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Country

United States

Czech Republic

Foundation

2022-02-14

2015

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Congo (Republic), Cook Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Heard and McDonald Islands, Holy See (Vatican City State), Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mayotte, Micronesia, Monaco, Montserrat, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, United States — Arkansas, United States — Delaware, United States — Louisiana, United States — Montana, United States — South Carolina
Headquarters

Praga 1, Calle Purkynova 2121/3, 110 00, Czech Republic

CEO

Otakar Suffner

Assets
Indices, Forex, Commodities, Crypto, Futures
Commodities, Indices, Crypto, Forex
Brokers
Rithmic, Tradovate
Tradovate
Platforms
NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Rithmic, R | Trader, ATAS, Bookmap, EdgeProX, eSignal, Finamark, Investor/RT, MotiveWave, Quantower, Sierra Chart, Tickblaze
NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Tradingview
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Wise, Revolut, Visa Direct, Mastercard Send
Live Account
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Payment Methods
Card
Card, ApplePay, GooglePay, PayPal, Revolut, Skrill, Crypto, Transfer
Payout Frequency

Sim-funded: processed Mondays and Wednesdays after meeting each cycle's ATDs. LIVE ELITE: requests on business days; Vault releases follow a separate schedule.

On demand once the qualifying-day requirements for the current payout cycle are met.

Payout Guarantee

Approval of eligible rewards or initiation of a LIVE ELITE transition within 48 business hours. Transfer initiation and bank receipt are not guaranteed. $1,000 compensation if ETF misses the deadline; ETF chooses the compensation method. Completed KYC and Rise verification and accounts in good standing required. Excludes weekends, US bank or federal holidays, system downtime and third-party delays.

Maximum Withdrawal

Maximum per cycle, in USD:
1 Step 50K: 1000/1250/1500/1750; 100K: 1250/1500/1750/2000; 150K: 1500/1750/2000/2250
Static 10K: 500/500/500/1000; 25K: 750/1000/1250/1500; 50K: 1250/1500/1750/2000
EOD 50K: 1250/1500/1750/2000; 100K and Diamond Hands 100K: 1750/2000/2250/2500
Fast Track EOD: 500/750/1000; Static: 750/1000/1250. Three cycles; total 2250/3000 per the specific guide
DTF 10K: 1200 per cycle; 50K: 2500/2500/5000/5000; 100K: 1500/2500/3500/5000
Outside Fast Track: the fourth limit continues; combined sim cap of $25,000 per trader per round, with a $150,000 lifetime cap across all sim rounds. LIVE ELITE: uncapped above the assigned starting balance.

Growth — per payout

  • $50K: up to 50% of available profit, capped at $2,500
  • $100K: up to 50% of available profit, capped at $3,000
  • $150K: up to 50% of available profit, capped at $4,000

Pro — per payout

  • $50K: up to 100% of available profit, capped at $5,000
  • $100K: up to 100% of available profit, capped at $6,000
  • $150K: up to 100% of available profit, capped at $8,000
Minimum Withdrawal

1 Step: $250. Static, EOD, Diamond Hands and Fast Track: $100. DTF 10K/100K: $500; DTF 50K: $1,000. LIVE ELITE: $250.

$20

Other Payout Requirements

KYC and Rise onboarding with matching personal details. Country must be supported by payment providers and the live broker. Guam, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are unsupported. Active account and approved audit; wait for approval before resuming trading. Minimum age: 18 or the local age of majority, whichever is higher. Complete KYC within 5 days of submitting documents; ETF may deny rewards if this is not met. An audio or video interview of up to 60 minutes may be required. In sim, withdraw the cycle maximum and meet its ATDs to advance to the next cycle; ATDs reset. Dashboard payout requirements prevail in a conflict.

At least 50% of every requested payout must come from new profit generated during the current payout cycle. US clients must submit Form W-9 and proof of ownership of an eligible US bank account before their first payout.

Commission

Per contract, per side: ES/NQ/YM $2.04; MES $0.56; MNQ $0.51; CL $2.26; MCL $0.76; GC $2.31; MGC $0.76; BTC $6.76; MBT $2.76; ETH $5.76; MET $0.46. Other rates depend on the contract. LIVE ELITE: minis $2 and micros $0.62, plus exchange fees.

Account Reset

Standard evaluations: manual reset or automatic reset on renewal of a failed account. Fast Track: no evaluation reset. Sim-funded and DTF: up to 10 resets per account. LIVE ELITE: no resets.

Evaluation accounts can be reset to their original conditions without changing the monthly billing date. There is no limit on purchased resets.

