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Headquarters

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

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

CEO

Jakub Rož

Bashaar Gokal

Country

United Arab Emirates

Mauritius

Foundation

2023

2023

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

Liquidity Provider

Hantec Markets
Refund
Yes

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

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

Every 14 days

  • 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.
Payout Guarantee

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

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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

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

Demo Account
No data
Metatrader 4
ID1005PasswordaGXr8ZzServerHantecMarkets-Server3
Metatrader 5
ID155586PasswordH1Trader!2ServerHantec Markets Holding Limited
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
50:1
Metals
  • Challenge: 1:40 (gold/silver part of FX leverage 1:125)
  • Master: 1:10
20:1
Energies
  • Challenge: 1:40
  • Master: 1:10
15:1
Indices
  • Challenge: 1:20
  • Master: 1:10
  • Instant Pro: 1:5
  • Fast Static: 1:10
15:1
Crypto
No data
1:1
Forex
3 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
3 / lot
1 / lot
Energies
3 / lot
1 / lot
Indices
0
0
Commission-Free Option
No
No
Crypto
No data
0
Swap Free
No
No
Account Reset
No data

10% discount for any retakes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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).

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

Unlimited

Monthly Competition
Yes
Yes
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
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Expert Advisor (EA)
No

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

Limited

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.
VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
No

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

Limited

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

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes

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

No

The majority of the traders must last longer than 3 minutes

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
No

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

No data
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

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

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

Yes
News Trading
Limited

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

Limited

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.
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.

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

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.
Limited

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.
Hold Weekend
Yes

Weekend holds are unrestricted across all account types.

Limited

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.
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.
  • 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
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