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2026-10
2023
Cape Town, South Africa, Western Cape, 7764, ZA
Tanswell Sassman
South Africa
No refund after credentials are sent; support may authorize exceptions if no trades were placed. No fee refund for passing is published.
Only when purchasing with add-on
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.
- QT ONE: 4-day cycle
- QT TWO: 14-day cycle
- QT INSTANT: 4-day cycle
- QT Power: 14-day cycle for accounts purchased from August 11, 2026. Accounts purchased on or before August 10 receive the first payout on demand, then move to a 14-day cycle.
- QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14-day standard cycle
- QT Bonus (promotional accounts): 30-day cycle
Signature: maximum 3% of balance per payout.
1% of balance on Instant, One and Two; Signature does not publish a specific minimum.
1% of profit ($100 min) — except QT INSTANT: 5% of profit, and a 3% buffer applies (8% profit must be reached before the first payout request).
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Payout Protector: +25%. Remove Lock on Payout: +25%, only One and Instant. Optional; table prices exclude add-ons.
- Variable Spreads
- Usage of EA
- Swap Free
- 10% Profit Split Extra (80% → 90%)
- Refund on First Payout
- 14 Day Payout cycle
- 7 Day Payout cycle
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.
- QT ONE: 6% static
- QT TWO: 8% static
- QT INSTANT: 6% trailing, locked at starting balance once a withdrawal is made
- QT Power: 8% static
- QT 1 Step (BNPL): 6% trailing
Based on balance; monitor the breach level in the dashboard.
- QT ONE: 3% trailing (fixed amount, threshold recalculated daily on the higher of previous close balance or equity)
- QT TWO: 4% fixed (balance-based)
- QT INSTANT: 3% fixed
- QT Power: 4% fixed
- QT 1 Step (BNPL): 3% daily trailing
- Max total funded allocation: $300,000
- Max Instant funded allocation: $100,000
- No duplicate asset trading when at limit
No fixed count; the $1 million limit is shared across evaluations, funded accounts and markets.
No evaluation deadline; the inactivity limit applies.
Unlimited
Checkout specifies no fixed minimum evaluation days; consistency may require additional days.
- QT ONE: no minimum on the evaluation (can pass in a single day); 4 days when funded
- QT TWO: 4 days per phase
- QT INSTANT: 4 days when funded
- QT Power: 4 days in each evaluation phase and 4 days per funded payout cycle
- QT 1 Step (BNPL): no minimum on the evaluation; 5 days when funded
Instant: 7 days. One and Two: 4 days with at least 0.25% daily profit. Signature: no specific requirement is published.
- QT TWO: 4 days of +0.5% profit per cycle
- QT INSTANT: 4 days of +1% profit per cycle
- QT ONE: not required
Phase 2 reset available with add-on
- QT ONE: 70%
- QT TWO: 80%
- QT INSTANT: 100%
- QT Power: 80%
- QT 1 Step (BNPL): 80%
Upgradeable to 90% with the "10% Profit Split Extra" add-on on eligible plans.
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.
Before using EAs, they must go through a pre-approval process.
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.
No universal per-trade percentage is published; gambling, all-in and abuse of margin, leverage or contract limits are prohibited.
- QT ONE (Funded): 1% max floating loss across all open positions
- QT TWO (Funded): 1% max floating loss (first violation is a soft breach, second is a hard breach)
- QT TWO (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
- QT INSTANT (Funded): 1% max exposure per instrument
- QT Power (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
- QT Power (Funded): no exposure limit
- QT 1 Step (BNPL, Funded): 2% floating loss
Only between accounts owned by the same trader. Signals, passing services, group trading and EAs facilitating copy trading are prohibited.
Allowed without restrictions when allocation is lower than $300,000.
Not allowed when the allocation is $300,000 or above.
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.
- No new entries or exits within the 10-minute window around a restricted news event (5 minutes before and 5 minutes after).
- Order modifications ARE permitted during that window: adjusting stop loss, modifying take profit and cancelling orders.
- Positions or limit orders placed more than 5 minutes before the release (with SL and TP set) may remain open or be triggered during the event.
- Restricted releases: CPI, FOMC statement and meetings, Non-Farm Payrolls and USD PMI. Red folder events restrict every pair involving that currency and any index priced in it.
- News source: Forex Factory.
- The News Rule does NOT apply to QT ONE, QT INSTANT, QT Power or QT 1 Step (BNPL) accounts.
Account closes after 30 consecutive days without trading.
- QT TWO: no inactivity rule
- QT INSTANT, QT Power, QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14 days
- QT ONE: the comparison table states 7 days while the plan article states 14 days; confirm with support before relying on it.
The period runs from the purchase date if no trade has been placed, or from the most recent closed trade.
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.
- QT INSTANT: 30%
- QT Power: 35% in both evaluation and funded
- QT 1 Step (BNPL): 20%
- QT ONE, QT TWO: no consistency rule
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.
- All-or-Nothing
- Latency Trading
- Arbitrage Trading
- High-Frequency Trading
- Tick scalping
- Reverse Trading or Group Hedging
- Order book spamming
- Flooding the server with messages due to incorrect use of algorithm
- One side betting
- Trading behaviours that the Risk Department deem Toxic
A Stop Loss must be placed within 60 seconds of opening a trade. Applies to QT TWO and QT INSTANT (funded accounts). QT ONE has no stop loss rule.
Cannot have three or more open positions on the same asset at the same time (only funded account

















