Hantec Trader
DISQUALIFIEDSeven products, and the firm answers one question three different ways: what a withdrawal does to your loss limit. Express, Enhanced, Instant Funding and Instant Lite all publish that on your first withdrawal "your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance", against a minimum request of $20. EnhancedX and Endurance publish the opposite in writing — "It does not increase or reset after a payout". Instant24 says nothing either way. On Enhanced the clause contradicts its own article, which calls the 10% floor "static for the lifetime of the account": a $20 cheque moves that floor by the whole 10%. The contracting entity, Hantec Trader Limited (Mauritius, C191400), states it "does not conduct any regulated activities" and "is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)" — on a page headed "Powered by Hantec Markets Mauritius".
Drawdown rules →Payout rules →
Read plan by plan on 4 August, from the firm's English pages only: the seven help-centre articles that are its actual rulebook, and the English Terms. The earlier reading of this firm was done on its Spanish shop, which does not carry the payout clause at all. Four findings are new. Enhanced sells a static floor and cancels it at the first withdrawal, in one article. Instant Lite fixes its maximum loss at 5% and sells an add-on that raises it "to 7% (standard 6%)" — a standard that product does not have, in a line copied word for word from Instant Funding, where it does. Instant24 defines "the same trade idea" as ten minutes in one section and under five in another, the second a Hard Breach. And Endurance heads its minimum trading period "3 Profitable days" and defines it in the next sentence as any day a trade was opened. Instant24 is also the one plan whose floor has no published stop: it trails the balance high-water mark minus 3% and the article never says where that ends, while all six others state their stopping point. Six of the seven publish a daily-loss percentage and never say what crosses it, so those limits are recorded as silences rather than graded on a reference line the firm did not call a clock. Prices, leverage and scaling ceilings stay unread — they live on the shop and scaling pages, which this reading did not open in English; the only leverage table on any English page is clause 8.2, the ceilings imposed as a punishment on customers placed in the Risk Management Group.
Your account’s floor
The balance below which the firm closes the account. Each item with the firm’s own sentence. Read on the challenge: Express (1 Step).
- Maximum total loss · funded accountstated
- 6%
“Maximum Total Loss - 6% You may not lose more than 6% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will trail your closed balance. Once 6% balance increase over starting balance is achieved, your maximum total loss will lock at your starting balance.”
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- When the floor moves · funded accountstated
- with your live balance
“Maximum Total Loss - 6% You may not lose more than 6% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will trail your closed balance. Once 6% balance increase over starting balance is achieved, your maximum total loss will lock at your starting balance.”
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- stops at your starting balance
“Maximum Total Loss - 6% You may not lose more than 6% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will trail your closed balance. Once 6% balance increase over starting balance is achieved, your maximum total loss will lock at your starting balance.”
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- it tightens
“When placing your first withdrawal, your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance and remain here for the duration following. We therefore suggest leaving a sufficient buffer.”
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Crossed one of the seven hard bars. Open the row and it names which one, with the mechanism spelled out. This is not a low grade — no quantity of virtue elsewhere buys it off, which is why it carries no rank at all.
Disqualified for
Asking for money moves the floor
Your balance is untouched — what shrinks is the distance between it and the number that closes the account, and the trigger is you requesting a withdrawal. This is not the same as a floor that locks at your starting balance on its own, which several firms here do and which costs nothing: it is arriving at that floor before the account earned the buffer. One firm sets a $20 minimum request, so $20 can cost several thousand of headroom. Sibling of the first drawdown bar: that one fires at a stage boundary the firm controls, this one at a moment you choose.
