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Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
85 Great Portland Street, London, England W1W 7LT, GB
Christoph Radecker
Faizan Anees
Saint Lucia
United Kingdom
2024
Core and Instant: every 10 active sessions. Rapid Daily: after one session; the account ends after the fifth payout.
- By default: Biweekly
- With add-on (+25%): Weekly
- Bolt: Biweekly by default; On-Demand Payouts with add-on (+25%)
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.
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.
No published minimum.
$100
Full refund of the challenge fee with the first payout
Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested
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- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Volumetrica: BTC/ETH/SOL 1:5; other crypto 1:3.
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Evaluation resets and up to two funded or Instant resets. Welcome is excluded according to the official help center.
Discretionary invitation to Elite with real capital and individual limits. The website also advertises a waiting list; automatic scaling is not guaranteed.
- 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: Reach 10% total profit across four payouts within two months. Each approved scaling phase increases the account balance by 25%, up to $500,000.
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.
- Lightning: 6% trailing, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
- Bolt: 6% trailing equity, locks at initial balance after the first payout
- Dual Step Intraday: 7% static
- Dual Step Swing: 7% static
- Nexus: 8% static
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.
Unlimited
Core: no minimum evaluation days. Rapid: the help center specifies 3 evaluation days and consistency.
- Profit Split 90% (+25%)
- Weekly payout (+25%; not available on Bolt)
- Allows News Trading (+25%)
- Bolt: On-Demand Payouts (+25%)
- Bolt: Weekend Holding (+15%), permits weekend holding and trading
- Standard: 80%
- With add-on (+25%): 90%
- Bolt: 90% with scaling
- Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing, Bolt: 3% Balance-based (Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing) / 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 with scaling: $500,000
- Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
- With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
- Bolt: Bi-weekly (14 days); On-Demand Payouts add-on (+25%) available
- All programs except Bolt: No consistency rule
- Bolt: 20% best day cap
- Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
- Bolt: No minimum profitable trading days
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.
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.
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.
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.
- Dual Step (Swing): Allowed by default
- Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step (Intraday): Only allowed with add-on
- Bolt: 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.
Closure after 8 calendar days without trading. Opening or closing a trade resets the timer; an open position pauses it.
30 days
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.
Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step: allowed. Bolt: requires the Weekend Holding add-on (+15%).
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
- 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
Maximum of 2 positions simultaneously





















