Long-term capital growth: Comparing FundedHive and QT Funded

Dubai, TradingHive Technologies Ltd. office

Cape Town, South Africa, Western Cape, 7764, ZA

Thomas Heinfart

Tanswell Sassman

United Arab Emirates

South Africa

2023

Passing a challenge earns a 200% fee reward in Hive Coins, not a cash refund; coins cover up to 50% of future purchases. Failed evaluations are not refunded. Cash refunds are considered only under the terms.

Only when purchasing with add-on

Ethereum gas is paid by the trader; ETH is required in the wallet.

On demand through a smart contract, with verified A Book profits, no open positions and after covering A Book losses and outstanding fees. PFP debt may also be deducted from other funded accounts. Trading resumes at 00:00 UTC after a withdrawal.

• QT ONE: 4-day cycle
• QT TWO: 14-day cycle
• QT INSTANT: 4-day cycle
• QT Power: 14-day cycle for accounts purchased from August 11, 2026. Accounts purchased on or before August 10 receive the first payout on demand, then move to a 14-day cycle.
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14-day standard cycle
• QT Bonus (promotional accounts): 30-day cycle

Daily limit per ERC20 address: USD 1,000 on Classic and PFP; USD 2,000 on InstantGrowth. Resets at 00:00 UTC. Accounts sharing an address share the cap; excess profit remains available on following days.

USD 50, paid in USDC on Ethereum ERC20.

1% of profit ($100 min) — except QT INSTANT: 5% of profit, and a 3% buffer applies (8% profit must be reached before the first payout request).

Dynamic by exposure. Classic: NewBee up to 1:50, WorkerBee 1:100 and QueenBee 1:200. PFP: evaluation up to 1:50; funded Low/Moderate/Medium/High up to 1:200/1:100/1:50/1:30. InstantGrowth up to 1:50. Decreases in tiers as exposure increases.

Gold: dynamic by exposure, up to 1:30 on NewBee, PFP evaluation and InstantGrowth; up to 1:50 on WorkerBee and QueenBee. Higher exposure tiers reduce leverage.

All accounts are swap free.

Golden Tower begins with demo verification; AADS applies from level 2.

One phase Pay From Profits.

InstantGrowth: 10 levels up to USD 1,000,000, with a 6% target per level. Scaling is paid from profits; capital doubles through level 5 and then grows in tiers. Only the entry level is directly purchasable. Classic unlocks WorkerBee after NewBee and QueenBee after WorkerBee.

Classic and two phase Pay From Profits.

Static and balance based; floating or realized losses can trigger a breach. Funded PFP: Low 5%, Moderate 6%, Medium 7% and High 10%. AADS closes positions and switches to B Book at a 1% loss below initial balance; recover initial balance and reactivate in the dashboard to return to A Book. B Book profit is not withdrawable. A cumulative A Book loss limit also follows the account daily limit; on InstantGrowth it is 6%.

• QT ONE: 6% static
• QT TWO: 8% static
• QT INSTANT: 6% trailing, locked at starting balance once a withdrawal is made
• QT Power: 8% static
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 6% trailing

Calculated from the previous closing balance and reset at 00:00 UTC. Funded PFP depends on risk group: Low 2%, Moderate 3%, Medium 4% and High 5%.

• QT ONE: 3% trailing (fixed amount, threshold recalculated daily on the higher of previous close balance or equity)
• QT TWO: 4% fixed (balance-based)
• QT INSTANT: 3% fixed
• QT Power: 4% fixed
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 3% daily trailing

Up to 6 active InstantGrowth accounts. Anonymous Web3 access permits one identity per user, device, household and network; it may hold multiple challenges.

No maximum phase completion time. PFP: 14 days to pay the next phase or activate funding; activation may receive one extension of up to 30 additional days with approval.

Unlimited

Hive Coins are internal utility rewards with no guaranteed monetary value. They may be issued for passed challenge fees or for B Book profit net of A Book losses when an account closes.

Classic and PFP: 3 profitable days per phase, each earning at least 1% of initial balance while balance is at or above the initial balance. None on funded accounts or InstantGrowth.

