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23691-001, A2 Building, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, United Arab Emirates

James Glyde

Husam Samy

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

In-house liquidity provider

Not the classic free refund. It is the paid "Challenge Fee Refund" add-on (+10% of price).

• On passing the challenge, the fee is credited as profit balance on the funded account
• Not a refund to the card
• Available across all modes

The evaluation fee is refundable. Under the published standard conditions, the refund unlocks alongside the fifth successful payout.

Rise

• Payouts under $500: $25
• Payouts of $500 or more: free

USDT / USDC

• $2.50 per payout

Skrill

• Subject to Skrill exchange rates

One Step Light

• Weekly payouts by default

Instant accounts

• Payouts every 7 calendar days

First Payout on Demand (add-on +10%)

• Request the first payout as soon as all eligibility requirements are met
• The selected payout interval applies after the first payout

Frequency (default and with add-on)

• Monthly: every 30 days (standard)
• Bi-weekly: every 14 days (add-on from +15%)
• Weekly: every 7 days (add-on from +30%)
• On Demand: no waiting interval between eligible payouts (add-on +50%)

Personal limit

• Only one payout every 7 days per trader, even across multiple accounts, except where an applicable on-demand benefit overrides the interval

Depends on the program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout after 3 days with a 40% split. Standard payouts retain an 85% split and require the applicable trading days, profit and SFX Stability Index. Instant and 1-Step Pro allow payout requests once their requirements are met, without a fixed bi-weekly cycle.

• Manual review within 2 business days
• Sent within 2 business days after approval
• Total: paid within 7 days of request

Requests are processed within 48 business hours. SFX advertises $1,000 compensation if it misses that deadline.

One Step Light

• First payout cap: 3% of balance
• The cap increases by 1 percentage point after each payout, up to 6%

Other challenge-funded accounts

• First payout cap: 6% of balance
• The cap increases by 2 percentage points after each payout

Instant accounts

• First payout: 3%
• Second payout: 4%
• Third payout: 5%
• Fourth payout onwards: 6%

Hard cap

• $5,000 per payout (always, even if the percentage allows more)

Maximum of $10,000 per request for the first two payouts. This limit is removed afterwards.

Minimum by mode (% of balance)

• One Step Light: 1%
• Instant: 1%
• Consistency: 1%
• Endurance: 2%
• Classic: 3%

Minimum by method

• Rise / Skrill / USDT: $50

Payouts below $100 can only be processed through USDT TRC20. Bank transfer is available from $100.

Standard

• Up to $5M exposure: 1:30
• $5M to $10M: 1:15
• Over $10M: 1:10

With Extra Leverage add-on

• Up to $5M exposure: 1:50
• $5M to $10M: 1:20
• Over $10M: 1:10

• Up to $250K exposure: 1:20
• $250K to $500K: 1:10
• Over $500K: 1:5

• Up to $100K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
• Over $100K: 1:5

• Up to $500K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
• $500K to $1M: 1:10
• Over $1M: 1:5

• Up to $100K exposure: 1:2 (1:3 with add-on)
• Over $100K: 1:1

Indices, crypto and energies are commission-free at all ranks. Forex and metals start at $6/lot and drop to $0 at Rank 6.

Paid add-on (10% of challenge price).

• Replaces swaps with a fixed daily admin fee
• 3-day grace period before the first charge
• Must be selected at checkout (cannot be added later)

Available for Ascend during evaluation and for funded Ascend, 1-Step Pro and Rapid accounts within 10 calendar days of the first trade. A funded reset subsequently applies a 50% split.

