HantecTrader

1. Challenge Phase
Full freedom: there are no news-trading restrictions, and profits are counted in full without adjustment.
2. Funded Account
Trading is prohibited from 3 minutes before until 3 minutes after the news event.
Profits from any trade during this period are removed.

Trading is prohibited from 3 minutes before until 3 minutes after the news event.
Profits from any trade during this period are removed.

News trading is allowed on Instant 24.

Bi-weekly payouts; minimum payout is $20.
A weekly payout add-on can be enabled during checkout.

You receive 80% of your profits.
You can enable the 95% option at checkout, making the profit split 95%.

Bi-weekly payouts; minimum payout is $20.
A weekly payout add-on can be enabled during checkout.

You receive 80% of your profits.
You can enable the 95% option at checkout, making the profit split 95%.

Important Note: when a payout is requested on this account, the drawdown moves to the initial balance. You must leave part of the profits in the account as drawdown buffer; withdrawing all profits would breach the drawdown and close the account.

Bi-weekly payouts; minimum payout is $20.
A weekly payout add-on can be enabled during checkout.

You receive 80% of your profits.
You can enable the 95% option at checkout, making the profit split 95%.

Bi-weekly payouts; minimum payout is $20.
A weekly payout add-on can be enabled during checkout.

You receive 80% of your profits.
You can enable the 95% option at checkout, making the profit split 95%.

Bi-weekly payouts; minimum payout is $20.
A weekly payout add-on can be enabled during checkout.

You receive 75% of your profits.
You can enable the 95% option at checkout, making the profit split 95%.

Bi-weekly payouts; minimum payout is $20.
A weekly payout add-on can be enabled during checkout.

You receive 75% of your profits.
You can enable the 95% option at checkout, making the profit split 95%.

Note: you must complete 5 profitable days before requesting a payout.
A profitable day is one in which you generate at least 0.5% of the account size.
You must leave 3% of the profits in the account to avoid breaching the Daily Drawdown.

Payout available after 24 hours; minimum payout: $20.
You receive 80% of your profits.
You can enable the 95% option at checkout, making the profit split 95%.

Only one payout is allowed, after which the account is closed. A 15% trade consistency rule applies, meaning no single trade may generate more than 15% of total profit.

Overnight holding is allowed on all accounts.

Weekend Holding:
Allowed on evaluation accounts.
Prohibited on instant accounts.

Note: Cryptocurrency trading during the weekend is allowed on all accounts.

Copy trading is allowed only between accounts owned by the same person. Copying from external parties is prohibited.

Automated trading bots are allowed on evaluation accounts, provided the bot does not use a prohibited strategy.
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Automated trading is prohibited on instant accounts.

VPN and VPS use is allowed.
It is preferable to use a VPN with a static IP address that is not located in a restricted country.

• After passing the evaluation account, you may choose to receive the funded account and trade it.
or
• Request an account twice the size, but begin again from Phase One.
Example:
If you purchase a 5K account and pass the evaluation, the firm will let you choose between receiving a 5K funded account or starting a new 10K evaluation. Each time you pass, you may choose an evaluation account twice the size of the previous one.

Instant accounts are not included in the scaling plan.

Account merging is not available at HantecTrader.

If no trade is placed for 30 days, the account will be permanently closed.

Paid add-ons available during checkout:
95% profit split add-on: 30% of the account price.
7-day payout add-on: 20% of the account price.
Remove the consistency rule from the evaluation phases of the Two-Step EnhancedX account.
On-demand first payout add-on: 30% of the account price.
News-trading add-on: 25% of the account price.
Remove the minimum trading-day requirement from selected accounts.
Increase the Maximum Drawdown or reduce the Profit Target on selected accounts.

Proof of identity:
National ID or passport.

Proof of address:
Bank statement, water bill, or electricity bill.

3% Maximum Loss Per Trade on:

• Instant Account
• X: Funded account only.
• Enhanced: Funded account only.
• Express: Funded account only.
Your total open exposure—the combined floating, unrealized loss across one or more open positions—must never exceed 3% of your initial balance.

If your floating, unrealized loss exceeds this limit, it constitutes a Hard Breach and your account will be permanently closed.

Example:
If your initial balance is $50,000, the maximum permitted open loss is $1,500 (3%).

If you have two open positions with a combined floating loss of $1,800, you are in breach because the exposure has reached 3.6% of the initial balance.

1% Maximum Loss Per Trade on Instant Lite and Instant 24 accounts.
Your total open exposure—the combined floating, unrealized loss across one or more open positions—must never exceed 1% of your initial balance.
If your floating, unrealized loss exceeds this limit, it constitutes a Hard Breach and the account will be permanently closed.
Example:
If your initial balance is $100,000, the maximum permitted open loss is $1,000 (1%).
If you have two open positions with a combined floating loss of $1,200, you are in breach because the exposure has reached 1.2% of the initial balance.

Clients may use any trading strategy as long as it is not included in the prohibited list, which includes the following:

1. Exploiting platform errors or price delays, such as delayed quotes or technical loopholes.
2. Any activity intended to manipulate the market or influence prices unnaturally, including:
Spoofing: Placing large orders to mislead the market and then cancelling them.
Layering: Similar to spoofing, but using multiple price levels.
Pump and Dump: Artificially inflating an asset's price and then selling it suddenly.
3. Excessive use of arbitrage in a way that harms the market.
4. Coordinating with other traders to manipulate the market, including through multiple IP addresses.
5. Scalping: Rapid trading intended to capture small profits, particularly when most trades on the account last less than 3 minutes. An exception applies when most of the trader’s positions last longer, even if some are held for less than 3 minutes.
6. Benefiting from information about other orders through front-running.
7. Using strategies promoted by third parties for the purpose of passing the evaluation.
8. Using automated bots for manipulation.
9. Accessing or using another person's account without permission.
10. Any trading behavior that harms market integrity.
11. Arbitrage between the simulated account and other accounts.
12. Opening multiple accounts using different registration details.
13. High-Frequency Trading (HFT).
14. Reverse trading or group hedging.
15. Trading in a way that may expose the firm to financial risk, including:
Opening extremely large positions or trading in only one direction.
Manipulating Rolling Accounts by transferring risk between accounts.
16. Hedging across multiple accounts is prohibited, but hedging within one account is allowed.

Gambling Behavior Prohibition Policy
1- What Is Considered Gambling Behavior?
• Using 70% or more of the available margin.
• Trading oversized lot positions without sound analysis or a clear risk-management plan.
• Excessive reliance on high leverage that threatens account sustainability.

2- Actions Taken After a Violation:
• Formal Warning: A notice requiring the trader to adjust their approach. Repeating the violation results in account termination.
• Account Restriction: Leverage may be reduced or a maximum risk limit of 1% per trade may be imposed.

3- How the Rule Is Applied:
• Evaluation Stage: Only one formal warning is issued when margin usage exceeds 70%.
• Funded Account:
- First occurrence: Formal warning and deduction of profits from the non-compliant trades.
- Repeated violation: Immediate account termination and deduction of profits from non-compliant trades before the final reward is settled.

4- Important Notes:
• Inconsistent risk: Moving from low risk during the evaluation to high risk on the funded account may lead to profit deductions or account closure.
• Objective: These rules support long-term professional trading and protect capital from unmanaged risk.