What they published
“When placing your first withdrawal, your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance and remain here for the duration following. We therefore suggest leaving a sufficient buffer.”“Maximum Total Loss - 10% You may not lose more than 10% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”“Your Maximum Total Loss is always fixed at 8% below your starting balance . It does not increase or reset after a payout .”“Maximum Total Loss - 6% You may not lose more than 6% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will trail your closed balance. Once 6% balance increase over starting balance is achieved, your maximum total loss will lock at your starting balance.”“Minimum request amount is $20.”“The Maximum Total Loss is initially set at 3% of your account’s starting balance and will trail (balance high watermark – 3%) closed balance.”“the Company does not conduct any regulated activities, does not act as a broker, and does not accept deposits, consequently, it is not required to be authorized by the regulatory authority and is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).”“Powered by Hantec Markets Mauritius”“Hantec Trader does not carry out any regulated activities and is not regulated by the FCA. Hantec Trader Limited (MU) and Hantec Markets Limited are two entirely separate entities.”“News Trading There is no restrictions during the Challenge phase. For Hantec Trader Accounts, you cannot open or close trades 3 minutes before red folder news events as per Forex Factory.”“Maximum Open Risk There is no restrictions during the Challenge phase. For Hantec Trader Accounts, your total open exposure — meaning the combined floating loss across one or multiple open positions — must not exceed 3% of your starting balance at any time.”Scorecard
10Trails on live equity, then freezes at your starting balance
A named company, but no financial regulator anywhere — or a light-touch one only
Workable, but a cap or a waiting period bites
Two official channels disagree on a number that matters
Under a year, or too few reviews to mean anything
Each axis is scored 0–5 against a published scale. The line under each bar is the rung this firm landed on — not our summary of it, the scale entry itself.
The score is published anyway, because it is the honest picture: a firm can be strong on four axes and still be disqualified on one mechanism. A disqualifier is not a low grade — it is a rule we will not trade under at any price.
Plan by plan
7 of this firm’s challenges were read plan by plan, with a citation behind every answer. See them side by side →
10% to make once, against a 6% floor that follows your CLOSED balance up and locks at the starting balance at +6%. The first withdrawal brings that lock forward — a $20 request on a $50,000 account 2% up takes the buffer from $3,000 to $1,020, and the firm's own table ends on a row where it is $0. Daily limit 5%, with no published answer to what crosses it.
The floor is 10% below the opening balance and the article says it stays there for the life of the account — and nine paragraphs later says the first withdrawal locks it AT the opening balance. Those are floors ten points apart and the trigger is a $20 request. Nothing on the page reconciles them, and unlike Express there is no trail for the lock to be the endpoint of. 10% then 5% to pass, three profitable days at 0.5% each.
The one product where the firm writes down that a payout changes nothing, under its own heading "No lock upon payout", worked through an example that keeps a $100,000 account's limit at $92,000 after a $10,000 withdrawal. The price is the exam and the rule: 8% then 4%, a 4% daily limit, and a 35% consistency requirement that survives into the funded account — the add-on that removes it says so, and only lifts it during the Challenge.
Three examinations at 6% each — eighteen points of profit to reach a funded account — against a static 8% floor and the same "It does not increase or reset after a payout" EnhancedX carries. The caution is elsewhere: the minimum trading period is headed "3 Profitable days" and defined in the next sentence as any day a trade was opened, and the site's own menu still labels the product "Coming soon" while its complete rulebook is published.
No exam: the widest daily limit of the seven (6%) and a 6% floor that rises at each 00:00 close on the higher of balance or equity, then locks at the starting balance. It rises at the close and kills on the tick — the article states its breach on equity, the only one that does. The first withdrawal brings the lock forward. Two floors coexist under one name: accounts bought before 1 February 2026 are measured on the closing BALANCE only, and nothing says how you know which you are on. EAs banned, no scaling.
Instant Funding with every allowance halved: 3% a day, 5% in total, 1% of open risk — so a single position 1% under water is already a hard breach and the total loss almost never bites first. Add a 20% consistency score, five profitable days per payout cycle, and a 3% buffer that can never be withdrawn, which the firm explains exists so that asking for money does not trigger the 3% daily limit. Its own add-on offers to raise "the account's Maximum Loss to 7% (standard 6%)" on a product whose maximum loss is 5%.
The account lives 24 hours from your first trade and is then closed. Inside it: 2% a day measured on EQUITY (the only daily clock this firm publishes), 1% of open risk, one position at a time, and no single trade may be more than 15% of accumulated profit. The floor trails the balance high-water mark minus 3% and the article never says where it stops — the other six products all do. The same page defines "the same trade idea" as ten minutes in one section and under five in another, the second a Hard Breach.
Trustpilot
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What this firm published
Everything below is quoted from a page we opened, on the date shown. The quotes are in the firm’s own language, exactly as published — never edited, never shortened, never swapped for a translation. On the Spanish edition our own rendering appears underneath each one, unquoted and marked as ours: the quotation marks on this site mean the words are the firm’s, and nothing we wrote ever wears them. Where we have not read enough to put a number on an axis, we say so instead of guessing.
