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NTF Instant is North's program for traders who want to avoid slow, eliminatory evaluation processes and work with more capital while building a professional career.
The program has two steps. Step 1 is not eliminatory. It lets North read how you trade, how you manage risk, and what risk/return profile you showed during the period. Step 2 is represented by the NTF Funded account, which is the official account of the journey for rewards once you are eligible.
In short: Step 1 helps North understand your risk profile. Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, turns that reading into an official reward account with continuity, discipline, and room for growth within your career.
NTF Instant journey
Understand the path from the start through Step 2, the NTF Funded account, and career progression.
Step 1
See the timeline, minimum criteria, and risk limits for Step 1.
NTF Funded DD
Learn how North decides whether your Step 2 account gets 6% or 8%.
Step 2 - NTF Funded
Understand the official Step 2 account, the set DD, and continuity.
Rewards and withdrawals
See the split, withdrawal window, minimum amount, and internal review.
Career and balance growth
Understand how capital grows after 3 positive months.
Tickmill, MT5, and Connection
See the official environment for the journey and how to keep everything active.
Demo and live accounts
Understand the practical differences in routine, activation, and continuity.
Agreement, onboarding, and support
Learn how consent, account review, and support work.
Breach and restart
See what can restart, what requires a new program, and what leads to a ban.
Frequently asked questions
Open the full FAQ with the core questions about the journey, rules, and routine.
How NTF Instant works
NTF Instant is North's program for traders who want to avoid slow, eliminatory processes, trade with more capital, and build a professional path. It has two steps. Step 1 is not eliminatory. It lets us see how you trade, how you control risk, and what risk/return you showed during the period. Step 2 is represented by the NTF Funded account, the official account of the journey for rewards once you are eligible.
Everything belongs to NTF Instant. These are not separate products. The journey starts in Step 1 and continues in Step 2, which is the NTF Funded account.
In this step you cannot be removed. It is used so North can review timeline, profit, drawdown, and consistency to understand your risk profile.
If you become eligible, you move to Step 2, the official reward account, and open the path to career progression.
You enter through NTF Instant and start with Step 1. In this step you cannot be removed.
In Step 1, the focus is to understand how you trade and what risk/return you can build within the rules.
If you meet the basic criteria and do not breach the rules, North reviews your period to define the maximum DD for your NTF Funded account in Step 2.
The NTF Funded account is the official Step 2 account of the journey for rewards once you are eligible.
In Step 2, the NTF Funded account pays rewards of up to 80% or 90% of performance, depending on the program you bought.
After entering Step 2, the NTF Funded account can continue into career growth and balance increases, as long as the account stays healthy.
First North looks at how you traded in Step 1. Then, if you become eligible, it sets the DD for the NTF Funded account in Step 2 and releases the official reward account. From there, the goal stops being only to enter the program and becomes keeping results, discipline, and growth going.
Step 1: where we read your risk
Step 1 was not created to be a slow, eliminatory challenge like the market usually offers. It exists so North can understand your trading style. The main point is not a single profit spike. What matters is showing risk awareness, consistency, and respect for the period rules.
You trade for 60 days, or 45 days when the program you bought includes an eligible add-on.
The step must end positive, with at least 8 trades and 30% consistency. In simple terms, this shows your result was not too concentrated in one day.
In Step 1, daily DD is static at 4% and total DD is also static at 6%. In simple terms, the loss limit stays locked at the starting value and does not move when the account makes profit.
Step 1 is part of NTF Instant and is the entry point to the journey.
The standard timeline is 60 days, or 45 days with an eligible add-on.
To continue in the journey, the period must close positive.
You need at least 8 valid trades during the period.
The minimum required consistency is 30%.
To check whether you kept consistency, look at the total profit for the period and see how much your best day represented of that total.
Simple example: if you finished Step 1 with $1,000 of profit and your best day was $250, that day represented 25% of the result. In that case, you stayed within consistency.
