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Hyperticks Futures logoHyperticks Futures
Headquarters

Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE

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

CEO

Sean Bainton

Country

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2021

2025

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Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Region of Crimea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Iraq, Jamaica, Laos, Liberia, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Assets
Equity Index Futures, Currency Futures, Metal Futures, Energy Futures, Agricultural Futures, Crypto Futures, Interest Rate Futures
Refund
Payout Fee

2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).

Rise: $35

Platforms
Tradovate, ProjectX, Volsys, DeepCharts
TradingView, DeepCharts, DeepDOM, Volumetrica, ATAS
Demo Account
Unknown
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Rise, Crypto
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto, PayPal
Payout Frequency
  • Standard: every 3 days, from 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: instant payout once eligible (5 winning days)
  • Express: daily payouts
  • Direct: instant payout from day one
Payout Guarantee

Payouts processed within 24 business hours. If Blue Guardian misses that window through a delay on their end, you receive an extra 10% profit share on that payout. Does not apply on weekends or bank holidays, nor to delays from compliance or risk reviews, Rise onboarding or a pending trader response.

Minimum Withdrawal

$500 across all account types.

  • Beginner and HYPER: $250
  • Instant Pro Plus and Instant Flex: 1% of the starting balance
Maximum Withdrawal
  • 25k account: $1,100
  • 50k account: $2,000
  • 100k account: $3,000
Commission

Round-trip commissions vary by instrument.

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

Account Reset
Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
~
Two Steps
Max Drawdown

Trailing end-of-day (EOD) on all plans. Values per plan and size:

  • Standard $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000
  • Reserve $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500
  • Express $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $4,500

Once the trailing drawdown reaches the starting balance, it locks and stops trailing.

On Direct the drawdown becomes static after the account exceeds the initial trail balance or after the first payout request. After any approved payout the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100 on every plan.

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

90% on all funded accounts and plans.

A payout delayed beyond the 24-business-hour guarantee adds an extra 10% profit share on that payout.

Current profit split: 90%.

Applies to:

  • Beginner
  • HYPER
  • Instant Pro Plus
dailyDrawdown

Soft breach on every plan: open trades are closed automatically and the account is disabled for the rest of the day, then reinstated the next trading day.

  • Standard $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000
  • Reserve: configurable at checkout. Traders can choose no daily loss limit or a soft DLL of $600 / $1,200 / $1,700 / $3,000 on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. The price varies depending on the selected option
  • Express challenge $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Express funded $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000
  • Beginner: soft daily loss pause
  • HYPER: no daily loss limit during evaluation; a limit applies when simulated funded
  • Instant Pro Plus: soft daily loss pause
  • Instant Flex: no daily loss limit
Three Steps
Max Allocation
150,000
500,000
mandatoryBuffer
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Minimum Trading Days
  • No minimum trading days on evaluation. Standard can be passed in as little as one trading day
  • Express with the optional 50% consistency add-on can qualify after 2 green days
  • Funded: one trade every 7 days to keep the account active

Beginner and HYPER have no additional minimum trading days.

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

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation

No activation fee.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • Standard: no minimum. First payout 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: 5 winning days before each payout, with a minimum of $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit per day on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. Winning days reset after every payout
  • Express: no minimum
  • Direct: no minimum

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

  • Beginner: 5 winning days
  • HYPER: 5 winning days
  • Instant Pro Plus: 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.

Position size scaling
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee

One-time purchase.

  • No monthly subscription
  • No activation fee on the current catalog
Free Trial
Maximum Trading Days

No time limit on evaluations.

Points Reward Program

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

Expert Advisor (EA)
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VPN
Hedging
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
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Stacking / Layering (DCA)
allowsMartingale
Maximum Risk Limit
Copy Trading
News Trading
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hasInactivityRule

At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.

Consistency Rule
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Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • Automated scalping systems exceeding 200 trades per day.
  • AI, bots and fully automated trading mechanisms (all account types).
  • Hands-off, continuous day-and-night trading or complete automation.
  • Placing multiple limit orders at the same price to manipulate fills.
  • Strategies aimed at exploiting isolated fills in low-liquidity or gapped markets.
  • Using tight brackets or absence of slippage in the simulated market for favorable fills.
  • Trading during tier 1 economic data releases.
  • Coordinated trading across unconnected accounts (identical or opposing strategies).
  • Microscalping (trades held seconds with minimal margins).
  • Trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
  • Trading without a stop loss, relying on the trailing threshold to close trades.
  • 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
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