4/5
Can you even pass?
Almost nobody who pays for an evaluation ever reaches a funded account, so this is the part of the product most customers actually buy. Every firm advertises its profit target; none of them advertises that target next to how much you are allowed to lose while chasing it.
2/5
Can you keep the money?
The drawdown takes the account away; the payout rules take the money. Answered by whichever of the two we can measure and is worse — they are two ways of losing the same thing, so a good half cannot pay for a bad one.
1/5
Is anyone behind it?
A named company, a market, and rules you could read before paying. These three do not substitute for one another — a company you can sue does not stop existing because the account is a simulation — so this is the average of the ones we could measure, not the worst.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $1.70.80/8
“Profit Target - 10% This is the required profit in order to pass the Express Challenge. Your balance must have a 10% increase over starting balance with no open positions. There is no profit target in the Express Hantec Trader account.”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.we did not read this stage3/3
“Maximum Trading Period - None There is no maximum trading period for the Express Challenge.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.we did not read this stage2/2
“Minimum Trading Period - None There is no minimum required days in order to pass the Express Challenge.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target10%They state there is none.—
“Profit Target - 10% This is the required profit in order to pass the Express Challenge. Your balance must have a 10% increase over starting balance with no open positions. There is no profit target in the Express Hantec Trader account.”“There is no profit target in the Express Hantec Trader account.”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises tick by tick, while you tradeno change0.75/3
“Maximum Total Loss - 6% You may not lose more than 6% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will trail your closed balance. Once 6% balance increase over starting balance is achieved, your maximum total loss will lock at your starting balance.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“Maximum Total Loss - 6% You may not lose more than 6% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will trail your closed balance. Once 6% balance increase over starting balance is achieved, your maximum total loss will lock at your starting balance.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitit tightens, down to the balance the account opened with0/2
“When placing your first withdrawal, your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance and remain here for the duration following. We therefore suggest leaving a sufficient buffer.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed6%no change0.50/1
“Maximum Total Loss - 6% You may not lose more than 6% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will trail your closed balance. Once 6% balance increase over starting balance is achieved, your maximum total loss will lock at your starting balance.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey do not say.no change0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“7.3 If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, at any time (including in respect of past trades, payouts, or account activity), that the Customer has engaged in, attempted to engage in, benefited from, or is suspected of Prohibited Trading, the Company may take proportionate enforcement action without prior notice, explanation, or evidence.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money14 days2/2
“Your first reward can be requested 14 days after you have placed your first trade. The default profit split is 80%.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.news trading is banned outright—
“News Trading There is no restrictions during the Challenge phase. For Hantec Trader Accounts, you cannot open or close trades 3 minutes before red folder news events as per Forex Factory.”Mandatory stop-lossThey state there is none.no change—
“We do not require stop losses for both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.no change—
“Hold Over Weekends - Allowed Holding over the weekend is permitted on both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm ’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Scaling Once you have completed the Express Challenge, you can select whether to access your Hantec Trader Account with same balance, or can opt to Scale up. You will then receive new Challenge credentials with the next available account size.”Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $14.40/8
“Profit Target -10% and 5% This is the required profit in order to pass the Enhanced Challenge. Your balance must have a 10% increase over starting balance with no open positions to pass Stage 1, to pass Stage 2 you need to achieve 5%. There is no profit target in the Enhanced Hantec Trader account.”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.no changewe did not read this stage3/3
“Maximum Trading Period There is no maximum trading period for the Enhanced Challenge.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inThey do not say.no changewe did not read this stage0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target10%5%They state there is none.—
“Profit Target -10% and 5% This is the required profit in order to pass the Enhanced Challenge. Your balance must have a 10% increase over starting balance with no open positions to pass Stage 1, to pass Stage 2 you need to achieve 5%. There is no profit target in the Enhanced Hantec Trader account.”“There is no profit target in the Enhanced Hantec Trader account.”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit does not move at allno changeno change3/3
“Maximum Total Loss - 10% You may not lose more than 10% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no changeno change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitit tightens, down to the balance the account opened with0/2
“When placing your first withdrawal, your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance and remain here for the duration following. We therefore suggest leaving a sufficient buffer.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey do not say.no changeno change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed10%no changeno change1/1
