Step into the core of the QT experience with our proven 2-phase evaluation designed to take you from ambition to funded trader with confidence.
This structured journey challenges your skills with clear profit targets, helping you demonstrate consistency, discipline, and performance under real trading conditions. As you progress through each phase, you’re not just trading you’re building a track record that earns you access to funded opportunities.
And with our built-in Performance Protection Promise, you can focus on what matters most: trading at your best, knowing you’re supported every step of the way.
Your path to becoming a Professional trader starts here.
Evaluation Objectives
Phase 1 Profit Target 7%
Phase 2 Profit Target 5%
Daily Drawdown 4% (static, based on balance)
Max Drawdown 10% (static, based on original balance)
Evaluation Rules
In addition to meeting program objectives, During the evaluation all traders are required to demonstrate consistent and responsible risk management. Excessive exposure and high-risk behavior are not permitted.
The Rule
- Your total exposure must not exceed 75% of your daily drawdown limit at any time.
- Engaging in high-risk, “all-or-nothing” trading behavior is strictly prohibited.
Key Conditions
- ⚠️ If your risk reaches or exceeds 75% of your daily drawdown limit, the Risk Team will:
- Deny funding
- Reset your account back to Phase 1
The evaluation is designed to assess consistency and discipline, not the ability to pass using a single high-risk trade.
Performance Account
Stepping beyond the evaluation phase and into a funded account marks a major milestone but it also raises the standard.
From this point forward, traders are expected not only to perform, but to demonstrate disciplined, professional-level risk management at all times. Consistency is key. Capital preservation takes priority.
To support this, we ask you to follow two core rules designed to protect both your capital and your longevity as a funded trader. These rules are simple but non-negotiable.
Core Rule 1 - Exposure Rule
The Exposure Rule is designed to ensure responsible risk management and prevent excessive, high-risk trading behaviour.
Exposure Limit - 2.5%
This rule limits how much of your account can be exposed to risk at any one time.
Exposure is calculated using:
- Stop Loss placement
- Floating (unrealised) P&L
- Combined risk across all open trades
Exposure is assessed throughout the duration of the trade/trades and monitored continuously for as long as positions remain open.
If total exposure exceeds the permitted limit at any time, this constitutes a direct breach of the Exposure Rule and will result in an account violation.
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Core Rule 2 - News Rule
High-impact news events can introduce significant volatility and unpredictable market conditions. To ensure disciplined execution and effective risk management, trading activity is restricted during these periods.
The Rule
Trading is strictly prohibited within a 10-minute window surrounding restricted news events, defined as:
- 5 minutes before the scheduled event
- 5 minutes after the event
This restriction applies to all new entries and exits without exception.
✅ Order modifications are permitted during this window, including:
- Adjusting stop-loss levels
- Modifying take-profit targets
- Canceling Orders
Definition of Restricted News Events
Restricted news events include:
- Red Folder News Events (high-impact economic releases)
- Any event marked as “Prohibited” within your Dashboard’s economic calendar
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Performance Fee Policy
QT 2 Step Accounts have a 5% Profit Cap per Cycle. Any additional Profit will be withdrawn from the account before your next Cycle.
The Standard Cycle is 14 Days.
Minimum Trading days and requirements
Traders must complete 4 minimum days & at least 2 days of +0.5% Per cycle to be eligible to request a payout
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Performance Protection
We recognize that mistakes can happen. To support traders while maintaining fairness and accountability, we offer a Payout Promise as a safeguard for non-prohibited rule breaches.
The Rule
If you breach any rule that is not classified as a prohibited violation, you will be eligible for the following:
- 10% Profit Split on any profits generated prior to the breach
- Phase 1 Account Reset, allowing you to restart
*10% Profit Split or Refund whichever is Higher
Eligibility Conditions
- The breach must not involve any prohibited trading practices
- The account must be in profit to qualify
Usage Limit
- Each trader is allowed a maximum of 3 Payout Promise over their lifetime
- After all 3 promises have been used:
- Any further rule breaches will be treated as standard violations
- This will result in account termination and forfeiture of all profits
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Prohibited Strategies
To ensure fair market participation and sustainable trading behavior, certain strategies and practices are strictly prohibited across all evaluation and funded phases.
1. Prohibited Trading Practices
The following activities are not permitted under any circumstances:
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Exploiting Unrealistic Market Conditions
Taking advantage of pricing errors, misquotes, or abnormal fills, including:- Arbitrage trading
- Latency trading
- Front-running price feeds
- Mispricing exploitation
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High-Frequency & Manipulative Activity
- High-frequency trading (including tick scalping)
- Order book spamming or excessive order placement
- Flooding servers via algorithm misuse
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Hedging & Coordination Tactics
- Reverse trading or group hedging across accounts
- One-sided betting that disrupts market balance
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Toxic Trading Behaviour
Any trading activity deemed abusive, manipulative, or disruptive by the Risk Department.
(You will be notified if this applies.)
⚠️ Note: Trades executed during extreme volatility may be reviewed and, if deemed unrealistic, removed from your PnL.
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2. All-or-Nothing Trading Approach (Prohibited)
This refers to excessively high-risk and unsustainable trading behavior, including:
- Trading without stop-loss protection
- Holding positions through major news events without risk control
- Risking more than 75% of your daily drawdown limit on trades
- Applying inconsistent or poor risk management practices
This approach significantly increases the likelihood of severe losses and is not permitted.
3. Reverse Trading
Reverse trading refers to taking opposing positions on the same asset across different accounts, which can be used to manipulate risk or bypass trading rules.
The Rule
You are not permitted to hold opposing trades on the same asset across different accounts under the following conditions:
- Positions are held in opposite directions for more than 2 minutes, or
- This behavior occurs more than 3 individual times, regardless of duration
Opening a buy position on one account and a sell position on another account, intentionally or systematically violates this rule if it exceeds the limits above.
This type of activity undermines fair trading practices and can be used to artificially hedge or offset risk across accounts, which is not permitted.
Breach Policy
Any violation of this rule will result in a hard breach and may result in a Platform ban.
Maximum Capital Allocation
The maximum allocation rule applies across all plans, but only once you reach a Funded account, making it a crucial part of your trading journey. Understanding how it works could be the difference between staying compliant and maximizing your potential. Don’t miss out, read the full article here
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Inactivity Rule
All Accounts are subject to a 14 Day Inactivity Rule