Time limits
Neither firm imposes a fixed calendar deadline to pass their evaluation phases, but they both use inactivity rules to ensure you don’t stay away for too long.
- Doji Funding: You cannot leave your account untouched for more than 30 calendar days. Merely logging in or holding a position does not count; you must place, modify, or close an order to prevent account termination.
- Hola Prime: You are restricted from going 30 consecutive days without opening a new trade. Modifying existing Stop Loss/Take Profit levels or placing pending orders will not reset this clock, forcing you to execute market orders even if your strategy doesn't see a setup.
Weekends and news
Trading freedom is heavily restricted during high-volatility events and market closes, especially once you reach a funded stage.
- Doji Funding: You cannot hold positions over the weekend or overnight by default; these are paid add-ons that you must purchase upfront. Regarding news, you are prohibited from "systematic spike exploitation," meaning you cannot enter trades within 60 seconds of a release and close them immediately after.
- Hola Prime: On funded Pro and Direct accounts, you are forbidden from holding positions past 15:45 EST on Fridays. News trading is strictly prohibited on these same accounts: you cannot open or close trades within a 10-minute window (5 minutes before and after) of high-impact news. Violating this on a Pro account costs you the profit, while on a Direct account, it results in immediate termination.
Where you can trade from
Geography and connection methods are significant hurdles depending on your location or technical setup.
- Doji Funding: You cannot access the platform if you reside in Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, or Syria. You are also prohibited from using a VPN or proxy if the intent is to conceal your actual residence or bypass jurisdictional restrictions.
- Hola Prime: This firm has a much longer list of restricted countries (31+), including major markets like China, India, and Vietnam. You cannot use a VPN if your IP address does not match your KYC-registered country. Furthermore, you are blocked from accessing MT5 from any US-based IP address.
What the platform limits
The technical environment and allowed strategies are confined by several prohibitions.
- Doji Funding: You cannot choose your platform; you are restricted to DXTrade. Your trading style cannot include HFT (trades under 5 seconds), latency arbitrage, or "farming" Doji Coins through wash trading. You are also prevented from using copy trading between different users or coordinate hedging across accounts.
- Hola Prime: You cannot use EAs on cTrader, MatchTrader, or TradeLocker; they are restricted to MT5 and require a 10% price surcharge. You are forbidden from manual trading via a VPS (VPS is for EAs only). In terms of risk, you cannot "stack" positions if the total risk for that one "idea" exceeds 2% of your initial balance.
What the rules cost you
The financial structure acts as a limit on your capital and your ability to access earned profits.
- Doji Funding: You cannot get a refund for your evaluation fee, even if you never use the account. On funded accounts, a consistency rule (defaulting to 30%) prevents you from withdrawing profits if a single day accounts for too much of your total gain. Payouts are not immediate; the firm targets a 1-3 business day review window and does not process requests on weekends.
- Hola Prime: You cannot avoid a 2.5% fee on every single payout you request. There are also minimum withdrawal limits that you must clear: $50 for crypto but a much higher $500 for Rise. If you choose the "Direct" (instant) account, you are permanently excluded from receiving a refund of your initial fee.
Restrictions that add up
The combined effect of these rules creates a narrow path for the trader. At Doji Funding, the lack of refunds combined with the consistency rule and the need to pay extra for weekend holding means your initial capital is at higher risk and your profit accessibility is delayed by mathematical hurdles. At Hola Prime, the aggressive news and weekend restrictions on funded accounts, paired with the 2.5% payout fee and the strict IP matching, means you must maintain a very specific technical and temporal discipline or risk losing your account and your profit share over a few minutes of news volatility.
Frequently asked questions
Which firm is more expensive to start a 100K challenge, Doji Funding or Hola Prime?
Hola Prime is significantly more expensive for a standard 100K evaluation. Their 1-Step Prime Challenge costs $579, whereas Doji Funding offers a 1-Step "Budget" 100K challenge for just $275. However, Doji Funding's fee is strictly non-refundable, while Hola Prime offers a refund on Pro and Prime models after the fourth successful payout.
Which firm has a more restrictive weekend policy for funded traders, Doji Funding or Hola Prime?
Hola Prime is more restrictive because it imposes a "hard breach" (account closure) for holding positions over the weekend on Direct accounts, and automatic suspension on Pro funded accounts. Doji Funding does not close your account for this; instead, they simply don't let you do it unless you pay for an add-on. If you don't have the add-on, trades are automatically closed at the cut-off without losing the account.
Between Doji Funding and Hola Prime, which one pays out faster?
Hola Prime offers faster processing, claiming to send funds within one hour once a request is approved, though the prior review can take up to 24 business hours. Doji Funding's timeline is longer, with an average review of 24-48 hours and a contractual target of 1-3 business days for the firm to process the payment, plus additional time for the payment provider (Rise).
Which firm allows more platform choices, Doji Funding or Hola Prime?
Hola Prime offers much more freedom in this category, providing four options: MetaTrader 5, cTrader, MatchTrader, and TradeLocker. Doji Funding restricts all users to a single platform, DXTrade, leaving you with no alternative if you prefer the interface or tools of other industry-standard software.























