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Headquarters

Sublot 40, Level 3, Block A2, Saradise Kuching, Off Jalan Stutong, 93350, Kuching, Malaysia

IFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Dixon Teo

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Country

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2023

2023

Banned Countries
Pakistan, Russia, Cuba, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Vietnam
Cuba, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Albania, Algeria, North Korea, Senegal
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Refund
No
Yes

Full refund after 4th payout

Payout Fee
No data

$35 flat fee via Rise (for payouts of $1,000 or more). Payouts below $1,000 are paid in crypto and only carry the network fee.

Platforms
cTrader, MatchTrader, DXTrade
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker, cTrader
Demo Account
cTrader
IDtxppropPassword112233445566txp
MatchTrader
ID-Passwordj4S*8jmu3
DXTrade
IDtxp_C12843Passwordj4S*8jmu3
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Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
PayPal, Crypto, Card
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Forex Evaluation: Bi-weekly (every 14 calendar days). Instant first payout.
  • Instant Funded X: Every 30 days.

First payout 14 days after the first trade. Every 14 days after that. First payout after 7 days with add-on (+15%).

  • Instant Pro: First Payout on Demand is available as a checkout add-on.
  • Instant Flex: first payout on demand, then every 14 days.
Payout Guarantee
No data

Get Paid in 24 Hours or get an extra $1,000. Rewards are only processed on business days, and so the 48 Hour Reward Guarantee timer is paused on weekends.

Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
No data
Maximum Withdrawal
No data

For traders with $200K accounts or larger, the first two reward requests are capped at a maximum withdrawal of $10,000 each. After the first two rewards, this restriction is removed, and there are no further withdrawal limits.

TryAqua: maximum lifetime withdrawal of $100.

Minimum Withdrawal

Instant Funded X: Greater of $100 or 1% of starting balance.

$100

Forex
50:1
  • Instant Standard: 30:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 50:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 100:1 during evaluation, 50:1 when funded
Metals
5:1
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
Energies
5:1
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
Indices
5:1
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
Crypto
2:1
  • Instant Standard: 1:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 2 Step, 1 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 2:1
Forex
7 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
7 / lot
5 / lot
Indices
0 / lot
0
Crypto
0
No data
Energies
No data
5 / lot
Commission-Free Option
No data
No
Swap Free
No
Yes

Swap-free accounts are available. No overnight swap fees; positions can be held for as long as desired.

Add-ons
Yes

Instant Funded X: Weekend flat fee add-on and up to 90% profit split add-on available.

Yes
  • 100% profit split (+15%)
  • First payout after 7 days (+15%)
  • First Payout on Demand (Instant Pro)
  • 100% profit split and first payout after 7 days combined (+25%)
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No data
Yes

You can grow your account to a maximum of $4,000,000. In order to scale your capital and grow, you must make 12% within a 3-month period. If you achieve this, they will increase your account size by 25% of your initial balance.

This is complementary to the Aqua Elite Program.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

Forex Evaluation (X-1 & X-2 Step)
6% static drawdown from starting balance. Does not trail.

Instant Funded X
8% trailing drawdown. Trails upward with account growth. Once 8% profit is achieved, drawdown locks permanently at starting balance. After withdrawal, drawdown permanently locks at original starting balance.

  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Pro, Aqua Man: Trailing, based on the highest value between equity and balance
  • TryAqua: Daily and maximum drawdowns are trailing
  • 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: Static
Profit Split
  • Forex Evaluation: 80%
  • Instant Funded X: 80% (up to 90% with add-ons)

90%. 100% with add-on (+15%)

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

Forex Evaluation & Instant Funded X: 5% daily max loss. Calculated from the higher of: prior day's end-of-day balance or equity. Resets at 5:00 PM EST.

Based on highest value between equity and balance

Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation
  • Forex: $400,000
  • Instant Funded X: $100,000
  • Max $1M in active evaluations per person
  • Maximum one evaluation per specific account size and plan type simultaneously across all platforms
400,000
Merge Accounts
Yes
  • Case-by-case. Only possible when multiple assessments of identical product tier, step, and platform are passed simultaneously.
  • Not permitted across different platforms, steps, or rule sets.
Yes

Instant accounts can't be merged

Maximum Trading Days

No time limit. Infinite evaluation duration.