If in that same example your best day had been $400, it would represent 40% of the result. In that case, you would have lost consistency.
Step 1 daily DD is static at 4%.
Simple example: in a $50,000 account, 4% is $2,000. That means this daily limit does not rise when the account makes profit.
Step 1 total DD is also static at 6%.
Simple example: in a $50,000 account, 6% is $3,000. So the trader can lose up to $47,000 in total. If the account rises to $52,000 or $55,000, it can still lose only up to $47,000.
In Trader Station, consistency and account limits are calculated automatically so you can follow your management without doing the math yourself.
If there is a breach in Step 1, you can use restart as many times as needed by paying the individual fee. You do not need to buy a new program.
If you meet the criteria and respect the rules, North uses your result and your risk to define the next step.
Step 1 was not built to push you into an all-in move. It exists to show whether you know how to grow while respecting limits. If you end the period positive, spread the result without depending on one single day, and keep the loss within the step's static limit, you give North a cleaner reading of your profile. That is what prepares the path to Step 2, in the NTF Funded account.
How we define the DD for your NTF Funded account
After Step 1, North reviews the risk/return you delivered to define the total DD for your NTF Funded account in Step 2. The logic is simple: we compare the period's profit with the maximum DD considered in that reading.
Period profit ÷ max DD = risk/return reading index.
If the index is equal to or greater than 2, the Step 2 NTF Funded account can be set at a total DD of 8%.
If the index is below 2, the Step 2 NTF Funded account can be set at a total DD of 6%.
The DD reading for NTF Funded happens after Step 1.
North looks at how much you made and how much risk you used during the period.
When the risk/return shown is more balanced, the account can move to a total DD of 8%.
When that risk/return is tighter, the account can move to a total DD of 6%.
That definition does not change the core idea of the journey: Step 1 reads your profile, and the NTF Funded account places you in Step 2, the official reward stage once you are eligible.
If a trader delivers profit that is at least twice the maximum DD considered, the reading shows a healthier risk/return. In that case, the account can move to 8%. Below that, the account can move to 6%.
NTF Funded: the official reward account
NTF Funded is the official Step 2 account of NTF Instant for rewards once you are eligible. This is where the journey moves from initial reading to professional continuity. The focus becomes keeping the account healthy, respecting the limits, and building results with consistency.
NTF Funded is the official reward account inside Step 2 of NTF Instant. It turns the Step 1 reading into operational continuity and rewards once you are eligible.
It can be activated with a total DD of 6% or 8%, depending on your risk/return reading in Step 1. In simple terms, this limit stays fixed at the defined account value and does not rise when the account makes profit.
North does not work with a buffer or extra cushion outside the program rules. That means if your account total limit is $47,000 or $46,000, it stays at that same point even if the account is in profit.
After a positive Step 1 reading, the journey moves to Step 2, in the NTF Funded account.
Activation happens through the program flow itself, without a separate path.
NTF Funded is the official reward account within Step 2 of the journey.
Entry into this step assumes Step 1 closed positive, with at least 8 trades and 30% consistency.
The 30% consistency rule still looks at the weight of your best day within the total period profit.
Simple example: if Step 1 ended with $2,000 of profit and your best day was $500, that day represented 25% of the result. In that case, consistency was kept.
If in that same scenario the best day had been $800, it would represent 40% of the result. In that case, consistency would have been lost.
The total DD for the account will be 6% or 8%, according to the reading made at the end of Step 1.
Simple example with 6% DD: in a $50,000 account, 6% is $3,000. So the trader can lose up to $47,000 in total. If the account rises to $55,000, it can still lose only up to $47,000.
Simple example with 8% DD: in a $50,000 account, 8% is $4,000. So the trader can lose up to $46,000 in total. Even with profit, that limit stays at the same point.
In Trader Station, this information is calculated automatically so you can see the management without doing the math yourself.
Even in the funded account, continuity depends on discipline, controlled risk, and respect for the rules.
If there is a breach in Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, you need to buy a new program.
