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Headquarters

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

Masarykova 409/26, Brno, Czech Republic

CEO

Tal Fromchenko

David Varga

Country

Cyprus / Saint Lucia

Czech Republic

Foundation

2025

2023

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
Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, Cuba, Venezuela, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China
Assets
Forex, Indices, Metals, Energies, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
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Liquidity Provider

Refund
Yes

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

Yes

Within 14 days of purchase, only if you haven't accessed MyFintokei or placed any trade. Refund must be requested via email.

Payout Fee

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

  • ETH: 2.5% + 10 EUR
  • BTC: 2.5% + 20 EUR
  • Other crypto: 2.5%
Platforms
MetaTrader 5, cTrader
TradingView, Metatrader 5, cTrader
Demo Account
Unknown
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Payout Methods
Transfer, Revolut, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, Wallet
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, ApplePay, GooglePay, Crypto, Transfer
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.

14 days

Alternative Currency
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EUR, JPY, CZK
Minimum Withdrawal
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  • All accounts: 100 EUR, 100 USD, 2,000 CZK, 20,000 JPY
  • ProTrader $400,000: 120 EUR/USD
  • SwiftTrader: 3% of the account balance
Forex

1:30 on every program.

  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 25:1
  • ProTrader Swing: 25:1
  • ProTrader: 100:1
Metals

1:10 on every program.

  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:25
  • ProTrader Swing: 1:25
  • ProTrader: 1:100
Energies

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

  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:10
  • ProTrader: 1:20
Indices

1:8 on every program.

  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:20
  • ProTrader: 1:50
Stocks

1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

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Crypto

1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

  • BTC: 2:1
  • Other Crypto: 1:1
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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Forex
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6 / lot
Metals
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6 / lot
Energies
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6 / lot
Indices
No data
0
Crypto
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0
Commission-Free Option
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No
Swap Free
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Yes
  • ProTrader Swing: swap-free on all account sizes
Account Reset
Yes

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

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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).

No
Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Achieve 10% profit during at least 2 consecutive months to increase your funded account balance. Only one scaled account per trader. More details on scalind structure here

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

Profit Split

80%

StartTrader (Dynamic Performance reward)

Your performance reward can vary from 50% to 100%, depending on your trading behavior. The system automatically assesses the way you trade, taking into account several aspects of your trading history, such as:

  • The number of active trading days
  • How you handle your account's leverage
  • Your trading background, reflected in the number of payouts
  • The consistency of your results, evaluated through your daily gains and losses

ProTrader: 80%

SwiftTrader: 90%

Free Trial
No
Yes
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.

  • StartTrader, ProTrader, Swift: Equity based
  • ProTrader Swing: Balance based
Three Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Allocation
1,955,000
  • ProTrader and ProTrader Swing (combined): 400,000 EUR/USD
  • StartTrader: 100,000 EUR/USD
  • SwiftTrader: 200,000 EUR/USD
Maximum Trading Days

No evaluation time limit on any current program.

  • StartTrader: 180 days on phases 1 and 2
  • SwiftTrader: 60 days
  • ProTrader, ProTrader Swing: No limit
Points Reward Program

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

Loyalty Program based on Experience Points (XP) with 6 tiers. XP never expires.

How to earn XP

  • Challenge purchases: 10-400 XP per purchase
  • Milestones: 50-300 XP for passing phases, breaches, or approved payouts
  • One-time bonuses: 200 XP each for registration, KYC completion, and first trial
  • Daily activities: 10 XP for login or active trading days
  • XP is earned even when failing challenges

Tier Benefits

  • Tier 1 (0-1,999 XP): No benefits
  • Tier 2 (2,000-4,999 XP): Free $5K StartTrader challenge, 5% performance boost, 5% capital boost
  • Tier 3 (5,000-9,999 XP): Free $10K ProTrader challenge, 10% performance boost, +0.5% daily loss limit, 10% capital boost
  • Tier 4 (10,000-19,999 XP): Free $20K ProTrader challenge, +1% daily loss limit, +1% max loss limit, 15% capital boost
  • Tier 5 (20,000-29,999 XP): Free $50K ProTrader challenge, 15% performance boost, +1.5% daily/max loss limits, 20% capital boost
  • Tier 6 (30,000+ XP): Free $100K ProTrader challenge, 20% performance boost, +2% daily/max loss limits, 25% capital boost
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.

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Merge Accounts
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No
Minimum Trading Days
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  • StartTrader, ProTrader, ProTrader Swing, SwiftTrader: 3 days on evaluation phase
Monthly Competition
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Yes
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.

No
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.

Yes
  • It is not allowed to have more than 10% of your total lot volume coming from tick scalping trades
  • Any trade lasting less than 5 seconds falls under our tick scalping definition
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.

Yes
Martingale
No

Grid, martingale and anti-martingale escalation are prohibited.

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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.

Yes
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.

Yes
Inactivity Rule
Yes

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

30 days

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

Fintokei applies Consistency Rules to promote sustainable trading and prevent gambling-style or high-risk behavior. These rules are used only after warnings and can affect either a single account or a trader's entire profile, depending on the severity. When applied, traders are notified with details about the restrictions and next steps.

  • Reduced leverage (e.g., 1:10 for FX, 1:5 for other instruments)
  • Daily profit and loss caps (+1% / -1% of starting balance)
  • Inability to advance in the Scaling program
  • Restrictions on new evaluation program purchases

These rules are intended as a safety layer, not a penalty, and can be lifted after 3–6 months of consistent, responsible trading.

Only StartTrader

Max 40% of your profit target can come from 1 day

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.

  • Copying trades from other persons' signals
  • Using services to pass prop trading evaluations
  • Tick scalping
  • HFT
  • Latency arbitrage trading
  • Opposite trading / hedging across multiple accounts or traders
Hedging
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Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
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Yes

Open trades: 3%

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