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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at Building A1, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis

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

Iñaki Martinez, Albert Suriol

Bashaar Gokal

United Arab Emirates

Mauritius

2024

2023

Refund of the initial payment of the evaluation account will be made with the second payment

50%

One Step: First payout after 30 days and 10 days for every payout after that
Two Step and Instant: First payout after 15 days and 5 days for every payout after that

• 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.

• 1%
• Crypto: $100
• Rise: $500

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

One Step, Instant: 30:1
Two Step: 50:1

One Step, Instant: 10:1
Two Step: 20:1

One Step, Instant: 1:1
Two Step: 2:1

10% discount for any retakes

15% profit in 3 months + 3 withdrawals → +25% balance. Max cumulative $2,000,000. Profit split can increase up to 95%.

Once you've successfully completed your Challenge, you'll be able to choose between receiving a Hantec Trader 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 Hantec Trader account.

• One Step and Two Step: Static
• Instant: Trailing

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

80%

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.

Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)

• Instant Funding: Balance-based
• Instant Lite, Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX: Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)

Maximum allocation $400,000 total across all challenge and Hantec Trader 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).

4 days with at leat 0.5% profit

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.

While VPNs and VPS are allowed, their usage is heavily considered during investigations of suspicious behavior or breaches of the terms and conditions.

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

SL (Stop Loss) must be added to the trade within a maximum of two minutes after the trade is opened.

Trades must be open for at least 60 seconds

The majority of the traders must last longer than 3 minutes

5k:

• Forex: 3 lots
• Metals and Energies: 0.5 lots
• Indices: 5 lots

10k:

• Forex: 6 lots
• Metals and Energies: 1 lot
• Indices: 10 lots

20k:

• Forex: 12 lots
• Metals and Energies: 1.8 lots
• Indices: 20 lots

50k:

• Forex: 20 lots
• Metals and Energies: 4 lots
• Indices: 40 lots

100k:

• Forex: 35 lots
• Metals and Energies: 7 lots
• Indices: 70 lots

For all accounts, it's not allowed to risk more than 50% of the daily drawdown on one trade idea

For Instant Standard and Pro accounts, it's not allowed to risk more than 1% on the balance account

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

Only allowed to copy trades manually during evaluation phase between accounts of different size

Trading funded accounts during high-impact news is restricted; opening or closing positions is prohibited within a 4-minute window both before and after red folder macroeconomic events.

Challenge phase (Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance)

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

Funded phase (Hantec Trader 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.

30 days

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

To request a payment your biggest winning day can't exceed:

• Instant Standard: 30%
• Instant Pro: 15%

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 Hantec Trader 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.

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.

• High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
• Trades lasting less than 60 seconds
• Grid trading
• Arbitrage trading
• Hedge trading
• Latency trading
• Reverse trading
• Tick scalping
• Hyperactivity
• Account cycling/rotation
• Gambling behavior
• Trade stacking
• Group hedging
• Overleveraging

• 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