Questions to ask before you pay

A challenge is cheap to describe and expensive to misunderstand. The questions below are the ones that change the decision. If the answer is a slogan — fast payouts, fair rules, trusted firm — ask again for the clause, the date, and the version of the programme.

Identity

• Which legal entity contracts with you, and where is it registered? A city in the marketing is not an incorporation.
• Is the contracting entity the same name as the brand on the checkout page?
• Who holds client fees, if the terms say anything about that at all?

What the account is

• Is the account simulated throughout, or does any stage involve a live account or a conditional reward?
• What, exactly, can be requested, and what is excluded from that figure?
• Does the nominal balance in the title match the balance the loss limits are calculated on?

The price, in lines

• What is the initial fee, the reset fee, any activation fee, and any subscription or data fee?
• Which of those is refundable, on what trigger, and what is excluded?
• Is the price in the same currency as your budget? If not, whose rate will you use, and will you write it down?

The rules that fail you

• Is the loss limit static or trailing, on balance or equity, and when is it observed? What is the timezone?
• Are overnight holds, weekend holds, and news events allowed? For your instrument, not for ‘trading’ in general.
• Is your specific kind of automation allowed — your own tool, a third-party bot, a copier — as three separate answers?
• Is there a minimum number of days, a consistency cap, or a maximum duration? Which one can fail you even if you are in profit?

The reward, without the adjective

• What has to be true before a reward can be requested?
• Which parts of that timeline are discretionary?
• What is the minimum request, the cycle, and the method? Do not accept “fast” as a term.

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