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Headquarters

Bahnhofstrasse 21, 6300, Zug, Switzerland

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

CEO

Alan Sanchez

Jakub Zeliska

Country

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2022

2023

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestine, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela
Assets
Crypto
Crypto, Stocks, ETFs, Indices, Commodities, Forex
Brokers
Bybit

Live Hyperliquid order book and market data

Refund
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Platforms
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Payout Methods
Crypto, Transfer
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency

1-Phase and 2-Phase: after at least 15 traded days or every 30 calendar days; the Weekly Payout add-on reduces this to 7 traded days. Break: on demand with no minimum traded days after passing, paying the activation fee and meeting the 40% consistency rule. Instant: Withdrawal & Upgrade at 10% profit with no minimum days; earlier withdrawals follow the standard conditions.

Payouts are available on demand when all requirements are met. Thunderbolt and Phoenix have no profitable-day minimum. Vanguard requires 6 qualifying days with at least 0.5% realized profit each. The counter resets after every payout.

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Payout Fee

Bank transfer: $19.90 + 2.49%. Cryptocurrency: $19.90 + 30%. Returned payouts: $30 reprocessing fee.

Maximum Withdrawal

Perpetuals use the same progressive payout-cap ladder as CFD accounts. The cap increases with each fully approved payout and is removed from payout #8 onward. Profit above the applicable cap is forfeited at the end of the segment.

Minimum Withdrawal

$45 after applying the selected profit split.

Other Payout Requirements

At least 1% realized profit since account start or the previous payout; all positions closed; drawdown compliance; completed KYC and signed Trader Agreement.

Crypto

Up to 100:1, depending on the instrument and the limits available on Bybit.

BTC, ETH and SOL: up to 10:1. Other cryptocurrencies: up to 2:1

Forex

Forex perpetuals: up to 25:1

Metals

Gold and silver: up to 8:1. Copper: up to 5:1

Energies

WTI and Brent crude: up to 8:1

Indices

Index perpetuals: up to 10:1

Stocks

Stock and ETF perpetuals: up to 4:1

Commission

Bybit evaluations use the native fees of the trader's connected Bybit account. Fees vary by trading pair, maker/taker status and volume tier. Crypto Fund Trader does not add a markup.

Crypto perpetuals: 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker. Stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities and forex: 0.003% maker / 0.009% taker. MSTR, PURRDAT and GOLD: 0.03% maker / 0.09% taker. No spread markup; $10 minimum order.

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Resets may be offered after a rule violation. A violation-related reset permanently caps future payouts on that account at 50% of the approved amount.

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Instant
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One Step
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Account scaling
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Two Steps
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Max Drawdown

1-Phase and Break use a balance-based trailing loss limit that locks at the initial balance after sufficient profit. 2-Phase and Instant use fixed maximum-loss limits. Exact percentages are shown in each challenge.

Thunderbolt: 6% trailing Dynamic Risk Shield. Phoenix: 6% fixed maximum drawdown. Vanguard: 7% trailing maximum drawdown.

Profit Split

1-Phase, 2-Phase and Break start at 80%; 1-Phase and 2-Phase can select a 90% add-on. Instant starts at 50% and increases through its scaling levels.

80%, 90% or 100%, depending on the checkout option. The base catalogue prices correspond to 80%; the checkout defaults to 90%.

Free Trial
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dailyDrawdown

Daily drawdown is calculated from equity using the account balance at 00:05 UTC. Break accounts do not have a separate daily-loss limit. Exact limits are shown in each challenge.

Thunderbolt: 3%. Phoenix: 3.5%. Vanguard: 3%. The daily boundary is 00:00 UTC.

Max Allocation

Standard Final Stage allocation is capped at $300,000. Instant accounts are separate and can scale to $1,280,000. Break accounts also have a separate allocation limit.

Current Perpetuals accounts are sold up to $400,000. Total funded capital across all Upcomers programs cannot exceed $1,500,000. Eligible accounts can scale to $4,000,000.

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Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited.

Unlimited.

Minimum Trading Days

No minimum trading days to pass 1-Phase, 2-Phase or Break evaluations. Instant has no evaluation phase.

Thunderbolt and Phoenix have no minimum trading days to pass their evaluations. Vanguard has no evaluation.

Minimum Profitable Days

Thunderbolt and Phoenix: none. Vanguard: 6 days with at least 0.5% realized profit each before every payout.

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Hedging
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Requires Stop Loss
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Scalping
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Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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Maximum Risk Limit
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Copy Trading
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News Trading
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Consistency Rule
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Hold Weekend
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Prohibited Strategies

High-frequency trading, tick scalping, latency or price-feed exploitation, arbitrage, gambling or all-in trading, abusive hedging, reverse trading across accounts, coordinated trading, unauthorized deposits into the Bybit subaccount, modifying or disconnecting the API, spot trading, options and non-USDT pairs are prohibited.

Platform or feed exploitation, tick scalping, high-frequency trading, latency trading, arbitrage, grid trading, martingale, one-sided or all-or-nothing bets, reverse or group hedging, external signal or challenge-passing services, account sharing and coordinated trading are prohibited.

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