Hantec Trader Express (1-Step): rules and how to pass
The Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) is a 1-step challenge with a 10% target, a 5% daily loss limit and a 6% trailing maximum loss. Here is what that means in dollars, how hard it is to pass, and a plan worked out from its own rules.
In our benchmark the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) is one of the harder challenges to pass: 36% of attempts passed, against a middle value of 44% across all challenges. For reaching a first payout it ranks 65th of 78 accounts. How the benchmark works.
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Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) rules
- Account type
- 1-step
- Account size
- Several sizes (dollar figures here are for $100K)
- Profit target
- 10% ($10,000)
- Daily loss limit
- 5% ($5,000) of the day's opening balance
- Maximum loss
- 6% ($6,000), trailing, locks at start
- Minimum trading days
- None
- Time limit
- None
- Consistency rule
- None
- First payout
- After 14 days, 0.1%+ profit
- Profit split
- 80%
- Price
- Not listed
- Rules checked
- 8 Nov 2026, Hantec Trader's rules page
Work it out for this account: position size · how much you can still lose today · real cost to get funded · payouts
What you need to make, phase by phase
| Stage | Target | In R at 0.63% a trade | Minimum days | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge | 10% ($10,000) | 15.9R | None | No limit |
| Funded: first payout | Any profit | – | 14 days | – |
R is the amount you lose on one losing trade. At 0.63% risk, 1R is $630.
How to pass the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step)
- Risk about 0.63% a trade ($630). That was the risk that gave the best chance of passing and getting paid on these rules in our benchmark. Bigger trades finish sooner when they work but breach the limits far more often; smaller trades are safer but can take months. At this size the target needs about 15.9R of net profit, meaning 15.9 times your risk on one trade. The position size calculator turns that into lots or contracts.
- Stop for the day well before the 5% daily limit. The limit is $5,000, measured from each day's opening balance, so it is slightly bigger after a winning day and smaller after a losing one. At 0.63% a trade, 7 losing trades in a row fit inside it. A personal stop at about half the limit (3 losses, about $1,890) leaves room for slippage and for open trades, which many firms count. The drawdown calculator shows your exact room at any moment.
- Get the first 6% in the bank, then it gets easier. Your floor is $6,000 below your highest balance until it reaches your starting balance ($100,000), then it locks there. Until you are $6,000 up, every dollar you give back moves you closer to failing, so trade at your smallest size at the start. That first $6,000 is about 9.5R at 0.63%. Once the floor locks, profit above it is a cushion that no longer trails.
- Pace yourself. There is no time limit, so don't raise your risk to finish sooner: time is on your side.
- Once funded. The first payout comes after 14 days. With an 80% split, you keep $800 of every $1,000 of profit. Keep trading the same way you passed: the limits still apply, and the account can still be lost.
- Test your own strategy before you pay. The numbers above come from a made-up trader. Upload your backtest or trade history to see your own pass and payout chance on this account, and use the strategy builder to add a daily stop and loss guards set to these limits.
Mistakes that fail this account
- One revenge trade after a losing morning. The 5% daily limit is the most common way accounts like this fail.
- Letting a winning trade turn into a loser. With a trailing drawdown, a big open profit that comes back costs you room.
- Trading news or holding over weekends without checking Hantec Trader's own restrictions, which this page does not cover in full.
Rules to watch at Hantec Trader
Express (1 Step): 10% target, 5% daily limit set at 00:00 server time from the higher of end-of-day balance or equity, 6% maximum loss that trails closed balance and locks at the starting balance once you're 6% up, no minimum days, no time limit. EnhancedX (2 Step): 8% then 4%, 4% daily limit (same basis), 8% static maximum loss, 45% consistency measured on end-of-day equity, no minimum days, no time limit. Both: 80% split (95% with a paid add-on), first reward 14 days after the first trade, then every 14 days (7 with the Weekly Payout add-on). A 3-step Endurance challenge also exists. Sources: htrader.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/158000445797-express-1-step- and help.htrader.hmarkets.com/en/support/solutions/articles/158000445799-enhancedx-2-step-consistency-
What it really costs to get funded
A challenge fee buys an attempt, not an account. If you divide the fee by the chance of success, you get what the average trader actually spends, retries included, before it pays off.
- At a 36% pass chance, every $100 of fee works out at about $278 spent for each account that gets funded.
- At a 27% chance of passing and reaching a first payout, every $100 of fee works out at about $370 for each first payout.
