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Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Singapore

James Glyde

Saint Lucia

Singapore

2026

2024

Prime 1 Step and Prime 2 Step only: the fee is refunded in full once the account has been funded for 30 days and is in profit. Edge and Instant have no refund.

Not the classic free refund. It is the paid "Challenge Fee Refund" add-on (+10% of price).

• On passing the challenge, the fee is credited as profit balance on the funded account
• Not a refund to the card
• Available across all modes

No fixed fee published. Any processing or network fee is shown before you confirm; bank and network charges are paid by the trader.

Rise

• Payouts under $500: $25
• Payouts of $500 or more: free

USDT / USDC

• $2.50 per payout

Skrill

• Subject to Skrill exchange rates

First payout on demand once funded (on Instant, after the first trade). Then every 7 days; every 14 on Instant Go.

One Step Light

• Weekly payouts by default

Instant accounts

• Payouts every 7 calendar days

First Payout on Demand (add-on +10%)

• Request the first payout as soon as all eligibility requirements are met
• The selected payout interval applies after the first payout

Frequency (default and with add-on)

• Monthly: every 30 days (standard)
• Bi-weekly: every 14 days (add-on from +15%)
• Weekly: every 7 days (add-on from +30%)
• On Demand: no waiting interval between eligible payouts (add-on +50%)

Personal limit

• Only one payout every 7 days per trader, even across multiple accounts, except where an applicable on-demand benefit overrides the interval

No guaranteed time: the payout policy neither promises nor estimates one. Every request gets an automatic receipt and every payout a verifiable certificate.

• Manual review within 2 business days
• Sent within 2 business days after approval
• Total: paid within 7 days of request

Only with the Weekend Holding add-on. Without it, crypto positions are also closed at 4:45 PM New York time on Friday.

At most $2,000 per account in any 7 days; the rest stays on the account for the next request.

Accounts purchased from 1 November 2026

• First payout cap: 3% of balance
• The cap rises by 1 percentage point with every payout, with no maximum
• No $5,000 hard cap

Accounts purchased from 27 August to 31 October 2026

• Same cap on every account type: Classic, Consistency, Endurance, Instant, One Step Light and Pay with Profits
• First payout cap: 3% of balance, rising by 1 percentage point with every payout, up to 6%
• Hard cap: $5,000 per payout, even if the percentage allows more

Classic, Consistency and Endurance purchased before 27 August 2026

• 6%, 8% and 10% on the first three payouts, then 12% from the fourth
• Hard cap: $5,000 per payout

The caps apply to gross profit, before the profit split. Profit above the cap stays in the account for the next payout.

Edge 1 Step and Prime 1 Step: 1% of the starting balance, at most $100. Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: no minimum. Instant: 1% of the starting balance. Crypto payouts: at least $100.

Minimum by mode (% of balance)

• One Step Light: 1%
• Instant: 1%
• Consistency: 1%
• Endurance: 2%
• Classic: 3%

Minimum by method

• Rise / Skrill / USDT: $50

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

Standard

• Up to $5M exposure: 1:30
• $5M to $10M: 1:15
• Over $10M: 1:10

With Extra Leverage add-on

• Up to $5M exposure: 1:50
• $5M to $10M: 1:20
• Over $10M: 1:10

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

• Up to $250K exposure: 1:20
• $250K to $500K: 1:10
• Over $500K: 1:5

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

• Up to $100K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
• Over $100K: 1:5

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

• Up to $500K exposure: 1:20 (1:25 with add-on)
• $500K to $1M: 1:10
• Over $1M: 1:5

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

• Up to $100K exposure: 1:2 (1:3 with add-on)
• Over $100K: 1:1

Edge and Instant: $5 per lot round turn. Prime: $4.

Edge and Instant: $6 per lot round turn. Prime: $5.

Edge and Instant: 0.06% of the trade value, round turn. Prime: 0.045%.

Indices, crypto and energies are commission-free at all ranks. Forex and metals start at $6/lot and drop to $0 at Rank 6.

Paid add-on with a fixed price per size, from $9 (2.5K) to $146 (200K). Reviewed if profit comes mainly from positions held through the rollover.

Paid add-on (10% of challenge price).

• Replaces swaps with a fixed daily admin fee
• 3-day grace period before the first charge
• Must be selected at checkout (cannot be added later)

Voluntary evaluation reset with no open positions: a new account at 20% off the current price. After a breach, a paid restart for 7 days. Funded accounts can buy a reset while under 10% of the max loss has been used.

Weekend Holding (20% of the fee) and Swap-Free (fixed price per size). Bought with the account and non-refundable.

