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

Building A1, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2025

2023

Jakub Zeliska

Rise: $35

Bank transfer: USD 19.90 + 2.49%. Crypto: USD 19.90 + 30%; reduced to USD 19.90 + 2.49% when more than 50% of the trader's purchases were paid in crypto.

Standard programs use simulated accounts.

Top performers may be selected for a tailored Live Analyst plan.

Futures accounts are simulated (sim-funded).

• 25k account: $1,100
• 50k account: $2,000
• 100k account: $3,000

Classic (payouts 1–5): 25K 500/1,000/1,500/1,500/1,500; 50K 800/1,600/2,400/3,000/3,000; 100K 1,400/2,800/4,200/5,000/6,000; 150K 2,000/4,000/5,000/5,000/9,000; 200K 2,600/5,000/5,000/5,000/12,000; 300K 3,700/5,000/5,000/5,000/18,000; 400K 4,700/5,000/5,000/5,000/23,500 USD. Vanguard (payouts 1–7): 25K 500/1,000/1,500/1,500/1,500/1,500/1,500; 50K 1,000/2,000/3,000/3,000/3,000/3,000/3,000; 100K 1,600/3,200/4,800/5,000/6,000/6,000/6,000; 150K 1,900/3,800/5,000/5,000/9,000/9,000/9,000; 200K 2,300/4,600/5,000/5,000/11,500/12,000/12,000; 300K 3,100/5,000/5,000/5,000/15,500/18,000/18,000 USD. The checkout sells Vanguard 400K, but the current public table does not yet publish its cap; confirm with support.

• Beginner and HYPER: $250
• Instant Pro Plus and Instant Flex: 1% of the starting balance
• Instant Pro Plus Max: $500 / $750 / $1,000 for 25K / 50K / 100K

USD 100.

Classic: whenever the conditions are met. Vanguard: after 5 qualifying days for the first payout. Upcomers states same-day processing after approval.

Realized profit and all positions closed; at least 1% profit since the previous payout. 20% Best Day Rule. Before the first payout, Vanguard requires 5 profitable days with at least 0.5% profit each.

Round-trip commissions vary by instrument.

The official instrument table publishes the exact round-trip cost for each contract.

Booster Tokens can erase eligible losses and restore account progress.

Vanguard offers instant funding with no evaluation.

Thunderbolt Classic is a one-step evaluation with a 6% target.

Scaling is available on selected programs and account sizes.

The exact contract limits are shown in each challenge.

+35% every 4 months, up to USD 4,000,000, with 15% cumulative growth, at least 2 payouts and a positive final cycle.

• Beginner and Beginner Max: trailing End-of-Day drawdown
• HYPER Intra: intraday trailing drawdown
• HYPER Lite and HYPER Pro: trailing End-of-Day drawdown
• Instant Pro Plus and Instant Pro Plus Max: trailing End-of-Day drawdown
• Instant Flex: 4% intraday trailing drawdown; it moves to break-even after the first payout

Real-time trailing: 4% on Classic and 3% on Vanguard. It locks at the initial balance after the account grows by that same percentage.

• Beginner, HYPER and Instant Pro Plus: 90%
• Instant Pro Plus Max: 70%

90% selected for these prices. Checkout also allows 80% or 100%, adjusting the price.

Thunderbolt Classic includes an optional Trial Phase; Vanguard has no evaluation.

• Beginner: soft daily loss pause
• Beginner Max: hard daily loss breach
• HYPER Intra, Lite and Pro: no daily loss limit during evaluation or simulated funded phase
• Instant Pro Plus: soft daily loss pause
• Instant Pro Plus Max: hard daily loss breach
• Instant Flex: no daily loss limit

Classic: 3% in evaluation and 2% when funded. Vanguard: 2%. Resets at 5:00 PM ET.

Beginner Max requires clearing a buffer before the first payout. The standard Beginner account has no buffer requirement.

• Beginner Max: up to 10 accounts
• Instant Pro Plus Max: up to 10 accounts
• Standard programs, HYPER and Instant Flex: up to 3 accounts

No fixed account-count limit; total funded capital cannot exceed USD 1,500,000 across all Upcomers programs.

• Beginner Max: 30 days to pass the evaluation
• Beginner and HYPER: no evaluation time limit

No time limit to pass Classic; all futures accounts close after 14 calendar days without closing a trade.

Beginner and HYPER have no additional minimum trading days.

The profit targets and applicable consistency requirements must still be met.

Classic can be passed in 1 day. Vanguard has no evaluation.

No activation fee.

No activation fee or recurring platform/data subscription stated by Upcomers.

HTP is Hyperticks' internal loyalty coin for community rewards, services and discounts.

The number of qualifying days depends on the program and payout.

• Beginner: 5 winning days
• HYPER: 5 winning days
• Instant Pro Plus and Instant Pro Plus Max: 10 / 8 / 6 / 5 qualifying days from the first through fourth payout
• Instant Flex: 6 qualifying days

The required daily profit varies by program and account size.

Vanguard requires 5 days with at least 0.5% profit each before the first payout; they do not need to be consecutive.

• Beginner evaluation: contracts scale at 1:10.
• Beginner simulated funded: contracts scale at 1:5.
• HYPER: reduced contract limits apply in the funded phase.

Exact limits vary by program and account size.

The contract limit depends on account size and does not drop after funding.

One-time purchase.

• No monthly subscription
• No activation fee on the current catalog

One-time payment based on program, size and profit split. The table shows the regular 90% price before any promotional code.

Resets are available when offered by Upcomers. A rule-violation reset permanently limits future payouts on that account to 50%.

The trader must remain actively involved. The following are prohibited:

• Fully automated bots
• External execution APIs
• External signal mirroring

Bots and automation are allowed when the strategy is unique and responsible; no HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage, feed abuse or mass-shared strategies.

Allowed within the same account; coordinating opposite positions across accounts or people to bypass rules is prohibited.

Hyperticks considers repeated trades that are normally held for under 15 seconds and target fewer than 5 ticks to be prohibited microscalping.

Normal scalping is allowed; tick scalping and latency exploitation are prohibited.

Scaling into positions is allowed within the program's contract limit. Splitting exposure across multiple instruments to bypass the applicable contract limit is prohibited.

• Risk above 2% on a single trade idea is prohibited.
• The contract limits of each account and program also apply.

Hard maximum loss of 1.5% of account size per open trade. Positions in the same instrument and direction count as one trade.

Allowed between your own accounts; prohibited between different people.

• No new trades from 5 minutes before until 5 minutes after a Tier 1 release.
• Existing positions may remain open.
• Stop-loss and take-profit levels cannot be modified during that window.

• Beginner and Beginner Max evaluation: 35%
• Beginner and Beginner Max simulated funded: 40%
• HYPER Intra, Lite and Pro: no consistency rule
• Instant Pro Plus and Instant Pro Plus Max: no consistency rule
• Instant Flex: no consistency rule

20% Best Day Rule: the best day cannot represent more than 20% of total profit when requesting a payout.

• Repeated microscalping
• Fully automated trading
• External signal mirroring
• Price-feed, latency or fill exploitation
• Simultaneous orders intended to manipulate queue priority
• Hedging correlated instruments
• Gambling or random trading
• Risking more than 2% on one trade idea
• Bypassing contract limits across instruments

HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage or latency abuse, feed/price abuse, mass-shared strategies, martingale, account rolling and any practice designed to exploit the simulated environment.

Upcomers' general VPN/VPS and identity-verification rules apply.

Automatic closure after 14 calendar days without closing a trade; the clock starts at purchase and resets with every closed trade.