Hola Prime Review 2026

Hola Prime sells prop-trading evaluations in two divisions. The forex side offers the 1-Step Prime, 2-Step Prime and 2-Step Pro challenges, plus a Direct Account with no evaluation. The futures side offers a 1-Step Prime Challenge and a Direct Account. Passing a challenge leads to a "Hola Prime (Sim. Funded) Account". The firm calls this "a demo account with Virtual funds" and pays traders a share of the simulated profits.

Forex accounts run on MetaTrader 5, cTrader, Match-Trader and TradeLocker. Futures accounts run on Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts and DX Futures. On the forex Prime and Pro challenges, the payout split is 80% on the bi-weekly and on-demand cycles and 95% on the monthly cycle, which the plan builder prices at "+20%". The forex Direct Account offers 80% or 90% bi-weekly. Futures accounts pay 90% on a weekly cycle.

The firm markets "1-hour payouts"; its help centre adds that each payout first goes through a review of up to 24 business hours. The site footer also states a 35% pass rate for 10 November 2024 to 29 May 2025. This is the firm's own figure, which we have not checked.

Everything in this review comes from Hola Prime's own web pages, saved on 7–8 October 2026. Rules and prices change, so check the firm's site before you buy.

The Prime and Pro plan builders offer forex challenge sizes from $5K to $200K (the forex Trading Objectives page also lists a $2K size, which the plan builders we saved did not offer), and the forex Direct Account from $5K to $100K. Futures accounts come in $25K, $50K, $100K and $150K sizes. The plan builder lets you choose size, platform, payout cycle and add-ons; the price shown depends on size, and the monthly 95% cycle and the Swap-Free add-on add to it. Our saved pages show each page's "starting fee" and the price of a $100K account.

Leverage shown is the plan's FX leverage; the rules page lists lower leverage for exotics, commodities, indices, metals and crypto.

The table uses list prices, not discount-code prices. On the forex plan builder, the monthly 95% payout cycle adds 20% to the price and the Swap-Free add-on adds 10%. The futures page says its challenge has "no monthly subscriptions" and, as a "Limited Deal", "$0 activation fees". The forex pages we saved do not say whether the fee is charged once or repeats.

Fee refunds. The Terms say forex clients get a 100% refund of the challenge fee "upon receiving their fourth successful payout from the same account", and label this clause "Forex Only". The futures page advertises a refund "with your first four payouts" as a limited deal, and the Pro Challenge page says "Pass your challenge, and we reimburse your account fee". We follow the Terms, which give the exact condition.

Separately, you can ask to cancel within 14 days of registration if you have not traded. Once trading begins, fees are non-refundable. Refunds on futures challenge and Direct accounts have $20 deducted as a processing charge. If you fail KYC verification, the fee is not refunded.

Forex accounts

The figures above are from the Terms, and the loss limits apply in both the challenge and the Sim. Funded stage. The daily loss limit is measured from the previous day's closing balance. On the 1-Step Prime, the 6% maximum loss is "a fixed floor" below the initial balance; the account is breached the moment equity or balance reaches it. The 1-Step Prime has no time limit to reach the target.

Funded-stage rules. In the Sim. Funded stage, the risk on any one trade idea must not exceed 2% of the initial balance, measured by the stop-loss level, and a stop loss is mandatory on every trade. Overlapping positions, and re-entries in the same asset and direction within 10 minutes, count as one idea. Exceeding the limit ends the account.

Consistency. The firm scores consistency as your biggest winning day divided by total account profit. Forex Direct funded accounts must stay within 20%. On the other forex accounts a 40% score applies only to the on-demand payout cycle.

Inactivity. Forex accounts with no trade opened for 30 consecutive calendar days are permanently suspended.

News and weekends (forex).

• Prime accounts (1-Step and 2-Step): news trading and weekend holding are allowed in both the challenge and the Sim. Funded stage. The Terms' list of prohibited practices, which applies to all accounts, also bans "gap trading": opening trades when major news is scheduled, or shortly before a market closes for 2 hours or longer.
• 2-Step Pro: both are allowed in the challenge. Once funded, you may not open or close trades on instruments affected by high-impact news from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the release, and profits from such trades are reversed. Trades still open at 15:45 EST on Friday are closed automatically, and the account is disabled until Monday.
• Direct: the same 5-minute news window applies, and a stop loss or take profit triggered inside the window counts as a violation that leads to account closure. Weekend holding is a hard breach: trades open at 15:45 EST on Friday are closed and the account is terminated.

