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Headquarters

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

CEO

Steve A. Kubik

Daniela Egli

Country

United States

Liechtenstein

Foundation

2024

2022

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, Antarctica, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Palestinian Territory, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Yemen
Assets
Futures
Equity Indexes, Currencies, Agricultural, Energy, Metals, Interest Rates, Crypto
Brokers
Ironbeam, Rithmic
Rithmic, dxFeed, Tradovate
Payout Fee

No payout fee

Platforms
Tradingview, Volumetrica, ATAS, Quantower, Onyx, Tradesea, WealthCharts
ATAS, Quantower, Volsys, RTrader Pro, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Sierra Chart, MotiveWave, Jigsaw, Volfix
Payout Methods
Rise, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, Bank Transfer
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
Payout Guarantee

Within 24 hours on 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.

Up to 50% of the current profit buffer per reward, capped at $2,500 ($50K), $3,500 ($100K) or $5,000 ($150K).

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.

$100

Other Payout Requirements

First reward: 5 winning days of at least $200 each. Later rewards: at least $0.01 net profit since the previous reward and 5 new $200 winning days.

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.
Account Reset
  • Unlimited resets available for a fee (via the Trader Dashboard).
  • Restores a fresh account balance with all risk parameters reset.

Available for Futures Challenges with at least one trading day remaining; unavailable on Earning accounts.

Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
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

Trailing on end-of-day balance. It stops at the starting balance and never moves down.

Profit Split

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

80%

Free Trial
dailyDrawdown

No daily loss limits on any plan.

Daily Pause is recalculated from the previous day's closing balance at 16:15 CT. It closes positions and pauses trading until the next day.

Max Allocation
150,000
5
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.

30 days (includes weekends and holidays)

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

3 unique trading days to pass.

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 for new Futures Prime accounts purchased from 26 March 2026.

Points Reward Program

Respect Points Program (Affiliate)
10% commission on each referred trader turns into points for the original trader. Points accumulate per challenge purchased via your affiliate link.

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
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 fee; no subscription.

Expert Advisor (EA)
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VPN
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Hedging
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Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
allowsMartingale
Maximum Risk Limit
Copy Trading
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News Trading
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.

21 consecutive days without placing a single trade → the account is considered inactive and breached. Holding an overnight position or having an unexecuted pending order does NOT count as activity. The countdown starts when the account is purchased/created.

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
  • High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedge-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
  • Grid, martingale, gambling or account rolling
  • Gap trading before extended market closures
  • Copying between Challenge and Earning accounts
  • Emulators, unauthorized feeds or exploiting fills
Overnight positions

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