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Headquarters

Goldcrest Executive Building, Office No. 1210, JLT, Cluster C, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

23691-001, A2 Building, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Jakub Rož

Husam Samy

Country

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2023

2024

Banned Countries
Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Bangladesh, North Korea, Russian Federation, Belarus, Cuba, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, United Arab Emirates
Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Provider

In-house liquidity provider

Refund
Yes

Pay After Pass: pay activation fee only after passing. No traditional refund.

Yes

The evaluation fee is refundable. Under the published standard conditions, the refund unlocks alongside the fifth successful payout.

Payout Fee
  • Crypto ($100 – $399): $25
  • Rise ($400 or more): $50
No data
Platforms
Metatrader 5, cTrader, TradeLocker
MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Instruments
Forex (majors, minors, exotics), Commodities (CFDs), Indices (CFDs), Energies (CFDs), Metals (CFDs)
No data
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency

Every 14 days

Depends on the program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout after 3 days with a 40% split. Standard payouts retain an 85% split and require the applicable trading days, profit and SFX Stability Index. Instant and 1-Step Pro allow payout requests once their requirements are met, without a fixed bi-weekly cycle.

Payout Guarantee

48 hours: if not paid within 48h, 100% profit split

Requests are processed within 48 business hours. SFX advertises $1,000 compensation if it misses that deadline.

Crypto Weekend Trading
No data
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal
No data

Maximum of $10,000 per request for the first two payouts. This limit is removed afterwards.

Minimum Withdrawal
  • Minimum: $100 in For Traders wallet
  • Maximum per cycle (bi-weekly): $15,000 on most accounts
  • Withdrawal fees:
    · $100-$399 (crypto): $25
    · $400+ (Rise: bank/local/crypto): $50

Payouts below $100 can only be processed through USDT TRC20. Bank transfer is available from $100.

Forex
  • Challenge accounts (evaluation phase): 1:125
  • Master accounts (Fast/Classic/Strike): 1:30
  • Master accounts (Fast Static): 1:20
  • Master accounts (Instant Pro): 1:10
30:1
Metals
  • Challenge: 1:40 (gold/silver part of FX leverage 1:125)
  • Master: 1:10
10:1
Energies
  • Challenge: 1:40
  • Master: 1:10
10:1
Indices
  • Challenge: 1:20
  • Master: 1:10
  • Instant Pro: 1:5
  • Fast Static: 1:10
10:1
Crypto
No data
2:1
Forex
3 / lot
4 / lot
Metals
3 / lot
4 / lot
Energies
3 / lot
4 / lot
Indices
0
0.4 / lot
Commission-Free Option
No
No
Crypto
No data
0
Swap Free
No
No
Account Reset
No data

Available for Ascend during evaluation and for funded Ascend, 1-Step Pro and Rapid accounts within 10 calendar days of the first trade. A funded reset subsequently applies a 50% split.

Add-ons
No
Yes
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

Scaling unlocked through the Loyalty Program (5 tiers: Starter, Rising Star, Pro, VIP, Legend). Increments depend on tier. Applies to all account types.

Yes

Reviewed every 3 months. Requires profitability in 2 of the 3 months, at least 10% cumulative profit and 2 payouts. Balance increases by 25% of the initial balance up to $3.2M.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Forex Fast: 6% trailing
  • Forex Fast Static: 6% balance-based static
  • Forex Classic: 8% or 10% (depending on order)
  • Forex Strike: 5% from initial balance
  • Forex Pay After Pass: 6% trailing
  • Forex Instant: 5% trailing
  • Forex Instant Pro: 6% trailing

Rapid: 4% trailing. 1-Step Pro: 6% trailing. Ascend: 8% static. Instant: 6% trailing.

Profit Split
  • Forex evaluation products (Fast, Fast Static, Classic, Strike and Pay After Pass): 80% or according to the selected order
  • Forex Instant: starts at 70% and increases by 5% with each reward, up to 90%
  • Forex Instant Pro: starts at 60% and increases by 10% with each reward, up to 90%

85% base split, with the possibility of reaching 100% through the scaling program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout with a 40% split.

