Hola Prime Review: rules, challenges and payouts

Platforms7

• MT5MT5
• cTradercTrader
• Match-TraderMatch-Trader
• TradeLockerTradeLocker
• TradovateTradovate
• NinjaTraderNinjaTrader
• WealthChartsWealthCharts

The details

Data feed / broker

Hola Prime Markets: in-house, FSC Mauritius-licensed brokerage aggregating liquidity-provider pricing for forex and CFDs · Tradovate / NinjaTrader and WealthCharts for CME Group futures

Assets

FXIndicesMetalsEnergyCryptoAgricultureRates

Instruments

Forex: major, minor and exotic pairs plus index, metal, commodity and crypto CFDs. Futures: 50+ CME Group products including ES, NQ, RTY, YM, NKD, currency futures such as 6E, CL and NG, GC, SI and HG, ZC, ZW and ZS, MBT and MET, and rates such as ZN and ZB.

Leverage and limits

2-Step Pro: forex 1:100, exotics 1:10, indices and metals 1:20, commodities 1:5, crypto 1:2. Prime programs: forex 1:50, exotics 1:5, indices and metals 1:10, commodities 1:2, crypto 1:1. Direct: forex 1:50, indices 1:5, metals 1:10. Futures are capped by contracts: 1-Step Prime runs from 1 mini (10 micros) at $25K to 10 minis at $150K.

Commissions

Forex and gold $3 per lot per side, other commodities $1.50, indices and crypto free. cTrader adds $20 at checkout; the swap-free add-on is 10% of the base price. Futures are charged per contract, e.g. $2.88 per side for ES/NQ and $0.95 for MES/MNQ on NinjaTrader.

Max allocation

$800KForex funded accounts are capped at $400,000 (at most four $50K, two $100K or one $200K; only two Direct accounts traded at once). Futures cap at $500,000 or 5 accounts. Holding both, the combined cap is $800,000. Residents of 11 countries including Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Israel and Thailand are capped at $90,000; Hong Kong and Taiwan are not among them.

Legal entity

Hola Prime Limited

1. 01

   Funded accounts: 2% risk per trade idea, stop loss required

   Strict

   Every funded and Direct account (forex and futures) needs a stop loss on every trade, and the risk to that stop may not exceed 2% of the starting balance. Same-instrument, same-direction positions that overlap in time, or reopen within 10 minutes of a close, count as one idea. A loss above 2% without a stop also breaches. It is a hard breach; the challenge phase is exempt.

   Example

   On a $100,000 account the cap is $2,000. Three overlapping EURUSD buys risk $500, $1,000 and $600 to their stops, $2,100 in total, so the account is terminated even if all three close in profit.

2. 02

   Daily loss: a percentage of the previous day's close

   Strict

   The daily limit is a percentage of the previous day's closing balance: 5% on 2-Step (4% at $200K), 3% on 1-Step Prime and forex Direct, reset at 17:00 EST. Closed and floating losses both count, and profit made earlier that day adds room. On forex it is a hard breach; the futures Direct 2.5% is soft, closing your trades and pausing you until the next day.

   Example

   A $100,000 2-Step Prime closed yesterday at $110,000. Today's limit is $5,500, so equity must stay above $104,500.

3. 03

   Maximum loss: fixed on forex challenges, trailing on Direct and futures

   Strict

   On forex 1-Step Prime, 2-Step Prime and 2-Step Pro the floor is fixed at the starting balance minus 6% or 10% (8% at $200K) and never moves. Forex Direct's 7% and futures' 4%/3% trail your highest end-of-day balance and lock at the starting balance once the account is up by that percentage. On futures the floor resets to the starting balance after each payout; on forex Direct it stays where it is.

   Example

   A $100,000 forex Direct starts with a $93,000 floor. An end-of-day balance of $102,000 lifts it to $95,000; at $107,000 it locks at $100,000.

4. 04

   News and weekends: limits on funded Pro and Direct

   Strict

   On funded 2-Step Pro and forex Direct, nothing may open or close on affected instruments from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after high-impact news, SL/TP fills included; on Direct that ends the account, on Pro the profit is reversed. Weekend holding on Direct is a hard breach: positions open at 15:45 EST Friday are closed and the account terminated. All futures accounts must be flat by 15:30 CT every day. Prime programs are unrestricted.

   Example

   US CPI comes out at 08:30 EST. If a Direct account's USDJPY stop fills between 08:25 and 08:35, the account ends; AUDNZD is unaffected.

5. 05

   Payout qualifying: profitable days or consistency

   Watch out

   Forex bi-weekly needs 3 profitable days, monthly 7; a profitable day means the lower of end-of-day balance or equity is up 0.5% of the starting balance on the previous close. On-demand needs 40% consistency and 2% total profit; forex Direct needs 20%. The futures challenge account needs 5 profitable days and 35% consistency; futures Direct 20%. Consistency restarts after each payout.

