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Headquarters

Paris

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

CEO

Léon Grimm

Jakub Rož

Country

France

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2023

2023

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia (certain sectors), Georgia (specific territories), Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine (Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia), Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Bangladesh, North Korea, Russian Federation, Belarus, Cuba, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, United States, United Arab Emirates
Assets
Indices, Currencies, Metals, Energies, Agriculture, Interest Rates, Crypto
Futures
Brokers
TFeed, dxFeed, Rithmic, Edge Clear

Proprietary platform For Traders X. Liquidity provider not publicly disclosed.

Payout Fee

Merit Live: Phoenix covers the processor fee on withdrawals above $500.

  • Crypto ($100 – $499): $25
  • Rise $500 or more: $50
Platforms
Odin, Quantower, ATAS, Volumetrica, DeepCharts, DeepDOM, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Sierra Chart, MultiCharts, Jigsaw, Bookmap, MotiveWave, Investor/RT, Tiger.Trade, Overcharts, Volfix, Optimus Flow, Photon, Inside Edge Trader, QScalp, Agena Trader
For Traders X
Payout Methods
Payoneer, Wise, PayPal
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Live Account
Yes

Live Funded account at EdgeClear on Rithmic. Classic and Spark: after 4 payouts. Daily: once $1,200/$3,000/$6,000 has been paid (Seed/Starter/Growth). Merit: straight to Live on approval. Risk review required; if not passed, the pre-funded payout limit may be extended instead. Live amount: Classic $1,250/$2,000/$3,500; Spark $400/$1,000; Daily $500/$1,250/$2,000; Merit $2,000. Static drawdown, daily limit agreed with the trader, and every rule waived except overnight and over-week positions. Other funded accounts go dormant on transfer.

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Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Payout Frequency

Classic: weekly, first payout after 5 trading days and then every 5. Spark: bi-weekly, first payout after 5 trading days. Daily: any trading day once profit matures (3 trading days; 5 for a day above 30% of total profit and above the tier's daily cap). Merit Live: any time, up to 10 per day. Processing: 2 to 3 business days.

  • Futures Fast: on-demand (after 5 profitable days and offsetting trailing drawdown)
  • Futures Instant: on-demand (after 7 profitable days)
  • Futures Fast Pro: on-demand (after 1 profitable day, balance > $52K)
Maximum Withdrawal

Per payout: Classic $600/$1,000/$2,000 (Starter/Growth/Scale); Spark $300/$400 (Seed/Starter). Daily: $200/$500/$1,000 per trading day (Seed/Starter/Growth), with $1,000 per day per trader across all Daily accounts. Merit Live: no maximum. PayPal: $2,000 per month.

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Minimum Withdrawal

Classic and Daily: $75. Spark: $30 (Seed) or $75 (Starter). Merit Live: $1.

  • Minimum: $100 in wallet
  • Maximum per cycle by product:
    · Futures Fast 25K: $800
    · Futures Fast 50K: $1,500
    · Futures Fast 100K: $2,500
    · Futures Instant 25K: $1,500
    · Futures Instant 50K: $3,000
    · Futures Instant 100K: $4,500
    · Futures Fast Pro 50K: $250-$1,200 per cycle, final $10,000 (max 5 withdrawals)
Other Payout Requirements

After passing: review of up to 72 hours, then KYC and Pre-Funded contract within 48 hours. The trailing drawdown locks at the starting balance on the first payout. Every denied payout comes with a written reason from the risk team. No crypto payouts.

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Refund
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No traditional refund. No activation fee after passing Fast/Fast Pro.

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

Futures
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Per-contract margins set by underlying instrument. Position size capped per account size.

Commission

Per contract and side on TFeed; dxFeed is double. ES, NQ, RTY and YM $1.09; MES, MNQ, M2K and MYM $0.35; CL $1.15; MCL $0.43; GC $1.20; MGC $0.43; NG $1.20; 6E $1.20; ZN $0.80; ZB $0.83; BTC $3.38; MBT $1.38. Same rates on every line, in evaluation and funded.

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Futures
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Swap Free
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No
Account Reset

Classic, Daily and Spark: unlimited, by paying the fee or with reset coupons (one per month the challenge stays alive; they stack and never expire). Classic: a failed account is reset free at renewal. Merit: no reset.

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Add-ons
Yes

Performance Review (+20% on the price): 20 to 30 page report on the trader's own trades. Free ATAS licence with dxFeed.

No
Instant
No
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Limited

Scaling beyond the Classic plan on request, after a full review of the trades.

Yes

Scaling unlocked through the Loyalty Program (5 tiers: Starter, Rising Star, Pro, VIP, Legend). Increments depend on tier. Applies to all account types.

Max Drawdown

Classic and Daily: end-of-day trailing in evaluation and funded. Spark: end-of-day trailing in evaluation and real-time trailing once funded. The trailing drawdown locks at the starting balance. Merit: static, the whole $2,000 balance. Live: static.

  • Futures Fast: $1,000 (25K) / $2,000 (50K) / $2,500 (100K), trailing
  • Futures Fast Pro: $2,000 EOD trailing (50K)
  • Futures Instant: 5% EOD trailing
Profit Split

Classic and Spark: 90%. Daily: 80%. Merit: 50% until the trader has withdrawn twice the starting balance, then 80%.

