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1201 N Orange St, Suite 7149 Wilmington, DE 19801, United States

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

Jakub Zeliska

United States

United Arab Emirates

2022

2023

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.

Futures accounts are simulated (sim-funded).

• Legacy Master: requests can be submitted at any time and are processed weekly on Wednesday.
• Momentum Master and Fast Track: eligible requests submitted before 12:01 PM CT, Monday–Friday, are processed the same day.

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

Legacy Master — first three payouts:

Momentum Master:

Fast Track:

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.

• Legacy Master: $1,000.
• Momentum Master: $500 on 25K; $1,000 on 50K, 100K and 150K.
• Fast Track: $1,000.

USD 100.

• Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per cycle. Minimum profit per qualifying day: $100 on 25K, $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K and $250 on 150K. Minimum balances: $26,500, $53,000, $104,500 and $156,500 respectively.
• Fast Track: later payout goals after the first payout are $1,000 on 25K, $2,000 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K and $4,500 on 150K.

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.

• Legacy Qualification: resets cost $78. Active recurring Legacy subscriptions keep the free reset available on their renewal date.
• Momentum Qualification: reset available; price not announced. A reset does not extend the 30-calendar-day validity.
• Fast Track: no reset option.

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

Vanguard offers instant funding with no evaluation.

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

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

• Legacy No Scaling Account: real-time Trailing Drawdown.
• Legacy EOD Account: End-of-Day Drawdown.
• In Legacy Master accounts, both thresholds stop moving when they reach the initial balance +$100.
• Momentum and Fast Track Option 1: Trailing Drawdown.
• Momentum and Fast Track Option 2: EOD Drawdown.
• The amount for each account appears in the challenge table.

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

• First $10,000 in eligible cumulative profits per trader profile: 100% to the trader.
• Thereafter: 90% to the trader and 10% to Bulenox.
• The first-$10,000 threshold is shared across accounts and products.

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

The Rithmic 14-day free trial (equivalent to 10 trading days) is offered directly by Rithmic and is available only to traders who have not previously registered or used Rithmic services.

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

Legacy:

Only EOD accounts have a Daily Loss Limit. If it is reached, trading is paused for the rest of the day without being treated as a rule breach. It stops applying when the maximum drawdown reaches the initial balance.

Momentum and Fast Track:

Option 1 has no Daily Loss Limit. Option 2 has a Daily Loss Limit where specified in the challenge table.

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

• Unlimited Qualification accounts.
• Shared limit of 5 Master-level accounts across the Bulenox products.

Once the funded account is achieved, all active master accounts must be merged into a single funded account.

• Legacy and Momentum Qualification: 30 calendar days from activation.
• Fast Track: not applicable because there is no Qualification.

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

• Legacy Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Legacy Master: 10 trading days before payout.
• Momentum Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
• Fast Track: no minimum trading days before payout.
• Funded Account: 5 trading days per payout.

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

• Legacy Master: one-time activation fee; amounts applicable from August 17 must be confirmed at checkout.
• Momentum Master: no activation fee.
• Fast Track Master: activation is included in the one-time Fast Track fee.

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

• Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
• Fast Track: no minimum profitable-day requirement.

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

Only EOD accounts have scaling.

$10K EOD Account Scaling

$25K EOD Account Scaling

$50K EOD Account Scaling

$100K EOD Account Scaling

$150K EOD Account Scaling

$250K EOD Account Scaling

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

• Legacy Qualification and Momentum Qualification: one-time purchase with no recurring subscription; valid for 30 calendar days.
• Active Legacy subscriptions opened before August 17, 2026 remain under their existing subscription terms.
• Fast Track has no Qualification stage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

• Legacy Master: 40%.
• Momentum Master: 35%.
• Fast Track: 20% for the first payout, 25% for the second and 30% from the third onward.
• No consistency rule applies during Qualification.

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

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.