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Extra Max Risk: +1%, raising the limit from 1% to 2% (20% of base price)
• Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected drawdown type (20% of base price)
• Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points (20% of base price)

Standard challenges: benefits and rules

• Extra Profit Share: +10 percentage points across all ranks (20% of base price)
• Extra Max Loss: +1% to max loss (20% of base price)
• Extra Daily Loss: +1% to daily limit (10% of base price)
• Skip Minimum Trading Days: removes the minimum-day requirement (10% of base price)

Standard challenges: time and money

• Swap-Free: replaces swaps with fixed administration fees (10% of base price)
• Challenge Fee Refund: credits the paid challenge fee as funded-account profit after passing (10% of base price)
• Extended Time Limit: 180 days (+5%) or 360 days (+10%)

Standard challenges: payouts

• First Payout on Demand: removes the wait for the first eligible payout (10% of base price)
• Bi-weekly payouts: 14-day interval (from 15% of base price)
• Weekly payouts: 7-day interval (from 30% of base price)
• On Demand payouts: removes the waiting interval for every eligible payout (50% of base price)

Bundle discount

• Buying three or more qualifying add-ons applies a 20% discount to every qualifying add-on
• Extended Time Limit and payout interval add-ons (Bi-weekly, Weekly and On Demand) are excluded and do not count towards the three
• The bundle discount can be combined with a promotion code applied to the base account

Automatic 90-day cycles: +30% size (up to 680K; 340K on Instant) and +5 split points. They require 50 trades, 12% net (1 Step), 10% (2 Step) or 15% (Instant), 2 of 3 profitable months (all 3 on Instant and Prime), no trade above 7.5% of profit (5% on Instant and Prime) and no warning.

Simple Scaling (all funded accounts since 9 April 2026).

• Level up after 4 payouts or upon reaching the 12% scaling target
• Scaling increment by rank: 10% to 40% of initial balance
• Instant accounts do not scale

Static on every plan: the floor stays fixed below the starting balance and is measured on equity, floating loss included. Touching it ends the account.

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Equity Trailing: 6% at Rank 1, 7% from Rank 2
• EOD Trailing: 5% at Rank 1, 6% from Rank 2
• Payout Trailing: 4% at Rank 1, 5% from Rank 2

One Step Light

• Challenge: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on $5K to $50K; 3% on $100K and $150K
• Simulated Funded Account: 4% End-of-Day trailing Max Loss on every size
• Based on the End-of-Day high-water mark
• Experience Program rank benefits do not increase it

Standard 1-stage trailing

• 8% Balance Trailing Max Loss
• Rank 2+: 9%

Standard 1-stage static

• 6% Static Max Loss
• Rank 2+: 7%

Standard 2-stage static

• Classic: 9% (10% from Rank 2)
• Endurance: 8% (9% from Rank 2)
• Consistency: 8% (9% from Rank 2)

Add-on

• Extra Max Loss: +1% to the selected max loss type

Edge rises 5 points per scaling cycle up to 95%; Instant Pro up to 90%; Instant Go up to 85%. Prime moves to 100% after 30 days funded and does not rise with scaling. Each strike pays the next payout at 10%.

By rank (Experience Program)

• Rank 0: 70%
• Rank 1: 75%
• Rank 2: 80%
• Rank 3: 85%
• Rank 4: 90%
• Rank 5: 95%
• Rank 6: 99%

Extras

• Extra Profit Share add-on: +10% across all ranks
• Loyalty program: up to 109% total

One free Edge 1 Step 100K for 14 days under the paid rules, after KYC approval. It never funds or pays out; passing it gives a 20% code valid for 30 days.

Measured from the previous day's closing balance (5 PM New York), floating loss included. Touching it ends the account.

One Step Light

• No Daily Loss limit

Other Standard challenges

• 3%, calculated from the previous End-of-Day reference using the higher of balance or equity
• Rank 4+: 4%
• Extra Daily Loss add-on: +1 percentage point

$1.5M per person across all CFD and futures accounts.

Funded accounts (from challenges)

• Up to 5 accounts
• Max $300,000 combined

Instant accounts

• Up to 3 accounts
• Max $300,000 combined

Challenges

• No limit

Capital earned through scaling is exempt from these limits.

One user per person, with as many accounts as the $1.5M limit allows. Up to 5 accounts per order, with a 10% to 25% bundle discount.

Allowed to merge two funded accounts, provided all of these conditions are met.

• Same mode (Classic with Classic, Endurance with Endurance, Consistency with Consistency)
• Same currency
• Identical add-ons
• No open positions
• Instant accounts cannot be merged

No time limit in the evaluation or once funded.

Accounts from 9 April 2026 (per stage)

• 90 days (standard)
• 180 days (add-on +5%)
• 360 days (add-on +10%)

Earlier accounts

• 365 days per stage

One Step Light

• No minimum trading days during the challenge; it can be passed in one trading day

Classic

• 3 trading days per stage (a day = at least one close)
• Removable with the Skip Minimum Trading Days add-on

Endurance / Consistency

• No minimum days: each uses its own sustainability standard

Experience Program: earn XP through milestones and climb ranks (0 to 6).

• Pass challenges, receive payouts, scale accounts, complete quests
• Rank raises profit split, lowers commissions, grants more drawdown and leverage
• Consistency Mode earns double XP on most milestones

Profitable day: a close at +0.5% of the account size. To pass, 3 on 1 Step and 2 per phase on 2 Step. Before each payout: 3 (1 Step), 2 (2 Step), 5 (Instant Go) and none on Instant Pro.