All futures products: 80%

Daily Drawdown

Classic, Daily and Spark: none. Merit: 25% dynamic (soft breach). Live: agreed with each trader based on their results.

  • Futures Fast: none
  • Futures Fast Pro: $1,000 (50K)
  • Futures Instant: 3% from highest day equity
Max Allocation
700,000

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

Mandatory buffer
Limited

Classic and Daily: a locked buffer equal to the maximum drawdown stays in the account and is not withdrawable. Spark and Merit: none.

No

No mandatory buffer. Instead, when you request a payout your maximum trailing drawdown locks at your starting balance.

Maximum Accounts

Unlimited challenges. Pre-funded: 5 on TFeed (up to 3 Spark, 3 Daily, 3 Classic Growth or Scale and 5 Classic Starter) and 3 on dxFeed. Live: up to 5, at Phoenix's discretion. Merit: one attempt; another requires buying a Classic or Daily account first.

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Maximum Trading Days

No deadline. Spark closes after 90 days without a trade. Merit: 30 calendar days.

No time limit on any futures account.

Minimum Trading Days

Classic and Daily: 2. Spark: 1. Merit: none; the challenge lasts 30 calendar days.

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Funded Phase Pricing Model

No monthly fee on funded accounts. Activation: $29 one-time on Spark; $0 on Classic, Daily and Merit. Live: CME professional data at $135/month per exchange, deducted from the account.

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Points Reward Program

Phoenix Extra: PHX earned for ideas and ambassador work, usable on accounts, resets and activation fees. Not convertible to cash.

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Minimum Profitable Days

Classic: 5 days between payouts with at least $100/$200/$300 profit (Starter/Growth/Scale). Spark: 5 days with at least $40 (Seed) or $100 (Starter). Daily and Merit: none.

  • Futures Fast Challenge: 5 profitable days before reward request
  • Futures Fast Pro: 1 profitable day per reward request (50K)
  • Futures Instant: 7 profitable days
Position size scaling
Limited

Classic: the contract limit rises with profit at $1,000, $2,000 and $4,000 up to the account maximum, in evaluation and funded, and drops if profit falls back. Spark, Daily and Merit: full size from day one. Live: one extra mini per $2,000 of profit.

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Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

Classic: monthly subscription every 30 days, cancelled automatically on passing; dxFeed adds $20/month. Daily, Spark and Merit: one-time payment. No refunds.

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Two Steps
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Free Trial
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No
Three Steps
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No
Merge Accounts
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No
Monthly Competition
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Yes
Expert Advisor (EA)
No

HFT and bots that trade without the trader are prohibited. Tools that assist the trader (hotkeys, DOM, alerts) are allowed.

No

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

VPN
Yes

VPN, VPS and proxy allowed; sessions are monitored and identity documents may be requested.

Yes
Hedging
No

Opposite positions on the same asset across accounts, own or someone else's.

No

Cross-account hedging is forbidden.

Scalping
Yes

No minimum trade duration.

Yes

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No

Rotating through accounts, each risked in full on the same bet until one hits, is prohibited. Holding several accounts is allowed.

Yes
Martingale
Limited

Allowed within a single account, also DCA. Prohibited across accounts.

No

Martingale strategies are forbidden.

Copy Trading
Yes

Same direction across the trader's own accounts. Thor is included with TFeed.

No

Outbound copy allowed; inbound copy from external sources forbidden.

News Trading
Yes

Including Tier 1 releases, at every stage.

Yes

News trading allowed without restrictions on Futures accounts.

Inactivity Rule

Pre-funded: one trade every 7 calendar days, otherwise the account closes without a payout. Live: 30 days, not applied mechanically. Challenges: none, except Spark (90 days).

  • Futures Fast Challenge: 7 days
  • Futures Fast Master: 14 days
  • Futures Fast Pro Challenge: 7 days / Master: 14 days
  • Futures Instant: 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.

Consistency Rule
Limited

Classic and Daily evaluations: best day up to 50% of total profit; exceeding it only delays passing. Spark funded: 30%. No rule on Classic and Daily funded, Spark evaluation or Merit.

Yes
  • Futures Fast Challenge: best day's profit must be < 40% of total accumulated profit. No consistency target on Master.
  • Futures Fast Pro Challenge: same 40% rule.
  • Futures Instant: best day cannot exceed 15% of total profit.
  • Calculation: Best Day Profit / 0.40 = Minimum required total profit.
Hold Weekend
No
Yes

Weekend holds are unrestricted.

Prohibited Strategies

Hedging between accounts, account rolling, martingale or loss recovery across accounts (also at other firms) and HFT or bots. On funded accounts: flipping and one-tick trading on bonds. Stop trading a contract within 2% of its CME daily price limit.

  • Arbitrage (latency, reverse, statistical)
  • HFT
  • Tick scalping (under 5 seconds)
  • Fully autonomous bots/EAs
  • Cross-account hedging
  • Gambling behaviors
  • Martingale
  • Inbound copy trading and signal services
  • Group/signal trading from Telegram, Discord etc.
Overnight positions
No

Positions must be closed before the session ends, at every stage including Live. Breach: funded account denied, or payout denied and account closed.

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Requires Stop Loss
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Maximum Risk Limit
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Yes

Position size capped by contract count per account (see Max Allocation).

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