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Headquarters

Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

23691-001, A2 Building, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Christoph Radecker

Husam Samy

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
Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar
Foundation
No data

2024

Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
FXCM, Bybit, BlackBull, GBE

In-house liquidity provider

Platforms
Metatrader 5, Volumetrica, Tradingview
MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency

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

Depends on the program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout after 3 days with a 40% split. Standard payouts retain an 85% split and require the applicable trading days, profit and SFX Stability Index. Instant Funding (original) and 1-Step Pro allow payout requests once their requirements are met, without a fixed bi-weekly cycle.

Instant Flex: bi-weekly payouts.

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.

Requests are processed within 48 business hours. SFX advertises $1,000 compensation if it misses that deadline.

Alternative Currency
EUR
No data
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
Yes
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.

Maximum of $10,000 per request for the first two payouts. This limit is removed afterwards.

Minimum Withdrawal

No published minimum.

Payouts below $100 can only be processed through USDT TRC20. Bank transfer is available from $100.

Refund
No data
Yes

The evaluation fee is refundable. Under the published standard conditions, the refund unlocks alongside the fifth successful payout.

Instant Flex: 100% refundable access fee.

Forex
50:1
30:1
Metals
25:1
10:1
Energies
25:1
10:1
Indices
25:1
10:1
Crypto

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

2:1
Forex
0
4 / lot
Metals
0
4 / lot
Energies
0
4 / lot
Indices
0
0.4 / lot
Crypto
0
0
Commission-Free Option
No data
No
Swap Free
No data
No
Account Reset
Limited

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

Available for Ascend during evaluation and for funded Ascend, 1-Step Pro and Rapid accounts within 10 calendar days of the first trade. A funded reset subsequently applies a 50% split.

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
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

Reviewed every 3 months. Requires profitability in 2 of the 3 months, at least 10% cumulative profit and 2 payouts. Balance increases by 25% of the initial balance up to $3.2M.

Two Steps
No
Yes
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.

Rapid: 4% trailing. 1-Step Pro: 6% trailing. Ascend: 8% static. Instant Funding (original): 6% trailing.

Free Trial
No
No
Three Steps
No
No
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.

No data
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 time limit.

Minimum Trading Days

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

Rapid: no minimum during evaluation. 1-Step Pro: 4 evaluation days. Ascend: 5 days in each phase. Instant Funding (original): no evaluation.

Add-ons
No data
Yes
Profit Split
No data

85% base split, with the possibility of reaching 100% through the scaling program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout with a 40% split.

Daily Drawdown
No data

Rapid and Instant Funding (original): 3%. 1-Step Pro: no daily limit. Ascend: 4%.

Max Allocation
No data
500,000
Merge Accounts
No data
Yes

Funded accounts from the same evaluation type can be merged when both remain at their initial balance, have no open trades and their combined capital does not exceed $500,000. Instant Funding (original) accounts cannot be merged.

Monthly Competition
No data
No
Minimum Profitable Days
No data

For payouts: Rapid and Instant Funding (original) require 10 trading days; 1-Step Pro requires 7 qualified days; Ascend requires 5 days and its first standard payout is available after 14 calendar days.

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

Trade managers, calculators and EAs developed by the trader are allowed. Third-party EAs and EAs designed to exploit rollover or perform news scalping are prohibited.

VPN
Limited

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

Yes
Hedging
Limited

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

Yes
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.

Yes
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

Maximum floating loss: 2% on Rapid, Ascend and Instant Funding (original); $300K and $400K Instant Funding (original) accounts have a 1% limit. 1-Step Pro has a 1% limit, with a warning and split reduction to 40% on the first violation and closure on the second.

Copy Trading
No
No

Copying trades, manually or through software, between the trader's own accounts or from external traders or signal providers is prohibited.

News Trading
Yes
Limited

Funded accounts restrict trading from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news. News straddling, news bracketing and manipulation of the simulated environment are also prohibited.

Inactivity Rule

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

Accounts are closed after 30 days 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.

Yes

Maximum SFX Stability Index for payout: Rapid 15%, 1-Step Pro 20%, Ascend 25% and Instant Funding (original) 15%.

Instant Flex: no consistency rule.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
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.

Copy trading; third-party EAs; HFT; latency arbitrage; tick scalping; martingale and grid; news scalping; coordinated reverse trading; exploitation of errors or slow feeds; account sharing or third-party account management.

Requires Stop Loss
No data
No
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No data
Yes
Martingale
No data
No
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