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Hyperticks Futures logoHyperticks Futures
Headquarters

Building A1, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Steve A. Kubik

Country

United States

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2024

2025

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cuba, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Korea, North, Libya, Mali, Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Region of Crimea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Iraq, Jamaica, Laos, Liberia, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Assets
Futures
Equity Index Futures, Currency Futures, Metal Futures, Energy Futures, Agricultural Futures, Crypto Futures, Interest Rate Futures
Brokers
Ironbeam, Rithmic
Payout Fee

Rise: $35

Platforms
Tradingview, Volumetrica, ATAS, Quantower, Onyx, Tradesea, WealthCharts
TradingView, DeepCharts, DeepDOM, Volumetrica, ATAS
Payout Methods
Rise, Crypto
Rise, Crypto
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal
Payout Frequency
  • 6 qualifying trading days are required before each reward request
  • All 6 days must meet the applicable Minimum Daily Profit Requirement
  • Lite/Prime minimums: $100 for 25K, $200 for 50K and $350 for 150K
  • Dynamic minimums: $200 for 50K, $275 for 75K, $325 for 100K and $400 for 150K
  • After each approved reward, all qualifying trading days reset to zero
  • No payout window: requests can be submitted whenever the dashboard shows an eligible reward amount
  • Processed first-in, first-out, up to 3 business days
Maximum Withdrawal

Lite and Prime

  • 25K: 50% of profits, up to $1,000 per reward
  • 50K: 50% of profits, up to $2,000 per reward
  • 150K: 50% of profits, up to $3,000 per reward

Dynamic

  • 50K: up to $1,250 per reward
  • 75K: up to $1,550 per reward
  • 100K: up to $2,000 per reward
  • 150K: up to $3,000 per reward

Maximum 5 approved rewards per account. After the 5th reward, the account may be reviewed for transition to the TLT Program or a Live Brokerage account.

  • 25k account: $1,100
  • 50k account: $2,000
  • 100k account: $3,000
Minimum Withdrawal

Minimum reward request: $250. Lite, Prime and Dynamic Reward Accounts only need net profit above their starting balance; there is no buffer to clear.

  • Beginner and HYPER: $250
  • Instant Pro Plus and Instant Flex: 1% of the starting balance
Commission
  • Based on the default (free) membership tier of platform partners.
  • Fees include: exchange, NFA, clearing and platform commission.
  • Calculated per contract, per round trip.
  • Micro contracts generally have lower fees than mini contracts.

Round-trip commissions vary by instrument.

The official instrument table publishes the exact round-trip cost for each contract.

Account Reset
  • Unlimited resets available for a fee (via the Trader Dashboard).
  • Restores a fresh account balance with all risk parameters reset.
Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
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Two Steps
Max Drawdown

Halcyon Lite (Intraday Trailing)

  • $25K: $1,000 | $50K: $2,000 | $150K: $4,000
  • Tracks Total Liquidation Value including unrealized profits
  • Locks permanently at starting balance + $100 after the first approved reward

Halcyon Prime (End-of-Day)

  • $25K: $1,000 | $50K: $2,000 | $150K: $4,500
  • Updates only at end of trading session based on closing balance
  • Locks permanently at starting balance + $100 after the first approved reward

Halcyon Dynamic

  • Evaluation: $2,000 on the 50K account; Intraday or End-of-Day selected at purchase
  • Reward: $2,000 on 50K | $2,500 on 75K | $3,000 on 100K | $4,000 on 150K
  • Reward drawdown can be Intraday or End-of-Day, independently of the evaluation choice
  • Locks permanently at starting balance + $100 after the first approved reward
  • Beginner: trailing End-of-Day drawdown
  • HYPER: trailing End-of-Day drawdown
  • Instant Pro Plus: trailing End-of-Day drawdown
  • Instant Flex: 4% intraday trailing drawdown; it moves to break-even after the first payout
Profit Split

90/10 profit split on all Lite, Prime and Dynamic Reward Accounts. Trader keeps 90%, firm keeps 10%.