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown
  • Forex Fast/Fast Static/Strike/Pay After Pass: 3% (Fast: from previous day equity; Fast Static: from previous day balance/equity; Strike: fixed from initial)
  • Forex Classic: 4% or 3% (depending on order)
  • Forex Instant: 3% of starting balance
  • Forex Instant Pro: none

Rapid and Instant: 3%. 1-Step Pro: no daily limit. Ascend: 4%.

Three Steps
Yes
No
Max Allocation

$300,000 combined across all Master Accounts and Instant Models (Forex + Crypto + Futures shared cap). No allocation limit during Challenge phase.

500,000
Merge Accounts
No
Yes

Funded accounts from the same evaluation type can be merged when both remain at their initial balance, have no open trades and their combined capital does not exceed $500,000. Instant accounts cannot be merged.

Maximum Trading Days
  • Three Step: 60 per phase
  • Rest of accounts: No limit

No time limit.

Minimum Trading Days
No data

Rapid: no minimum during evaluation. 1-Step Pro: 4 evaluation days. Ascend: 5 days in each phase. Instant: no evaluation.

Monthly Competition
Yes
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • Forex Fast: 3 profitable days (0.5% of starting balance each)
  • Forex Classic: 3 profitable days per phase
  • Forex Strike: 3 profitable days per phase
  • Forex Instant: 7 profitable days
  • Forex Instant Pro: not required

For payouts: Rapid and Instant require 10 trading days; 1-Step Pro requires 7 qualified days; Ascend requires 5 days and its first standard payout is available after 14 calendar days.

Expert Advisor (EA)
No

EAs allowed only as decision-support tools (alerts, partial management, predefined rules). Fully autonomous trading bots are prohibited.

Limited

Trade managers, calculators and EAs developed by the trader are allowed. Third-party EAs and EAs designed to exploit rollover or perform news scalping are prohibited.

VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
No

Cross-account hedging (opposing positions on the same instrument across accounts) is forbidden.

Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes

Manual scalping allowed with a minimum 5-second hold per trade. Tick scalping and HFT are forbidden.

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
No

Martingale strategies (doubling position size after losses) are classified as gambling and forbidden.

No
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Open trades: maximum 3% risk on a single position.

Yes

Maximum floating loss: 2% on Rapid, Ascend and Instant; $300K and $400K Instant accounts have a 1% limit. 1-Step Pro has a 1% limit, with a warning and split reduction to 40% on the first violation and closure on the second.

Copy Trading
No

Outbound copy trading (from your For Traders account to external accounts) is allowed. Inbound copy trading from external sources is strictly forbidden.

No

Copying trades, manually or through software, between the trader's own accounts or from external traders or signal providers is prohibited.

News Trading
Limited

Forex: no new positions within 5 minutes before/after high-impact news events. Existing positions can be held through news.

Limited

Funded accounts restrict trading from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news. News straddling, news bracketing and manipulation of the simulated environment are also prohibited.

Inactivity Rule
  • Forex Fast / Fast Static / Classic / Strike / Pay After Pass (Challenge & Master): 30 days
  • Forex Instant / Instant Pro: 7 days

Days counted from the moment a position is CLOSED, not opened. Minimal 0.01-lot trades to game the rule don't count.

Accounts are closed after 30 days of inactivity.

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • Forex Fast: no consistency rule on Challenge; consistency on Master varies.
  • Forex Pay After Pass Master: best day cannot exceed 20% of total profit.
  • Forex Instant: best day cannot exceed 15% of total profit.
  • General gambling rule: passing via a single trade exceeding 70% of profit target is forbidden.
Yes

Maximum SFX Stability Index for payout: Rapid 15%, 1-Step Pro 20%, Ascend 25% and Instant 15%.

Hold Weekend
Yes

Weekend holds are unrestricted across all account types.

Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • Arbitrage (latency, reverse, statistical)
  • HFT (High Frequency Trading)
  • Grid trading
  • Tick scalping
  • Fully autonomous bots/EAs
  • Cross-account hedging
  • Gambling behaviors (overleveraging, all-in trades > 70% of profit target)
  • Martingale
  • Inbound copy trading and signal services
  • Group/signal trading from Telegram, Discord etc.

Copy trading; third-party EAs; HFT; latency arbitrage; tick scalping; martingale and grid; news scalping; coordinated reverse trading; exploitation of errors or slow feeds; account sharing or third-party account management.

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