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Building A1, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Meydan Grandstand, 6th Floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia
David Viota
Arlind I.
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates / Saint Lucia
2023
2024
OGM International LTD
The fee is refunded with the fourth payout. The statutory 14-day withdrawal right applies only before the first trade is opened.
1-Step only: 100% fee refund with the third payout.
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Every 21 exchange days; 14 days with the add-on. Requests are usually processed within 72 business hours.
48-hour guarantee: if Orion does not process the payout on time, it applies a 100% profit split and refunds the evaluation fee.
No limit
The first two payouts are limited to 10% of the account size and an absolute maximum of USD 10,000. There is no maximum from the third payout onward.
$100
USD 100 via crypto; USD 300 via bank transfer.
Crypto: no fee. Bank transfer through Rise: USD 50.
1-Step and 2-Step evaluation: 100:1. PineX Account: 1-Step and Instant PineX 30:1; 2-Step and Instant Elite 50:1.
Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account: 1-Step, Instant PineX and Instant Elite 10:1; 2-Step 20:1.
1-Step: 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 in the PineX Account. 2-Step: 30:1. Instant PineX and Instant Elite: 10:1.
Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account and Instant: 10:1.
1-Step: US 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 funded; EU 30:1. 2-Step: US 5:1 and EU 30:1. Instant: US and EU 30:1.
1-Step and Instant: 2:1. 2-Step: 2:1 in evaluation and 1:1 in the PineX Account.
Swap-free accounts are available as a paid option. Terms and availability depend on the selected product.
Add-ons are available to reduce the payout cycle from 21 to 14 exchange days and, except on Instant Elite, increase the split up to 100%.
Over a rolling 3-month period: 15% return, at least 2 of 3 profitable months, and 3 payouts. Balance increases by 25%, profit split rises to 90%, and the account can scale up to $4,000,000.
Free Growth Plan with scaling up to USD 2,000,000.
The mechanism depends on the product: static on Standard, Swing, and Select; trailing with a lock on Zero and Nova funded accounts.
1-Step and 2-Step use static drawdown from starting capital. Instant PineX and Instant Elite trail new highs; PineX resets after a payout and Elite does not.
80% initially. It rises to 90% after meeting the scaling-plan requirements.
80% by default. Up to 100% through an add-on on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant PineX. Instant Elite remains at 80%.
Calculated on equity and includes open trades, commissions, and swaps. The applicable percentage is shown on each challenge.
1-Step and 2-Step keep a static daily limit. On Instant PineX and Instant Elite, the limit trails the daily balance/equity high.
Maximum combined initial allocation of $400,000.
Multiple accounts are allowed. Eligible traders may combine them up to USD 600,000 in active allocation.
Eligible accounts may be combined up to USD 600,000. Instant accounts cannot be combined with Direct Funding.
No maximum time limit.
No time limit.
Standard, Swing, and Select require 4 minimum trading days per evaluation phase. Zero and Nova have no published minimum.
1-Step: 3 evaluation days and 4 profitable days of at least 0.5% for payout. 2-Step: none in evaluation and 4 on the PineX Account. Instant PineX: 5 days of at least 0.5%. Instant Elite: 6 days of at least 0.5%.
PineX Points: 1 point per euro spent, redeemable for accounts, add-ons, discounts and rewards.
EAs are allowed when the strategy is the trader's own and does not breach prohibited practices such as arbitrage, HFT, or exploitation of delays and errors.
EAs, bots, scripts and tools that automatically open, close or manage trades are not allowed.
The firm expressly discourages VPN or VPS use and prohibits sharing devices or access credentials.
Hedging within one account is allowed. Hedging positions across multiple accounts to manipulate results is prohibited.
A stop loss is not mandatory, but exposure above 10 times the starting capital with more than 50% of trades lacking an SL may be treated as abuse.
Manual scalping is allowed, but tick scalping, HFT, and strategies exploiting delays or pricing errors are prohibited.
Scalping is allowed, but Quick Strike/HFT, extremely short holding times and mass order activity are prohibited.
Multiple positions are allowed as part of a legitimate strategy; excessive or coordinated exposure intended to bypass risk rules is prohibited.
A maximum of two simultaneous open positions in the same market and direction within one trade idea.
Orion may treat excessive exposure, overleveraging, and other risk practices inconsistent with realistic trading as a breach.
Instant PineX: maximum 2% of starting capital per trade idea. Instant Elite: maximum 1% floating loss. No fixed per-trade percentage applies on 1-Step or 2-Step, but the general excessive-risk rules still apply.
Copying between your own Orion accounts is allowed. Copying signals, third-party accounts, or external services is prohibited.
Mirroring, third-party executed signals and copying between accounts are prohibited.
During evaluation there is no timing restriction, but using news as a strategy is prohibited. On funded accounts, Nova, Standard, and Select prohibit opening or closing trades 2 minutes before and after high-impact news. Swing has no timing restriction. Zero allows it, but trades executed within 5 minutes before or after receive a 50% profit split.
Positions on the affected instrument cannot be opened or closed during the 5 minutes before and after red-folder news. Automatic SL or TP closures also count.
The account may be closed after prolonged inactivity under Orion's current terms.
The account is considered breached after 30 calendar days without opening and closing at least one trade.
The 20% Best Day rule applies only to Orion Zero and Orion Nova funded accounts.
Instant PineX applies a 20% rule: the best day must represent less than 20% of the period's profit. 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Elite have no consistency rule.
Allowed on Instant PineX and Instant Elite. Not allowed on 1-Step or 2-Step.
- Latency arbitrage, reverse arbitrage, and exploitation of prices or delays
- HFT, tick scalping, and strategies designed to exploit the simulated environment
- Copy trading from third parties or signal services
- Hedging across accounts and coordinated opposite trades
- Account rolling, third-party management, and sharing or reselling accounts
- Gambling behaviour, overleveraging, and excessive exposure
Hedging and inverse trading; copy trading and account sharing; martingale, grids and recovery systems; excessive or all-in risk; more than two positions in the same trade idea; extreme margin usage; Quick Strike/HFT; arbitrage and latency abuse; account rolling; EAs and automated tools.




















