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Headquarters

Singapore

30 North Gould Street, Ste R
City: Sheridan
State: Wyoming (WY)
Postal code: 82801

CEO

James Glyde

Matt Morris

Country

Singapore

United States

Foundation

2024

2023

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Crimea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, United States, Yemen
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morroco, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
No data
Purple Trading
Refund
Yes

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
No

Only for 2-Step PRO v2, where the evaluation fee is refunded with the 4th payout. Accounts purchased before February 4, 2026 keep the old refund policy.

Payout Fee

Rise

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

USDT / USDC

  • $2.50 per payout

Skrill

  • Subject to Skrill exchange rates

2%

Platforms
cTrader
Metatrader 5, cTrader, DXTrade, MatchTrader, Tradingview, TradeLocker
Demo Account
cTrader
ID-PasswordP@55W0RD!ServercTrader (solo para ver condiciones, no operable)
MatchTrader
IDspreadtest@topone.comPasswordqyta5w7sw3rg
TradeLocker
IDspreadtest@topone.comPasswordF5sa,AVFw7m]ServerTOPONE
MetaTrader 5
ID98827612PasswordqaJaT8)h9ZServerTopOneTrader-MT5 or TopOneTrader-Trader
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Skrill
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level
No data

100%

Payout Frequency

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
  • 1-Step FLASH: every 14 days (7 days with add-on)
  • 1-Step NOVA: every 14 days (7 days with add-on)
  • 2-Step PRO v2: every 14 days (weekly with add-on)
  • Instant Funding: every 14 days (On Demand with add-on)
  • Instant Prime: every 14 days
  • X-DAILY: daily payout requests from the first funded trading day.
Payout Guarantee
  • Manual review within 2 business days
  • Sent within 2 business days after approval
  • Total: paid within 7 days of request
No data
Alternative Currency
EUR, GBP
No data
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
Yes

Weekend cryptocurrency trading is available on our platform, provided that positions are initiated after 8 PM EST on Friday

Maximum Withdrawal

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)

$25,000 per rolling 30-day period, combined across all the trader's funded accounts.

  • 2-Step PRO v2: additionally capped at 6% of the initial balance or $15,000 per payout cycle, whichever is lower.
  • X-DAILY: per-request caps of $150 on $5K, $300 on $10K, $750 on $25K, $1,000 on $50K and $2,000 on $100K.
Minimum Withdrawal

Minimum by mode (% of balance)

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

Minimum by method

  • Rise / Skrill / USDT: $50

2%

  • X-DAILY: retain a profit buffer of 4% of the starting balance. At least 50% of each request must come from new profit earned since the previous payout.
Forex

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
  • 1-Step FLASH: 10:1
  • 1-Step NOVA: 100:1 evaluation, 30:1 funded
  • 2-Step PRO v2: 100:1 evaluation, 50:1 funded
  • Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 50:1
  • X-DAILY: 10:1
Metals
  • Up to $250K exposure: 1:20
  • $250K to $500K: 1:10
  • Over $500K: 1:5
  • 1-Step FLASH: 10:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
  • 1-Step NOVA: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
  • 2-Step PRO v2: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
  • Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 10:1
Energies
  • Up to $100K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
  • Over $100K: 1:5
No data
Indices
  • Up to $500K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
  • $500K to $1M: 1:10
  • Over $1M: 1:5
  • 1-Step FLASH: 10:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
  • 1-Step NOVA: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
  • 2-Step PRO v2: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
  • Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 10:1
Crypto
  • Up to $100K exposure: 1:2 (1:3 with add-on)
  • Over $100K: 1:1
  • 1-Step FLASH: 2:1 evaluation, 0.3:1 funded
  • 1-Step NOVA: 4:1 evaluation, 1:1 funded
  • Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 1:1
Forex
0
0
Metals
0
0
Energies
0 / lot
0
Indices
0 / lot
0
Crypto
0 / lot
0
Commission-Free Option
Limited

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

No data
Swap Free
Yes

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)
No
Account Reset
No data
Yes
  • 1-Step NOVA: unlimited free resets during the evaluation. Funded accounts reset at a discounted fee.
  • 1-Step FLASH, 2-Step PRO v2: paid resets available on both the challenge and the funded stage.

