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

30 North Gould Street, Ste R
City: Sheridan
State: Wyoming (WY)
Postal code: 82801

Jelle Dijkstra

Matt Morris

United Arab Emirates

United States

2023

2024

Prime Program requires Risk approval: eligible after 5 payouts on one account (the SIM account maximum), 10 across accounts, or 20% profit on one account. Only accounts with at least one payout move to Live. Choose Live or a cash-out of 50% of MLL per eligible account within 24 hours; no answer means Live. SIM accounts close and evaluations pause. Cash-out or a Live breach: 21 days without new purchases or resuming evaluations. Live starts at $0 with real capital, EOD drawdown, 80% split, daily payouts and no consistency rule. One Live trader per household; other household members cannot hold SIM Funded accounts.

Transition to Live
After 3 successful payouts, a risk manager will evaluate your account and decide whether you continue in INSTANT or move to Live (the transition may occur before the third payout).

During the transition:

• All other accounts are paused or closed
• Only 1 Live account is allowed
• Trading on SIM accounts is not allowed while the review is ongoing

Pre-Live Stage
Pre-Live is an intermediate phase created to facilitate the move from SIM to real capital and to evaluate discipline and risk management under conditions close to Live:

• 1 daily payout from the first day in profit
• No consistency rule
• No maximum withdrawal limits
• Activation in 3–5 days

Move to Full Live
After demonstrating consistency in Pre-Live, the account is upgraded to Live (Plus500) with real capital, without restarting the process or affecting payouts:

• Up to 10% of the initial balance of the SIM account is transferred
• Only one account migrates to Live
• The highest profit from a single account is transferred

• BrightPlus: up to one approved payout per session; first payout from 24 hours after the first trade. Each subsequent payout requires fresh closed profit of 1% of the original account size.
• BrightCore: winning-day cycles, counted again from the next full session after each payout.

Elite Challenge / Elite Sim Funded

• Profit target per payout cycle: 6% (1st) / 5% (2nd) / 4% (3rd onward)
• Consistency resets after each payout

Elite Daily (Funded)

• Daily payouts starting from day 1
• Must reach buffer + $500 minimum

Elite ACCESS (Funded)

• On-demand payouts (any time after meeting requirements)
• Min 5 profitable days (per size: 25k=$200, 50k=$250, 100k=$300, 150k=$350)

Instant Sim Funded

• Profit target per payout cycle: 6% (1st) / 5% (2nd) / 4% (3rd onward)
• Consistency rule 20%

S2F Sim Pro

• Min 10 trading days, at least 7 profitable (profitable day = 0.1% of starting balance)
• Profit target per cycle: 6% / 5% / 4%
• ESS 20% or less

IGNITE

• 5% profit target each payout (resets after every payout cycle)
• No minimum trading days

X-ULTRA

• 7 profitable days before each payout; 4 with the paid add-on
• Minimum closing profit for a day to count: 50K $250 / 100K $500 / 150K $750
• New qualifying days required after each payout

X-Daily Spark: daily payout requests, with no minimum trading days.

Processing within 24 business hours of the request.

Less than 12 hours on average from request to payment. Average support response time: under 60 seconds via 24/7 live chat.

Per request: 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,000.

• BrightPlus: also limited to the balance above the buffer.
• BrightCore: the lowest of the size cap, 50% of current profit, and balance minus (starting balance + $100). The 2x addon doubles only the size cap.

Maximum payout per withdrawal before moving to Live. No cap applies after moving to Live.

ELITE and S2F Sim Pro

INSTANT Sim Funded, purchased before 7/27/2026

INSTANT Sim Funded 2.0, purchased on or after 7/27/2026

IGNITE

X-ULTRA

X-Daily Spark: $1,000 per payout; excess profit stays available for later payouts.

Minimum request: $250, before the profit split.

• IGNITE: $250

• Elite Daily / Elite ACCESS / Instant / S2F / Elite Challenge: $500

• X-ULTRA: $50

• X-Daily Spark: $500

At least 18 or the higher local age of majority. Sumsub KYC and a signed contract before SIM Funded activation, within 24 hours of completing both. One profile per person. The minimum trade duration rule must be met in each payout cycle. USDC on ERC-20 or bank transfer.

X-ULTRA: at least 50% of each payout request must come from new profit earned since the previous payout. No payout buffer.

X-Daily Spark: from the second payout, at least 50% of each request must come from new profit earned since the previous payout.

Per contract, per side, USD, all fees included: ES/NQ/RTY/YM 2.88; MES/MNQ/M2K/MYM 0.95; NKD/ZC/ZL/ZW 3.65; 6A/6B/6C/6E/6J/6N/6S/NG 3.10; M6A/M6B/M6E 0.84; CL 3.00; MCL 1.20; QM 2.70; QG 2.00; GC/SI/HG/PL 3.15; MGC 1.30; HE/LE 3.60; ZS/ZM 3.63. Round trip: twice these rates.

