• Only allowed with Swing Add-On
• Without Swing Add-On: all trades including crypto must be closed by Friday 16:30 EST

Instant Account

• Overnight and weekend holding allowed by default

• Martingale and grid strategies
• Excessive lot sizing and aggressive loss recovery
• High-frequency trading (HFT)
• Latency arbitrage, scalping arbitrage, and gap exploitation
• Flooding the market with small pip trades
• Intentional weekend/overnight gap exploitation
• Account rolling or lot-sizing techniques to bypass drawdown controls

• High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
• Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
• Martingale Trading
• Dollar Cost Averaging