Allows traders who breach or want a fresh start to continue without purchasing a new account.

Add-ons
Yes

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
Yes
  • No Stop Loss (+10% on 1-Step and 2-Step, +15% on Instant Funding and Instant Prime)
  • 90% Profit Split (+20% on 1-Step FLASH and 2-Step PRO v2)
  • 100% Profit Split (+20% on 1-Step NOVA and Instant Prime)
  • Weekly payouts (+20% on 1-Step FLASH and 1-Step NOVA; available on 2-Step PRO v2)
  • Instant Payouts (+20% on 2-Step and Instant Funding)
  • Weekend Holding (15% on Instant Funding)
  • News Trading + Weekend Holding (20% on Instant Prime)
  • Bundle All Add-ons (+35% on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Funding)
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

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
Yes

Every quarter, you may request an account scaling if you meet the following conditions:

  • You achieve a total profit of 25 percent.
  • You generate at least an 8 percent gain in each individual month.

Once approved, Top One Trader will increase your capital by 25 percent of your original account balance, up to a maximum of 5 million dollars.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

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
  • 1-Step FLASH: 7% trailing. Locks at the starting balance once you reach a 7% gain or after a payout.
  • 1-Step NOVA: 6% trailing on evaluation, 5% on funded. Locks at the starting balance after a payout.
  • 2-Step PRO v2: 9% static
  • Instant Funding: 6% trailing. Locks at the starting balance after a payout.
  • Instant Prime: 5% trailing. Locks at the starting balance after a payout.
  • X-DAILY: EOD trailing in evaluation and funded stages, based on the highest closing balance. Locks at the starting balance after a 5% gain or the first funded payout.
Profit Split

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
  • 1-Step FLASH: 80% (90% with add-on)
  • 1-Step NOVA: 90% (100% with add-on)
  • 2-Step PRO v2: 85% (up to 100% with add-on)
  • Instant Funding: Initial at 60%, increasing by 10% per payout, up to 90%
  • Instant Prime: 1st payout 80%, 2nd 90%, 3rd onwards 100% (100% from the first payout with add-on)
Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

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

Measured from the higher of balance or equity at 5PM EST.

  • 1-Step FLASH: 4% (hard breach)
  • 1-Step NOVA: none
  • 2-Step PRO v2: 4% (hard breach)
  • Instant Funding: 3% (hard breach)
  • Instant Prime: 2.5% (hard breach)
Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation

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.

600,000
Merge Accounts
Yes

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
No
Maximum Trading Days

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

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days

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
  • X-DAILY: no minimum trading days.
Points Reward Program

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

Purchases, passed challenges and payouts earn XP in the Top One Loyalty Program. XP unlocks five levels:

  • Level 1 — Beginner: free $5K Instant account, store voucher and Discord rank.
  • Level 2 — Amateur: +2% profit share and a free $10K Instant account.
  • Level 3 — Experienced: +3% profit share, a free $25K Instant account and 5 giveaway entries.
  • Level 4 — Expert: +5% profit share, a free $50K Instant account and 10 giveaway entries.
  • Level 5 — Master: +7% profit share, +50% scaling boost, a free $100K Instant account and 15 giveaway entries.

Each level also provides lower profit targets, larger loss buffers and higher monthly payout caps. The announcement does not specify the XP thresholds or the exact rule values for each level; those are shown in the trader rewards dashboard.

