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Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

Core Markets LLC, a Delaware company. Address: 211 E 43rd St, 7th Flr #259, New York, NY 10017, United States. Offices in New York, Larnaca (Cyprus) and Dubai (UAE).

Christoph Radecker

Youssef Moussa

Saint Lucia

United States

2025

Core and Instant: every 10 active sessions. Rapid Daily: after one session; the account ends after the fifth payout.

On demand. After the first payout: 3 days with at least 0.5% realized net profit since the previous payout. No open positions or pending orders; identity verification required.

The website advertises processing within 48 hours or a 100% split on that payout. Bank transfer or USDC ERC-20 according to the help center.

Processed within 24 hours after account review and submission of all requested documents. If missed, 100% split for that payout. Bank and blockchain settlement times are excluded.

Up to 50% of profits per request, before the split. Core 50K: $1,500/$2,000/$2,500 for payouts 1-2/3-4/5+; 100K: $2,000/$2,500/$3,000; 200K: $3,000/$3,500/$4,000. Rapid 50K: $1,000 for the first two, then $1,500; 100K: $1,500/$2,000. After the first payout, new profits of at least 50% of the next requested amount are required.

Up to 50% of profit per request. Capped at USD 2,500 for accounts up to USD 100,000; USD 5,000 for larger accounts. Remaining profit stays in the account.

No published minimum.

USD 25

The fee paid is reimbursed with the fourth payout. Purchases are final, except payment errors, undelivered services or mandatory legal rights.

Volumetrica: BTC/ETH/SOL 1:5; other crypto 1:3.

Evaluation resets and up to two funded or Instant resets. Welcome is excluded according to the official help center.

The Second Try add-on provides one reset if the account is breached. The rewards program Trader tier includes one free retry.

Discretionary invitation to Elite with real capital and individual limits. The website also advertises a waiting list; automatic scaling is not guaranteed.

From USD 10,000 accounts: 12% profit within 3 months adds 25% of the starting balance. Elite is a separate performance-based benefits program.

EOD trailing: the threshold follows the highest closing value and never decreases. It locks at the initial balance when reached or after the first payout. Subsequent loss room consists of the profits left in the account.

Static against the initial balance; includes floating losses and costs. Pay After Pass funded accounts have a 6% limit.

Core: up to 10 funded; Rapid: up to 5. Separate limits for CFD/crypto and futures. One Welcome account per user and market. Core CFD/crypto 200K: up to 5 according to checkout. Unlimited evaluations; passed accounts can wait for an activation slot.

New purchases: 90-day evaluation; Instant accounts have no expiry. No monthly renewal fees for purchases from 22 October 2026 at 18:00. Older accounts retain their renewal terms.

No time limit to pass the evaluation.

Core: no minimum evaluation days. Rapid: the help center specifies 3 evaluation days and consistency.

Paid add-ons: unrestricted funded news trading, 90% or 95% profit split, and Second Try.

Recalculated at 00:00 UTC from the higher of balance or equity, minus a fixed amount based on initial capital. Flex and Pay After Pass evaluation have no daily limit; funded Pay After Pass applies 3%.

7 XP tiers. Purchases and tasks earn XP; 1% to 20% cashback redeemable for discounts. Annual tier review. Higher tiers retain previous benefits.

1-Step and 2-Step Standard: 3 per phase and in funded. Flex: 5 per phase and in funded. Instant: 5 before the first payout. Pay After Pass: 0 in evaluation and 5 in funded. Each day requires at least 0.5% realized net profit; days need not be consecutive.

Only self-developed or transparent systems with full source access and control over their logic. No commercial black-box bots, HFT or arbitrage.

Allowed for security or connectivity, never to conceal identity or bypass restrictions.

Hedging mode only; never across accounts or users. Netting mode combines positions per instrument.

Allowed within the same account.

No HFT or tick scalping. Payouts require the 15-second rule: at least half of trades and profits must come from trades exceeding that threshold, as described in payout help.

More than 50% of trades held for less than one minute is prohibited.

All trades in the same market are aggregated, including fees, spread and slippage. Limit: 1% in evaluation and 0.5% funded/Instant. Two soft closures; the third breach ends the account.

Do not use more than 50% of available margin. The firm may impose a 1% maximum risk per trading idea after written notification.

Only between accounts held by the same person, including external accounts. EAs and external copiers are allowed; each account must comply individually.

Unrestricted in evaluation. In funded, no opening or closing from 5 minutes before until 5 minutes after high-impact news and FOMC events. The News Trading add-on removes this window. Without it, affected trade profits are removed.

Closure after 8 calendar days without trading. Opening or closing a trade resets the timer; an open position pauses it.

Account closure after 30 days without trades, in both evaluation and funded.

Core: 30% funded and Instant, none during evaluation. Rapid: 40% during evaluation and none when funded according to checkout and payout-specific help. The rule measures the best day against total profit and resets after each payout.

Checked only at payout: Instant and Pay After Pass, 15%; 1-Step and 2-Step, 30%. Each day counts at its highest net profit reached during the day, even if it closes at a loss. Trading may continue until the ratio is met.

Latency arbitrage, price or platform manipulation, spoofing/layering, bug exploitation, copying/external signals, third-party management, account sharing, multiple identities and excessive exposure.

Exploiting pricing or platform errors, latency arbitrage, insider trading, front-running, gambling without a strategy and all-or-nothing trading. The strategy must remain consistent between evaluation and funded.

No aggressive scaling outside reasonable limits or 3 or more positions in one losing trading idea. Prior positions must be protected when adding.