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Headquarters

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

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

CEO

Daniela Egli

Husam Samy

Country

Liechtenstein

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2022

2024

Banned Countries
Burundi, Cuba, Iran, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), South Sudan, Sudan, Syria
Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
Orbex, Tickmill

In-house liquidity provider

Refund
Yes

Challenge fee refunded after the first reward for accounts purchased before 29 April 2026, or after the third reward for accounts purchased from that date.

Yes

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

Payout Fee

1%

No data
Platforms
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5, cTrader
MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Stop Out Level

100%

No data
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
ApplePay, GooglePay, PerfectMoney, Neteller, Skrill, Card, Transfer, Crypto
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency

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.

Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal
  • Instant Earning Account: the lower of $2,500 or 50% of total realized profit per reward. Minimum payout $200, every 14 days. From the second reward onward, any profit above $0 since the last request qualifies.

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

Minimum Withdrawal

$100

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

Payout Guarantee
No data

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

Forex
50:1
30:1
Metals
15:1
10:1
Energies
15:1
10:1
Indices
10:1
10:1
Stocks
2:1
No data
Crypto
2:1
2:1
Forex
5 / lot
4 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
4 / lot
Energies
5 / lot
4 / lot
Indices
5 / lot
0.4 / lot
Stocks
20%
No data
Crypto
0.2%
0
Commission-Free Option
No
No
Swap Free
No
No
Add-ons
No
Yes
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

Balance increases by 25% after at least 2 active months, 2 rewards and total profit of at least 10% of the initial balance. Every fourth scale-up uses the new balance as its base.

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

Static except for 1-Phase $100K/$200K and 2-Phase $100K accounts purchased from 29 April 2026: those trail on end-of-day balance until the starting balance.

  • Instant Earning Account: trailing on the highest balance. The limit stops moving once it reaches the starting balance.

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

Profit Split

80%

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

Calculated from the previous day's closing balance and updated daily at 16:15 CT.

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

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
400,000
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

Unlimited

No time limit.

Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days

3 profitable days of at least 0.5% of the initial balance each; applies to Challenge and Earning.

  • Instant Earning Account: 5 trading days minimum, with no profitable-day requirement.

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.

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.

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.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
Yes
No
Scalping
Yes

Allowed on CFD Prime, including trades under one minute. High-frequency trading is prohibited.

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

Risk per trade idea is capped at 1.5% of initial balance on 1-Phase $100K/$200K. Where the margin rule applies, margin used per trade idea is capped at 40% of initial balance.

  • Instant Earning Account: total risk from all open positions on the same symbol may not exceed 1% of the starting balance.
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
Limited

Allowed only between accounts owned by the same trader, including an external account you own. Third-party copying and shared trading are prohibited.

No

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

News Trading
Yes

News trading is allowed except for the $100,000 and $200,000 accounts, in which case it is not allowed to open traders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news releases

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

21 consecutive days without placing a trade.

Accounts are closed after 30 days of inactivity.

Consistency Rule
Limited

For 1-Phase $100K/$200K accounts created from 6 July 2026, the best day may not exceed 50% of positive-days profit. It applies in Challenge and Earning; exceeding it requires more profit, not a breach.

  • Instant Earning Account: the best day may not exceed 30% of total profit before requesting a payout.
Yes

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

Hold Weekend
Limited

Instant Earning Account: positions can be held over the weekend on most instruments, but gold, oil and crypto must be closed before the weekend break.

Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • Grid, martingale and similar high-risk strategies
  • High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedging-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
  • Gap trading
  • Overleveraging, overexposure, one-sided bets and hyperactivity

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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