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One Step
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Max Drawdown

1 Step: intraday trailing, including open profit. EOD, Diamond Hands, Fast Track EOD and DTF 10K/50K: trailing at session close on realized profit. Static, Fast Track Static and DTF 100K: fixed floor. Sim-funded trailing locks at the safety net, with a floor at starting balance + $100; the Static floor stays unchanged.

End-of-day trailing drawdown based on the highest closing balance. It can only move upward and locks permanently once it reaches the initial account balance.

Profit Split

The sim-account split is a maximum, subject to approval and payout limits. LIVE ELITE: 80% to the trader.

90%

dailyDrawdown

EOD and Diamond Hands: daily limit with a hard breach; TradeShield can turn it into a daily lockout. In sim-funded it stops applying after reaching the safety net. Other plans have no base daily limit.

  • Growth Evaluation: none
  • Growth Sim-Funded: soft limit of $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 on 50K / 100K / 150K; positions close and trading pauses until the next day
  • Pro Evaluation and Sim-Funded: hard limit of $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 on 50K / 100K / 150K; breach terminates the account
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Maximum Accounts

Current evaluations: up to 5 active Elite Sim-Funded accounts. DTF: a separate limit of 5 active accounts per trader. Fast Track EOD: 1 per the specific guide, although the store shows 5. One registration per trader and one trader per household.

Unlimited concurrent Evaluations. Maximum 3 concurrent Sim-Funded Accounts across Growth and Pro.

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Maximum Trading Days

Standard evaluation: no maximum deadline while the subscription remains active. Fast Track: 10 calendar days.

Unlimited while the monthly subscription remains active.

Minimum Trading Days

Standard evaluation: 5 days; One Day to Pass reduces this to 1. Fast Track: 3 days. DTF: no evaluation. Sunday and Monday count as one day.

No fixed minimum. The Evaluation must satisfy its consistency rule, which can require multiple trading days.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

Rithmic: an additional $45/month per active account, also during evaluation. Professional data: $128 per exchange, subject to change. Non-professional level 1 data included; level 2 and optional platform licenses are extra. LIVE ELITE: $197/month per exchange and first account; each additional account, $197/month. ETF covers exchange fees after 3 months. The initial evaluation payment and add-ons are credited to the sim balance on activation, not as ATD profit; DTF excluded.

No activation fee and no recurring charge on Sim-Funded or Live Funded Accounts.

Points Reward Program

2 points per dollar on eligible evaluation purchases and evaluation resets. DTF and funded resets excluded.

Minimum Profitable Days

Standard sim and Fast Track: 8 ATDs for the first cycle and 10 thereafter. Standard purchases from 2 October 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time: each ATD requires $250 and at least 30% of the best day; Static 10K/25K, $125. DTF per cycle: 10K, 5 ATDs with $150 and 50% of the best day; 50K, 15 ATDs with $600 and 62%; 100K, 20 ATDs with $500 and 50%. Fast Track has separate consistency criteria; its guide does not specify a daily dollar minimum.

Growth payout eligibility

  • $50K: 4 days with at least $150 closed profit per day
  • $100K: 4 days with at least $250 closed profit per day
  • $150K: 4 days with at least $300 closed profit per day

Pro payout eligibility

  • $50K: 5 days with at least $200 closed profit per day
  • $100K: 5 days with at least $300 closed profit per day
  • $150K: 5 days with at least $500 closed profit per day
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Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

Standard evaluations: renewal every 30 days until passing and activation; passing does not cancel billing. Fast Track: one-time payment without renewal. First-purchase guarantee: request within 7 days, fewer than 5 trades and no account failure; conditions apply.

Monthly subscription. Market data is included and there is no activation fee. After a hard breach, the trader can buy a reset or wait for the next renewal to receive a fresh Evaluation.

Free Trial
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Max Allocation
450,000
Expert Advisor (EA)
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VPN
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Hedging
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Scalping
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Maximum Risk Limit
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Copy Trading
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News Trading
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hasInactivityRule

One genuine trade every 7 days per account; an approved break is available once per quarter. Log in at least every 30 days. Scratch trades and prolonged lack of progress can lead to closure and forfeited payouts.

Sim-Funded Accounts receive a warning after 30 consecutive inactive days and close after a further 30 inactive days. Live Funded Accounts have no inactivity rule.

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Prohibited Strategies

Abusive HFT, arbitrage, exploiting execution errors or low liquidity, wash trading, collusion, trading for others, manipulating ATDs or payouts, and simultaneously stacking maximum mini and micro limits.

Exploiting platform or data-feed errors; relying on drawdown protection as the sole exit; offsetting risk across accounts; copying third-party trades; manipulative automation, HFT or latency arbitrage; opening positions within 2% of a CME price limit; holding positions or resting orders after market close; overleveraging, account rolling, spoofing, layering, wash trading or other behaviour that cannot be replicated in a live futures market.

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