HyroTrader · 6 shared account sizes
The one-phase challenge costs more and gives less
The One-Step is dearer than the Two-Step at every size both are sold at, and the gap is not the same at any two rungs — 8% at $10K and 34% at $200K, with no order to it in between. For the extra money it allows 4% a day against 5%, and 6% overall against 10%.
5 of the 8 rows below favour the cheaper product. What the dearer one buys is calendar — 5 qualifying days against 10 — and HyroTrader have a specific idea of which days qualify.
What HyroTrader publish for each
| Rule | One-Step | Two-Step |
|---|---|---|
| Profit target | 10% | 10% + 5% = 15% |
| Qualifying trading days | 5 | 10 (5 per phase) |
| Daily loss limit | 4% | 5% |
| Overall loss limit | 6% | 10% |
| Ends after (1% risk) | 4 losses | 5 losses |
| Fails | 84% | 78% |
| Fee at $200K | $1,299 | $969 |
| Profit split | 90% | 90% |
| Account | $5K | $10K | $25K | $50K | $100K | $200K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Step | $59 | $119 | $249 | $379 | $579 | $969 |
| One-Step | $69 | $129 | $299 | $499 | $749 | $1,299 |
| Premium | +17% | +8% | +20% | +32% | +29% | +34% |
The calendar it sells is not measured in ordinary days
A day counts toward the five only if a trade of at least 5% of the balance is closed and its result is at least 1% of the trade value.
On a $100K account that is a position of at least $5,000 whose result reaches $50. A day spent on small trades is not a day. Most firms publish a minimum number of trading days and leave a day to mean a day; HyroTrader publish a threshold under it.
Which matters here because the calendar is the one thing the dearer product is selling. 5 days against 10 is a real difference, and both numbers are denominated in a unit the firm has defined tighter than the word suggests.
And the daily limit follows you up
The 4% daily limit trails: "The standard daily drawdown is trailing, as it is calculated from the highest equity point reached during the day, including unrealized P&L." The firm’s own example fails a $5,000 account that peaked at $5,200 and fell back to $5,000 — level on the day, and out.
Level on the day, and out. It applies to both programmes here, so it does not separate them — but it is the rule most likely to end either, and it is measured against a high that existed for a moment. Four firms measure the daily limit differently and this is the least forgiving of the four.
A paid Swing upgrade replaces the trailing daily limit with one fixed at the day’s opening equity. A firm that has priced the safer version has decided it is a product.
What this does not measure
- · The trailing daily limit. Every figure above applies the daily cap at the day’s opening level, which is what the model does everywhere. On a cap that follows the intraday high the real allowance is smaller, so both failure rates are floors — equally, so the ordering holds.
- · Two phases against one. The Two-Step’s 15% is summed across two stages, each with its own chance to stop. That is a simplification in its favour.
- · A time limit the firm publishes two ways. The rules page states none and the general terms state 30 days for the challenge and 60 for verification. Nothing above uses either.
- · Everything in the assumptions. Assumes each trade is independent. Correlated positions — three majors against the dollar — lose together and count as one. Assumes every trade risks the same amount. Raising size after a loss shortens the streak you can survive. Uses your stated win rate. If that came from a demo account or a good month, the figure below is optimistic.
Where these rules and prices were read
HyroTrader — trading rules — read 2026-08-06
Questions
- Which HyroTrader challenge is cheaper?
- The Two-Step, at every size both are sold at. The One-Step costs $10 more at $5K and $330 more at $200K — a premium that runs from 8% at $10K to 34% at $200K, and is not monotonic in between.
- Is the HyroTrader One-Step easier than the Two-Step?
- It asks less profit — 10% against 15% — and gives less of everything else. Its daily limit is 4% against 5% and its overall cap 6% against 10%, so at 1% risk it ends after 4 consecutive losses where the Two-Step survives 5. Modelled, 84% failure against 78%. Assumes each trade is independent. Correlated positions — three majors against the dollar — lose together and count as one.
- What counts as a trading day at HyroTrader?
- Not any day you traded. A day counts toward the five only if a trade of at least 5% of the balance is closed and its result is at least 1% of the trade value. On a $100K account that means a position of at least $5,000 whose result reaches $50 — a day of small trades does not count toward the minimum at all.
- Does HyroTrader’s daily limit trail?
- Yes, on both programmes. The 4% daily limit trails: "The standard daily drawdown is trailing, as it is calculated from the highest equity point reached during the day, including unrealized P&L." The firm’s own example fails a $5,000 account that peaked at $5,200 and fell back to $5,000 — level on the day, and out. A paid Swing upgrade replaces the trailing daily limit with one fixed at the day’s opening equity.