After a breach, within the time shown on the dashboard. Restarts evaluation even from SIM Funded, keeping the account number and addons. Costs 55% of the current list price including addons; addons cannot change and the hedging warning is not restored.

Elite Challenge (challenge)

• $25K: $29
• $50K: $39
• $100K: $79
• $150K: $119

Elite Sim Funded (funded reset)

• $25K: $199
• $50K: $299
• $100K: $399
• $150K: $499

Elite Daily (challenge)

• $25K: $79
• $50K: $99
• $100K: $189
• $150K: $265

Elite Daily (funded)

• $25K: $299
• $50K: $499
• $100K: $849
• $150K: $849 (V1); V2 confirm pending

Elite ACCESS (challenge)

• $35 flat (all sizes)

Elite ACCESS (funded)

• $25K: $299
• $50K: $499
• $100K: $849
• $150K: $1,349

Instant / S2F Sim Pro / IGNITE

• No reset option

X-ULTRA

• Paid evaluation resets remain available after new accounts sell out. Each reset starts a new 30-day evaluation period.

X-Daily Spark: evaluation resets available; no funded reset.

Optional at purchase, with additive surcharges on the base price: 100% Profit Split +20%; 2x Payout Cap +40%; BrightCore only, 3 Day Payout Cycle +20%. Targets, drawdown and contracts do not change.

X-ULTRA: 4 profitable days before each payout instead of 7 (+30%).

No DLL: Elite Daily and Ignite, approximately +30% on purchase; Elite Access, approximately +30% on activation. Select at initial checkout only; unavailable afterwards or on resets.

X-Daily Spark: static evaluation drawdown (+$15); lower evaluation target, 5% (+$15) or 4% (+$30). Bought at checkout, evaluation only. No funded daily loss limit (+$30), selected at activation.

• BrightPlus: intraday trailing on peak equity, including open profit. In SIM it locks at starting balance + $100 once equity reaches the buffer.
• BrightCore: trailing on the highest closing balance, updated between 4:45 and 5:59 PM ET. In SIM it locks at starting balance + $100 on the first approved payout, even if previously higher.
  No lock during evaluation. Touching the floor with live equity breaches the account at any time.

EOD trailing drawdown: Elite Challenge, Elite Daily, Elite ACCESS Standard, Instant Sim Funded and IGNITE.

Elite ACCESS Intraday uses EOD trailing drawdown during evaluation and real-time intraday trailing drawdown when funded. The funded drawdown follows the highest realized or unrealized equity and locks at starting balance + $100 after the first payout.

S2F Sim Pro uses intraday trailing drawdown.

For Instant Sim Funded, the trailing drawdown locks above the starting balance once its lock condition is reached or after the first payout.

X-ULTRA
EOD trailing in evaluation and funded stages; follows the highest closing balance, never moves down and locks at starting balance + $100. Falling below the threshold fails the account. Funded drawdown: $3,000 / $4,500 / $6,000 for 50K / 100K / 150K.

X-Daily Spark: EOD trailing in evaluation and funded; follows the highest closing balance and never moves down. Funded threshold locks at starting balance + $100. Static evaluation drawdown available as an add-on.

The split applies to each requested amount; the full request is deducted from the account balance.

Products listed below, excluding X-Daily Spark: 90/10 (trader keeps 90%).

• Elite Challenge / Elite Daily / Elite ACCESS
• Instant Sim Funded
• S2F Sim Pro
• IGNITE

No separate daily loss limit.

Elite Challenge

• 2.5% (EOD soft breach)

Elite Daily

• $25K: 2% ($500)
• $50K: 2% ($1,000)
• $100K: 1.25% ($1,250)
• $150K: 1% ($1,500)
• V2 (5/11/26 onward, evaluation and funded): same as V1

Elite ACCESS

• Evaluation: none
• Funded: $25K $500 / $50K $1,000 / $100K $1,250 / $150K $1,750

Instant Sim Funded

• 2.5% ($625 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750)

S2F Sim Pro

• 2% intraday ($500 / $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000)

IGNITE

• 2% ($500 / $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000)

X-ULTRA

• Hard breach in evaluation and funded accounts, measured from the starting balance for the day. Includes closed and floating losses, commissions and fees. Resets at 6:00 PM ET.

X-Daily Spark: no evaluation daily loss limit. Funded soft breach pauses trading for the day; calculated from the previous closing balance, including realized and unrealized losses. Trading day: 6:00 PM to 4:10 PM ET. Optional removal at activation.

