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Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Saint Lucia

2026

2026-10

No fixed fee published. Any processing or network fee is shown before you confirm; bank and network charges are paid by the trader.

After five payouts the account is reviewed for a possible live transition; it is not automatic. Initial accounts use simulated capital.

On demand, as soon as the conditions are met.

Every 5 days; five payouts before account review.

No guaranteed time: the payout policy neither promises nor estimates one. Every request gets an automatic receipt and every payout a verifiable certificate.

Before the split. One Step 25K/50K/100K/150K: $1,000/$2,000/$2,500/$3,000 on the first payout and $1,500/$2,500/$3,000/$3,500 after. Instant: $1,000/$2,000/$3,000/$4,000 on every payout. The rest rolls into the next one.

One and Signature: 5% of balance up to 75K and 4% on 100K and 150K. One additionally limits withdrawals to 50% of total profit. Instant: 5% at all sizes.

$500 before the split. Crypto payouts: at least $100.

500 USD

Every position closed. Funded One Step: balance above the buffer plus 1% of the starting balance, 3 profitable days (+0.25%) and the 40% rule. Instant: a profit milestone before each payout ($1,450, $3,000, $5,000 or $8,000 on 25K, 50K, 100K or 150K), 5 profitable days and the 20% rule.

Positive net profit across the payout cycle. KYC and Trader Agreement. Shared wallets are not accepted; failed KYC means forfeiture of gains and account closure. Optional store credit is irrevocable and expires after one year.

Liquidity-provider commissions vary by instrument and platform; check specifications.

One Step: after an evaluation breach, a restart within 14 days at the same price. Funded One Step: a reset within 14 days, at most twice and before the first payout. Instant: no reset; a new account at a reduced price is offered for 3 days.

Remove Lock on Payout: +25%. Payout Protector: +25%, Signature only. Optional add-ons; checkout indicates they are included in renewal.

One Step: end-of-day trailing, rising with the closing balance. Instant: intraday trailing on peak equity, open profit included. Both lock once they reach the starting balance. Touching it ends the account.

End-of-day trailing; the threshold retains its pre-payout level unless Remove Lock on Payout is purchased.

90% on both plans.

Soft limit: reaching it closes positions and stops trading until the next session; the account stays open. One Step 25K has none.

$1.5M per person across all CFD and futures accounts.

Funded One Step: a buffer equal to the max loss that stays on the account and is never paid out. Instant has none.

One: none. Signature: 6% on 25K, 4% on 50K, 3% from 75K. Instant: 4%.

One user per person, with as many accounts as the $1.5M limit allows. Up to 5 accounts per order, with a 10% to 25% bundle discount.

No fixed count; the $1 million limit is shared across evaluations, funded accounts and markets.

No time limit.

No evaluation deadline; the inactivity limit applies.

No minimum in the evaluation: it can be passed in one day.

No activation fee.

Instant: monthly subscription from the funded account. The reviewed sources do not publish a One or Signature activation fee.

Before each payout: 3 days at +0.25% of the starting balance on funded One Step and 5 on Instant. The evaluation needs none.

One: 5 days with at least $100/150/200/250/300 on 25/50/75/100/150K. Instant: 5 days according to checkout. Signature: no explicit confirmed requirement.

One-off fee. Includes 30 days of market data; then $35 per 30 days ($540 a month for professional subscribers).

Monthly subscription; platform prices are listed in each challenge.

No EAs or automated trading on futures.

The FAQ permits proprietary automation subject to restrictions, but the checkout catalogue flags EAs as disallowed. Obtain written confirmation for the selected plan and platform before using automation.

Hiding your location with a VPN, proxy or remote desktop is prohibited and triggers a new identity check. Your own EA on a VPS is allowed if disclosed.

Within one account, yes (mini against micro or different contracts). Prohibited across accounts.

Permitted within one account. Coordinated opposing positions across accounts or firms are prohibited.

Yes, but trades under 30 seconds may make at most 50% of profit; until it is back under, no pass or payout.

Tick harvesting, full porting and sub-minute positions at or near the contract limit are prohibited.

Allowed when used responsibly within the contract and loss limits; aggressive sequences are reviewed.

A cap on contracts open at once; exceeding it once is a warning, the second time goes to review.

No universal per-trade percentage is published; gambling, all-in and abuse of margin, leverage or contract limits are prohibited.

Only between your own futures accounts or from your own master account. Copying others or signals is prohibited.

Only between accounts owned by the same trader. Signals, passing services, group trading and EAs facilitating copy trading are prohibited.

Free during the One Step evaluation. Funded and on Instant, no trade may be opened or closed 2 minutes either side of red USD news: profit from those trades is removed. Two warnings; the third goes to review.

Existing positions may remain open. No opening or closing within 3 minutes before or after high-impact news. Consequences include P&L removal, reduced leverage or account termination.

15 days without trading deactivates the account; an open position does not count.

Account closes after 30 consecutive days without trading.

No day may exceed 40% of the cycle's profit on funded One Step (none in the evaluation) or 20% on Instant. Until met, the payout waits.

One: 40% in evaluation and funded. Signature: 50% in both. Instant: 20%. If the best day exceeds the allowed share of total profit, continue trading until compliant.

Hedging across accounts, latency or cross-market arbitrage, account or device sharing, coordinated trading, copying others, market or order-queue manipulation, volume inflation, filler trades to count days, HFT, strategies that cannot work in a live market, gambling and account rolling, straddling tier-1 news and gap trading.

Cross-account arbitrage, latency or pricing-error exploitation, insider trading, front-running, third-party passing strategies and changing strategy between evaluation and funded trading. All-in, gambling and excessive exposure are prohibited. Trading is reviewed before funded account issuance.

Everything is closed at 3:55 PM Chicago time every session; it is not a breach.

Close before the platform session ends.