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Headquarters

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

13 Omonoias Avenue, Limassol 3052, Cyprus (head office); Robin Kelton Building, Choc Bay, Castries, Saint Lucia (registered company).

CEO

Husam Samy

Tal Fromchenko

Country

United Arab Emirates

Cyprus / Saint Lucia

Foundation

2024

2025

Banned Countries
Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar
Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Crimea, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Metals, Energies, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Brokers

In-house liquidity provider

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Refund
Yes

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

Instant Flex: 100% refundable access fee.

Yes

The simulation fee is refunded on your third successful payout, not at purchase.

Platforms
MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
MetaTrader 5, cTrader
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Transfer, Revolut, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency

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 Funding (original) and 1-Step Pro allow payout requests once their requirements are met, without a fixed bi-weekly cycle.

Instant Flex: bi-weekly payouts.

Turbo: first payout after 14 calendar days of funded trading, then every 14 days. Sprint: first payout as soon as funded, then every 14 days. Junior, Senior and Executive: every 14 days from the start of funded trading.

Payout Guarantee

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

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Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
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Maximum Withdrawal

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

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Minimum Withdrawal

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

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Payout Fee
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$25 on wire transfer and Revolut. Crypto and debit card vary by provider.

Demo Account
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Unknown
Forex
30:1

1:100 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:30 on every other program.

Metals
10:1

1:30 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:10 on every other program.

Energies
10:1

1:10 on Senior Portfolio Manager; 1:3 on Turbo, Sprint, Junior and Executive.

Indices
10:1

1:25 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:8 on every other program.

Crypto
2:1

1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

Stocks
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1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

Forex
4 / lot
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Metals
4 / lot
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Energies
4 / lot
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Indices
0.4 / lot
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Crypto
0
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Commission-Free Option
No
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Commission
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$4 per lot round trip on forex and metals. No commission on indices, commodities, crypto, stocks or any other asset.

Swap Free
No
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Account Reset

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.

Yes
Add-ons
Yes
No
Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

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.

No
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

Rapid: 4% trailing. 1-Step Pro: 6% trailing. Ascend: 8% static. Instant Funding (original): 6% trailing.

Trailing on Turbo and Leveraged ONE: follows new closed-balance highs and locks at the starting balance after a 6% gain. Static on Sprint, Junior, Senior and Executive. The percentage for each program is in its challenges.

Profit Split

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

80%

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

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

Calculated from the higher of balance or equity at 23:00 GMT+3. The percentage varies by program and is shown in its challenges.

Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation
500,000
1,555,000
Merge Accounts
Yes

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 Funding (original) accounts cannot be merged.

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Maximum Trading Days

No time limit.

No evaluation time limit on any current program.

Minimum Trading Days

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

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Monthly Competition
No
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Minimum Profitable Days

For payouts: Rapid and Instant Funding (original) 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.

Junior, Senior and Executive: three non-consecutive days with at least 0.5% net profit per evaluation phase and before funded payouts. Turbo and Leveraged ONE: three such days before funded payouts. Sprint: none.

Points Reward Program
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Loyalty credits can be exchanged for checkout coupons. Credits and coupons expire at the end of the following month.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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.

Limited

Only EAs you built and control yourself, plus risk and trade-management tools. Commercial EAs are banned, including bought, rented, licensed or publicly distributed ones, however much they have been modified.

VPN
Yes
Yes

Allowed while you remain the verified holder and sole operator. It cannot be used to share access, hide your identity or location, or get around geographic restrictions.

Hedging
Yes
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Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Limited

Genuine scalping is allowed. High-frequency, tick and repetitive micro-duration trading are prohibited; positions are expected to stay open for at least two minutes as a benchmark.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Limited

Scaling in or out and multiple entries are allowed for a genuine trade thesis. Layering or re-entry to hide concentrated risk or manipulate payout eligibility is prohibited.

Martingale
No
No

Grid, martingale and anti-martingale escalation are prohibited.

Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Maximum floating loss: 2% on Rapid, Ascend and Instant Funding (original); $300K and $400K Instant Funding (original) 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.

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Copy Trading
No

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

Limited

Only between accounts registered in your own name, whether at Leveraged, another prop firm or a retail broker. Copying between different people, family included, is prohibited.

News Trading
Limited

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.

Limited

Blocked on every program except Sprint. You cannot open, increase, or fully or partially close a position in the five minutes before or after a high-impact release, pending orders included. A position opened earlier may stay open through it.

Inactivity Rule

Accounts are closed after 30 days of inactivity.

Yes

30 days without opening and closing a trade and the account is closed.

Consistency Rule
Yes

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

Instant Flex: no consistency rule.

Limited

20% at payout on funded Turbo and Leveraged ONE accounts: the best day cannot exceed 20% of total profit. No consistency rule during evaluation or on Sprint and Classic Portfolio Manager plans. Crypto has its own listing.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

Genuine swing trading and overnight or weekend holding are allowed. Strategies built to exploit expected gaps are prohibited. Hedged or offsetting positions within the same account may not be held overnight or over the weekend.

Prohibited Strategies

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.

High-frequency and tick scalping; latency or price-feed arbitrage; market-gap and restricted-news exploitation; cross-account hedging or coordination; third-party signals or account management; grid and martingale; payout manipulation and platform abuse.

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