Current profit split: 90%.

Applies to:

  • Beginner
  • HYPER
  • Instant Pro Plus
Free Trial
dailyDrawdown

No daily loss limits on any plan.

  • Beginner: soft daily loss pause
  • HYPER: no daily loss limit during evaluation; a limit applies when simulated funded
  • Instant Pro Plus: soft daily loss pause
  • Instant Flex: no daily loss limit
Max Allocation
150,000
500,000
mandatoryBuffer
Merge Accounts
Maximum Trading Days
  • Evaluation accounts expire after 30 calendar days if not passed.
  • Accounts inactive for more than 30 calendar days are disabled.

No time limit on evaluations.

Minimum Trading Days
  • Halcyon Lite Evaluation: 1 trading day
  • Halcyon Prime Evaluation: 3 trading days, or 1 day with the 1-Day Pass add-on
  • Halcyon Dynamic Evaluation: 1 trading day
  • All Reward Accounts: 6 qualifying trading days before each reward request; the counter resets to zero after each approved reward

Beginner and HYPER have no additional minimum trading days.

The profit targets and applicable consistency requirements must still be met.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

Lite and Prime

  • With activation-fee pricing, the activation fee is paid once after passing
  • With no-activation-fee pricing, no payment is required after passing
  • Both options lead to the same Reward Account rules

Dynamic

  • After passing, the trader pays a one-time upgrade fee based on the selected Reward Account size, drawdown type and consistency option

No activation fee.

Points Reward Program

HTP is Hyperticks' internal loyalty coin for community rewards, services and discounts.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • Halcyon Lite Evaluation: 1 trading day
  • Halcyon Prime Evaluation: 3 trading days, or 1 day with the 1-Day Pass add-on
  • Halcyon Dynamic Evaluation: 1 trading day
  • All Reward Accounts: 6 qualifying trading days meeting the applicable Minimum Daily Profit Requirement before each reward request

The number of qualifying days depends on the program and payout.

  • Beginner: 5 winning days
  • HYPER: 5 winning days
  • Instant Pro Plus: 10 / 8 / 6 / 5 qualifying days from the first through fourth payout
  • Instant Flex: 6 qualifying days

The required daily profit varies by program and account size.

Position size scaling
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

Lite and Prime
Two one-time pricing options are available:

  • With activation fee: lower evaluation fee, then a separate activation fee after passing
  • No activation fee: higher all-in evaluation fee; upgrade to the Reward Account is free

Dynamic

  • One-time 50K evaluation fee: $47 with Intraday Trailing drawdown or $49 with End-of-Day drawdown
  • A separate Reward Account upgrade fee is paid after passing

No subscriptions or recurring billing.

One-time purchase.

  • No monthly subscription
  • No activation fee on the current catalog
Expert Advisor (EA)
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VPN
Hedging
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
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Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Maximum Risk Limit
Copy Trading
News Trading
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hasInactivityRule

Accounts must place at least one trade every 30 consecutive calendar days. Accounts inactive for more than 30 days will be considered inactive and may be disabled. Evaluation accounts also expire 30 calendar days after starting if not passed.

Consistency Rule
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Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • Hedging on the same or related underlying assets (e.g. ES + MES, NQ + MNQ)
  • Opposite Direction Trades within or across accounts (CME Rule 534 – Wash Trades, CME Rule 575 – Disruptive Practices)
  • Mixing micro and mini contracts on the same asset
  • Holding positions outside trading hours / overnight / weekend
  • Account sharing or third-party trading
  • Repeated microscalping
  • Fully automated trading
  • External signal mirroring
  • Price-feed, latency or fill exploitation
  • Simultaneous orders intended to manipulate queue priority
  • Hedging correlated instruments
  • Gambling or random trading
  • Risking more than 2% on one trade idea
  • Bypassing contract limits across instruments
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