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Headquarters

Innovation One Building, Level 2, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Top floor, Rodney Court Building, Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

CEO

Oliver Newland

Lewis Mansbridge

Country

United Arab Emirates

Saint Lucia

Foundation

2021

2021

Banned Countries
Iran, North Korea, United States
Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo Republic, Cuba, Crimea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
Finotive Markets

Liquidity Provider

Refund
✓
✗
Platforms
Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5, cTrader, DXTrade, MatchTrader
Demo Account
Metatrader 5
ID:1043
Password:Finotive
Server:FinotiveMarkets-Live
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Revolut
Rise, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Skrill, Neteller, Crypto, Card, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency

First payout on demand

  • Standard Challenge, Pro Challenge and Instant Standard: 7 days
  • Instant Lite: 14 days
  • Solo FX: weekly payouts; first request after 14 calendar days in Simulated Funded Status

IF Evolve

On-demand payouts once the funded-stage eligibility requirements are met.

Instant Funding

First withdrawal after 14 days from your first trade; then every 7 days after each new trade.

Instant Funding GO

First withdrawal after 14 days from your first trade; then every 7 days after each new trade. Minimum withdrawal: $25.

Instant Funding Micro, One-Phase Micro, Two-Phase Micro, One-Phase & Two-Phase

On-Demand Payouts, withdraw anytime once eligible.

IF Micro Clarity

On-demand payouts, withdraw anytime once eligible.

One-Phase Clarity

First payout on-demand once the 1.5% minimum is reached; then every 7 days.

Instant Funding Clarity

First withdrawal after 14 days from your first trade; then every 7 days after each new trade.

IF Micro Lite

Payouts every 14 days once eligible; Smart Drawdown must be locked.

Crypto Weekend Trading
✓
Maximum Withdrawal

IF Evolve

  • Maximum 50% of account profit per payout
  • Maximum $2,000 per request
  • Maximum 5 payouts per account
Minimum Withdrawal

$4

IF Evolve

  • $250

Other accounts

  • $25

IF Micro Lite

  • Net profit of at least 5% of starting balance, before profit split.
Forex
  • 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 100:1
  • 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 50:1
  • Instant Standard: 33:1
  • Instant Lite: 25:1
  • Solo FX: 33:1

IF Evolve

  • 30:1

Other accounts

  • 100:1 (30:1 with news trading add-on)

IF Micro Lite

  • 30:1
Metals
  • 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 20:1
  • 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 10:1
  • Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 5:1

20:1 (8:1 with news trading add-on)

IF Micro Lite

  • 5:1
Indices
  • 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 10:1
  • 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro, Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 5:1

20:1 (8:1 with news trading add-on)

Stocks
  • 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 5:1
  • 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 4:1
  • Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 2:1
Crypto
  • 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 2:1
  • 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro, Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 1:1

2:1 (1:1 with news trading add-on)

Energies

20:1 (8:1 with news trading add-on)

Forex
0
5 / lot
Metals
0
5 / lot
Energies
0
2 / lot
Indices
0
2 / lot
Stocks
0
Crypto
0
1 / lot
Commission-Free Option
✓
Swap Free
✓
Account Reset

Funded Stage Refresh

  • A refresh can only be requested when your account balance is within 10% of the Maximum Drawdown limit
  • Resets your account balance back to the original starting equity
  • Preserves your profit split rate and any progress made in the Scaling Plan
  • There is a maximum of 3 refreshes per funded account
  • The price depends on the size of the account
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Add-ons
✓
✓
Instant
✓
✓
One Step
✓
✓
Account scaling
✓
✓
Two Steps
✓
✓
Max Drawdown

Static

IF Evolve

  • End-of-Day trailing drawdown. It updates at 17:00 EST from the highest recorded end-of-day balance, only moves upward, and locks permanently at the starting balance.

Instant Funding, Instant Funding GO & Instant Funding Clarity

  • Smart Drawdown. Starts at –10% and shifts to –5% once you gain 5%. After that, the drawdown stays fixed at –5% of your starting balance, no matter how much you profit.

IF Micro Clarity & One-Phase Clarity

  • 6% trailing drawdown of the starting balance. Trails off closed trades only and never decreases.