In Step 1, North is reading how you trade. In Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, you are already in the official reward account. That is why the focus shifts to consistency, respecting the static limit of your account, and building results with continuity.
Rewards, calculation, and withdrawals
The reward policy was designed to be clear. You know how much you receive, when you can request a withdrawal, and the minimum amount you need. The goal is to avoid noise and make the flow easy to understand.
The standard split is 80% and can reach 90% with an eligible add-on.
In the standard structure, the first withdrawal happens after 30 days. With an eligible add-on, the window can drop to 7 days.
Withdrawals require a minimum balance of $20 and go through an internal review before payment.
NTF Funded rewards follow the standard 80% split.
When there is an eligible add-on, the split can reach 90%.
In the standard structure, the first withdrawal happens 30 days after NTF Funded is activated.
Without an eligible add-on, the operational reference is 30 days between withdrawals.
With an eligible add-on, the operational reference can move to 7 days.
The minimum balance to request a withdrawal is $20.
Every withdrawal goes through an internal review before the process is completed.
The stated payment time is up to 48 hours after the internal review.
North does not charge an extra administrative withdrawal fee.
If there is currency conversion or external processing, the payment provider or financial institution may charge its own fees.
The reward calculation base considers the achieved percentage applied to your account over the balance of the program you bought.
The trader bought a $50,000 balance and made 5% on the demo or live account. The calculation starts from that 5% over the $50,000 program balance. After that, the split follows the program you bought.
Career and balance growth
Career exists for traders who do not just want to pass a stage, but to grow continuously. After the NTF Funded account shows stability, North can increase the account balance using a simple rule that is easy to follow.
The career logic starts after 3 positive months in NTF Funded, without closing negative during that period.
For every 10% of profit achieved, North allocates another 10% of balance to your NTF account.
Progression goes up to a limit of $500,000 allocated per tax ID.
Career starts only after NTF Funded shows consistency.
The initial trigger is 3 positive months in the account without closing negative during that period.
After that, each new block of 10% profit can generate another 10% of allocated balance in the account.
That increase builds on what the trader has already created in the journey.
Progression depends on the account staying healthy and respecting the program rules.
The total allocation cap per tax ID is $500,000.
If the account has already completed 3 positive months and the trader makes another 10% profit, the balance can increase by another 10%. If that result repeats with good continuity, the account can grow again, always respecting the total cap per tax ID.
Tickmill, MetaTrader 5, and North True Funding Connection
Tickmill and MetaTrader 5 make up the official operating environment used in North's journey. This means the account opening, access, and technical routine happen inside that structure. But that does not make Tickmill or MetaTrader 5 part of North, nor does it transfer to them responsibility for North's rules, offers, activations, payments, support, or other obligations. Each side is only responsible for its own scope, while the operational reading of the journey depends on the official North True Funding Connection EA.
Tickmill and MetaTrader 5 form the operational base used for account opening, access, and the technical routine of the account within the journey.
This use does not create a partnership, equity participation, co-management, interference, or involvement by Tickmill or the platform in North's commercial, operational, strategic, or institutional decisions.
North True Funding Connection is the official EA that keeps the operational reading connected to North's ecosystem.
Tickmill and MetaTrader 5 make up the official operating environment for the program.
This scope refers to the infrastructure used for account opening, access, and the technical routine of the trader's account.
This does not create a partnership, equity participation, co-management, interference, or participation by Tickmill or MetaTrader 5 in North's commercial, operational, strategic, or institutional decisions.
It also does not make Tickmill or MetaTrader 5 responsible for North's rules, offers, activations, payments, support, or other obligations.
Each structure remains responsible only for the services, systems, and obligations within its own scope.
North is still not a broker and does not execute orders on behalf of the client.
The official EA that connects the operational routine to the journey is called North True Funding Connection.
Activation and operational reading depend on using that EA correctly in the environment defined by North.
If the EA routine stops for more than 5 days, Trader Station stops receiving the current operational reading and you may be penalized.
