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Headquarters

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

Dubai, TradingHive Technologies Ltd. office

CEO
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Thomas Heinfart

Country

United States

United Arab Emirates

Banned Countries
United States, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Myanmar, Cuba, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
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Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Forex, Commodities, Indices
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.

Limited

Passing a challenge earns a 200% fee reward in Hive Coins, not a cash refund; coins cover up to 50% of future purchases. Failed evaluations are not refunded. Cash refunds are considered only under the terms.

Payout Fee

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

Ethereum gas is paid by the trader; ETH is required in the wallet.

Platforms
Propietary Platform
cTrader
Payout Methods
Transfer, PayPal, Crypto
Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
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.

On demand through a smart contract, with verified A Book profits, no open positions and after covering A Book losses and outstanding fees. PFP debt may also be deducted from other funded accounts. Trading resumes at 00:00 UTC after a withdrawal.

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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Maximum Withdrawal
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Daily limit per ERC20 address: USD 1,000 on Classic and PFP; USD 2,000 on InstantGrowth. Resets at 00:00 UTC. Accounts sharing an address share the cap; excess profit remains available on following days.

Minimum Withdrawal

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

USD 50, paid in USDC on Ethereum ERC20.

Forex
100:1

Dynamic by exposure. Classic: NewBee up to 1:50, WorkerBee 1:100 and QueenBee 1:200. PFP: evaluation up to 1:50; funded Low/Moderate/Medium/High up to 1:200/1:100/1:50/1:30. InstantGrowth up to 1:50. Decreases in tiers as exposure increases.

Metals

1:100; palladium 1:50.

Gold: dynamic by exposure, up to 1:30 on NewBee, PFP evaluation and InstantGrowth; up to 1:50 on WorkerBee and QueenBee. Higher exposure tiers reduce leverage.

Energies
100:1
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Indices

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

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Stocks
20:1
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Crypto
10:1
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Forex
0 / lot
3 / lot
Metals
0 / lot
0.003%
Energies
0 / lot
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Indices
0 / lot
0.003%
Stocks
0 / lot
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Crypto
0 / lot
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Swap Free
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Yes

All accounts are swap free.

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%).

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Instant
Yes

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

Yes

Golden Tower begins with demo verification; AADS applies from level 2.

One Step
Yes

1 Phase Challenge.

Yes

One phase Pay From Profits.

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

InstantGrowth: 10 levels up to USD 1,000,000, with a 6% target per level. Scaling is paid from profits; capital doubles through level 5 and then grows in tiers. Only the entry level is directly purchasable. Classic unlocks WorkerBee after NewBee and QueenBee after WorkerBee.

Two Steps
Yes

2 Phase Challenge.

Yes

Classic and two phase Pay From Profits.

Max Drawdown

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

Static and balance based; floating or realized losses can trigger a breach. Funded PFP: Low 5%, Moderate 6%, Medium 7% and High 10%. AADS closes positions and switches to B Book at a 1% loss below initial balance; recover initial balance and reactivate in the dashboard to return to A Book. B Book profit is not withdrawable. A cumulative A Book loss limit also follows the account daily limit; on InstantGrowth it is 6%.

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.

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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.

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Daily Drawdown

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

Calculated from the previous closing balance and reset at 00:00 UTC. Funded PFP depends on risk group: Low 2%, Moderate 3%, Medium 4% and High 5%.

Three Steps
No
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Max Allocation

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

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Maximum Accounts

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

Up to 6 active InstantGrowth accounts. Anonymous Web3 access permits one identity per user, device, household and network; it may hold multiple challenges.

Maximum Trading Days

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

No maximum phase completion time. PFP: 14 days to pay the next phase or activate funding; activation may receive one extension of up to 30 additional days with approval.

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.

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Points Reward Program
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Hive Coins are internal utility rewards with no guaranteed monetary value. They may be issued for passed challenge fees or for B Book profit net of A Book losses when an account closes.

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.

Classic and PFP: 3 profitable days per phase, each earning at least 1% of initial balance while balance is at or above the initial balance. None on funded accounts or InstantGrowth.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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

Limited

EAs are allowed; no HFT, latency arbitrage, error exploitation or abusive automation.

VPN
No

VPN and VPS are prohibited; detection suspends the account.

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Hedging
No

Prohibited, including across accounts.

No

Netting accounts offset opposite orders in the same symbol. Cross account hedging is prohibited.

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.

Limited

PFP Low: stop at opening and closing, with up to 20 seconds to place it. Moderate: stop before closing. Medium, High, Classic and InstantGrowth: no general requirement. An accidental position fully closed within 10 seconds does not by itself change risk group.

Scalping
Limited

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

Limited

No minimum holding time under the current terms; no tick scalping or HFT.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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Limited

Partial entries are allowed; all positions with the same instrument and trading intent count as a single trade for combined risk assessment.

Martingale
No
Limited

Prohibited on InstantGrowth. Other plans remain subject to risk limits and restrictions on excessively speculative strategies.

Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

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

Yes

Per trade: Classic and PFP evaluation 3%; InstantGrowth 2%. Funded PFP Low/Moderate/Medium/High: 1%/1.5%/2%/3% of opening balance. Exceeding the assigned group pauses funding and closes positions; resuming requires paying the fee difference for the new group.

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

Own account copying is allowed during evaluation only. Prohibited on funded accounts, including your own. While one funded account holds an asset, other funded accounts of the same user or network cannot open that asset in either direction.

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

Trading through news is allowed. Bracketing high impact news with nearby buy and sell stops is prohibited.

Inactivity Rule

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

The account may be terminated after 3 consecutive months of inactivity.

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.

No
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

Allowed during evaluations; prohibited on funded accounts.

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.

Arbitrage, latency exploitation, tick scalping, HFT, hedge/reverse arbitrage, news bracketing, error or slow feed exploitation, third party account management, account sharing and resale. InstantGrowth prohibits martingale and grid.

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