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Headquarters

13 Omonoias Avenue, Limassol 3052, Cyprus (head office); Robin Kelton Building, Choc Bay, Castries, Saint Lucia (registered company).

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).

CEO

Tal Fromchenko

Youssef Moussa

Country

Cyprus / Saint Lucia

United States

Foundation

2025

2025

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Crimea, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen
Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Crimea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Assets
Forex, Indices, Metals, Energies, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Stocks, Crypto
Refund
Yes

The simulation fee is refunded on your third successful payout, not at purchase.

Yes

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

Payout Fee

$25 on wire transfer and Revolut. Crypto and debit card vary by provider.

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Platforms
MetaTrader 5, cTrader
MatchTrader
Demo Account
Unknown
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Payout Methods
Transfer, Revolut, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency

Turbo: first payout after 14 calendar days of funded trading, then every 14 days. Sprint: first payout as soon as funded, then every 14 days. Executive: every 14 days from the start of funded trading. Leveraged ONE: every 14 days. Instant and Nitro: every 14 days, with a paid 5-day payout add-on.

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.

Payout Guarantee
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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.

Crypto Weekend Trading
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Yes
Maximum Withdrawal
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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.

Minimum Withdrawal
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USD 25

Forex

1:30 on every program.

100:1
Metals

1:10 on every program.

100:1
Energies

1:3 on Turbo, Sprint, Leveraged ONE and Executive.

100:1
Indices

1:8 on every program.

100:1
Stocks

1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

100:1
Crypto

1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

5:1
Commission

$4 per lot round trip on forex and metals. No commission on indices, commodities, crypto, stocks or any other asset.

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Account Reset
Yes

Not available on Leveraged Nitro: a breached account is closed.

Limited

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

Add-ons
Yes

Paid at checkout. Instant, Nitro and Leveraged ONE: 5-day payout (+15%) and 95% reward share (+25%). Instant: news trading (+20%). Turbo: profit target reduced to 4% ($10).

Yes

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

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

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

Two Steps
No
Yes
Max Drawdown

Trailing on Turbo and Leveraged ONE: follows new closed-balance highs and locks at the starting balance after a 6% gain. Trailing on equity on Instant and Nitro. Static on Sprint and Executive. The percentage for each program is in its challenges.

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

Profit Split

80%

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Free Trial
No
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Daily Drawdown

Calculated from the higher of balance or equity at 23:00 GMT+3. The percentage varies by program and is shown in its challenges.

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%.

Three Steps
Yes
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Max Allocation
1,955,000
10,000,000
Maximum Trading Days

No evaluation time limit on any current program.

No time limit to pass the evaluation.

Points Reward Program

Loyalty credits can be exchanged for checkout coupons. Credits and coupons expire at the end of the following month.

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

Minimum Profitable Days

Executive: three non-consecutive days with at least 0.5% net profit per evaluation phase and before funded payouts. Turbo and Leveraged ONE: three such days before funded payouts. Instant and Nitro: five days with at least 0.5% profit each before requesting a reward. Sprint: none.

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.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Only EAs you built and control yourself, plus risk and trade-management tools. Commercial EAs are banned, including bought, rented, licensed or publicly distributed ones, however much they have been modified.

Yes
VPN
Yes

Allowed while you remain the verified holder and sole operator. It cannot be used to share access, hide your identity or location, or get around geographic restrictions.

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Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Limited

Genuine scalping is allowed. High-frequency, tick and repetitive micro-duration trading are prohibited; positions are expected to stay open for at least two minutes as a benchmark.

Limited

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Limited

Scaling in or out and multiple entries are allowed for a genuine trade thesis. Layering or re-entry to hide concentrated risk or manipulate payout eligibility is prohibited.

Limited

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

Martingale
No

Grid, martingale and anti-martingale escalation are prohibited.

No
Copy Trading
Limited

Only between accounts registered in your own name, whether at Leveraged, another prop firm or a retail broker. Copying between different people, family included, is prohibited.

Limited

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

News Trading
Limited

Blocked on every program except Sprint and Instant accounts with the paid news trading add-on. You cannot open, increase, or fully or partially close a position in the five minutes before or after a high-impact release, pending orders included. A position opened earlier may stay open through it.

Limited

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.

Inactivity Rule
Yes

30 days without opening and closing a trade and the account is closed.

Yes

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

Consistency Rule
Limited

20% at payout on funded Turbo and Leveraged ONE accounts and on Leveraged Instant: the best day cannot exceed 20% of total profit. No consistency rule during evaluation or on Sprint, Nitro and Executive.

Yes

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.

Hold Weekend
Limited

Genuine swing trading and overnight or weekend holding are allowed. Strategies built to exploit expected gaps are prohibited. Hedged or offsetting positions within the same account may not be held overnight or over the weekend.

Yes
Prohibited Strategies

High-frequency and tick scalping; latency or price-feed arbitrage; market-gap and restricted-news exploitation; cross-account hedging or coordination; third-party signals or account management; grid and martingale; payout manipulation and platform abuse.

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.

Hedging
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Yes

Allowed within the same account.

Maximum Risk Limit
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Limited

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

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