Accounts per trader or household:

• 5 ELITE (Elite Challenge / Elite Sim Funded)
• 5 ELITE DAILY
• 5 ELITE ACCESS
• 5 INSTANT Sim Funded
• 5 S2F Sim Pro (more during special promotions)
• 10 IGNITE (same size, for copy trading)

Purchasing limits (Elite / Elite Daily / Elite ACCESS)

• 10 evaluation accounts per rolling 30-day window
• 12 resets per 30-day window
• Max 5 active funded accounts at any time

X-ULTRA

• Maximum 3 X-ULTRA accounts at the same time

BrightPlus: starting balance + MLL + $100, retained after every payout. Only closed profit counts. Falling below pauses payouts without breaching the account. BrightCore has no such buffer.

X-Daily Spark: $3,000 must remain in the funded account after every payout.

Up to 5 active SIM Funded accounts across all plans and sizes. Unlimited evaluations. With all 5 slots used, another evaluation pass waits until a slot opens.

X-Daily Spark: maximum 3 accounts in total, evaluation and funded combined.

No time limit, subject to inactivity rules.

Elite ACCESS (evaluation)

• 30 days to pass

Elite Challenge / Elite Daily / Instant / S2F / IGNITE

• No time limit

X-ULTRA (evaluation)

• 30 days to pass; a purchased reset starts a new 30-day period

X-Daily Spark evaluation: 30 days to pass.

No explicit minimum. Consistency requires at least 2 sessions on BrightPlus and 3 on BrightCore in practice.

Elite Challenge

• None (can pass in 1 day)

Elite ACCESS

• 1 day minimum to pass evaluation

Elite Daily (Funded)

• 1 day (for payout eligibility)

S2F Sim Pro

• 10 trading days, at least 7 profitable (profitable day = 0.1% of starting balance)

Instant Sim Funded / IGNITE

• None

X-ULTRA (evaluation)

• No minimum trading days.

X-Daily Spark: no minimum trading days in evaluation or before a funded payout.

Trade2Earn: activity earns BrightTokens redeemable for perks and evaluations, with no cash value. On Live, Prime Ladder pays bonuses every 10 winning days through Diamond (80 days); Prime Trader at 90 is status only. Total bonuses per account: 25K $5,000; 50K $10,000; 100K $20,000; 150K $30,000. Losing days and payouts preserve progress; an account breach resets it.

• BrightPlus: no winning-day requirement.
• BrightCore SIM: 5 per payout, or 3 with the addon. Minimum closed net profit per session: 25K $100; 50K $200; 100K and 150K $300. Days need not be consecutive; at most one per session.

Elite ACCESS (Funded)

• 5 profitable days required before first payout
• Min daily profit: $25K $200 / $50K $250 / $100K $300 / $150K $350

S2F Sim Pro

• 7 profitable days out of 10 trading days
• Profitable day = 0.1% of starting balance

Elite Daily / Instant Sim Funded / IGNITE / Elite Challenge

• No minimum profitable days requirement (consistency targets only)

Receive a practice account when you purchase a paid

Per-product consistency targets

• Elite Sim Funded: 25% (best day / total profit)
• Elite Daily (evaluation only): 45% V1 / 40% V2 (accounts from 5/11/26)
• Elite ACCESS (Funded): 40%
• Instant Sim Funded: 20%
• S2F Sim Pro: 20% Equity Stability Score (ESS), not a consistency rule per se
• IGNITE: 15%

Consistency / ESS resets after each payout cycle.

• X-ULTRA: 50% during evaluation (best day / total profit); none when funded.

• X-Daily Spark: none in evaluation or funded.

Elite Challenge: one-time activation fee after passing.

Elite ACCESS Standard activation: $139 / $189 / $259 / $359 for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K.

Elite ACCESS Intraday activation: $69 / $94 / $129 / $179.

Elite Daily, Instant Sim Funded, S2F Sim Pro and IGNITE: no activation fee.

X-ULTRA funded accounts: contract limits adjust daily using closing profit, increasing or decreasing with the applicable level. Payouts can reduce the level. No scaling during evaluation.

X-Daily Spark funded: 1 mini / 10 micros below $1,500 closing profit; 2 minis / 20 micros from $1,500 to $1,999; 3 minis / 30 micros from $2,000. The next trading day uses the previous closing balance. No evaluation scaling.

Elite Challenge and Elite Daily: monthly subscription.

Elite ACCESS Standard and Intraday: $39 one-time entry fee; a one-time activation fee applies after passing.

Instant Sim Funded, S2F Sim Pro and IGNITE: one-time fee.

Only exclusively self-authored software with no third-party access. It must not mirror another trader, be a black box or run simultaneously at other firms. Source-code review may be required.

EAs and bots are NOT allowed on any account type. Manual trading only. Violations may lead to account suspension, termination or loss of funding privileges.

VPN/VPS allowed without concealing identity or location or bypassing country restrictions. Only the owner may trade the account.

Not advised. Must notify or your account might be breached.