“Maximum Total Loss - 10% You may not lose more than 10% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops risingNo such thing in this plan.—
“Maximum Total Loss - 10% You may not lose more than 10% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey do not say.no changeno change0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“7.3 If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, at any time (including in respect of past trades, payouts, or account activity), that the Customer has engaged in, attempted to engage in, benefited from, or is suspected of Prohibited Trading, the Company may take proportionate enforcement action without prior notice, explanation, or evidence.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money14 days2/2
“Your first reward can be requested 14 days after you have placed your first trade. The default profit split is 80%.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.no changenews trading is banned outright—
“News Trading There is no restrictions during the Challenge phase. For Hantec Trader Accounts, you cannot open or close trades 3 minutes before red folder news events as per Forex Factory.”Mandatory stop-lossThey state there is none.no changeno change—
“We do not require stop losses for both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no changeno change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.no changeno change—
“Hold Over Weekends - Allowed Holding over the weekend is permitted on both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no changeno change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Scaling Once you have completed the Enhanced Challenge, you can select whether to access your Hantec Trader Account with same balance, or can opt to Scale up. You will then receive new Challenge credentials with the next available account size.”Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $14.40/8
“Profit Target - 8% and 4% This is the required profit in order to pass the EnhancedX Challenge. Your balance must have a 8% increase over starting balance with no open positions to pass Stage 1, to pass Stage 2 you need to achieve 4%. There is no profit target in the EnhancedX Hantec Trader account.”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.no changewe did not read this stage3/3
“Maximum Trading Period - None There is no maximum trading period for the EnhancedX Challenge.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.no changewe did not read this stage2/2
“Minimum Trading Period - None There is no minimum required days in order to pass the EnhancedX Challenge but consistency rules must be met.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target8%4%They state there is none.—
“Profit Target - 8% and 4% This is the required profit in order to pass the EnhancedX Challenge. Your balance must have a 8% increase over starting balance with no open positions to pass Stage 1, to pass Stage 2 you need to achieve 4%. There is no profit target in the EnhancedX Hantec Trader account.”“There is no profit target in the EnhancedX Hantec Trader account.”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit does not move at allno changeno change3/3
“Maximum Total Loss - 8% You may not lose more than 8% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no changeno change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“Your Maximum Total Loss is always fixed at 8% below your starting balance . It does not increase or reset after a payout .”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey do not say.no changeno change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed8%no changeno change0.80/1
“Maximum Total Loss - 8% You may not lose more than 8% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops risingNo such thing in this plan.—
“Maximum Total Loss - 8% You may not lose more than 8% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payoutno changeno change2.10/3
“Consistency - 35% The consistency requirement is 35% and is based on end of day (00:00 server time) equity.”“Should you achieve the profit required but not meet consistency, you will need to continue trading without increasing your best trading day until consistency is achieved.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“7.3 If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, at any time (including in respect of past trades, payouts, or account activity), that the Customer has engaged in, attempted to engage in, benefited from, or is suspected of Prohibited Trading, the Company may take proportionate enforcement action without prior notice, explanation, or evidence.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money14 days2/2
“Your first reward can be requested 14 days after you have placed your first trade. The default profit split is 80%.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.no changenews trading is banned outright—
“News Trading There is no restrictions during the Challenge phase. For Hantec Trader Accounts, you cannot open or close trades 3 minutes before red folder news events as per Forex Factory.”Mandatory stop-lossThey state there is none.no changeno change—
“We do not require stop losses for both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no changeno change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.no changeno change—
“Hold Over Weekends - Allowed Holding over the weekend is permitted on both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no changeno change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Scaling Once you have completed the EnhancedX Challenge, you can select whether to access your Hantec Trader Account with same balance, or can opt to Scale up. You will then receive new Challenge credentials with the next available account size.”Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $0.86.40/8
“Profit Target - 6% / 6% and 6% This is the required profit in order to pass the Endurance Challenge. Your balance must have a 6% increase over starting balance with no open positions to pass Stage 1, to pass Stage 2 you need to achieve 6% and the final Stage an extra 6%.”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.no changeno changewe did not read this stage3/3
“Maximum Trading Period - None There is no maximum trading period for the Endurance Challenge.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in3 daysno changeno changewe did not read this stage2/2
“Minimum Trading Period - 3 Profitable days Each stage requires a minimum of 3 trading days. Any day in which a new trade is opened counts towards the minimum trading days requirement.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target6%no changeno changeThey state there is none.—