No limit

Minimum Trading Days

0 minimum trading days across all plans.

  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro: 5 days (non-consecutive), 0.5% profit each
  • Instant Flex: 7 days
  • TryAqua: 5 days, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Standard: 3 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard: 5 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Flex: no minimum during evaluation; 3 days before the first funded payout, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 2 Step Pro: 0 in evaluation, 5 in funded
  • 2 Step Elite: 3 per step
  • 3 Step: not specified
Monthly Competition
Yes

Monthly competitions with free evaluation prizes.

No
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
  • EAs are allowed, but third-party or off-the-shelf strategies marketed to pass challenge accounts are banned.
  • Strategy switching between evaluation and funded phases is also prohibited.
Yes
VPN
Yes
No data
Hedging
Yes
  • Hedging/reverse trades are permitted within a single account.
  • Cross-account hedging is strictly prohibited.
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
No data
Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
No
Yes

If your floating PnL (profit and loss) drops below -2% of the account balance, the account will be permanently closed.

Only applies to Instant Funding Standard, Pro, Flex, AquaMan and TryAqua.

Copy Trading
Yes
  • Only allowed if you own all accounts involved.
  • Group trading, signal services, and mirror trading across multiple accounts are banned.
Yes
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded accounts
  • Copy trading from Funded-to Evaluation accounts and vice versa
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded account and external accounts.
News Trading
No
  • Opening positions within 3 minutes before or after news events is prohibited.
  • Violations may result in position closure, P&L removal, leverage reduction, or account breach.
Limited

Two policies depending on the account creation date:

Accounts opened after 2026-04-27

  • News trading is allowed.
  • Profits generated within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a red folder (high-impact) news event or FOMC are capped at 0.5% of the starting balance per payout cycle.
  • Anything above the cap is removed without further penalty.

Accounts opened before 2026-04-27

  • Trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after a red folder news event or FOMC on funded accounts are not allowed.
  • Any profits generated during these windows are removed.
Inactivity Rule

Accounts with zero trading activity for 30 consecutive days are hard breached.

30 days

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • Best trading day cannot exceed 45% of total profit target.
  • If breached during evaluation, profit target adjusts upward.
  • In funded phase, applies to withdrawal eligibility.
  • Instant Funded X: No consistency rule.
Yes

Applies on funded accounts. A single trading day cannot equal or exceed a given percentage of total profits during the payout period. If it does, payouts are blocked until the ratio normalises; the account is not closed.

  • Instant Standard: 20%
  • Instant Pro: 20% for accounts purchased on or after 8 September 2026 (limited-time offer); 15% for accounts purchased before that date
  • Instant Flex: no consistency rule
  • Aqua Man: 15%
  • TryAqua: 15%
  • 1 Step Pro: 25%
  • 2 Step Pro: 50%
  • 1 Step Flex: no consistency rule
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: no specific consistency rule documented
Hold Weekend
Limited
  • Forex Evaluation: Weekend holding allowed.
  • Instant Funded X: All trades must be closed by 3:45 PM EST on Friday, or they are automatically closed (soft breach). Weekend holding add-on available.
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • Exploiting pricing/latency errors
  • Front-running trades
  • Using non-public/insider information
  • Arbitraging across company or third-party accounts
  • News event trading (within 3 minutes before/after)
  • Excessive leverage/"all-in" trades resembling gambling
  • Group hedging/reverse trading across multiple accounts
  • Third-party strategies marketed for challenge accounts
  • Strategy switching between evaluation and funded phases
  • Use of platform or data freezing due to a Demo Server error.
  • Use of a delayed data feed
  • Trading on delayed charts
  • Tick scalping
  • High frequency trading
  • Arbitrage bots
  • Reverse arbitrage
  • Latency arbitrage
  • Hedge arbitrage or any emulators are prohibited.
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