Allowed

• Trading from different devices (mobile, desktop)
• VPS with static IP (must notify support in advance and provide the invoice)
• Traveling and trading (may require documentation)

Not Allowed

• Using multiple IPs on the same account frequently
• Trading multiple accounts from the same IP
• Using a VPN (strictly prohibited)

Prohibited within and across your accounts, including different expiries, mini/micro and correlated instruments in the same group. First occurrence: warning, positions closed and profit removed while losses remain. Second: account breach. One warning per evaluation and one over the lifetime of SIM, not renewed by payouts or resets. Both accounts are penalized for a cross-account hedge.

More than 50% of net winning-trade profit must come from trades held longer than 15 seconds. Partial fills count separately. Equality is insufficient. Noncompliance delays passing or blocks payouts without breaching the account; the calculation restarts after each payout. Exploitative tick scalping and HFT are prohibited.

Scalping allowed, with one restriction:

10-second rule (all account types)

• All trades must remain open longer than 10 seconds
• 10.00 seconds = violation; 10.01 seconds = acceptable
• Closing any portion of a trade before 10 seconds violates the rule
• Adding to a trade (scaling in) within 10 seconds is permitted
• Occasional minor violations are tolerated; if ~50% or more of profits/trades violate this rule, profits are removed

Only between your BrightFunded accounts within the same profile. Copying others, signals or group trading is a hard breach.

PRO

• Only allowed to copy trades from one PRO account to other PRO accounts of the exact same size.
• Limited to a maximum of 5 PRO accounts for copy trading.
• NOT allowed: copying between S2F Sim Pro and Instant Sim Funded, or between S2F and Elite plans.

Classic ELITE & Instant Sim

• Only allowed to copy trades between accounts of the same type and same size
• Limited to a maximum of 3 ELITE Sim accounts or Instant Sim accounts for copy trading.

ELITE DAILY

• Copy trade up to 5 accounts.

IGNITE

• Copy trading allowed on up to 10 IGNITE accounts of the same size
• Not allowed: between different plan types (IGNITE to Instant or Elite), or between different IGNITE sizes

Copy Trading Between Firms:

• It's allowed but all trade decisions must originate from activity on their platform.

News trading allowed by default on all account types, with the exceptions below:

Elite Daily (Funded)

• No trades 2 minutes before or after high-impact news events

Elite ACCESS (Funded)

• No trades 2 minutes before or after high-impact news events

Elite Challenge / Instant / S2F / IGNITE: no news restriction.

X-Daily Spark: unrestricted during evaluation. Funded accounts cannot open or close trades within 2 minutes before or after major high-impact news.

Open a new trade every 30 calendar days in evaluation and every 7 trading sessions in SIM, excluding holidays. Closing, editing and unfilled pending orders do not count. Advance warning; missing the deadline deactivates the account as a hard breach.

14 calendar days without a trade (entry and exit) results in hard breach. The 14-day window includes weekends and holidays. Applies to all account types.

Evaluation only: best session / total net profit, up to 50% on BrightPlus and 40% on BrightCore. Includes commissions and losing days. Recalculated at session close; equality is allowed. Delays passing without breaching the account. Does not apply in SIM.

• INSTANT: To request a payout, no single trading day's profit can exceed 20% of your total accumulated profits

• ELITE (funded phase): 25%

• ELITE DAILY (evaluation only): 45% V1 / 40% V2 (accounts from 5/11/26)

• ELITE ACCESS (funded): 40%

• IGNITE: 15%

• PRO: You need an ESS score of 20% to request a payout. To calculate ESS Score: (Best Day Profit + Worst Day Loss [as a positive number]) ÷ Total Profit × 100%

• X-ULTRA: 50% during evaluation (best day / total profit); none when funded.

• X-Daily Spark: none in evaluation or funded.

All trades must be closed by 4:10 PM EST. The system force-liquidates any open positions at that time. No overnight or weekend holding allowed. Weekend trading is prohibited.

Trading hours: 6:00 PM EST (Sunday) to 4:10 PM EST (Friday), with a daily break from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EST.

Exploiting simulated prices, latency, fills or liquidity; arbitrage, spoofing, layering, abusive HFT, oversized one-way bets, account rolling, third-party management and risk or size changes inconsistent with normal trading. Terms allow affected profits to be removed, extra limits imposed or accounts closed.

• Exploiting System, Pricing, or Latency Errors
• Use of Insider or Non-Public Information
• Front-Running
• Hedging Between Accounts
• Unauthorized Account Access
• Minimum Trade Duration (10-Second Rule)
• Trading That Risks Broker Relationships
• Trading That May Create Regulatory Concerns
• Externally Marked Challenge-Passing Strategies
• Rolling, Churning, or Gambling Accounts

Automatic close at 4:45 PM ET, Monday to Friday, without a breach for auto-close. CME session runs from 6:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET the next day; holiday cutoffs may be earlier.