With the EA enabled in MetaTrader 5, Trader Station tracks the account and the program data.
Any attempt to breach, bypass, tamper with, or interfere with the official EA results in a ban.
In practice, Tickmill and MetaTrader 5 are the operational base of the official environment used in the journey. This does not change who is responsible for each part of the ecosystem: the technical infrastructure stays in its own scope, while program rules, eligibility, payments, activations, and support remain North's responsibility.
Demo account, live account, and continuity
The journey needs to make clear what comes from North's rules and what depends on the operating environment. Demo and live accounts do not work exactly the same day to day, so this section exists to avoid practical confusion.
In a demo account, if you do not place at least one order within each 5-day window, the account may be closed for inactivity.
To activate the program on a live account, the current reference is to have at least $200 in the account.
As an operating reference, North recommends demo balances above $10,000.
In the demo account, no activity within each 5-day window may lead Tickmill to close the account.
If the demo account is closed for inactivity, the trader loses the corresponding program.
That dynamic does not apply in the same way to the live account.
To activate the program on a live account, the current reference is at least $200 in the account.
As an operating reference, North recommends working with a demo balance above $10,000.
Weekends, news, bots, and automation can be used as long as they respect the journey rules and do not interfere with the official EA.
Stop loss is not mandatory, but risk management must remain aligned with the operational profile you showed.
On demo, not trading can close the account. On live, it does not. In both cases, what matters is keeping the official environment running and the risk management within what you showed North.
Agreement, onboarding, withdrawals, and support
For the journey to work safely, North needs clarity on who is trading, which step is active, and whether the trader's data is correct. For that reason, in addition to trading rules, there may also be electronic consent, account review, and internal validation at important moments of the journey.
The program may require electronic consent to the current terms for activation, continuity, or withdrawal.
North may ask for confirmation of data and documents that match the program step.
When there is conflicting information, the journey may be paused until the situation is fixed.
North may ask for acceptance of the current journey terms before activation, operational continuity, or withdrawal.
North may request account confirmation and documents compatible with the program step, especially when there is activation, data update, or payment.
If there is a data mismatch, the internal review can be paused until it is resolved.
Support exists to guide the trader on the account, journey, withdrawal, official environment connection, and next steps.
Whenever there is doubt about account status, operational reading, or payment, the practical reference is to follow Trader Station and the official support channels.
Not every question starts with trading. Sometimes the issue is account data, pending consent, or an internal review before withdrawal. When that is clear, the trader understands better what needs to be fixed.
Breaches, restricted strategies, restart, and ban
This is one of the most important parts of the journey. North makes it clear what can be restarted, what requires a new program, what can be used with operational freedom, and what becomes a restricted practice or something incompatible with the integrity of the official environment.
Restart exists only in Step 1. It does not apply in Step 2, in the NTF Funded account.
The journey's operational freedom does not include manipulation, improper arbitrage, artificial coordination between accounts, mirror copying, HFT, or automation used to distort the operational reading.
If there is a breach in Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, you need to buy a new program.
Trying to bypass, tamper with, or interfere with the official EA results in a ban.
Restart exists only in Step 1.
In Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, a breach requires a new program to return to the journey.
Breaking the risk limits of the active step causes a breach.
Trying to bypass, tamper with, or interfere with the official EA causes a ban.
Weekends, news, bots, EAs, automations, and trading without stop loss can be used, as long as they stay within the program rules, do not interfere with the official environment, and do not hide your real operational profile.
Collusion with third parties, artificial trade coordination, price manipulation, or combined use of accounts, logins, and multiple related IPs are not compatible with the journey.
Ultra-short scalping may be treated as a restricted practice when the trade lasts under 3 minutes and that behavior accounts for more than 30% of total profit.
It is not allowed to use a third-party strategy, a commercialized structure, or ready-made automation in order to pass through the journey without reflecting your real operational reading.
