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Base price: $249With code CRITIC: $224.10

10% off with CRITIC · saves $24.90

Base price: $329With code CRITIC: $312.55

5% off with CRITIC · saves $16.45

Cost

Base price
$249
$329
Price with code
$224.10
10% off with CRITIC
$312.55
5% off with CRITIC
Account size
$50K
$50K
Profit split
Up to 90%
Starts at 75%; scales toward 100%

Evaluation rules

Profit target
5% / 5% / 5%
10% evaluation and funded scaling milestones
Max drawdown
5% static
6% static stop-out below initial balance
Daily loss limit
5%
3% daily loss; breach terminates the account
Min trading days
5 days
3 profitable days during evaluation

Funded rules

Funded drawdown
5% static
6% static stop-out and 3% daily loss
Consistency rule
None
Not recorded
Consistency rule (funded)
None
Not recorded
News trading (challenge)
Allowed only outside 5 minutes before and after major news events · Lightning Planfirm-level
Holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed · No order execution 2 minutes prior, after or within to high-impact news in the related currency or indexfirm-level
News trading (funded)
Allowed only outside 5 minutes before and after major news events · Lightning Planfirm-level
Holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed · No order execution 2 minutes prior, after or within to high-impact news in the related currency or indexfirm-level
Max live balance
One active account of each size at a time (1 x $5K … 1 x $400K); Scaling Plan grows an account +25% after the first 3 months, then doubles every 3 months, up to 4 scale-ups
$500,000
Scaling plan
Not recorded
Incremental scaling after each 10% target, up to $500,000

Options & add-ons

Customizable at checkout
RAW/All-In, leverage, profit split and payout add-ons
Not recorded

Payouts

Payout frequency
Every 30 days; optional 14-day add-on
Every 2 weeks
First payout
On-demand after the first profitable funded trade
14 days after funded-account activation; $150 minimum profit
Min days to payout
Not recorded
14
Processing time
Within 3 business days · 1 phase, 2 phase trailing: every 30 days or every 14 days with add-on; Instant funding: every 14 days; Lightning: every 14 daysfirm-level
Typically up to 3 business days after approval
Refund policy
Fee reimbursed with first payout on request
Refundable within 14 days only before trading activity and absent a breach
Payout methods
Not recorded
RiseCryptoBank transferHub Credits

Trading rules

Weekend holding
Allowed
Allowed; index positions incur high swaps
Overnight holding
Allowed
Allowed
Hedging
Not recorded
Ordinary hedging is allowed; hedge arbitrage and cross-account or cross-operator offsets are prohibited
Copy trading
Not recorded
External, other-trader and coordinated copying are prohibited; current own-account guidance conflicts
Expert advisors (EAs)
Allowed
Allowed with visible stop-loss and owned source code; no copying, tick scalping, HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage, or emulators
Other restrictions
Allowed · EAs or bots require approval before usagefirm-level
3 profitable days of at least 0.5% initial balance; no news bracketing; 30-day inactivity expiry
Commission / lot
All-in: no commissions on FX, Metals, Crypto, Indices · RAW: FX -$6/lot, Metals – $6/lot, Stocks – 0.35% Round Trip ( RT)firm-level
Approximately $4 per lot; no exact program-specific schedule published

Platforms

Platforms
MT4MT5DXTradeTradingView
MetaTrader 5 Hedge

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Base price
Winner: $249
$329
Price with code
Winner: $224.10
$312.55
Profit split
Winner: 90%
75%
Max drawdown
5%
Winner: 6%
Daily loss limit
Winner: 5%
3%
Funded drawdown
5%
Winner: 6%

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