Rest of accounts

  • Static

IF Micro Lite

  • Smart Drawdown locks permanently at -3% of starting balance after a 3% gain in closed-trade balance.
Profit Split
  • Standard Challenge: 80% (up to 95% scaling)
  • Pro Challenge: 100%
  • Instant Standard: 75% (up to 90%)
  • Instant Lite: 70% (up to 85%)

Instant Funding, Instant Funding GO, Instant Funding Micro, One Phase, One Phase Micro, Two Phase, Two-Phase Micro, IF Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity, Instant Funding Clarity

  • 80%

IF1

  • 90%

One-Phase, Two-Phase, and Two-Phase Micro Challenges

  • Trade for at least 3 months and achieve a profit of 10% or more
  • Contact support to request a review of your results
  • Once verified, your profit split will be increased to 90%

Clarity (Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity, Instant Funding Clarity)

  • Up to 90% with the +10% profit split add-on
Free Trial
✓
✓
dailyDrawdown

Balance-based

IF Evolve

  • No Daily Loss limit during either the Challenge or Funded stage.

Instant Funding & Instant Funding GO

  • Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)

IF Micro Clarity

  • 3% of account value/day. Daily reset at 17:00 EST, recalculated on the higher of balance or equity.

One-Phase Clarity

  • 4% of account value/day. Daily reset at 17:00 EST, recalculated on the higher of balance or equity.

Instant Funding Clarity

  • No daily drawdown

IF Micro Lite

  • Recalculated at 17:00 EST on the higher of balance or equity. Breaching the daily limit closes the account.
Three Steps
✗
✗
Max Allocation
  • Challenge Accounts (Standard): Up to $600,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $2,040,000
  • Pro Challenge Accounts: Up to $600,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $2,040,000
  • Instant Funding (Standard): Up to $200,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $680,000
  • Instant Funding Lite: Up to $200,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $680,000

$1,000,000 combined starting balance across all programs, including IF Micro Lite. Scaled balances do not count toward this cap.

Merge Accounts
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Maximum Trading Days
  • IF1: 24 hours
  • IF Micro Clarity & One-Phase Clarity: Unlimited
  • Rest of accounts (including Instant Funding GO): Unlimited
Minimum Trading Days

Instant Funding, Instant Funding GO, Instant Funding Micro, IF1, IF Micro Clarity, One-Phase Clarity: No minimum

  • One Phase, One Phase Micro, Two Phase, Two-Phase Micro: 3 days

  • IF Micro Lite: No minimum

Points Reward Program
  • You earn 1 point for every $1 spent and you can use points to obtain promotional codes with discounts up to 50%.
  • You earn 10% of the final value (after discounts) in points for every purchase.
Monthly Competition
✗
✓
Minimum Profitable Days

Minimum profitable days number must be met every time a trader wants to pass an evaluation phase, scale a funded account or request a payout. A day is considered profitable when it reaches at least 0.5% profit

  • Challenge 1 Step: 3 days
  • Challenge 2 Step: 2 days
  • Instant Standard: 0 days
  • Instant Lite: 5 days
  • Finotive Pro 1 Step: 3 days
  • Finotive Pro 2 Step: 2 days
  • Solo FX: 4 days with at least 0.5% each

IF Evolve

  • 5 profitable days of at least 0.25% to pass the Challenge
  • Another 5 qualifying days are required for each funded payout

IF Micro Clarity

  • 5 profitable trading days per payout cycle, each generating at least 0.5% profit. The count resets after every successful payout.
Maximum Accounts

IF Evolve

  • Up to 5 active Evolve accounts at the same time
Expert Advisor (EA)
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✓
VPN
~
✓
Hedging
✓
✓
Requires Stop Loss
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✗
Scalping
✓
✓
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
✗
✓
allowsMartingale
✓
Maximum Risk Limit
✓
✓
Copy Trading
✓
✓
News Trading
✓
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hasInactivityRule

30 days

60 days

Consistency Rule
✓
✓
Hold Weekend
✓
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Prohibited Strategies
  • Excessive notional volume (not applicable to Solo FX; its exposure is governed by 1:33 margin)
  • High-frequency stacking, including correlated instruments (not a Solo FX-specific restriction; latency arbitrage and execution abuse remain prohibited)
  • Martingale or grid strategies
  • News straddling (the Solo FX dashboard and announcement prohibit it, but Schedule 10A-1 disapplies section 7.9; confirm with support)
  • Using ultra-tight stops just to mask oversized lots
  • Latency Arbitrage
  • Tick Scalping
  • Account Arbitrage
  • Exploiting platform glitches
  • Reverse Trading
  • Group Hedging
  • Group Copying
  • Account Management
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Third-Party EAs
  • Account Churning (Rolling)
  • One-Sided Bets
  • Grid Trading
  • Overleveraging
  • Gambling
allowsWeekendHolding
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