“Profit Target - 6% / 6% and 6% This is the required profit in order to pass the Endurance Challenge. Your balance must have a 6% increase over starting balance with no open positions to pass Stage 1, to pass Stage 2 you need to achieve 6% and the final Stage an extra 6%.”“There is no profit target in the Endurance Hantec Trader account.”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit does not move at allno changeno changeno change3/3
“Maximum Total Loss - 8% You may not lose more than 8% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no changeno changeno change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“Your Maximum Total Loss is always fixed at 8% below your starting balance . It does not increase or reset after a payout .”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey do not say.no changeno changeno change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed8%no changeno changeno change0.80/1
“Maximum Total Loss - 8% You may not lose more than 8% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops risingNo such thing in this plan.—
“Maximum Total Loss - 8% You may not lose more than 8% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey do not say.no changeno changeno change0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“7.3 If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, at any time (including in respect of past trades, payouts, or account activity), that the Customer has engaged in, attempted to engage in, benefited from, or is suspected of Prohibited Trading, the Company may take proportionate enforcement action without prior notice, explanation, or evidence.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money14 days2/2
“first reward can be requested 14 days after you have placed your first trade. The default profit split is 80%.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.no changeno changenews trading is banned outright—
“News Trading There is no restrictions during the Challenge phase. For Hantec Trader Accounts , you cannot open or close trades 3 minutes before red folder news events as per Forex Factory.”Mandatory stop-lossThey state there is none.no changeno changeno change—
“We do not require stop losses for both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no changeno changeno change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.no changeno changeno change—
“Hold Over Weekends - Allowed Holding over the weekend is permitted on both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no changeno changeno change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Scaling Once you have completed the Endurance Challenge, you can select whether to access your Hantec Trader Account with same balance, or can opt to Scale up. You will then receive new Challenge credentials with the next available account size.”Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“Maximum Trading Period - None There is no maximum trading period for the Instant Funding.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.2/2
“Minimum Trading Period - None There is no minimum required days in order to trade on Instant Funding.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsNo such thing in this plan.—
“Profit Target - None For instant funding you skip the challenge phase where a profit target is needed and can start trading right away on Hantec Trader Account.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit targetThey state there is none.—
“Profit Target - None For instant funding you skip the challenge phase where a profit target is needed and can start trading right away on Hantec Trader Account.”Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balance1.65/3
“Maximum Total Loss is 6% and is calculated based on the previous day's end-of-day (00:00 server time) balance or equity, whichever is higher.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“The 6% trailing maximum loss will continue to trail your account as it makes new profits, up to your starting balance. Once the trailing maximum loss reaches your starting balance, it will lock and will no longer move higher.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstlive equity, open trades included1/2
“Example: A $50,000 account has a $3,000 Maximum Total Loss. As your account generates profits, the trailing loss limit increases accordingly. Once you have made $3,000 in profit, your Maximum Total Loss will lock at $50,000, meaning your balance or equity cannot fall below $50,000.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitit tightens, down to the balance the account opened with0/2
“When placing your first withdrawal, your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance and remain here for the duration following. We therefore suggest leaving a sufficient buffer.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed6%0.50/1
“Maximum Total Loss - 6% Trailing Maximum Total Loss is 6% and is calculated based on the previous day's end-of-day (00:00 server time) balance or equity, whichever is higher.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“7.3 If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, at any time (including in respect of past trades, payouts, or account activity), that the Customer has engaged in, attempted to engage in, benefited from, or is suspected of Prohibited Trading, the Company may take proportionate enforcement action without prior notice, explanation, or evidence.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money14 days2/2
“Your first reward can be requested 14 days after you have placed your first trade. The default profit split is 80%.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountNo such thing in this plan.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant Programs.”Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsnews trading is banned outright—
“News Trading For Hantec Trader Accounts, you cannot open or close trades 3 minutes before red folder news events as per Forex Factory.”Mandatory stop-lossThey state there is none.—
“We do not require stop losses for both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekend—
“Hold Over Weekends - Not Allowed All trades must be closed on Friday by 23:45 GMT+3.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growThey state there is none.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant Programs.”How large it can getNo such thing in this plan.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant Programs.”Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“Maximum Trading Period - None There is no maximum trading period for the Instant Lite.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in5 days1.60/2