These use our benchmark trader's odds, not yours. A stronger strategy pays less per success and a weaker one pays more, which is why it is worth testing your own trades first. Many firms refund the fee with the first payout; check Hantec Trader's terms.
How it compares
The best 1-step challenges for forex and CFDs in our benchmark, with this one included for comparison.
| Account | Pass chance | Then a payout | Target | Daily loss | Max loss | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTUK Flex Challenge | 64% | 27% | 4% | 5% | 6% trailing, locks at start | 20% funded |
| Instant Funding One-Phase Pro | 60% | 43% | 10% | 3% | 8% static | 40% |
| Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K | 59% | 39% | 10% | 4% | 8% static | 30% |
| Lark Funding 1-Step Career | 57% | 46% | 10% | 5% | 7% static | None |
| FTMO 1-Step Challenge | 54% | 40% | 10% | 3% | 10% trailing | 50% |
| FundedNext Stellar 1-Step | 54% | 45% | 10% | 3% | 6% static | None |
| Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) (this one) | 36% | 27% | 10% | 5% | 6% trailing, locks at start | None |
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How typical traders do on Hantec Trader Express (1-Step)
Eleven made-up traders, replayed 1,000 times each against these exact rules at the risk per trade that suited each one best. Every one except the grid sample makes the same average profit a day; only the shape of their results differs, which is what the rules react to. Swing trading does best here (79% pass), scalping worst (37%).
| Sample trader | Win rate and reward | Trades a day | Pass chance | Reach a first payout | Best risk a trade | Typical trading days | Most failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swing trading | 44% at 2R | 0.3 | 79% | 76% | 0.63% | 119 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Position trading | 33% at 4R | 0.15 | 75% | 71% | 0.75% | 92 | Hit the maximum loss |
| High win rate | 75% at 0.4R | 2 | 73% | 69% | 0.63% | 101 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Opening range breakout | 55% at 1R | 1 | 65% | 60% | 0.63% | 90 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Trend following | 34% at 2.5R | 0.5 | 61% | 56% | 0.63% | 79 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Mean reversion | 58% at 0.8R | 2 | 55% | 49% | 0.5% | 96 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Breakout | 37% at 2R | 1 | 49% | 40% | 0.63% | 53 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Low win rate | 20% at 5R | 0.5 | 47% | 38% | 0.5% | 60 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Day trading | 41% at 1.5R | 3 | 37% | 30% | 0.38% | 68 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Scalping | 54% at 0.9R | 5 | 37% | 29% | 0.38% | 68 | Hit the maximum loss |
| Grid and martingale (no edge) | 91% at 0.3R | 2 | 24% | 13% | 1% | 28 | Hit the maximum loss |
These are sample traders, not you: they show how the rules treat each style. Upload your own trades in the test centre for your own odds. Reward is the size of a winner in multiples of the amount risked (R).
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Rule history
No changes recorded since we started tracking on 9 Nov 2026. Rules last checked 8 Nov 2026. All rule changes.
Questions about the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step)
What is the profit target for the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step)?
10%. On a $100,000 account that is $10,000.
What is the daily loss limit on the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step)?
5% of the balance at the start of each day, which is $5,000 on a $100,000 account. Breaking it fails the account.
Is the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) drawdown static or trailing?
The maximum loss is 6% ($6,000) and it is trailing until it reaches the starting balance, where it locks. The floor is $6,000 below your highest balance until it reaches your starting balance ($100,000), then it locks there.
How many trading days does the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) need?
There is no minimum number of trading days, and no time limit.
Does the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) have a consistency rule?
No. There is no rule limiting how much of your profit can come from one day.
When does the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) pay out, and what is the split?
After 14 days, 0.1%+ profit. The profit split is 80%.
How hard is it to pass the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step)?
In our benchmark (the same made-up trader replayed against every account), 36% of attempts passed and 27% went on to a first payout. That ranks it 57th of 63 challenges for pass chance.
How much should I risk per trade on the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step)?
In our benchmark the best results on these rules came at about 0.63% of the account per trade ($630 on $100,000). Your own best size depends on your win rate and losing streaks, so test your trades in the PropPassCheck test centre.
Will your strategy pass?
The benchmark ranks the rules, not you. Upload a backtest or trade history and PropPassCheck replays it 2,000 times against the Hantec Trader Express (1-Step) and every other account, showing your own chance of passing and of reaching a first payout. Nothing is uploaded: it runs in your browser. Open the test centre.
Nothing here is financial advice. Rules change, so confirm them on Hantec Trader's own site before you buy.