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

85 Great Portland Street, London, England W1W 7LT, GB

Gary Mullen

Faizan Anees

Malta

United Kingdom

2023

2024

• 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

Full refund of the challenge fee with the first payout

• 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)

• By default: Biweekly
• With add-on (+25%): Weekly
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Biweekly by default; On-Demand Payouts with add-on (+25%)

$100 minimum for reward requests on all account types.

$100

Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested

100%

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)

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

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)

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

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)

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

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)

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

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)

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• 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)

• Profit Split 90% (+25%)
• Weekly payout (+25%; not available on Bolt or Bolt Flex)
• Allows News Trading (+25%)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: On-Demand Payouts (+25%)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Weekend Holding (+15%), permits weekend holding and trading

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

• Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step: Traders become eligible after reaching a minimum profit of 10% within three months, equivalent to an average monthly gain of around 3.33%. Each approved phase increases the original demo account balance by 20%, up to $1 million on MetaTrader 5 or $1.5 million on ThinkTrader. Assessments take place every three months and require three payouts during each cycle.
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Reach 10% total profit across four payouts within two months. Each approved scaling phase increases the account balance by 25%, up to $500,000 combined.

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

• Lightning: 6% trailing, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
• Bolt: 6% trailing equity, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
• Bolt Flex: 7% trailing balance, locks at initial balance once balance grows by 7%
• Dual Step Intraday: 7% static
• Dual Step Swing: 7% static
• Nexus: 8% static

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

• Standard: 80%
• With add-on (+25%): 90%

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

• 3% balance-based: Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing, Bolt Flex
• 3% equity-based: Bolt, Dual Step Intraday
• All accounts: Soft breach, account disabled for the day, resumes next day at 00:00 MT5 Server Time

• MetaTrader 5: $300,000
• ThinkTrader: $600,000
• Bolt and Bolt Flex with scaling: $500,000 combined

No maximum time limit to complete the Challenge.

Unlimited

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

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

• Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: No minimum profitable trading days

• Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
• With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Bi-weekly (14 days); On-Demand Payouts add-on (+25%) available

• All programs except Bolt and Bolt Flex: No consistency rule
• Bolt: 20% best day cap
• Bolt Flex: 25% best day cap

• 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

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

Maximum of 2 positions simultaneously

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

Traders may use copy trading across multiple Think Capital accounts. That said, copying trades from personal accounts or from accounts with other proprietary firms is not allowed.

If you wish to copy trades between different prop firm accounts, your Think Capital account must be set as the primary (master) account.

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)

• Dual Step (Swing): Allowed by default
• Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step (Intraday): Only allowed with add-on
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Not allowed

Rule for products where news trading requires the add-on:

• No trades, including limit and stop orders, may be executed 2 minutes before and 2 minutes after a high-impact news event (total of 4 minutes).
• Any activity during this 4-minute window will result in immediate termination of the funded agreement, account cancellation, and forfeiture of any profits.

• 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

30 days

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

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

Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step: allowed. Bolt and Bolt Flex: require the Weekend Holding add-on (+15%).

• 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

• Copy Trading
• Grid (Reverse) Trading
• Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
• Collusion Between Users
• Account Sharing, Account Management, or Account Sale
• Latency Arbitrage
• High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
• Abuse of a Delayed Data Feed
• Abuse of the Simulated Environment
• Trading on Delayed Charts
• Utilization of Expert Advisors
• Challenge Passing Services
• Martingale Trading
• Use of Guarantee of Compliance with Limit Orders
• Trading in Sanctioned Countries
• Trading Activity: Soft Breaches/Warnings
• Use of Platform or Data Freezing Due to Technical Errors
• News Trading
• Order Layering
• Gambling/Punting