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Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

Building A1, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Christoph Radecker

Jakub Zeliska

Saint Lucia

United Arab Emirates

2023

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

• Withdrawal review by Risk Team: 24-48h (account trading is frozen during review).
• Bank transfers: 2-5 business days after approval.
• Crypto: faster, depends on blockchain network.
• Other programs: minimum 1% profit required per payout (resets after each payout).
• Turbo accounts: minimum 5 trading days per payout (each ≥0.5% profit).
• Vanguard (Instant Funding): minimum 6 trading days per payout (each ≥0.5% profit).
• Horizon and Odyssey: first payout 14 days after the funded account starts, then every 14 days. At least 3% profit of the initial balance is required before each payout, including between payouts, together with the required valid trading days.

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.

Payout cap progresses with each approved withdrawal on the same funded account:

• Payout #1: 1% of initial balance
• Payout #2: 2%
• Payout #3: 3%
• Payout #4: 4%
• Payout #5: 5%
• Payout #6: 6%
• Payout #7: account resets to initial balance with NO payout cap (unlimited from #8 onwards)
  Cap only increases after a FULLY approved withdrawal. Partial or declined payouts do not progress the cap.

No published minimum.

200% Challenge fee refund after the 3rd fully approved payout on Challenge accounts (Ash, Thunderbolt and Phoenix). The trader must request it through support. A partially approved payout or a payout with a strategy violation permanently disqualifies that account. It does not apply to Instant Funding accounts.

• Bank Transfer (recommended): $19.90 + 2.49%.
• Cryptocurrency: $19.90 + 30% (higher due to limited UAE crypto liquidity).
• Returned payouts: $30 reprocessing fee (covers real bank/admin cost of reprocessing; not a penalty).

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

All accounts are swap‑free

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

Resets are offered as an alternative to full suspension after a rule violation. The account continues trading, but every future payout on that account is permanently capped at 50% of the approved amount.

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

Scaling Plan for Thunderbolt, Astral and Vanguard accounts:

• Apply every 4 consecutive months via help@upcomers.com.
• +35% increase on simulated initial balance per cycle.
• Maximum allocation scalable up to $4,000,000.
  Requirements per cycle:
• ≥15% cumulative account growth across the 4 months.
• ≥2 withdrawals completed in the 4-month period.
• Final cycle must end in profit.
  Separate "4M on request" individual contract available after 6+ consecutive profitable months.

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.

Current CFD programs use three systems:

• Dynamic Risk Shield™: 6% on Ash and Thunderbolt, 7% on Vanguard, 5% on Oracle and 4% on Ember. It trails the equity high-water mark and locks at the initial balance where specified.
• Static maximum loss: 6% on Phoenix Classic, Ignite Classic and Ignite Turbo; 10% on Phoenix Legacy; 7% on Surge. The floor is fixed from the initial balance.
• Nonstop Dynamic Risk Shield™: 3% on Supernova and Hypernova; 2% on Ultranova. It trails continuously and never locks.
  Percentages and behavior are shown per phase in the challenge catalogue.
• Horizon and Odyssey: Dynamic Risk Shield™ follows the highest equity, only moves upward and stops at the initial balance, in evaluation and funded phases.

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.

Classic, Legacy and non-Turbo Limited Drop challenges have no time limit. Ash Turbo, Thunderbolt Turbo and Ignite Turbo have 30 calendar days and a maximum of 7 trading days. Timed Instant Funding sessions last 24 hours on Supernova, 4 hours on Hypernova and 1 hour on Ultranova.

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

No minimum trading days to pass the challenge in any Classic, Turbo or Limited Drop (Ignite/Surge) program. Turbo challenges require only 1 trading day with real activity. For those programs, minimums apply only at the payout stage: see 'minimumProfitableDays'.
Horizon requires 2 valid trading days in its evaluation. Odyssey requires 2 valid trading days in each evaluation phase. A valid day earns at least 0.5% of the initial balance.

