Forex Firms Comparator

Tbilisi, Samgori District, Besarion Chichinadze Street 12, Apartment No. 55, Georgia

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

Kutay Aktaş

Tanswell Sassman

Georgia

South Africa

2024

2023

Bybit Instant Pro & Cleo challenges: Daily on-demand withdrawals. Payouts processed in 4-24 hours (usually within 4 hours).

Bybit One Step & Two Step: Every 3-4 days due to Stability Rule.

• 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

4-24 hours (usually within 4 hours)

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).

Bybit challenges (One Step, Two Step, Instant Pro): Up to 1:100 for most tradeable coins on Bybit.

Cleo challenges (One Step, Flex): BTC and ETH up to 1:5, all other assets up to 1:2.

Phase 2 reset available with add-on

Bybit challenges (One Step, Two Step)
Static drawdown calculated from initial balance. Customizable from 6% to 10%.

Bybit Instant Pro
Two drawdown types available (3-8%):

• Smart Drawdown (6%): Trails upward with equity gains. Once account reaches +3% profit, drawdown locks permanently at -3% of starting balance.
• Trailing Drawdown (8%): Trails the High Water Mark (highest of balance or equity). After first payout, resets to 4% trailing from the new balance.

Cleo challenges (One Step, Flex)
Static drawdown calculated from initial balance. Customizable from 3% to 8%. One Step: 5% default. Flex: 3% default.

• 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

Bybit challenges (One Step, Two Step, Instant Pro): Customizable from 60% to 90% depending on the plan selected.

Cleo challenges (One Step, Flex): Customizable from 60% to 90% depending on the plan selected.

• 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.

Bybit challenges: Daily maximum loss is half of the total loss limit. Calculated from starting balance at 12:05 AM UTC and does not change during the day until next daily reset.

Cleo challenges: Daily drawdown varies by selected plan and configuration (3-4%).

• 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

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

No time limit. Trade at your own pace.

Unlimited

Bybit challenges (One Step, Two Step): 3-4 minimum trading days due to Stability Rule.

Bybit Instant Pro: 3 trading days with at least 0.5% profit each (for payout eligibility).

Cleo challenges (One Step, Flex): No minimum trading days required. Pass the challenge at your own pace.

• 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

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

Bybit API access period is 90 days. Reminder emails are sent starting 10 days before expiration. If not renewed within that period, the account will be restricted and cannot be reactivated.

• 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.

• Arbitrage trading
• Latency trading
• High-frequency trading (HFT)
• Hedging between accounts
• Tick scalping
• Holding trades less than 50 seconds
• Spamming the order book
• Group trading
• Exploiting the demo environment
• Expert Advisors (EAs) and automated trading systems
• Copy trading (even between own accounts)
• Front-running price feeds
• Exploiting unrealistic prices or mispricing

• 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