The evaluation
A challenge is how you prove it.
Real market conditions, your edge against the rules. Pass once and you trade funded, up to $1M.
01What you actually do
Real conditions. Virtual capital. One target.
You trade a demo account with virtual funds under real market conditions. It is a competitive test of one thing: can you analyse a market, make the call, stay profitable, and manage risk. Hit the profit target without breaching the rules, and you pass.
02Start funded
Or skip the test. Start funded.
Not every program is a challenge. On our instant programs (Instant, Instant Pro and Instant 24h) you skip the evaluation and trade funded from day one, for a higher fee and tighter drawdowns. The challenge is the cheaper way in: from $39, looser limits, you just prove it first. Same synthetic market, same 90% split, either way.
03The simulation
Real prices. Simulated trades.
You trade the same charts as everyone else: live prices for forex, metals, crypto, indices, stocks and energies, streamed from third-party data feeds. The difference is where your order goes. It fills in a simulation of that market, with real spreads and commissions, the same way for every trader in a tier. No one is on the other side of your trade, and no one adjusts your fills.
04What you're actually trading
We put "simulated" on the front page.
Every other platform hides the word "simulated" at the bottom of a legal page and sells a live floor up top. We do the reverse. You trade a synthetic order book with no counterparty booking your stop-out as profit: no one wins when you blow up, no fill is tilted against you, and it's the same simulation for everyone in a tier. That's exactly why it's the fairest setup a funded trader can get.
05Why this is good for you
No reason to delay your reward.
In a live-market firm, your profit can be someone else's loss, and withdrawals get slow when the firm is on the wrong side of it. Here that conflict doesn't exist. Because the market is simulated, we don't lose when you win. So there is no reason to block a withdrawal, delay a reward, or touch your fills. You hit the target, you get paid. That is the whole point of doing it this way.
06What you actually risk
What you actually risk.
Because the market is synthetic, you never risk your own capital in a live market. What you risk is the evaluation fee and your own discipline. The limits are enforced by the platform, not by a person who can be argued round: hit your drawdown and the position closes. There's no override key in support or compliance, which means there's none to use against you either. The bound on your risk is a short list of rules, all published before you pay.
07The rulebook
One target. Then you're in.
Pick a program and an account size. Hit the profit target, as low as 3% on some programs, without breaching the daily loss or drawdown limit. No minimum trading days on most programs, no time limit on the evaluations. Pass and the funded agreement you sign is identical to the one you read.
- Profit target
- From 3%, depending on program
- Daily loss limit
- Set per program, enforced live
- Max drawdown
- Static or trailing, by program
- Time limit
- Yes. None on the evaluations
- Cost
- One fee, refunded with your first performance reward
08Said out loud
A test you can actually pass.
The rules you start with are the rules you finish with. Nothing changes mid-run, and nothing new appears at the end. The challenge is a door, not a maze. Your EAs are welcome too.
09The metrics
We score discipline, not luck.
We score profitability, risk management and discipline, read by the same algorithms that run the simulation. We are not looking for one lucky week. We are looking for a trader who repeats it. Clear the challenge and you are offered a funded account.