“Minimum Profitable Days - 5 days Each payout cycle requires a minimum of 5 days with at least 0.5% profit generated.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsNo such thing in this plan.—
“Profit Target - None For instant Lite you skip the challenge phase where a profit target is needed and can start trading right away on Hantec Funded Account.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit targetThey state there is none.—
“Profit Target - None For instant Lite you skip the challenge phase where a profit target is needed and can start trading right away on Hantec Funded Account.”Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises tick by tick, while you trade0.75/3
“The Maximum Total Loss is set at 5% of the accounts starting balance and trails your closed balance. Once you have achieved 5% profit in the account your Maximum Total Loss no longer trails and becomes locked at your starting balance.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“The Maximum Total Loss is set at 5% of the accounts starting balance and trails your closed balance. Once you have achieved 5% profit in the account your Maximum Total Loss no longer trails and becomes locked at your starting balance.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitit tightens, down to the balance the account opened with0/2
“When placing your first withdrawal, your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance and remain here for the duration following. We therefore suggest leaving a sufficient buffer.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed5%0.25/1
“Maximum Total Loss - 5% The Maximum Total Loss is set at 5% of the accounts starting balance and trails your closed balance.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payout2.10/3
“Consistency - 20% A consistency score of 20% or lower is required to be eligible for withdrawal.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“7.3 If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, at any time (including in respect of past trades, payouts, or account activity), that the Customer has engaged in, attempted to engage in, benefited from, or is suspected of Prohibited Trading, the Company may take proportionate enforcement action without prior notice, explanation, or evidence.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money14 days2/2
“Your first reward can be requested 14 days after you have placed your first trade. The default profit split is 80%.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountNo such thing in this plan.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant Lite Programs.”Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsnews trading is banned outright—
“News Trading For Instant Lite Accounts, you cannot open or close trades 3 minutes before red folder news events as per Forex Factory.”Mandatory stop-lossThey state there is none.—
“We do not require stop losses for both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekend—
“Hold Over Weekends - Not Allowed All trades must be closed on Friday by 23:45 GMT+3.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growThey state there is none.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant Lite Programs.”How large it can getNo such thing in this plan.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant Lite Programs.”Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Trading days you must put inThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit targetThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive · Days you have to finish (funded)
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises tick by tick, while you trade0.75/3
“The Maximum Total Loss is initially set at 3% of your account’s starting balance and will trail (balance high watermark – 3%) closed balance.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limit2%, measured on live equity, open trades included0.30/2
“Maximum Daily Loss - 2% Maximum Daily Loss is 2% and is calculated based on the previous day’s end of day (00:00 server time) balance or equity (whichever is higher). Example: If your prior day’s end of day equity was $50,000 you would Hard Breach the Maximum Daily Loss of 2% if your equity the next day fell to below $49,000.”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed3%0/1
“Maximum Total Loss - 3% The Maximum Total Loss is initially set at 3% of your account’s starting balance and will trail (balance high watermark – 3%) closed balance.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payout2.10/3
“Trade Consistency No single trade can account for more than 15% of your total accumulated profits.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“7.3 If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, at any time (including in respect of past trades, payouts, or account activity), that the Customer has engaged in, attempted to engage in, benefited from, or is suspected of Prohibited Trading, the Company may take proportionate enforcement action without prior notice, explanation, or evidence.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountNo such thing in this plan.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant24 Programs.”Profit required before the first request3%1/1
“Minimum Withdrawal A minimum profit of 3% of the account balance must be achieved before a reward split can be requested.”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Days before you can ask for money
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.—
“News Trading News Trading is Permitted.”Mandatory stop-lossThey state there is none.—
“We do not require stop losses for both Challenge and Hantec Trader accounts.”Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekend—
“All open trades will close automatically at 23:45 server time (15 minutes before market close) on Friday. However after Friday's market close, you can trade in any available crypto market during the weekend.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growThey state there is none.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant24 Programs.”How large it can getNo such thing in this plan.—
“Scaling There is no scaling available for Instant24 Programs.”Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
The rules in writing
Could you read the rule before paying, and can they change it afterwards?