Overnight holding is allowed on all forex challenge and funded accounts. On 2-Step Pro funded accounts, the total open position is capped at 10 lots ($25K), 20 lots ($50K), 40 lots ($100K) or 80 lots ($200K). A second breach of this cap reduces the remaining profit split to 30% and ends the account.

Futures accounts

The maximum loss limit follows the highest end-of-day balance. On a $50K account it starts $2,000 below the starting balance; once the account reaches $52,000 (+4%), it locks at the starting balance and stops trailing.

In the Sim. Funded stage, risk per trade idea is limited to 2% of the initial balance on WealthCharts, NinjaTrader and Tradovate, and 1% on DX Futures, with a mandatory stop loss.

Closing times. Overnight and weekend holding are not allowed on any futures account. All trades must be closed before 3:30 PM CT, Monday to Friday. If you have not, the Risk Management Team starts closing positions at 3:28 PM CT. Trades left open on Friday are closed and the account is terminated.

News. The Terms allow news trading on both futures accounts, but say it "is not generally recommended". The futures Direct Account page shows "News Trading - Allowed" in one plan box and "News Trading - Not Allowed" in another; we follow the Terms.

Other futures rules. Accounts with no trading for more than one calendar week may be closed. You may not place trades within 2% of a CME price limit, and all trading must follow CME Group rules.

The Terms list prohibited practices that apply to all accounts, in both the challenge and funded stages. They include:

• High-frequency trading, and hyperactivity (placing trades or changing orders rapidly and in quick succession).
• Arbitrage of any kind, including latency, reverse and hedge arbitrage, and opposite trades across accounts.
• Grid trading and one-sided betting.
• Gambling-style trading: excessive or concentrated risk, or large unexplained changes in position size.
• Passing a challenge with an EA and then trading the funded account manually, or the reverse.
• Hedging across your own accounts or in a group. Hedging inside one account is allowed.
• Account or device sharing, third-party account management, and using a VPN to get round country restrictions.

Scalping. On futures, the Terms say a consistent pattern of opening and closing positions in under 3 minutes "without any plan" is tick scalping and is not permitted. They also say "There is no “minimum hold time” rule".

EAs. Expert Advisors, bots and automated systems are allowed only on MT5 accounts with the paid EA add-on. They are not allowed on cTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker or forex Direct accounts, unless the firm expressly permits it for a specific product. The futures rules page lists EAs as "Restricted". You must declare your EA's strategy when the funded account is issued.

Copy trading. Section 21.8 of the Terms allows copy trading only between Hola Prime accounts owned by the same person. On forex Sim. Funded accounts this is limited to one master and one copier account. Copying trades from other prop firms is prohibited. The Terms say this forex policy applies to accounts bought on or after 15 September 2026. The Terms' general list of banned practices also names "copy trading across accounts"; we read the detailed section as the rule.

Consequences. Depending on the violation, the firm may issue a warning, restrict trades or lot sizes, tighten loss limits, cancel the effect of rule-breaking trades, or ban the account permanently.

You choose the payout cycle when you buy the account. The forex cycles on the rules and help pages are:

A profitable day means closed trades making a net profit of at least 0.5% of the initial balance. The forex Direct Account offers a bi-weekly cycle at 80% or 90%, both with a 20% consistency rule.

Futures payouts (1-Step Prime). The futures rules page, on its 1-Step Prime tab, shows a weekly cycle at 90%, requestable every 7 calendar days, with a 35% consistency rule. You need at least 5 profitable days, each with a minimum net profit of $100, $150, $200 or $250 by account size. The minimum payout is $250, $500, $1,000 or $1,500. Payouts are capped per request:

For the futures Direct Account, the plan builder shows a weekly cycle at 90% with a 20% consistency rule; our saved pages do not show its profitable-day, minimum-payout or cap rules.