Standard profit split: 90%. A trader can select 80% or 100% at checkout; changing the split also changes the Challenge price. The selected split remains linked to that account, and older accounts retain their original conditions.

Resets daily at 00:00 UTC and is calculated under the rules of each program. Current limits:

• Ash Classic/Turbo and Thunderbolt Classic/Turbo: 3%
• Phoenix Classic, Ignite Classic/Turbo and Surge: 4%
• Phoenix Legacy: 5%
• Vanguard and Oracle: 4%
• Supernova and Hypernova: 2%
• Ember and Ultranova: no daily drawdown
• Horizon and Odyssey: daily limits by phase are shown in the challenge catalogue; Odyssey has a stricter daily limit when funded.

Payout eligibility requirements (a valid day has at least 0.5% realized profit):

• Vanguard: 6 valid days
• Oracle, Ember, Phoenix Legacy, Ignite Classic, Surge, Ash Turbo, Thunderbolt Turbo and Ignite Turbo: 5 valid days
• Ash Classic, Thunderbolt Classic and Phoenix Classic: no valid-day minimum
• Supernova and Hypernova: at least 7 trades in the timed session
• Ultranova: at least 5 trades in the timed session
  The counter resets after each successful payout.
  Horizon and Odyssey funded accounts require 3 valid days up to $50,000, 4 above $50,000 up to $200,000, and 5 above $200,000 per payout. Each valid day earns at least 0.5% of the initial balance.

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.

Not explicitly prohibited, but strongly discouraged. Use of VPN/VPS during KYC/AML verification is prohibited and can result in the account not being funded or being closed. If suspicious activity is detected, VPN usage will be used against the trader in the review.

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

Hedging across multiple accounts is prohibited. Hedging within a single account is allowed under normal trading rules.

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.

Maximum loss per trade in the funded phase (all positions on the same instrument and direction count as one trade):

• Ash Classic, Thunderbolt Classic and Phoenix Classic: 3%
• Phoenix Legacy, Vanguard and Oracle: 2%
• Ash Turbo, Thunderbolt Turbo, Ignite Classic, Ignite Turbo, Surge and Ember: 1.5%
• Supernova and Hypernova: 1%
• Ultranova: 0.5%
  Exceeding the applicable limit is a hard breach.

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

35 consecutive calendar days without a trade closes the account automatically. Warning email sent 7 days before expiration.

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.

Consistency is checked at payout and does not breach the account:

• 20% Best Day Rule: current Classic and Turbo challenges, Ignite, Surge, Vanguard, Oracle and Ember
• 30% Best Day Rule: Phoenix Legacy
• Best Trade Rule in timed Instant Funding: 15% on Supernova and Hypernova; 20% on Ultranova
  The Best Day cycle resets after each successful payout. The timed Best Trade Rule is final when the session ends.
• Horizon and Odyssey: no consistency or Best Day Rule in evaluation or funded accounts.

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

• Expert Advisors (EAs), bots, emulators or automated trading of any kind (even partial automation of entries, exits, SL/TP management or trade copying). Indicators used for analysis are allowed.
• Tick scalping (trades held under 2 minutes on Oracle/Supernova/Hypernova) and high-frequency trading (HFT).
• Martingale, grid trading, one-sided bets, reverse trading and group hedging.
• News straddling (bracket orders placed around economic releases).
• Signal services and copy trading from external sources.
• Team/group trading or executing identical trades across accounts to bypass the $1.5M cap.
• Sharing passwords, account access or identity (KYC).
• Exploiting platform bugs, delays or pricing errors.
• Opening multiple user profiles (One Person, One Account policy).
• Splitting trades intentionally to bypass the 20% Best Day Rule.

Multiple challenges and funded accounts combinable under a single user profile, as long as total funded capital does not exceed $1,500,000 across all Upcomers programs.