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Extra Max Risk: +1%, raising the limit from 1% to 2% (20% of base price)
• Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected drawdown type (20% of base price)
• Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points (20% of base price)

Standard challenges: benefits and rules

• Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points across all ranks (20% of base price)
• Extra Max Loss: +1% to max loss (20% of base price)
• Extra Daily Loss: +1% to daily limit (10% of base price)
• Skip Minimum Trading Days: removes the minimum-day requirement (10% of base price)

Standard challenges: time and money

• Swap-Free: replaces swaps with fixed administration fees (10% of base price)
• Challenge Fee Refund: credits the paid challenge fee as funded-account profit after passing (10% of base price)
• Extended Time Limit: 180 days (+5%) or 360 days (+10%)

Standard challenges: payouts

• First Payout on Demand: removes the wait for the first eligible payout (10% of base price)
• Bi-weekly payouts: 14-day interval (from 15% of base price)
• Weekly payouts: 7-day interval (from 30% of base price)
• On Demand payouts: removes the waiting interval for every eligible payout (50% of base price)

Bundle discount

• Buying three or more qualifying add-ons applies a 20% discount to every qualifying add-on
• Extended Time Limit and payout interval add-ons (Bi-weekly, Weekly and On Demand) are excluded and do not count towards the three
• The bundle discount can be combined with a promotion code applied to the base account

Simple Scaling (all funded accounts since 9 April 2026).

• Level up after 4 payouts or upon reaching the 12% scaling target
• Scaling increment by rank: 10% to 40% of initial balance
• Instant accounts do not scale

Reviewed every 3 months. Requires profitability in 2 of the 3 months, at least 10% cumulative profit and 2 payouts. Balance increases by 25% of the initial balance up to $3.2M.

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Equity Trailing: 6% at Rank 1, 7% from Rank 2
• EOD Trailing: 5% at Rank 1, 6% from Rank 2
• Payout Trailing: 4% at Rank 1, 5% from Rank 2

One Step Light

• Challenge: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on $5K to $50K; 3% on $100K and $150K
• Simulated Funded Account: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on every size
• Based on the End-of-Day high-water mark
• Experience Program rank benefits do not increase it

Standard 1-stage trailing

• 8% Balance Trailing Max Loss
• Rank 2+: 9%

Standard 1-stage static

• 6% Static Max Loss
• Rank 2+: 7%

Standard 2-stage static

• Classic: 9% (10% from Rank 2)
• Endurance: 8% (9% from Rank 2)
• Consistency: 8% (9% from Rank 2)

Add-on

• Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected max loss type

Rapid: 4% trailing. 1-Step Pro: 6% trailing. Ascend: 8% static. Instant: 6% trailing.

By rank (Experience Program)

• Rank 0: 70%
• Rank 1: 75%
• Rank 2: 80%
• Rank 3: 85%
• Rank 4: 90%
• Rank 5: 95%
• Rank 6: 99%

Extras

• Extra Profit Share add-on: +10% across all ranks
• Loyalty program: up to 109% total

85% base split, with the possibility of reaching 100% through the scaling program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout with a 40% split.

One Step Light

• No Daily Loss limit

Other Standard challenges

• 3%, calculated from the previous End-of-Day reference using the higher of balance or equity
• Rank 4+: 4%
• Extra Daily Loss add-on: +1 percentage point

Rapid and Instant: 3%. 1-Step Pro: no daily limit. Ascend: 4%.

Funded accounts (from challenges)

• Up to 5 accounts
• Max $300,000 combined

Instant accounts

• Up to 3 accounts
• Max $300,000 combined

Challenges

• No limit

Capital earned through scaling is exempt from these limits.

Allowed to merge two funded accounts, provided all of these conditions are met.

• Same mode (Classic with Classic, Endurance with Endurance, Consistency with Consistency)
• Same currency
• Identical add-ons
• No open positions
• Instant accounts cannot be merged

Funded accounts from the same evaluation type can be merged when both remain at their initial balance, have no open trades and their combined capital does not exceed $500,000. Instant accounts cannot be merged.

Accounts from 9 April 2026 (per stage)

• 90 days (standard)
• 180 days (add-on +5%)
• 360 days (add-on +10%)

Earlier accounts

• 365 days per stage

No time limit.

One Step Light

• No minimum trading days during the challenge; it can be passed in one trading day

Classic

• 3 trading days per stage (a day = at least one close)
• Removable with the Skip Minimum Trading Days add-on

Endurance / Consistency

• No minimum days: each uses its own sustainability standard

Rapid: no minimum during evaluation. 1-Step Pro: 4 evaluation days. Ascend: 5 days in each phase. Instant: no evaluation.

Experience Program: earn XP through milestones and climb ranks (0 to 6).

