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ThinkCapital Technical Infrastructure
ThinkCapital is a CFD proprietary trading firm based in the United Kingdom, established in June 2024. The firm offers Lightning Challenge (1-step), Dual Step Swing Challenge (2-step), Dual Step Intraday Challenge (2-step), and Nexus Challenge (3-step) programs. Account sizes range from $5,000 to $200,000. The ThinkTrader platform is the sole supported trading environment. No coupon code is currently published; discounts are reflected in listed prices. The firm rebuilt its Dual Step programs in December 2025 and launched a new website in January 2026. ThinkCapital holds a review score of 4.3 out of 5 from 48 reviews.
The Lightning 1-step program covers three sizes: $10,000 at $74.25 (original $99.00), $50,000 at $224.25 (original $299.00), and $100,000 at $374.25 (original $499.00). The Dual Step Swing 2-step program spans four sizes: $5,000 at $61.50 (original $82.00), $50,000 at $313.50 (original $418.00), $100,000 at $523.50 (original $698.00), and $200,000 at $1,123.50 (original $1,498.00). The Dual Step Intraday 2-step is listed at $25,000 for $149.25 (original $199.00) and $100,000 for $374.25 (original $499.00). The Nexus 3-step is offered at $200,000 for $561.75 (original $749.00). Payments are accepted via Credit/Debit Card and Crypto.
One platform is supported: ThinkTrader. Tradable instruments include FX, Metals, Indices, Energy, and Crypto. Leverage is uniform across all program types: FX at 1:100, Metals at 1:30, Indices at 1:20, Energy at 1:20, and Crypto at 1:2. News trading rules differ by program: Lightning, Nexus, and Dual Step Intraday prohibit trading within 2 minutes before and after high-impact news; Dual Step Swing has no news trading restriction. Weekend holding is permitted on Lightning and Dual Step Swing; it is prohibited on Dual Step Intraday. EAs are not allowed on Lightning or Nexus; they are permitted on Dual Step Swing and Dual Step Intraday on MT5.
The profit split is 80%, rising to 90% with the scaling plan or a paid add-on. Payouts are available every 14 days, or every 7 days with the Weekly Payouts add-on. A minimum of $100 in profit is required to request a payout. Payout methods are Broker Profit Transfer, Crypto, and Riseworks. At least one trade must be placed every 30 days to keep the account active.
ThinkCapital prohibits overleveraging, all-in trades, martingale (doubling down after losses), overexposure to correlated assets, excessive HFT scalping, punting, coinflip trading patterns, and account rolling. Grid trading, hedging or group hedging across multiple accounts, collusion between users, account sharing, account management, and account sale are all banned. Latency arbitrage, abuse of delayed data feeds or simulated environments, and trading on delayed charts are prohibited. Unauthorized EAs, challenge passing services, order layering, and trading in sanctioned countries are banned. Copy trading is permitted only between accounts owned by the same person, and only via manual execution.