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Headquarters

Brighton, Colorado (USA). Representative address in Joué-lès-Tours, France, not open to the public.

Office 8.05 One Canada Square, London, England, E14 5AA, United Kingdom

CEO
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Karim Yousfi

Country

United States

United Kingdom

Foundation
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2012

Banned Countries
United States, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Myanmar, Cuba, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
United States, Syria, Iran, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Venezuela
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Brokers
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AudaCity Global LTD
Refund
Limited

Challenges: the fee is refunded after passing, 50% with the first payout (which must be at least 1% of the account size) and 50% with the second. Not available on instant funding. A purchase is only refunded if requested within 7 days with no trading.

Yes

Ability Challenge only: fee refunded with the first payout. Ability One (accounts from 2 November 2026) and FTP Instant Funding: not refundable.

Payout Fee

No firm fee; network or bank fees are paid by the trader.

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Platforms
Propietary Platform
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5
Demo Account
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Metatrader5
ID54555PasswordYq!8YsYaServerAudaCityGlobal-Live
Payout Methods
Transfer, PayPal, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, PayPal
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Transfer
Payout Frequency

Every 14 days. Instant funding: first payout after 20 days per the rules (product pages say 4 weeks), then every 14 days. Two consecutive non compliant requests may suspend the account.

  • Ability Challenge: first payout after 30 days, then every 14 days
  • Ability One: every 14 days
  • FTP Instant Funding: first payout 14 days after the first trade, then every 14 days
Payout Guarantee

Paid within 14 days of the request at most. Once approved, payment takes 24 to 72 business hours (USDT usually within 24 hours; bank transfer up to 5 business days).

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Minimum Withdrawal

$100 or the equivalent in euros, with any method.

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Forex
100:1
  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
Metals

1:100; palladium 1:50.

  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
Energies
100:1
  • Ability Challenge: 25:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 60:1
Indices

1:100; Nikkei 225 and ASX 200 1:50.

  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
Stocks
20:1
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Crypto
10:1
  • Ability Challenge: 2:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 2:1
Forex
0 / lot
6 / lot
Metals
0 / lot
6 / lot
Energies
0 / lot
6 / lot
Indices
0 / lot
10 / lot
Stocks
0 / lot
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Crypto
0 / lot
0
Commission-Free Option
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No
Swap Free
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No
Account Reset
Yes

Paid, from the dashboard. In the challenge, about 50% of the price and back to phase 1 or 2. On a funded account, full price and funded status is kept. Usually applied within 24 hours.

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Add-ons
Yes

At checkout: news trading (+20% of the price) and no mandatory stop loss (+30%).

Yes
Instant
Yes

Funded account with no evaluation, with a profit cap and its own profit split ladder that starts lower.

Yes
One Step
Yes

1 Phase Challenge.

Yes
Account scaling
Limited

On request from the dashboard, after several profitable periods on a funded account. Decided case by case based on consistency and rule compliance, at no cost.

Yes
  • Eligibility: Traders must demonstrate a monthly profitability of at least 2.5% for the 3 consecutive months.
  • Scaling Increase: The account balance is doubled (100% increase) during each scaling event up to $2,000,000.
  • Review Cycle: The account is reviewed every 3 months. Traders must make at least one withdrawal within this period.
  • FTP Instant Funding: no scaling plan for accounts bought from 2 November 2026.
Two Steps
Yes

2 Phase Challenge.

Yes
Max Drawdown

Static, measured on the initial capital. Breaching it suspends the account.

Balance based

Profit Split

Rises with each payout. Challenges: 70%, 75%, 80%, 85% and 90% from the fifth. Instant funding: 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70% and 90% from the sixth.

Ability Challenge

  • The profit share for the first payout is 75%
  • If you withdraw over 10% profit in 30 days, the profit share will increase to 85%
  • Once you've doubled your account twice and consistently achieved over 10% profit, you'll qualify for up to 90% profit sharing

Ability One

  • Up to 90%

FTP Instant Funding

  • 1st payout: 75%
  • 2nd payout: 80%
  • 3rd payout onward: 85%
Free Trial
Yes

Free Trial 10K, no card needed: 8% target, 5% daily and 10% total loss, no mandatory stop loss. One per email every 30 days; after passing, the account stays open for 24 hours and pays nothing.

