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Headquarters

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

3 Place Ville-Marie, Montréal, QC H3B 4W8

CEO
No data

Matt L

Country

United States

Canada

Foundation
No data

2022

Banned Countries
United States, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Myanmar, Cuba, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Russia, Belarus, Quebec
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
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Liquidity Provider

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.

No
Payout Fee

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

Riseworks: $40

Platforms
Propietary Platform
DXTrade, cTrader, MatchTrader
Demo Account
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DXTrade
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GooeyTrade
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Stop Out Level
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100%

Payout Methods
Transfer, PayPal, Crypto
Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level
No data

110%

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.

  • 3-Step, 1-Step Career: Every 14 days or 7 days with add-on (+30%)
  • Instant: First payout on demand, next every 30 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).

Most payouts processed in under 6 hours; allow up to 3 business days.

Minimum Withdrawal

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

$100 minimum across all programs.

Forex
100:1
  • 3-Step, Instant: 50:1
  • 1-Step Career: 30:1
Metals

1:100; palladium 1:50.

  • 3-Step, 1-Step Career: 20:1
  • Instant: 50:1
Energies
100:1
  • 3-Step, Instant, 1-Step Career: 5:1
Indices

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

  • 3-Step: 20:1
  • Instant, 1-Step Career: 10:1
Stocks
20:1
  • 3-Step, Instant, 1-Step Career: 5:1
Crypto
10:1
  • 3-Step, Instant, 1-Step Career: 2:1
Forex
0 / lot
7 / lot
Metals
0 / lot
7 / lot
Energies
0 / lot
0 / lot
Indices
0 / lot
0
Stocks
0 / lot
0.02 / lot
Crypto
0 / lot
0
Commission-Free Option
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No
Swap Free
No data
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.

Surrender Account (3-Step Program)

75% discount code that allows you to restart your journey from Phase 1

  • Your account must not have used more than 75% of the permitted drawdown — essentially, your loss cannot exceed 3.75%.
  • You must not have taken a loss greater than 1% on any single position.
  • All open positions must be closed before the surrender is submitted.

Smart Restart Guarantee (1-Step Career Evaluation)

To receive a free restart, both of the following must be met during your first attempt:

  • No individual trade may incur a loss greater than 1% of the account balance.
  • Your maximum overall drawdown must remain better than −5%

1-Step Max
Up to 3 free evaluation restarts. Surrender before breach, with drawdown within 5% and no trade risking more than 1%.

Add-ons
Yes

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

Yes
  • Improved profit split 90% (+20%)
  • Hold over weekend (+10%)
  • Stop Loss (+10%)
  • Weekly Payouts (+30%; 1-Step Max: +20%)
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

1-Step Career

  • Monthly Simulated Salary
  • Smart Restart Guarantee
  • Free 30-day standard TradingView subscription
  • Access to in-house TrackAlpha trading software
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.

No
Two Steps
Yes

2 Phase Challenge.

No
Max Drawdown

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

3-Step
5% Max Static Drawdown Limit.

1-Step Career
7% Max Drawdown Limit (static).

Instant
8% Max Trailing Drawdown (based on highest recorded closed balance). Locks at initial balance once account reaches 8% gain or after first payout.

1-Step Max
Static in evaluation and funded stages; the threshold does not trail upward.

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.

3-Step
80% (90% with add-on purchased at checkout).

1-Step Career
80% (90% with add-on purchased at checkout).

Instant
90%.

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.

No
Daily Drawdown

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

3-Step
No daily loss limit.

1-Step Career
5% Daily Loss Limit, calculated from previous day closed balance at 5 PM EST.

Instant
5% Daily Loss Limit, calculated from previous day closed balance at 5 PM EST.

Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation

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

600,000
Maximum Accounts

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

No data
Merge Accounts
No data
No
Maximum Trading Days

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

Unlimited

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.

0

Monthly Competition
No data
No
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.

No data
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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

Yes
VPN
No

VPN and VPS are prohibited; detection suspends the account.

Yes
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.

Yes

This rule doesn't apply when buying the add-on at the check-out (+10%)

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)
No data
Yes
Martingale
No
No data
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

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

Limited

1-Step Max: maximum 1% combined open risk per symbol, not across the entire account. Positions on different symbols have separate 1% limits. During evaluation, symbol-risk, missing-stop-loss and maximum-position-risk violations share one counter: warnings on strikes 1 and 2; hard breach on strike 3. On funded accounts, the first violation is a hard breach. The purchased no-stop-loss add-on exception still applies.

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.

Yes

Allowed between Lark Simulated Funded Accounts. Not allowed between Evaluation Accounts

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.

Yes
Inactivity Rule

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

30 days

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
Yes

It is necessary to buy the add-on at the check-out (+10%

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.

  • All-or-nothing
  • Gambling
  • Ideally no more than 20% margin or 1.5% of the balance per trade
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Hedging & Arbitrage Between Accounts
  • Holding a demo Single Share Equity CFD position into an earnings release
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