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Headquarters

Office 8.05 One Canada Square, London, England, E14 5AA, United Kingdom

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

CEO

Karim Yousfi

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Country

United Kingdom

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2012

2023

Banned Countries
United States, Syria, Iran, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Venezuela
Cuba, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Albania, Algeria, North Korea, Senegal
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Brokers
AudaCity Global LTD
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Refund
Yes

Full refund after first payout

Yes

Full refund after 4th payout

Payout Fee
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$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
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker, cTrader
Demo Account
Metatrader5
ID54555PasswordYq!8YsYaServerAudaCityGlobal-Live
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Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, PayPal
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Transfer
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Ability Challenge: First payout after 30 days, next every 14 days
  • Funded Trader Program: When reaching the 10% profit

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
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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.

Maximum Withdrawal
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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

Funded Trader Program: 10% profit

$100

Forex
  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
  • 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
  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
  • 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
  • Ability Challenge: 25:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 60:1
  • 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
  • Ability Challenge: 100:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 30:1
  • 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
  • Ability Challenge: 2:1
  • Funded Trader Program: 2:1
  • Instant Standard: 1:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 2 Step, 1 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 2:1
Forex
6 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
6 / lot
5 / lot
Energies
6 / lot
5 / lot
Indices
10 / lot
0
Crypto
0
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Commission-Free Option
No
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
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
Yes
  • Eligibility: Traders must demonstrate a monthly profitability of at least 2.5% for the 3 consecutive months.
  • Scaling Increase: The account balance is doubled (100% increase) during each scaling event up to $2,000,000.
  • Review Cycle: The account is reviewed every 3 months. Traders must make at least one withdrawal within this period.
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

Balance based

  • 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

Ability Challenge

  • The profit share for the first payout is 75%
  • If you withdraw over 10% profit in 30 days, the profit share will increase to 85%
  • Once you've doubled your account twice and consistently achieved over 10% profit, you'll qualify for up to 90% profit sharing

Funded Trader Program

  • $7.5k, $15k, $30k, and $60k: More than 30 Days to reach target = 50%, Less than 30 days = 60%
  • $120k and $240k: More than 30 Days to reach target = 60%, Less than 30 days = 70%
  • $480k, $960k, and $1.92m: More than 30 Days to reach target = 50%, Less than 30 days = 60%
  • $120k and $240k (High tier): More than 30 Days to reach target = 70%, Less than 30 days = 80%

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

Free Trial
Yes
No
Daily Drawdown

Based in highest value between balance and equity

Based on highest value between equity and balance

Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation
240,000
400,000
Merge Accounts
No
Yes

Instant accounts can't be merged

Maximum Trading Days

No limit

No limit

Minimum Trading Days
  • Ability Challenge: 4 days
  • Ability One: 3 days
  • Funded Trader Program: 5 days
  • At least one position must be opened on each of those days
  • 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
  • 1st Place: 3K + $240K Ability Challenge
  • 2nd Place: 1.5K + $120K Ability Challenge
  • 3rd Place: 500 + $120K Ability Challenge
  • 4th Place: 300 + $60K Ability Challenge
  • 5th Place: 150 + $60K Ability Challenge
  • 6th – 10th Place: $30K Ability Challenge
  • 11th – 25th Place: One-time 30% discount on any Ability Challenge
  • 26th – 50th Place: One-time 15% discount on any Ability Challenge
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • Funded Trader Program: 3 days (traders must maintain consistency in trade duration and lot sizes to meet the minimum trading requirement)
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Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes

Only self-developed EAs are permitted. The use of commercial, publicly available, or third-party-created automated trading tools is strictly prohibited.

Yes
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
Yes
Martingale
No
Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
No

Maximum limit of 10 lots per open position. You may open multiple positions, but each individual position cannot exceed 10 lots.

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
Limited

Internal copying between your own AudaCity accounts is allowed. Copying from third-party accounts (other traders, other firms, signal providers) is not permitted.

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
Limited

Do not open new trades or increase existing ones within 3 minutes before or after high-impact economic releases or official speeches, as this behavior may be considered excessive risk-taking.

Only high-impact FOMC events fall under this restriction; low- and medium-impact FOMC events are exempt. Other major/high-impact news restrictions remain unchanged. This update applies to existing and new accounts across Ability Challenge, Ability One and FTP Instant Funding.

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

6 months

30 days

Consistency Rule
Yes

The formula for calculation of the Consistency Score is: [1 - (most profitable trading day)/(combined profit on all profitable days)]*100:

  1. If the score is above 70 then the trader is considered as consistent.
  2. If the score lies between 50 - 70 then the risk team will manually review the account and decide whether the trader should continue trading until the score becomes above 70 or pass them.
  3. If the score is less than 50, then the trader shall continue trading the account until the score reaches above 50 and then the risk team can take a call.
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
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
  • Martingale Trading
  • Dollar Cost Averaging
  • 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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