• Pass challenges, receive payouts, scale accounts, complete quests
• Rank raises profit split, lowers commissions, grants more drawdown and leverage
• Consistency Mode earns double XP on most milestones

One Step Light

• No Profitable Days requirement during the challenge
• 4 Profitable Days are required for each payout
• Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.25% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Endurance

• One-stage: 4 Profitable Days
• Two-stage: 3 Profitable Days per stage
• The applicable requirement must also be completed for each payout
• Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.5% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• 5 Winning Days before a payout
• Winning Day = close with ≥0.5% from the start-of-day balance and above the initial account balance

Earlier Instant accounts

• 5 Winning Days before a payout
• Winning Day = close with ≥0.25% and above the initial account balance

For payouts: Rapid and Instant require 10 trading days; 1-Step Pro requires 7 qualified days; Ascend requires 5 days and its first standard payout is available after 14 calendar days.

Allowed on all accounts, with your own strategy.

• cTrader Automate (cBots), plugins, Open API
• Trade copiers between your own accounts (TradersConnect, Duplikium, Heron, Tradesyncer)
• Forbidden: bots purchased from marketplaces (MQL5, cBot market)
• Forbidden: HFT and latency scalping

Trade managers, calculators and EAs developed by the trader are allowed. Third-party EAs and EAs designed to exploit rollover or perform news scalping are prohibited.

Allowed

• Same instrument within one account
• Correlated instruments within one account

Forbidden (toxic trading)

• Same instrument across two or more accounts
• Correlated instruments across accounts
• Hedging with another PipFarm user

One Step Light

• Challenge Max Risk: 2%
• Simulated Funded Max Risk: 2%
• Absolute at both stages: reaching the limit closes open positions and breaches the account immediately
• No strikes, escalation or Pip Protector

Standard Simulated Funded Accounts

• Max Risk: 2%
• Pip Protector closes open positions and records a Strike when the limit is reached
• Strike 1 halves the limit; Strike 2 halves it again and permanently reduces the profit share by 50%; Strike 3 breaches the account
• Pip Protector does not apply during the challenge stages

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Max Risk: 1% of starting balance
• Extra Max Risk add-on: raises it to 2%

Earlier Instant accounts

• Keep the Max Risk limit assigned when purchased

Maximum floating loss: 2% on Rapid, Ascend and Instant; $300K and $400K Instant accounts have a 1% limit. 1-Step Pro has a 1% limit, with a warning and split reduction to 40% on the first violation and closure on the second.

• Between your own accounts: allowed (even to/from external brokers or prop firms)
• Copying another trader: forbidden
• Following signals or external services: forbidden

Copying trades, manually or through software, between the trader's own accounts or from external traders or signal providers is prohibited.

Funded accounts restrict trading from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news. News straddling, news bracketing and manipulation of the simulated environment are also prohibited.

• You must close at least one trade every 28 days
• Trade size and duration are irrelevant
• Email warning 3 days before the deadline

Accounts are closed after 30 days of inactivity.

One Step Light

• Challenge: no Consistency Score requirement
• Simulated Funded Account: Consistency Score ≤40% to qualify for each payout

Consistency Mode: new checkout

• Consistency Score ≤40% across all formats
• Required to pass the challenge and qualify for payouts

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Equity Trailing: ≤30%
• EOD Trailing: ≤25%
• Payout Trailing: ≤20%

Earlier Instant accounts

• Consistency Score ≤25%

Classic / Endurance Simulated Funded Accounts

• Consistency Score ≤50% to qualify for payouts
• Does not apply during challenge stages

Maximum SFX Stability Index for payout: Rapid 15%, 1-Step Pro 20%, Ascend 25% and Instant 15%.

• High-frequency trading (HFT)
• Latency tick scalping
• Copying another trader or following signals
• Group trading / coordinated orders
• Account passing services (third parties trading for you)
• Cross-account hedging (same or correlated instruments)
• Account churning (buying many challenges to force a random pass)
• Artificial trades to manipulate rules without genuine intent

Copy trading; third-party EAs; HFT; latency arbitrage; tick scalping; martingale and grid; news scalping; coordinated reverse trading; exploitation of errors or slow feeds; account sharing or third-party account management.