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Headquarters

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

Masarykova 409/26, Brno, Czech Republic

CEO

Dixon Teo

David Varga

Country

Malaysia

Czech Republic

Foundation

2023

2023

Banned Countries
Pakistan, Russia, Cuba, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Vietnam
Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, Cuba, Venezuela, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
No data

Liquidity Provider

Refund
No
Yes

Within 14 days of purchase, only if you haven't accessed MyFintokei or placed any trade. Refund must be requested via email.

Payout Fee
No data
  • ETH: 2.5% + 10 EUR
  • BTC: 2.5% + 20 EUR
  • Other crypto: 2.5%
Platforms
cTrader, MatchTrader, DXTrade
TradingView, Metatrader 5, cTrader
Demo Account
cTrader
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MatchTrader
ID-Passwordj4S*8jmu3
DXTrade
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No data
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Transfer, Crypto, Wallet
Payment Methods
PayPal, Crypto, Card
Card, ApplePay, GooglePay, Crypto, Transfer
Payout Frequency
  • Forex Evaluation: Bi-weekly (every 14 calendar days). Instant first payout.
  • Instant Funded X: Every 30 days.

14 days

Alternative Currency
No data
EUR, JPY, CZK
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
No data
Minimum Withdrawal

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

  • All accounts: 100 EUR, 100 USD, 2,000 CZK, 20,000 JPY
  • ProTrader $400,000: 120 EUR/USD
  • SwiftTrader: 3% of the account balance
Forex
50:1
  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 25:1
  • ProTrader Swing: 25:1
  • ProTrader: 100:1
Metals
5:1
  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:25
  • ProTrader Swing: 1:25
  • ProTrader: 1:100
Energies
5:1
  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:10
  • ProTrader: 1:20
Indices
5:1
  • StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:20
  • ProTrader: 1:50
Crypto
2:1
  • BTC: 2:1
  • Other Crypto: 1:1
Forex
7 / lot
6 / lot
Metals
7 / lot
6 / lot
Indices
0 / lot
0
Crypto
0
0
Energies
No data
6 / lot
Commission-Free Option
No data
No
Swap Free
No
Yes
  • ProTrader Swing: swap-free on all account sizes
Add-ons
Yes

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

No
Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No data
Yes

Achieve 10% profit during at least 2 consecutive months to increase your funded account balance. Only one scaled account per trader. More details on scalind structure here

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.

Static

Profit Split
  • Forex Evaluation: 80%
  • Instant Funded X: 80% (up to 90% with add-ons)

StartTrader (Dynamic Performance reward)

Your performance reward can vary from 50% to 100%, depending on your trading behavior. The system automatically assesses the way you trade, taking into account several aspects of your trading history, such as:

  • The number of active trading days
  • How you handle your account's leverage
  • Your trading background, reflected in the number of payouts
  • The consistency of your results, evaluated through your daily gains and losses

ProTrader: 80%

SwiftTrader: 90%

Free Trial
No
Yes
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.

  • StartTrader, ProTrader, Swift: Equity based
  • ProTrader Swing: Balance based
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
  • ProTrader and ProTrader Swing (combined): 400,000 EUR/USD
  • StartTrader: 100,000 EUR/USD
  • SwiftTrader: 200,000 EUR/USD
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.
No
Maximum Trading Days

No time limit. Infinite evaluation duration.

  • StartTrader: 180 days on phases 1 and 2
  • SwiftTrader: 60 days
  • ProTrader, ProTrader Swing: No limit
Minimum Trading Days

0 minimum trading days across all plans.

  • StartTrader, ProTrader, ProTrader Swing, SwiftTrader: 3 days on evaluation phase
Points Reward Program
No data

Loyalty Program based on Experience Points (XP) with 6 tiers. XP never expires.

How to earn XP

  • Challenge purchases: 10-400 XP per purchase
  • Milestones: 50-300 XP for passing phases, breaches, or approved payouts
  • One-time bonuses: 200 XP each for registration, KYC completion, and first trial
  • Daily activities: 10 XP for login or active trading days
  • XP is earned even when failing challenges

Tier Benefits

  • Tier 1 (0-1,999 XP): No benefits
  • Tier 2 (2,000-4,999 XP): Free $5K StartTrader challenge, 5% performance boost, 5% capital boost
  • Tier 3 (5,000-9,999 XP): Free $10K ProTrader challenge, 10% performance boost, +0.5% daily loss limit, 10% capital boost
  • Tier 4 (10,000-19,999 XP): Free $20K ProTrader challenge, +1% daily loss limit, +1% max loss limit, 15% capital boost
  • Tier 5 (20,000-29,999 XP): Free $50K ProTrader challenge, 15% performance boost, +1.5% daily/max loss limits, 20% capital boost
  • Tier 6 (30,000+ XP): Free $100K ProTrader challenge, 20% performance boost, +2% daily/max loss limits, 25% capital boost
Monthly Competition
Yes

Monthly competitions with free evaluation prizes.

Yes
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
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
  • It is not allowed to have more than 10% of your total lot volume coming from tick scalping trades
  • Any trade lasting less than 10 seconds falls under our tick scalping definition
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
No
Yes

Open trades: 3%

Copy Trading
Yes
  • Only allowed if you own all accounts involved.
  • Group trading, signal services, and mirror trading across multiple accounts are banned.
Yes
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.
Yes
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

Fintokei applies Consistency Rules to promote sustainable trading and prevent gambling-style or high-risk behavior. These rules are used only after warnings and can affect either a single account or a trader's entire profile, depending on the severity. When applied, traders are notified with details about the restrictions and next steps.

  • Reduced leverage (e.g., 1:10 for FX, 1:5 for other instruments)
  • Daily profit and loss caps (+1% / -1% of starting balance)
  • Inability to advance in the Scaling program
  • Restrictions on new evaluation program purchases

These rules are intended as a safety layer, not a penalty, and can be lifted after 3–6 months of consistent, responsible trading.

Only StartTrader

Max 40% of your profit target can come from 1 day

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
  • Copying trades from other persons' signals
  • Using services to pass prop trading evaluations
  • Tick scalping
  • HFT
  • Latency arbitrage trading
  • Opposite trading / hedging across multiple accounts or traders
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