Challenge
The complete rulebook, figures included.
6 routes, governed by a single rulebook. Targets and loss limits are expressed as percentages of each stage's opening balance; a profitable day is one that closes at least 0.5% higher. Nothing below is altered after purchase.
| Route | Targets | Daily loss | Max loss | Profitable days | KYC | Funded max loss | Split | Payouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Step | 12% | 4% | 8% static | 5 Profitable Days | after challenge | 45% static | 80% | Multiple Daily |
| 1 Step Pro | 12% | 3% | 6% static | 5 Profitable Days | after challenge | 60% static | 80% | Multiple Daily |
| 2 Step | 10% → 5% | 5% | 10% static | 5 Profitable Days | after Phase 1 | 35% static | 80% | Multiple Daily |
| 2 Step Prime | 10% → 5% | 5% | 10% static | 5 Profitable Days | after Phase 1 | 50% static | 80% | Multiple Daily |
| 2 Step Pro | 5% → 8% | 5% | 8% static | 5 Profitable Days | after Phase 1 | 60% static | 80% | Multiple Daily |
| 3 Step | 4% → 5% → 8% | 3% | 8% static | 2 / 2 / 3 | after Phase 1 | 80% static | 80% | Multiple Daily |
No time limit on any phase. Funded accounts have no daily loss limit, no target and no minimum days. 2 Step Pro has no scaling plan.
Sizes and fees
| Evaluation size | LiqAlpha Live account | 2 Step / 2 Step Prime / 2 Step Pro / 3 Step | 1 Step / 1 Step Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,500 | $250 | $30 | $45 |
| $5,000 | $500 | $50 | $75 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 | $100 | $150 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 | $200 | $300 |
| $50,000 best value | $5,000 | $500 | $750 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 | $1,000 | $1,500 |
One-time fees in USD before launch codes. Funded accounts start at 10% of the evaluation size.
Evaluation
- A profit target for each phase, measured on closed trades
- A daily loss limit set from each day's opening balance
- A static maximum loss limit for the stage
- A minimum count of profitable days, which need not be consecutive
- No deadline; payouts begin once funded
LiqAlpha Live
- No target, no daily loss limit and no minimum days
- A static maximum loss limit set against the funded size; neither profit nor payouts shift it
- 80% of profit retained by you, with daily payouts from $20
- Each position mirrored to a real brokerage account
- A five-minute window either side of high-impact news
Grow the account
Funded accounts on 1 Step, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 2 Step Prime and 3 Step are reviewed for scaling every two months. A cycle qualifies when three conditions hold at its close: closed-trade profit of at least a tenth of the cycle's opening size, a minimum of four approved payouts during the cycle, and a balance no lower than that opening size.
×2
Cycle 1 · months 1–2
×4
Cycle 2 · months 3–4
×8
Cycle 3 · months 5–6
On this schedule, a $1,000 funded account can reach $8,000 within six months. An unqualified cycle leaves the size unchanged; accounts are never reduced.
Allowed
- Any discretionary method: scalping, swing, intraday, hedging, grid or martingale
- Trading the news throughout the evaluation, without a blackout
- Holding positions overnight on all routes
- Holding through the weekend on swing accounts
- Copying trades between evaluations you own
- Unrestricted lot size and holding time, with no consistency rule
Ends the account
- Equity reaching the daily or maximum loss limit, however briefly
- Expert advisors, bots or automation of any kind
- High-frequency strategies, latency or feed arbitrage, or exploiting platform faults
- Copying trades from accounts you do not own, or sharing an account
- Trading inside the five-minute news window on funded accounts
- Holding positions over the weekend on scalping accounts
The step-by-step path is on how it works; the agreement behind it is in the terms.