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71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ

85 Great Portland Street, London, England W1W 7LT, GB

Anastasiia Kaplunenko

Faizan Anees

2026

2024

Liquidity Providers

Core and Flash: evaluation fee refunded with the first payout. Value: 100% refund of the evaluation fee with the third payout. Not refundable on Instant challenges, nor if the evaluation is failed.

Full refund of the challenge fee with the first payout

No public info

Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested

Every 14 days (every 7 days with Weekly Payout Add-on).

• By default: Biweekly
• With add-on (+25%): Weekly
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Biweekly by default; On-Demand Payouts with add-on (+25%)

$10,000 per payout (all methods).

$100 (all methods).

$100

100%

1:100 (all platforms)

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
• MT5: 1:100

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
• MT5: 1:100

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• TradeLocker, cTrader: 1:30
• MT5: 1:100

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

• TradeLocker: 1:2
• cTrader, MT5: 1:100

1:2 (all platforms)

• Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
• Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
• All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic

Available add-ons include: 90/10 Profit Split, Weekly Payout, and others available at checkout.

• Profit Split 90% (+25%)
• Weekly payout (+25%; not available on Bolt or Bolt Flex)
• Allows News Trading (+25%)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: On-Demand Payouts (+25%)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Weekend Holding (+15%), permits weekend holding and trading

• 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 and Bolt Flex: Reach 10% total profit across four payouts within two months. Each approved scaling phase increases the account balance by 25%, up to $500,000 combined.

Static

• Lightning: 6% trailing, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
• Bolt: 6% trailing equity, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
• Bolt Flex: 7% trailing balance, locks at initial balance once balance grows by 7%
• Dual Step Intraday: 7% static
• Dual Step Swing: 7% static
• Nexus: 8% static

80% by default, up to 90% with the 90/10 Profit Split Add-on.

• Standard: 80%
• With add-on (+25%): 90%

Equity-based (Start-of-Day Equity).

• 3% balance-based: Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing, Bolt Flex
• 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 and Bolt Flex with scaling: $500,000 combined

No time limit on the challenge.

Unlimited

Core and Value: minimum active trading days required; specific number varies by account size. Flash: no minimum trading days requirement, except on 100K and 200K account sizes.

• Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
• With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: Bi-weekly (14 days); On-Demand Payouts add-on (+25%) available

• All programs except Bolt and Bolt Flex: No consistency rule
• Bolt: 20% best day cap
• Bolt Flex: 25% best day cap

• Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: No minimum profitable trading days

EAs are allowed but require pre-approval by email (support@onefunded.com). EAs that execute trades automatically on behalf of the trader are not allowed; EAs that act as trading assistants (lot size, risk management, position sizing) are allowed.

Maximum of 2 positions simultaneously

Max Exposure Rule: floating loss per trade idea may not exceed 3% of Start-of-Trade-Idea Equity (1% on Instant accounts). Max Margin Utilization monitored at 50%.

Copy trading is permitted only between your own OneFunded accounts. External copy trading or signal mirroring (Telegram, Discord, social networks, third-party copiers) is prohibited.

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.

Trading during high-impact news is allowed, but the News Volatility Period (5 minutes before and after the release) is monitored. Trades that appear to exploit volatility or news-driven price spikes may trigger compliance review and corrective actions.

• Dual Step (Swing): Allowed by default
• Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step (Intraday): Only allowed with add-on
• Bolt and Bolt Flex: 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.

60 days in evaluation phase, 30 days in funded phase.

30 days

Evaluation phases: no consistency rule, except on 100K and 200K account sizes (where the Best Day Profit Ratio cap applies). Live (funded) phase: 50% Best Day Profit Ratio cap across Core, Value and Flash. The rule does not breach the account; it only blocks phase passing or payout until the ratio falls within the cap.

Lightning, Nexus and Dual Step: allowed. Bolt and Bolt Flex: require the Weekend Holding add-on (+15%).

• Latency arbitrage and reverse arbitrage
• Tick scalping designed to exploit microstructure or pricing refresh
• Cross-account hedging (between OneFunded accounts or with external accounts)
• One-sided bets / aggressive averaging into losses
• Martingale and grid recovery systems with uncontrolled exposure
• External copy trading or signal mirroring without authorization
• Account management by third parties or account passing services
• Data freezing, gap billing, delayed or slow data feeds

• 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