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Headquarters

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Suite 201, The Catalyst, Cybercity, Ebène, 72201, Mauritius

CEO
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Bashaar Gokal

Country

Saint Lucia

Mauritius

Foundation

2026

2023

Banned Countries
IR, KP, PS
United States
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
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Hantec Markets
Refund
Limited

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.

No
Payout Fee

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

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Platforms
Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5
Demo Account
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Metatrader 4
ID1005PasswordaGXr8ZzServerHantecMarkets-Server3
Metatrader 5
ID155586PasswordH1Trader!2ServerHantec Markets Holding Limited
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Crypto, Transfer, PayPal
Payment Methods
Card, ApplePay, GooglePay, UPI, Transfer, Crypto, Skrill
Card, Crypto, Neteller, PayPal, Transfer, Skrill
Payout Frequency

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

  • Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX: 14 days standard, 7 days with "Weekly Payout" add-on. First reward 14 days from first trade.
  • Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24: 14 days standard, 7 days with Weekly Payout add-on.
  • Endurance: 14 days standard, 7 with add-on.
  • Withdrawals processed within 1-2 business days. Minimum reward: $20 for Express and Enhanced; 2% of starting balance for EnhancedX; $20 for Instant Funding.
Payout Guarantee

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

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Crypto Weekend Trading
Limited

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

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Maximum Withdrawal

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

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Minimum Withdrawal

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.

$20 for Express and Enhanced; 2% of starting balance for EnhancedX; $20 for Instant Funding/Lite/24.

Forex

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.

50:1
Metals

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.

20:1
Energies

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.

15:1
Indices

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.

15:1
Crypto

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.

1:1
Forex

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

5 / lot
Metals

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

1 / lot
Energies
6 / lot
1 / lot
Indices
0 / lot
0
Crypto

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

0
Commission-Free Option
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No
Swap Free
Limited

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.

No
Account Reset
Limited

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.

10% discount for any retakes

Add-ons
Yes

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

Yes
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

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.

Yes

Once you've successfully completed your Challenge, you'll be able to choose between receiving an RZR Funded account with the same simulated balance as your Challenge account or upgrading your Challenge account at no additional cost.

If you pass the Challenge again with the increased balance, you'll face the same decision: move up to the next simulated balance level or switch to the RZR Funded account.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

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.

  • Enhanced, EnhancedX: Static
  • Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Express: Trailing (balance based)
Profit Split

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%.

80% base split on all programs. Up to 90% with the optional 90/10 Profit Share add-on at purchase. Some marketing copy mentions up to 95% with additional add-ons stacking.

Free Trial
Yes

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.

No
Daily Drawdown

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

  • Instant Funding: Balance-based
  • Instant Lite, Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX: Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)
Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation

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

Maximum allocation $400,000 total across all challenge and RZR Funded accounts. Traders can hold multiple accounts of the same size (e.g. 2×$200K at once). Scaling plan up to $200K free of charge (NOT available on Instant Funding).

Maximum Accounts

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.

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Merge Accounts
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No
Maximum Trading Days

No time limit in the evaluation or once funded.

Unlimited

Monthly Competition
No
Yes
Minimum Profitable Days

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.

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Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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

Limited

Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance

  • EAs allowed as long as they do not perform any restricted strategies.

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

  • EAs PROHIBITED on Instant Funding.
VPN
No

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.

Yes
Hedging
Limited

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

Limited

Hedging is allowed within each individual account but PROHIBITED across separate accounts.

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Limited

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.

No

The majority of the traders must last longer than 3 minutes

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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Yes
Martingale
No

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

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Maximum Risk Limit
Limited

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.

Yes
  • Proportionate monitoring of excessive or abnormal margin usage. No fixed margin cap per asset or connected accounts.
Copy Trading
Limited

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.

Yes
News Trading
Limited

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.

Limited

Challenge phase (Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance)

  • No restrictions on trading during news events. Caution advised due to volatility/slippage.

Funded phase (RZR Funded Accounts on Express/Enhanced/EnhancedX)

  • News trading is restricted. Trades may not be opened, closed or adjusted 3 minutes before or after high-impact news events (Forex Factory red folder).

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

  • News trading prohibited. Trades may not be opened or closed within 3 minutes before/after high impact news events.
Inactivity Rule

30 days without a closed trade ends the account.

If no trade is placed for 30 consecutive days, this is treated as a Hard Breach and the account is closed.

Consistency Rule
Limited

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.

Limited

Express Challenge (1 Step)

  • No consistency rule.

Enhanced Challenge (2 Step)

  • No consistency rule.

EnhancedX (2 Step)

  • 35% consistency: (Best day profit / Total profit) * 100 must be ≤ 35%. Calculated on end-of-day equity (00:00 server time). Applies to Challenge AND RZR Funded account stages. Can be removed in challenge phase via "Remove Consistency" add-on (persists in Trader Account). Reward requests withdraw the full account profit, not a partial amount.

Endurance (3 Step)

  • No consistency rule.

Instant Funding

  • No consistency rule.

Instant Lite

  • 20% consistency: (Best day profit / Total profit) * 100 must be ≤ 20%.

Instant24

  • 15% trade consistency.
Hold Weekend
Limited

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.

Limited

Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance

  • Weekend holding allowed. Caution advised due to gap risk.
  • Crypto can be traded over the weekend.

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

  • Weekend holding NOT allowed. All trades must be closed by Friday 23:45 GMT+3.
Prohibited Strategies

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.

  • Exploiting platform or pricing errors / latencies
  • Collusion with others to manipulate prices or coordinate trading
  • Scalping for quick profits from minor price changes (majority of trades open <3 minutes)
  • Third-party or marketed strategies to pass the Challenge
  • Automated algorithms for manipulative trading practices
  • Unauthorised access or use of another customer's account
  • Arbitrage between Demo Account and any other account
  • Trading under multiple accounts using different registration details
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Reverse trading / group hedging
  • Overleveraging, overexposure or one-sided bets (≥85% margin across one or connected assets)
  • Hedging across multiple accounts
  • All or nothing trading
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