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2026-10

2021

Top floor, Rodney Court Building, Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

Lewis Mansbridge

Saint Lucia

No refund after credentials are sent; support may authorize exceptions if no trades were placed. No fee refund for passing is published.

Every 14 days. One and Two: first payout after 14 days. Instant: first after qualifying profitable days. Signature: 14-day waiting period for each payout. Paid via Rise or crypto; store credit is also available, irrevocable and expires after one year.

IF Evolve

On-demand payouts once the funded-stage eligibility requirements are met.

Instant Funding Pro

First withdrawal after 14 days from your first trade; then every 7 days after each new trade.

Instant Funding Lite

First withdrawal after 14 days from your first trade; then every 7 days after each new trade. Minimum withdrawal: $25.

Instant Funding Micro, One-Phase Micro, Two-Phase Micro, One-Phase & Two-Phase

On-Demand Payouts, withdraw anytime once eligible.

IF Micro Clarity

On-demand payouts, withdraw anytime once eligible.

One-Phase Clarity

First payout on-demand once the 1.5% minimum is reached; then every 7 days.

Instant Funding Clarity

First withdrawal after 14 days from your first trade; then every 7 days after each new trade.

IF Micro Lite

Payouts every 14 days once eligible; Smart Drawdown must be locked.

Signature: maximum 3% of balance per payout.

IF Evolve

• Maximum 50% of account profit per payout
• Maximum $2,000 per request
• Maximum 5 payouts per account

1% of balance on Instant, One and Two; Signature does not publish a specific minimum.

IF Evolve

• $250

Other accounts

• $25

IF Micro Lite

• Net profit of at least 5% of starting balance, before profit split.

Liquidity Provider

IF Evolve

• 30:1

Other accounts

• 100:1 (30:1 with news trading add-on)

IF Micro Lite

• 30:1

20:1 (8:1 with news trading add-on)

IF Micro Lite

• 5:1

20:1 (8:1 with news trading add-on)

20:1 (8:1 with news trading add-on)

2:1 (1:1 with news trading add-on)

Liquidity-provider commissions vary by instrument and platform; check specifications.

Payout Protector: +25%. Remove Lock on Payout: +25%, only One and Instant. Optional; table prices exclude add-ons.

• Allow major news trading and weekend holding

• Add 10% to profit split

• +5% Best Day (IF Micro up to $50,000): raises Best Day limit from 15% to 20%

• Extended 48-hour trading window (IF1 only)

• Increased best trade limit of 20% (IF1 only)

• IF Micro Lite: +10% profit split (90%).

Static on One, Two and Signature. Instant: trailing on the highest end-of-day balance; retains its pre-payout level unless Remove Lock on Payout is purchased. One also retains its pre-payout level. Instant requires a 5% non-withdrawable buffer.

IF Evolve

• End-of-Day trailing drawdown. It updates at 17:00 EST from the highest recorded end-of-day balance, only moves upward, and locks permanently at the starting balance.

Instant Funding Pro, Instant Funding Lite & Instant Funding Clarity

• Smart Drawdown. Starts at -10% and shifts to -5% once you gain 5%. After that, the drawdown stays fixed at -5% of your starting balance, no matter how much you profit.

IF Micro Clarity & One-Phase Clarity

• 6% trailing drawdown of the starting balance. Trails off closed trades only and never decreases.

Rest of accounts

• Static

IF Micro Lite

• Smart Drawdown locks permanently at -3% of starting balance after a 3% gain in closed-trade balance.

Based on balance; monitor the breach level in the dashboard.

IF Evolve

• No Daily Loss limit during either the Challenge or Funded stage.

Instant Funding Pro

• No daily loss limit.

Instant Funding Lite

• Recalculated at 17:00 EST on the higher of balance or equity. Breaching the daily limit closes the account.

IF Micro Clarity

• 3% of account value/day. Daily reset at 17:00 EST, recalculated on the higher of balance or equity.

