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100%refund
Headquarters

Algaroud Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

3 Place Ville-Marie, Montréal, QC H3B 4W8

CEO

Daniel Martin and Martin Najat

Matt L

Country

United Arab Emirates

Canada

Foundation

2018

2022

Banned Countries
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Vietnam
Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Russia, Belarus, Quebec
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
City Traders Imperium

Liquidity Provider

Refund
Yes
  • 1-Step, 2 Step: 100% of your sign-up fee refunded when you hit 10% profit target on funded account
  • Instant Funding: 50% of your sign-up fee refunded when you hit 10% profit target on funded account at level 2
  • Instant Funding Pro: No refund
No
Payout Fee
No data

Riseworks: $40

Platforms
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader
DXTrade, cTrader, MatchTrader
Demo Account
No data
DXTrade
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GooeyTrade
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Stop Out Level
No data

100%

Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Rise
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level
No data

110%

Payout Frequency

1-Step, 2-Step

  • 1st payout after at least 7 Profitable (0.5% or more) Trading Days and a Minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
  • After your 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Monthly, during the last 5 days of each month.

Instant

  • You can request the 50% profit share from Level 1 when the 10% profit target is achieved on Level 2.
  • You can request the second payout on Demand anytime once you have at least 5 profitable trading days and a minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
  • After the 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Bi-Weekly, on the 14th/15th & the last 2 days of each month.
  • 3-Step, 1-Step Career: Every 14 days or 7 days with add-on (+30%)
  • Instant: First payout on demand, next every 30 days
Payout Guarantee
No data

Most payouts processed in under 6 hours; allow up to 3 business days.

Minimum Withdrawal
No data

$100 minimum across all programs.

Forex
30:1
  • 3-Step, Instant: 50:1
  • 1-Step Career: 30:1
Metals
10:1
  • 3-Step, 1-Step Career: 20:1
  • Instant: 50:1
Energies
10:1
  • 3-Step, Instant, 1-Step Career: 5:1
Indices
10:1
  • 3-Step: 20:1
  • Instant, 1-Step Career: 10:1
Crypto
2:1
  • 3-Step, Instant, 1-Step Career: 2:1
Stocks
No data
  • 3-Step, Instant, 1-Step Career: 5:1
Forex
5 / lot
7 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
7 / lot
Energies
0.05 / lot
0 / lot
Indices
0.5 / lot
0
Crypto
0 / lot
0
Stocks
No data
0.02 / lot
Commission-Free Option
No data
No
Swap Free
Yes
No
Account Reset

You can reset your challenge with an unlimited 15% discount (1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding) or 10% (Instant Funding Pro)

Surrender Account (3-Step Program)

75% discount code that allows you to restart your journey from Phase 1

  • Your account must not have used more than 75% of the permitted drawdown — essentially, your loss cannot exceed 3.75%.
  • You must not have taken a loss greater than 1% on any single position.
  • All open positions must be closed before the surrender is submitted.

Smart Restart Guarantee (1-Step Career Evaluation)

To receive a free restart, both of the following must be met during your first attempt:

  • No individual trade may incur a loss greater than 1% of the account balance.
  • Your maximum overall drawdown must remain better than −5%

1-Step Max
Up to 3 free evaluation restarts. Surrender before breach, with drawdown within 5% and no trade risking more than 1%.

Add-ons
No
Yes
  • Improved profit split 90% (+20%)
  • Hold over weekend (+10%)
  • Stop Loss (+10%)
  • Weekly Payouts (+30%; 1-Step Max: +20%)
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes

1-Step Career

  • Monthly Simulated Salary
  • Smart Restart Guarantee
  • Free 30-day standard TradingView subscription
  • Access to in-house TrackAlpha trading software
Account scaling
Yes

1-Step, 2-Step

  • You must achieve at least a +10% profit overall in the last 4 months. (Withdrawals don't affect this target).
  • Be profitable in at least 2 out of those 4 months.
  • Your account must have a positive balance (in profit) at the time of scaling.
  • Balance increases by +50% of its original balance, up to $100,000, and then $25,000 up to $200,000

Instant

  • You must achieve a 10% net profit of the initial account balance. (Withdrawals don't affect this target).
  • 20% Consistency Score.
  • Your account balance doubles until you reach the $2 million per account.
No
Two Steps
Yes
No
Max Drawdown
  • 2-Step, Instant: Static
  • 1-Step: Trailing

3-Step
5% Max Static Drawdown Limit.

1-Step Career
7% Max Drawdown Limit (static).

Instant
8% Max Trailing Drawdown (based on highest recorded closed balance). Locks at initial balance once account reaches 8% gain or after first payout.

1-Step Max
Static in evaluation and funded stages; the threshold does not trail upward.

Profit Split
  • 1-Step, 2-Step: 80% (base value), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
  • Instant Funding: starts at 50% (Level 1)
  • Instant Funding Pro: starts at 70% (Level 2)
  • Instant scaling: 80% (Level 3), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)

3-Step
80% (90% with add-on purchased at checkout).

1-Step Career
80% (90% with add-on purchased at checkout).

Instant
90%.

Free Trial
Yes
No
Daily Drawdown

Balance-based

3-Step
No daily loss limit.

1-Step Career
5% Daily Loss Limit, calculated from previous day closed balance at 5 PM EST.

Instant
5% Daily Loss Limit, calculated from previous day closed balance at 5 PM EST.

Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation
  • 1-Step: $200,000
  • 2-Step: $200,000
  • Instant: $80,000
600,000
Merge Accounts
No
No
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days
No data

0

Points Reward Program

Loyalty Program. Complete daily and weekly quests to earn points, unlock discounts, and win cash prizes or even free funded accounts.

No data
Monthly Competition
No data
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • 1-Step, 2-Step: 3 days on evaluation phase, 7 days on funded phase
  • Instant: 5 days for payout On Demand
No data
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes
VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
No
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
Yes

Not using a stop loss is treated as a soft breach. Your account won’t be closed, but the system will automatically exit the trade after 1 minute if no stop loss has been set.

Yes

This rule doesn't apply when buying the add-on at the check-out (+10%)

Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
Yes
Martingale
No
No data
Maximum Risk Limit
No data
Limited

1-Step Max: maximum 1% combined open risk per symbol, not across the entire account. Positions on different symbols have separate 1% limits. During evaluation, symbol-risk, missing-stop-loss and maximum-position-risk violations share one counter: warnings on strikes 1 and 2; hard breach on strike 3. On funded accounts, the first violation is a hard breach. The purchased no-stop-loss add-on exception still applies.

Copy Trading
No
Yes

Allowed between Lark Simulated Funded Accounts. Not allowed between Evaluation Accounts

News Trading
Yes
Yes
Inactivity Rule

30 days

30 days

Consistency Rule
No
No
Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes

It is necessary to buy the add-on at the check-out (+10%

Prohibited Strategies
  • Exploit Price Inefficiencies / Price Feed Errors
  • Group Hedging / Hedging / Group Trading / Copy Trading
  • Account Sharing / Reselling of Account / Account Management
  • One-Sided Bets
  • Gamble to Pass / Over-Leveraging
  • Using 3rd-Party EAs (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
  • Bracketing Strategies
  • Martingale Trading Style (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
  • Grid Trading
  • All-or-nothing
  • Gambling
  • Ideally no more than 20% margin or 1.5% of the balance per trade
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Hedging & Arbitrage Between Accounts
  • Holding a demo Single Share Equity CFD position into an earnings release
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