Process and fees. You must pass KYC and sign an agreement before getting a Sim. Funded account (Direct buyers do this straight after purchase). All traders must also complete a KYC verification interview before their first payout. Each payout request goes through an account review of up to 24 business hours; once eligible, requests are processed within one hour of submission. Payouts are processed on business days, excluding weekends. Methods are bank wire and crypto (minimum $50; BTC, USDC, ETH and USDT) and Rise (minimum $500); the minimums exclude the firm's share. A 2.5% processing fee applies to every method, with a minimum of $25 for Rise and bank wire and $5 for crypto.

Scaling (forex). To scale, you need at least 10% total net profit over a 4-month cycle with at least 2 profitable months, a minimum of 2 payouts in that period and a positive balance. The first scaling adds 25% of the initial balance. The second adds 40% and makes you an "Alpha Prime" member. Each later scaling adds 50%, up to a maximum balance of $4 million. Loss limits are adjusted to the new balance.

Allocation limits. The standard forex cap for Sim. Funded and Direct accounts is $400K in total (the Terms allow up to $1 million for Prime Circle members), with at most two Direct accounts active at once. Traders from 11 listed countries, including Nigeria, Malaysia and Indonesia, are capped at $90K for forex. The firm does not explain how the $4 million scaling ceiling fits with these caps. Futures are capped at $500K or 5 accounts, whichever comes first, and holding both forex and futures caps the total at $800K.

Forex platforms. The forex platforms page lists MetaTrader 5, cTrader, Match-Trader and TradeLocker; its introduction mentions "six" platforms but only these four are listed. The plan builders we saved offered TradeLocker and Match-Trader.

Futures platforms. The futures platforms page lists Tradovate, NinjaTrader and WealthCharts. Other futures pages also name DX Futures. The futures plan builders we saved showed WealthCharts.

Forex markets. The instruments page covers forex, metals, indices, commodities and crypto, each with listed spreads and trading hours.

Futures markets. The firm lists equity index futures (S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow), currency futures (Euro FX, British Pound, Japanese Yen), metals (gold, silver, copper), agricultural futures (corn, soybeans, wheat) and crypto futures such as Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether. The futures page says it offers "over 50+" futures instruments.

Operating company. The site footer says the website "belongs exclusively to Hola Prime Limited, Hong Kong", and that Hola Prime Limited Cyprus (registration HE 454359) is its wholly owned subsidiary. The footer also states that, "For MT5 services", Hola Prime Ltd Mauritius "is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius" under licence GB24203729, and that Match-Trader services are provided by Gooey Trade, GT Tech LLC, in Boca Raton, Florida. The footer also says Hola Prime "does not act as a broker and does not accept any deposits".

Simulated accounts. The Terms say traders are "trading in a simulated funded environment only, and not using actual live funded accounts". The footer adds that a Sim. Funded account "may represent simulated accounts or live or copied accounts".

Terms to note. You must be 18 or over. The Terms are governed by Hong Kong law; US clients agree to individual arbitration in Hong Kong or New York. By using the accounts, you consent to Hola Prime using your name, location, photo and trading details in its marketing.

Restricted countries. The firm says it does not serve residents of Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, China, Cuba, Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka, North Korea and Yemen. It does not say which Congo is meant.

Forex swing traders who hold over weekends or trade the news may look at the Prime accounts, which allow both in every stage (subject to the Terms' ban on gap trading), with 50x leverage and a 2% risk-per-idea limit once funded.

Traders wanting 100x leverage may look at the 2-Step Pro, accepting its funded-stage news and weekend limits.

Futures day traders who are flat by 3:30 PM CT may look at the 1-Step Prime: no daily loss limit or minimum days, but a trailing drawdown and payout caps.

Less suited to high-frequency, tick-scalping or arbitrage strategies, which are prohibited.

MyPropGenius Rating: 2.9/5 — its Transparency Index score of 59/100 ÷ 20, rounded down

The rating measures how openly Hola Prime discloses its rules, pricing, payouts and ownership (our Transparency Index methodology). It does not measure how likely you are to pass or be paid.