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Headquarters

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

Suite 4.3.02, Block 4, Eurotowers, Gibraltar, GX11 1AA

CEO

Jakub Rož

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Country

United Arab Emirates

Gibraltar

Foundation

2023

2023

Banned Countries
Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Bangladesh, North Korea, Russian Federation, Belarus, Cuba, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, United States, United Arab Emirates
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Croatia, Cuba, Dem. Rep. Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea (DPRK), Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan/Darfur, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Crimea (Ukraine), Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Assets
Futures
Indices, Interest Rates, Currencies, Cryptocurrencies, Agriculture, Energies, Metals
Brokers

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

Dorman Trading
Refund
No

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

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Payout Fee
  • Crypto ($100 – $499): $25
  • Rise $500 or more: $50
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Platforms
For Traders X
RTrader Pro, Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Tradingview, DeepCharts, Quantower, MotiveWave, ATAS, Sierra Chart, Bookmap, Jigsaw
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Rise, Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Card
Payout Frequency
  • 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)

Fundamental: every 10 qualifying trading days. Premium: every 5 qualifying days. LIVE from Express to Live: daily.

Payout Guarantee

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

Phidias states that 90% of payouts are processed in under 30 minutes and all payouts within 24 hours.

Minimum Withdrawal
  • 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)

$500.

Live Account
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Yes

Express to Live converts the CASH account to LIVE after reaching its CASH target and requesting the first payout through “Switch to Live”. Phidias states that the full path from signup to first payout and LIVE conversion can be completed in 48 hours on every E2L size. Fundamental and Premium may transition to LIVE after 5 payouts or $100,000 in cumulative profits, subject to the risk team’s discretion.

Maximum Withdrawal
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Fundamental and Premium: up to $2,000 per cycle on 50K, $2,500 on 100K, and $2,750 on 150K. LIVE accounts originating from Express to Live have no maximum daily limit.

Other Payout Requirements
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Fundamental and Premium apply a 30% consistency rule on CASH accounts. A qualifying day must generate at least $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K, or $250 on 150K. Express to Live uses a separate bonus and automatic LIVE conversion system.

Futures

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

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Futures
0.2
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Swap Free
No
No data
Add-ons
No
Yes

Market-depth data and additional exchanges can be purchased from the member area.

Instant
Yes
No
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.

Limited

LIVE accounts may advance to ELITE after 60 days and a $125,000 balance, or MASTER after 120 days and $250,000. Transition remains subject to risk review.

Two Steps
No
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Max Drawdown
  • 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

Express to Live uses a static drawdown that never moves. Fundamental and Premium use trailing drawdown calculated at the end of the day; the limit remains fixed during the session.

Profit Split

All futures products: 80%

Express to Live and Fundamental: 80%. Premium: 75% on the first payout, 80% on the second, 85% on the third, 90% on the fourth, and 100% from the fifth onward on the CASH account. LIVE accounts: 80%.

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown
  • Futures Fast: none
  • Futures Fast Pro: $1,000 (50K)
  • Futures Instant: 3% from highest day equity

There is no daily loss limit on Express to Live, Fundamental, or Premium.

Three Steps
No
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Max Allocation

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

600,000
Mandatory buffer
No

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

No

A minimum threshold applies when requesting a payout, but withdrawals may reduce the balance to $50,100, $100,100, or $150,100. Phidias does not treat this as a locked buffer.

Merge Accounts
No
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Maximum Trading Days

No time limit on any futures account.

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Monthly Competition
Yes
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Minimum Profitable Days
  • Futures Fast Challenge: 5 profitable days before reward request
  • Futures Fast Pro: 1 profitable day per reward request (50K)
  • Futures Instant: 7 profitable days

On Fundamental and Premium CASH accounts, a qualifying day must close with at least $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K, or $250 on 150K.

Account Reset
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Limited

Fundamental and Premium allow unlimited evaluation resets. A failed subscription also resets with the next 30-day renewal. Express to Live does not allow resets. Premium CASH permits one funded-account reset.

Maximum Accounts
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Unlimited evaluation accounts. A trader may operate a LIVE account while pursuing a new evaluation. Simultaneous maximum: 5 Fundamental CASH, 5 Premium CASH, and 5 Express to Live CASH/LIVE accounts. The 10K Drawdown Summer Edition allows unlimited simultaneous entries, with only the trader’s best account counting on the leaderboard. Fundamental and Premium 150K accounts count as two slots in their category.

Minimum Trading Days
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Evaluation: 0 days on Express to Live, 3 on Fundamental, and 1 on Premium. CASH: 0 days for the Express to Live bonus, 10 qualifying days between payouts on Fundamental, and 5 on Premium.

Points Reward Program
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Phidias Wallet centralizes account subscriptions, bank or cryptocurrency withdrawals, purchases, activations, and LIVE-account funding directly from earnings. Phidias Points are an internal unit that cannot be transferred outside the ecosystem.

Position size scaling
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Limited

On LIVE accounts, traders may request a contract-limit increase in writing. The risk team may approve, reject, or adjust the limit.

Expert Advisor (EA)
No

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

No

Robots, fully automated algorithms, and HFT are prohibited. Semi-automated software is allowed when the trader actively monitors and manually adjusts every trade.

VPN
Yes
No
Hedging
No

Cross-account hedging is forbidden.

No

Hedging is prohibited on the same underlying within one account (including ES vs MES), between CASH accounts, and through coordinated opposite trades between traders; violations can close all involved accounts and lead to a ban. Multiple assets may be traded simultaneously, but the contract cap applies across all symbols; bypassing it can close the account without refund.

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes

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

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes

DCA is allowed to smooth entry points, provided consistent risk management is maintained.

Martingale
No

Martingale strategies are forbidden.

No
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

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

Limited

Phidias requires consistent position sizing and risk management. Lottery-style trading, excessive margin usage, or non-replicable patterns may lead to reduced contracts or account closure.

Copy Trading
No

Outbound copy allowed; inbound copy from external sources forbidden.

Yes

Allowed within the maximum account limits. Identical strategies exceeding the authorized allocation may result in account suspension.

News Trading
Yes

News trading allowed without restrictions on Futures accounts.

Yes
Inactivity Rule
  • 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.

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Consistency Rule
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.
Limited

There is no consistency rule during evaluation or on Express to Live. On Fundamental and Premium CASH accounts, no single day may represent more than 30% of total profit. It is calculated over at least 4 days.

Hold Weekend
Yes

Weekend holds are unrestricted.

Limited

Allowed only on Premium. Fundamental and Express to Live must close before the end of the session.

Prohibited Strategies
  • 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.

Robots and fully automated trading; HFT; lottery-style or full-margin trades during high-volatility news; old or illiquid contracts; spreads between expirations; one-tick Treasury-bond arbitrage; exploitation of technical or market errors.

Overnight positions
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Limited

Allowed only on Premium. Fundamental and Express to Live must close before the end of the session.

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