One-Phase Clarity

• 4% of account value/day. Daily reset at 17:00 EST, recalculated on the higher of balance or equity.

Instant Funding Clarity

• No daily drawdown

IF Micro Lite

• Recalculated at 17:00 EST on the higher of balance or equity. Breaching the daily limit closes the account.

$1,000,000 combined starting balance across all programs, including IF Micro Lite. Scaled balances do not count toward this cap.

No fixed count; the $1 million limit is shared across evaluations, funded accounts and markets.

IF Evolve

• Up to 5 active Evolve accounts at the same time

No evaluation deadline; the inactivity limit applies.

• IF1: 24 hours
• IF Micro Clarity & One-Phase Clarity: Unlimited
• Rest of accounts (including Instant Funding Lite): Unlimited

Checkout specifies no fixed minimum evaluation days; consistency may require additional days.

Instant Funding Pro, Instant Funding Lite, Instant Funding Micro, IF1, IF Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity: No minimum

• One Phase, One Phase Micro, Two Phase, Two-Phase Micro: 3 days

• IF Micro Lite: No minimum

Instant: 7 days. One and Two: 4 days with at least 0.25% daily profit. Signature: no specific requirement is published.

IF Evolve

• 5 profitable days of at least 0.25% to pass the Challenge
• Another 5 qualifying days are required for each funded payout

IF Micro Clarity

• 5 profitable trading days per payout cycle, each generating at least 0.5% profit. The count resets after every successful payout.

Accounts can't be reset. After a breach, traders must purchase a new account.

Challenge Accounts + Instant Funding Micro + IF Micro Clarity + One-Phase Clarity

+25% to starting balance every 90 days with 10% profit, up to 2× the original account size.

Instant Funding Pro & Instant Funding Lite

• Instantly double your account when you reach 10% profit (up to $1,280,000).
• You keep all profit except 5% of starting balance used for scaling.

IF Micro Lite

• +25% to starting balance every 90 days with 10% profit, up to twice the original account size.

Instant Funding Pro, Instant Funding Lite, Instant Funding Micro, One Phase, One Phase Micro, Two Phase, Two-Phase Micro, IF Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity, Instant Funding Clarity

• 80%

IF1

• 90%

One-Phase, Two-Phase, and Two-Phase Micro Challenges

• Trade for at least 3 months and achieve a profit of 10% or more
• Contact support to request a review of your results
• Once verified, your profit split will be increased to 90%

Clarity (Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity, Instant Funding Clarity)

• Up to 90% with the +10% profit split add-on

• You earn 1 point for every $1 spent and you can use points to obtain promotional codes with discounts up to 50%.
• You earn 10% of the final value (after discounts) in points for every purchase.

The FAQ permits proprietary automation subject to restrictions, but the checkout catalogue flags EAs as disallowed. Obtain written confirmation for the selected plan and platform before using automation.

Permitted within one account. Coordinated opposing positions across accounts or firms are prohibited.

Tick harvesting, full porting and sub-minute positions at or near the contract limit are prohibited.

Scalping is permitted, but not HFT. HFT includes trades held under 60 seconds or a high number of trades per hour.

Violations

• 1-2: Warning + profit deduction
• 3: Account breach

No universal per-trade percentage is published; gambling, all-in and abuse of margin, leverage or contract limits are prohibited.

Maximum Lot Rule: Full list here

Maximum risk per trade idea , funded accounts

• General limit: 50% of the account's starting daily drawdown.
• Instant Funding Pro: 3% of the starting balance.
• Instant Funding Lite and One-Phase Crypto: 2%.
• IF Micro, IF Micro Crypto and IF1: 1%.
• Two-Phase Micro: 2% on accounts up to $50,000 and 1.5% on accounts of $100,000 or more.

Clarity accounts (IF Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity)

• No maximum-risk-per-position rule. Instead, a circuit breaker closes all positions if unrealised losses exceed 1.5% (IF Micro Clarity) or 2% (One-Phase Clarity) of the starting balance. The first breach reduces the profit split to 50%; the second closes the account.