One Step Light

• No Profitable Days requirement during the challenge
• 4 Profitable Days are required for each payout
• Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.25% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Endurance

• One-stage: 4 Profitable Days
• Two-stage: 3 Profitable Days per stage
• The applicable requirement must also be completed for each payout
• Each Profitable Day requires the End-of-Day balance to increase by at least 0.5% of the initial balance compared with the previous End-of-Day reference

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• 5 Winning Days before a payout
• Winning Day = close with ≥0.5% from the start-of-day balance and above the initial account balance

Earlier Instant accounts

• 5 Winning Days before a payout
• Winning Day = close with ≥0.25% and above the initial account balance

Only EAs the trader developed and controls, and can explain and show running. Bought, rented or subscription bots are prohibited.

Allowed on all accounts, with your own strategy.

• cTrader Automate (cBots), plugins, Open API
• Trade copiers between your own accounts (TradersConnect, Duplikium, Heron, Tradesyncer)
• Forbidden: bots purchased from marketplaces (MQL5, cBot market)
• Forbidden: HFT and latency scalping

Hiding your location with a VPN, proxy or remote desktop is prohibited and triggers a new identity check. Your own EA on a VPS is allowed if disclosed.

Within one account, yes. Prohibited across accounts, yours or others', and against other firms or brokers.

Allowed

• Same instrument within one account
• Correlated instruments within one account

Forbidden (toxic trading)

• Same instrument across two or more accounts
• Correlated instruments across accounts
• Hedging with another PipFarm user

Yes. Once funded, trades under 120 seconds may make at most 20% of profit from the tenth closed trade; above that, payouts pause until it is back under. Not measured in the evaluation.

Grid and martingale strategies that add exposure into losses are prohibited.

Max. Exposure: open notional may not exceed 5,000% of the balance at 2.5K down to 1,000% at 200K. Funded accounts also have a max floating loss per trade. Each gives a warning that, if the account is in profit, resets it to the starting balance; the second ends the account. Instant: max 1.5% floating loss per symbol.

One Step Light

• Challenge Max Risk: 2%
• Simulated Funded Max Risk: 2%
• Absolute at both stages: reaching the limit closes open positions and breaches the account immediately
• No strikes, escalation or Pip Protector

Standard Simulated Funded Accounts

• Max Risk: 2%
• Pip Protector closes open positions and records a Strike when the limit is reached
• Strike 1 halves the limit; Strike 2 halves it again and permanently reduces the profit share by 50%; Strike 3 breaches the account
• Pip Protector does not apply during the challenge stages

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Max Risk: 1% of starting balance
• Extra Max Risk add-on: raises it to 2%

Earlier Instant accounts

• Keep the Max Risk limit assigned when purchased

Only to copy your own trading: between your own CFD accounts or from your own master account at another broker or firm. Signals and third-party accounts are prohibited.

• Between your own accounts: allowed (even to/from external brokers or prop firms)
• Copying another trader: forbidden
• Following signals or external services: forbidden

Allowed at every stage. Straddling is prohibited: opposite or offsetting positions on the same or correlated instruments within 15 minutes of a red or amber release; the risk desk reviews it.

30 days without a closed trade ends the account.

• You must close at least one trade every 28 days
• Trade size and duration are irrelevant
• Email warning 3 days before the deadline

No best-day rule. A single trade may not exceed 60% of profit; if it does, payouts pause until it is back under. On funded Prime, every 7 days the trade count and volume per instrument must stay within ±25% of the average, or the account moves to a standard funded account.

One Step Light

• Challenge: no Consistency Score requirement
• Simulated Funded Account: Consistency Score ≤40% to qualify for each payout

Consistency Mode: new checkout

• Consistency Score ≤40% across all formats
• Required to pass the challenge and qualify for payouts

Instant accounts from 19 August 2026

• Equity Trailing: ≤30%
• EOD Trailing: ≤25%
• Payout Trailing: ≤20%

Earlier Instant accounts

• Consistency Score ≤25%

Classic / Endurance Simulated Funded Accounts

• Consistency Score ≤50% to qualify for payouts
• Does not apply during challenge stages

Only with the add-on. Without it, positions are closed at 4:45 PM New York time on Friday: the first time is a warning, the second ends the account.

Latency or price-error arbitrage, hedging across accounts or firms, coordinated trading, third-party management, bought bots, gap exploitation, grid and martingale, doubling size after a loss the same day, swap-free abuse and churning accounts. At most 20% of profit may come from the 21:00 to 22:59 UTC window.

• High-frequency trading (HFT)
• Latency tick scalping
• Copying another trader or following signals
• Group trading / coordinated orders
• Account passing services (third parties trading for you)
• Cross-account hedging (same or correlated instruments)
• Account churning (buying many challenges to force a random pass)
• Artificial trades to manipulate rules without genuine intent