Monthly Competition
No data
No
Minimum Profitable Days

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
  • 1-Step FLASH: 3 profitable trading days with 0.5% profit of initial balance
  • 1-Step NOVA: none
  • 2-Step PRO v2: 3 profitable trading days with 0.5% profit of initial balance
  • Instant Funding, Instant Prime: none
  • X-DAILY: none
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes

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
No
  • 1-Step NOVA: allowed on both the evaluation and the funded account.
  • 1-Step FLASH, 2-Step PRO v2: allowed during the evaluation only, using your own unique EA.
  • Instant Funding, Instant Prime: not allowed.
  • X-DAILY: allowed during evaluation, not allowed on the funded account.
VPN
No
No
Hedging
Yes

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
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
Yes
  • Requirement: An active Stop Loss (SL) is mandatory for every trade from the moment of execution.
  • Immediate Action: You must set your SL while opening the position; adding it later is not permitted.
  • Soft Breach: Any trade opened without a valid SL will be closed automatically by our system.

There is a No Stop Loss add-on available for purchase, which allows you to bypass this requirement.

Scalping
Yes
No

A minimum holding time of 5 minutes is mandatory for any trade closed in profit. This rule encompasses every closing scenario, such as manual exits, partial liquidations, and hitting pre-set Take Profit or Stop Loss levels in a profitable state.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
No

Maximum of 3 positions on the same pair and direction

Martingale
Yes
No data
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

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
Yes

Maximum Lot Size per Pair: (Account Balance × Leverage) ÷ (Instrument Price × Contract Size) = Max Lot Size

Maximum Lot Size per Account (only funded accounts). 20% open lot size limit based on the account size, up to a maximum of 20 open lots:

  • $5k account = Max 1 lot
  • $10k account = Max 2 lots
  • $25k account = Max 5 lots
  • $50k account = Max 10 lots
  • $100k account = Max 20 lots
  • $200k account = Max 20 lots
  • X-DAILY: the lot limits above apply in both evaluation and funded stages for its $5K to $100K accounts.
Copy Trading
Yes
  • Between your own accounts: allowed (even to/from external brokers or prop firms)
  • Copying another trader: forbidden
  • Following signals or external services: forbidden
No

Only allowed on challenge phases

News Trading
Yes
Yes
  • 1-Step FLASH, 1-Step NOVA: allowed during the evaluation, not allowed on the funded account.
  • 2-Step PRO v2: allowed during the evaluation, not allowed on the funded account.
  • Instant Funding: not allowed.
  • Instant Prime: allowed with add-on.

When not allowed, it is prohibited to execute or close any trade within the window of 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a high-impact news event.

  • X-DAILY: allowed during evaluation, not allowed on the funded account; the high-impact news window above applies.
Inactivity Rule
  • You must close at least one trade every 28 days
  • Trade size and duration are irrelevant
  • Email warning 3 days before the deadline

30 days

Consistency Rule
Yes

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
Yes
  • 1-Step FLASH: no consistency rule. Funded accounts have a 3% maximum daily profit cap; once reached the account pauses until the next trading day and the excess is voided (not a breach).
  • 1-Step NOVA: 20% ESS required to request a payout.
  • 2-Step PRO v2: no consistency rule. Funded accounts cap profit at $3,000 per day.
  • Instant Funding: consistency score must stay at 15% or below.
  • Instant Prime: 20% ESS required to request a payout.
  • X-DAILY: evaluation only, the largest winning day must not exceed 40% of total profit. Exceeding this threshold requires further trading, not an account breach. No funded consistency rule.

ESS = [ Largest Winning Day + Largest Losing Day |Absolute value| ] ÷ Total Profit × 100

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
  • 1-Step FLASH, 1-Step NOVA: Allowed
  • 2-Step PRO v2: Allowed
  • Instant Funding, Instant Prime: Allowed with add-on
  • X-DAILY: without add-ons, all positions must close on Friday before the market closes.
Prohibited Strategies
  • 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
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT) & Tick Scalping
  • Latency Arbitrage & Data Manipulation
  • External Copy Trading & Signal Grouping
  • Cross-Account Hedging Patterns
  • High-Impact News Trading Restrictions
  • Grid Trading Strategies
  • Martingale Risk Management
  • Third-Party Account Management ("Pass Your Challenge")
  • Unauthorized Expert Advisor (EA) Masking
  • Gambling & Excessive Leverage (YOLO Trading)
  • IP Address & Proxy Violations
  • Account Churning & Evaluation Rolling
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