Yes
Daily Drawdown

Measured on the initial capital, including floating losses; per its forum it resets at midnight UTC. Breaching it suspends the account.

Based in highest value between balance and equity

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation

$1,000,000 per account and $3,000,000 combined.

240,000
Maximum Accounts

Several accounts at once up to the maximum combined capital. Each one is evaluated separately.

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Merge Accounts
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No
Maximum Trading Days

No time limit. The challenge must be activated within 30 days of purchase.

No limit

Minimum Trading Days

Evaluation: 2 days. Funded account: 14 days before each payout; a day only counts if a trade is opened and closed on it. If a payout is refused, the counter resets.

  • Ability Challenge: 4 days per phase; at least one position must be opened on each of those days
  • Ability One and FTP Instant Funding: no minimum (accounts bought from 2 November 2026)
Monthly Competition
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Yes
  • 1st Place: 3K + $240K Ability Challenge
  • 2nd Place: 1.5K + $120K Ability Challenge
  • 3rd Place: 500 + $120K Ability Challenge
  • 4th Place: 300 + $60K Ability Challenge
  • 5th Place: 150 + $60K Ability Challenge
  • 6th – 10th Place: $30K Ability Challenge
  • 11th – 25th Place: One-time 30% discount on any Ability Challenge
  • 26th – 50th Place: One-time 15% discount on any Ability Challenge
Minimum Profitable Days

Funded account: 7 of the 14 minimum days. In evaluation, the FAQ and its comparisons ask for 2 profitable days; the rules page says 2 trading days.

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Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Allowed if declared. Undeclared EAs, HFT and abusive AI are prohibited.

Yes

Only self-developed EAs are permitted. The use of commercial, publicly available, or third-party-created automated trading tools is strictly prohibited.

VPN
No

VPN and VPS are prohibited; detection suspends the account.

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Hedging
No

Prohibited, including across accounts.

Yes
Requires Stop Loss
Yes

Mandatory when opening and closing every trade. One trade without a stop is tolerated; the second one suspends the account. Can be removed with the paid add-on.

No
Scalping
Limited

Trades under 100 seconds or under 1.5 pips count as prohibited scalping; repeated trades of 2 pips or less are reviewed.

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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No
Martingale
No
No
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Per trade: maximum loss of 2% and maximum profit of 3%.

No

Maximum limit of 10 lots per open position. You may open multiple positions, but each individual position cannot exceed 10 lots.

Copy Trading
Limited

Copying between your own accounts does not count for payouts. Under the "Be copied" program, copied profit can be at most 50% of the eligible profit.

Limited

Internal copying between your own AudaCity accounts is allowed. Copying from third-party accounts (other traders, other firms, signal providers) is not permitted.

News Trading
Limited

No opening or closing (including a triggered SL/TP) 10 minutes before and after 3 star releases on the TradingView calendar, any currency and symbol. A position opened before the release may be held. Allowed with the paid add-on.

Limited

Do not open new trades or increase existing ones within 3 minutes before or after high-impact economic releases or official speeches, as this behavior may be considered excessive risk-taking.

Only high-impact FOMC events fall under this restriction; low- and medium-impact FOMC events are exempt. Other major/high-impact news restrictions remain unchanged. This update applies to existing and new accounts across Ability Challenge, Ability One and FTP Instant Funding.

Inactivity Rule

Closed after 15 consecutive days without trading, or suspended after 40 days in loss.

6 months

Consistency Rule
Yes

When requesting a payout, no single trade may exceed 25% of total profit (if it does, the payout is held until rebalanced) and no instrument 80%. Each trade must also be between 1/4 and 2 times the largest lot already used on the account.

Yes
  • Ability Challenge: no consistency rule.
  • Ability One: 50%, only at the live (funded) stage.
  • FTP Instant Funding: 35% for payout eligibility. Score = best trading day profit ÷ total net profit × 100. Above 35%, keep trading until the score is 35% or below.

Ability One and FTP rules apply to accounts bought from 2 November 2026.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies

HFT and scalping under 100 seconds or under 1.5 pips, martingale, hedging (including across accounts), grid, latency and quote arbitrage, gap trading, exploiting price or platform errors, abusive AI, undeclared EAs, overexposure or gambling, account rolling and third party trading.

  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
  • Martingale Trading
  • Dollar Cost Averaging
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