Where the rule that binds you is publishedin a help-centre article the contract never mentions1.20/4
“The rules for the Challenge, including the procedures for undertaking it and the criteria for determining its successful completion or failure, are detailed on the Website.”If the rule that binds you lives in a help article your contract never mentions, you did not sign it.
Can it change the rules without noticeyes, and it says so0.60/3
“12.3 Amendments to the Terms and Conditions will become effective at once upon posting on the Website or as otherwise notified. Continued use of the Services, including the Simulated Trading Account, after any changes to the Terms and Conditions, will constitute the Customer’s acceptance of such changes.”The clause that makes every dated verdict perishable, including ours. Near-universal, so not fatal.
Is the binding document datedThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Without a date you cannot tell whether the rule you read is the rule they apply.
Two official pages that disagree
the drawdown rule · costs money
“Maximum Total Loss - 10% You may not lose more than 10% of your account in total. This is based on your starting balance and will remain static for the lifetime of the account.”“When placing your first withdrawal, your maximum total loss will lock in at your starting balance and remain here for the duration following. We therefore suggest leaving a sufficient buffer.”the drawdown rule · costs money
“The Maximum Total Loss is set at 5% of the accounts starting balance and trails your closed balance.”“→ Increase Maximum Loss +1%: Increase the account’s Maximum Loss to 7% (standard 6%).”the consistency rule · costs money
“In addition, if you close and reopen a position in the same direction on the same instrument within 10 minutes, it will still be considered the same trade idea and won’t reset this limit.”“Opening a trade in the same direction and in the same product less than 5 minutes after the previous trade was closed would be classified as the same trade idea.”the account size or the speed · costs credibility
“Minimum Trading Period - 3 Profitable days Each stage requires a minimum of 3 trading days.”“Any day in which a new trade is opened counts towards the minimum trading days requirement.”who stands behind the account · costs credibility
“Powered by Hantec Markets Mauritius”“Hantec Trader does not carry out any regulated activities and is not regulated by the FCA. Hantec Trader Limited (MU) and Hantec Markets Limited are two entirely separate entities.”The company behind it
If it goes wrong, which company do you claim against, and under whose laws?
The company you contract withHantec Trader Limitedno change4/4
“Hantec Trader Limited is a private company incorporated in Mauritius under company number C191400, with its registered office at Suite 201, The Catalyst, Silicon Avenue, 40 Cybercity, Ebene, Mauritius.”With no named company there is nobody to sue.
Where it is registeredMauritiusno change0.40/2
“These Terms and Conditions and any disputes or claims arising from it are governed by and interpreted according to the law of Mauritius.”A claim in the Czech Republic and a claim in St Vincent are not the same claim.
Its registration numberC191400 (Mauritius)no change2/2
“Hantec Trader Limited is a private company incorporated in Mauritius under company number C191400, with its registered office at Suite 201, The Catalyst, Silicon Avenue, 40 Cybercity, Ebene, Mauritius.”What turns a name into something checkable in a public register.
That company owns the brandThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Signing with a company other than the brand’s owner separates who sold to you from who answers to you.
The people behind it are namedThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Named people can be looked up. A company on its own cannot always be.
Almost no firm here has a financial regulator, because selling simulated evaluations is not a regulated activity anywhere. Of the 114 firms we scored by hand, 96 sat in the bottom two rungs of backing for this reason. So we do not count it against anyone — it only adds when a firm genuinely has one.
The market
Do your orders reach a market, or is all of it a simulation?
What the funded account isThey do not say.0/4
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The question that separates a firm that earns when you lose from one that earns when you last.
Conditions to reach a real marketNo such thing in this plan.—
“Unlike in actual live trading, the trades on Hantec Trader accounts are not being executed in the real market, and the trade execution is simulating the market conditions to the best possible extent.”Promising a route to a real market without publishing the conditions is promising nothing.
Almost none names a broker or a clearing house either, and that follows from the account being a simulation rather than being a second, separate failing. Charging for both would count one fact twice.
We read the rules of every plan it sells and issued a verdict on each one.