• QT TWO: 4 days of +0.5% profit per cycle
• QT INSTANT: 4 days of +1% profit per cycle
• QT ONE: not required

Phase 2 reset available with add-on

• Variable Spreads
• Usage of EA
• Swap Free
• 10% Profit Split Extra (80% → 90%)
• Refund on First Payout
• 14 Day Payout cycle
• 7 Day Payout cycle

• QT ONE: 70%
• QT TWO: 80%
• QT INSTANT: 100%
• QT Power: 80%
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 80%
  Upgradeable to 90% with the "10% Profit Split Extra" add-on on eligible plans.

• Max total funded allocation: $300,000
• Max Instant funded allocation: $100,000
• No duplicate asset trading when at limit

• QT ONE: no minimum on the evaluation (can pass in a single day); 4 days when funded
• QT TWO: 4 days per phase
• QT INSTANT: 4 days when funded
• QT Power: 4 days in each evaluation phase and 4 days per funded payout cycle
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): no minimum on the evaluation; 5 days when funded

EAs are allowed; no HFT, latency arbitrage, error exploitation or abusive automation.

Before using EAs, they must go through a pre-approval process.

Netting accounts offset opposite orders in the same symbol. Cross account hedging is prohibited.

PFP Low: stop at opening and closing, with up to 20 seconds to place it. Moderate: stop before closing. Medium, High, Classic and InstantGrowth: no general requirement. An accidental position fully closed within 10 seconds does not by itself change risk group.

A Stop Loss must be placed within 60 seconds of opening a trade. Applies to QT TWO and QT INSTANT (funded accounts). QT ONE has no stop loss rule.

No minimum holding time under the current terms; no tick scalping or HFT.

Partial entries are allowed; all positions with the same instrument and trading intent count as a single trade for combined risk assessment.

Cannot have three or more open positions on the same asset at the same time (only funded account

Prohibited on InstantGrowth. Other plans remain subject to risk limits and restrictions on excessively speculative strategies.

Per trade: Classic and PFP evaluation 3%; InstantGrowth 2%. Funded PFP Low/Moderate/Medium/High: 1%/1.5%/2%/3% of opening balance. Exceeding the assigned group pauses funding and closes positions; resuming requires paying the fee difference for the new group.

• QT ONE (Funded): 1% max floating loss across all open positions
• QT TWO (Funded): 1% max floating loss (first violation is a soft breach, second is a hard breach)
• QT TWO (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
• QT INSTANT (Funded): 1% max exposure per instrument
• QT Power (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
• QT Power (Funded): no exposure limit
• QT 1 Step (BNPL, Funded): 2% floating loss

Own account copying is allowed during evaluation only. Prohibited on funded accounts, including your own. While one funded account holds an asset, other funded accounts of the same user or network cannot open that asset in either direction.

Allowed without restrictions when allocation is lower than $300,000.
Not allowed when the allocation is $300,000 or above.

Trading through news is allowed. Bracketing high impact news with nearby buy and sell stops is prohibited.

• No new entries or exits within the 10-minute window around a restricted news event (5 minutes before and 5 minutes after).
• Order modifications ARE permitted during that window: adjusting stop loss, modifying take profit and cancelling orders.
• Positions or limit orders placed more than 5 minutes before the release (with SL and TP set) may remain open or be triggered during the event.
• Restricted releases: CPI, FOMC statement and meetings, Non-Farm Payrolls and USD PMI. Red folder events restrict every pair involving that currency and any index priced in it.
• News source: Forex Factory.
• The News Rule does NOT apply to QT ONE, QT INSTANT, QT Power or QT 1 Step (BNPL) accounts.

The account may be terminated after 3 consecutive months of inactivity.

• QT TWO: no inactivity rule
• QT INSTANT, QT Power, QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14 days
• QT ONE: the comparison table states 7 days while the plan article states 14 days; confirm with support before relying on it.
  The period runs from the purchase date if no trade has been placed, or from the most recent closed trade.

• QT INSTANT: 30%
• QT Power: 35% in both evaluation and funded
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 20%
• QT ONE, QT TWO: no consistency rule

Allowed during evaluations; prohibited on funded accounts.

Arbitrage, latency exploitation, tick scalping, HFT, hedge/reverse arbitrage, news bracketing, error or slow feed exploitation, third party account management, account sharing and resale. InstantGrowth prohibits martingale and grid.

• All-or-Nothing
• Latency Trading
• Arbitrage Trading
• High-Frequency Trading
• Tick scalping
• Reverse Trading or Group Hedging
• Order book spamming
• Flooding the server with messages due to incorrect use of algorithm
• One side betting
• Trading behaviours that the Risk Department deem Toxic