IF Micro Lite

• Floating losses exceeding 1% of starting balance close all positions and trigger a strike. Account Drawdown and news-window violations share one strike pool: first strike reduces profit split to 50%; second closes the account.

Only between accounts owned by the same trader. Signals, passing services, group trading and EAs facilitating copy trading are prohibited.

Existing positions may remain open. No opening or closing within 3 minutes before or after high-impact news. Consequences include P&L removal, reduced leverage or account termination.

IF Evolve

News trading is allowed during both the Challenge and Funded stages.

Challenge accounts

One-Phase, Two-Phase → free news trading.

Micro accounts

IF Micro, IF1, One-Phase Micro, Two-Phase Micro → news trading allowed.

Clarity accounts

IF Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity → news trading included by default (no add-on required). Straddling prohibited on One-Phase Clarity.

Funded accounts

Instant Funding Pro, Instant Funding Lite, Instant Funding Clarity, One-Phase, Two-Phase → news trading only with the Major News Trading add-on. Two-Phase Micro has news trading enabled by default.

News restriction window

Blocks market orders, pending limit orders, and TP/SL triggers on affected instruments:

• Funded accounts: 4 min before + 4 min after news (8 min total).

Warning system (funded accounts: One-Phase, Two-Phase, Instant Funding Pro, Instant Funding Lite)

• Up to 2 warnings with profit deductions for trades made inside the restriction window.
• 3rd violation = account breach.
• Profit deductions don't affect daily drawdown, but overall drawdown adjustments still apply.

IF Micro Lite

• Trading on affected instruments is prohibited within 4 minutes before and after major news. Violations count toward the shared strike pool described under maximum risk.

Account closes after 30 consecutive days without trading.

60 days

One: 50% in evaluation and funded. Signature: 50% funded only. Instant: 18%. Two: no consistency rule. The best day cannot exceed that share of total profit; continue trading until compliant.

No payout consistency rule

• Instant Funding Pro and Instant Funding Lite
• One-Phase Clarity and Instant Funding Clarity

Best-day / best-trade rule for payouts

• IF Evolve: the best trading day must not exceed 40% of total profit during both the Challenge and Funded stages.

• IF Micro, IF Micro Crypto, One-Phase Micro and Two-Phase Micro: the best trading day must not exceed 15% of total profit.

• IF1: the most profitable trade must not exceed 15% of total profit.

• IF Micro with the +5% Best Day add-on: 20%.

• One-Phase and Two-Phase: the best trading day must not exceed 40% of total profit.

• IF Micro Clarity: the best trading day must not exceed 20% of total profit.

• IF Micro Lite: best trading day at most 15% of total profit for payout eligibility.

• IF Evolve: Overnight and weekend holding are not permitted. All positions close automatically at 17:00 EST.

• Instant Funding Pro, Instant Funding Lite: Only allowed with add-on

• IF Micro, IF1, Two-Phase Micro: Allowed without restrictions

• IF Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity: Allowed without restrictions, no add-on required

• One Phase, Two Phase: Allowed during evaluation, and during funded phase with add-on

• IF Micro Lite: Weekend holding is not permitted.

Cross-account arbitrage, latency or pricing-error exploitation, insider trading, front-running, third-party passing strategies and changing strategy between evaluation and funded trading. All-in, gambling and excessive exposure are prohibited. Trading is reviewed before funded account issuance.

• Latency Arbitrage
• Tick Scalping
• Account Arbitrage
• Exploiting platform glitches
• Reverse Trading
• Group Hedging
• Group Copying
• Account Management
• High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
• Third-Party EAs
• Account Churning (Rolling)
• One-Sided Bets
• Grid Trading
• Overleveraging
• Gambling

One-Phase, Two-Phase, IF Micro

Martingale is fully permitted. You can add to losing positions and increase lot sizes without restriction.

Instant Funding Pro

Adding to losing positions is allowed, but repeatedly doubling lot sizes after losses is not permitted.