   Example

   On forex Direct your best day is $5,000 of $20,000 total profit, 25%. You need $25,000 total before you can withdraw.

6. 06

   2-Step Pro: a total lot cap once funded

   Watch out

   Funded 2-Step Pro accounts cap total open lots: 10 at $25K, 20 at $50K, 40 at $100K, 80 at $200K ($5K and $10K uncapped). A first breach closes everything, removes the excess profit and disables the account; a second removes profit, cuts the split to 30% and ends the account.

   Example

   A $100,000 Pro account already holding four 10-lot trades breaches the cap by opening one more lot.

7. 07

   EAs, copy trading and banned strategies

   Watch out

   EAs only on MT5 accounts bought with the EA add-on, never on cTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker or Direct; passing with an EA and trading the funded account by hand also breaches. Copying only between your own accounts, at most one master and one copier on funded; copying from other prop firms is banned for accounts bought from 15 September 2026. Grid, martingale, cross-account hedging, arbitrage, tick scalping, HFT and shared devices are banned, and violations can drop your risk limit to 1%.

8. 08

   Inactivity: 30 days on forex, 7 on futures

   Good to know

   A forex account with no new position opened for 30 calendar days is permanently suspended; closing trades, editing SL/TP or placing pending orders do not count. Futures accounts need at least one completed round trip every calendar week (Sunday to Friday).

   Example

   If your last trade was opened on 1 January, open another by 30 January.

Trading styles

• News trading

  With conditions

  Allowed on Prime programs and futures; banned 5 minutes either side of high-impact news on funded 2-Step Pro and forex Direct.

• EAs / bots

  With conditions

  Only on MT5 accounts with the EA add-on, with the strategy declared; not on Direct or other platforms, and restricted on futures.

• Copy trading

  With conditions

  Only between Hola Prime accounts you own; at most one master and one copier on funded, and no copying from other prop firms.

• Hedging

  With conditions

  Hedging inside one account is fine; across accounts or as a group it is banned.

• Holding overnight

  With conditions

  Yes on all forex accounts; no on futures, which must be flat by 15:30 CT daily.

• Holding over the weekend

  With conditions

  Yes on Prime programs; funded 2-Step Pro positions are closed by the system, forex Direct treats it as a hard breach, and futures cannot hold.

• Scalping

  With conditions

  Ordinary scalping is fine; tick scalping, HFT, quick-strike methods and hyperactive order flow are banned.

1. 01 · First payout

   Forex bi-weekly: 14 days after your first funded trade with 3 profitable days; monthly: 30 days; on demand: once you have 2% profit and 40% consistency. Forex Direct: 14 days after the first trade. Futures: weekly. A KYC interview is mandatory before the first payout.

2. 02 · After that

   On the cycle chosen at purchase, which cannot be changed. Each payout is reviewed for up to 24 business hours, after which a submitted request is processed within 1 hour, on business days only. The next payout date counts from your first new trade after a payout.

3. 03 · Profit split

   Forex: 80% bi-weekly, 95% monthly, 80% on demand; forex Direct 80% (a 90% version is sold). Futures: 90%.

Minimum

Forex: $50 by bank wire or crypto, $500 by Rise (your share). Futures: $250 at $25K, $500 at $50K, $1,000 at $100K, $1,500 at $150K.

Caps

No forex cap is published. Futures caps rise with each payout: $1,000 to $2,000 at $25K, $1,500 to $3,000 at $50K, $2,000 to $4,000 at $100K, $2,500 to $5,000 at $150K (from the 4th payout).

Payout methods

• Bank wire
• Crypto (BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT ERC-20/TRC-20)
• Rise

Before you can request

• A 2.5% processing fee on every method, at least $25 for Rise and bank wire and $5 for crypto.
• Every payout passes an account review; a KYC interview is required before the first and may be repeated.
• On forex Direct the floor stays put after a payout; on futures it resets to the starting balance. Leave a buffer either way.
• A breached account forfeits its profit, except a daily-limit-only breach where every trade had a stop and none moved more than 1% of the starting balance.
• Challenge fees are refunded with the 4th payout from the same account.

What we read

1. 01Forex plans and pricing data
2. 02Compare all forex plans
3. 03Forex trading rules
4. 041-Step Prime Challenge FAQ
5. 052-Step Prime Challenge FAQ
6. 062-Step Pro Challenge FAQ
7. 07Direct Account FAQ
8. 08Futures plans
9. 09Futures trading rules
10. 10Futures 1-Step Prime Challenge FAQ
11. 11Futures Direct Account FAQ
12. 12Payout policy and eligibility
13. 13Payout methods and fees
14. 14Who is eligible (restricted countries)
15. 15Maximum capital allocation
16. 16Company registration and offices
17. 17Prohibited trading practices
18. 18Team (CEO)
19. 19Terms and conditions

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