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Headquarters

Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

Dubai, TradingHive Technologies Ltd. office

CEO

Christoph Radecker

Thomas Heinfart

Country

Saint Lucia

United Arab Emirates

Banned Countries
AF, BY, CF, CU, CD, ER, IR, IQ, LY, ML, MM, NI, KP, RU, SO, SS, SD, SY, VE, YE
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Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices
Brokers
FXCM, Bybit, BlackBull, GBE
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Platforms
Metatrader 5, Volumetrica, Tradingview
cTrader
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency

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

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.

Payout Guarantee

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.

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Alternative Currency
EUR
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Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
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Maximum Withdrawal

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.

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.

Minimum Withdrawal

No published minimum.

USD 50, paid in USDC on Ethereum ERC20.

Refund
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Limited

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.

Payout Fee
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Ethereum gas is paid by the trader; ETH is required in the wallet.

Forex
50:1

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.

Metals
25:1

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.

Energies
25:1
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Indices
25:1
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Crypto

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

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Forex
0
3 / lot
Metals
0
0.003%
Energies
0
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Indices
0
0.003%
Crypto
0
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Swap Free
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Yes

All accounts are swap free.

Account Reset
Limited

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

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Instant
Yes
Yes

Golden Tower begins with demo verification; AADS applies from level 2.

One Step
Yes
Yes

One phase Pay From Profits.

Account scaling
Limited

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

Yes

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.

Two Steps
No
Yes

Classic and two phase Pay From Profits.

Max Drawdown

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 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%.

Free Trial
No
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Three Steps
No
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Maximum Accounts

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.

Up to 6 active InstantGrowth accounts. Anonymous Web3 access permits one identity per user, device, household and network; it may hold multiple challenges.

Maximum Trading Days

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 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.

Minimum Trading Days

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

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Daily Drawdown
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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%.

Points Reward Program
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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.

Minimum Profitable Days
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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.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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

Limited

EAs are allowed; no HFT, latency arbitrage, error exploitation or abusive automation.

VPN
Limited

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

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Hedging
Limited

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

No

Netting accounts offset opposite orders in the same symbol. Cross account hedging is prohibited.

Scalping
Limited

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.

Limited

No minimum holding time under the current terms; no tick scalping or HFT.

Maximum Risk Limit
Limited

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.

Yes

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.

Copy Trading
No
Limited

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.

News Trading
Yes
Limited

Trading through news is allowed. Bracketing high impact news with nearby buy and sell stops is prohibited.

Inactivity Rule

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

The account may be terminated after 3 consecutive months of inactivity.

Consistency Rule
Limited

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.

No
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

Allowed during evaluations; prohibited on funded accounts.

Prohibited Strategies

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

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.

Requires Stop Loss
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Limited

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.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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Limited

Partial entries are allowed; all positions with the same instrument and trading intent count as a single trade for combined risk assessment.

Martingale
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Limited

Prohibited on InstantGrowth. Other plans remain subject to risk limits and restrictions on excessively speculative strategies.

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