Automation is allowed, but not for manipulative practice, execution abuse, operational distortion, or behavior incompatible with the integrity of the official environment.
It is not allowed to access, operate, or use another person's account without the permission of the owner and North.
Arbitrage between the program account and another account, hedging between separate accounts, reverse group trading, and mirrored copy trading between traders may be classified as a breach.
Trading across multiple accounts with different registration data and high-frequency trading are not compatible with the integrity of the journey.
Overleveraging, overexposure, or unilateral betting with 85% or more of margin in a single asset or related assets falls outside the accepted management standard.
North may review activity, consistency, use of the operating environment, and compliance with the rules whenever needed to protect the integrity of the journey.
When a practice is classified as restricted or incompatible, North may take the appropriate measures within risk management, including operational review, internal reclassification, balance reset, or account closure, as applicable.
North does not block your personal style. What it blocks is the use of an artificial, manipulative, or misaligned structure. In short: there is operational freedom, but it cannot become a shortcut to distort execution, consistency, or qualification.
Frequently asked questions
These are the questions that matter most to people who are just getting started and to traders who already know proprietary trading but want to understand how North works in practice.
1. What is NTF Instant?+
It is North's current program for traders who do not want to go through slow, eliminatory processes and want to pursue more capital through a clear growth path. It has two steps: Step 1 and Step 2, represented by the NTF Funded account.
2. What's the difference between Step 1 and NTF Funded?+
Step 1 lets North read your risk profile, consistency, and the risk/return you showed during the period. NTF Funded is the official Step 2 account of the journey for rewards once you are eligible.
3. Is Step 1 a traditional eliminatory challenge?+
No. The point of NTF Instant is precisely to move away from the slow, traditional eliminatory model. Step 1 exists for operational reading, as long as the trader follows the criteria and does not breach the rules.
4. How long does Step 1 last?+
The standard timeline is 60 days. When the program you bought includes an eligible add-on, that timeline can drop to 45 days.
5. What minimum criteria do I need to meet in Step 1?+
The step needs to close positive, with at least 8 valid trades, 30% consistency, 4% static daily DD, and 6% static total DD. In simple terms, consistency shows whether your result was too concentrated in one day. Static DD means the loss limit stays locked at the account's starting value, even when it makes profit. In Trader Station, this is calculated automatically to make management easier.
6. How does North decide whether my NTF Funded account gets 6% or 8%?+
North looks at the period profit in relation to the maximum DD used in the reading. When that risk/return is healthier, the account can move to 8%. When it falls below that level, the account can move to 6%.
7. When do I start receiving rewards?+
Rewards are part of Step 2, in the NTF Funded account. So first you need to become eligible for that step. After that, compensation follows the funded account rules.
8. What is the reward split?+
The standard split is 80%. When the program you bought includes an eligible add-on, it can reach 90%.
9. When can I request a withdrawal?+
In the standard structure, the first withdrawal happens 30 days after Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, is activated. In programs with an eligible add-on, the window can be 7 days.
10. What is the minimum withdrawal amount and how long does it take?+
The minimum balance to request a withdrawal is $20. After the request, the withdrawal goes through an internal review and the stated payment time is up to 48 hours.
11. Can I use a bot, trade news, and hold positions over the weekend?+
Yes, as long as it respects the journey rules, does not interfere with the official EA, and stays aligned with your operational profile and the program limits.
12. What happens if I do not keep Connection and the official environment running?+
Trader Station stops receiving the current operational reading. In the demo account, if you do not place at least one order within a 5-day window, the account may be closed for inactivity by the operating environment.
13. Can I restart the account if I breach?+
Restart exists only in Step 1. In Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, a breach requires buying a new program.
14. What can lead to a ban?+
Trying to bypass, tamper with, or interfere with the official North True Funding Connection EA leads to a ban.
15. How do career and balance growth work?+
After 3 positive months in Step 2, in the NTF Funded account, without closing negative during that period, every 10% of profit earned can generate another 10% of balance in your NTF account, up to the $500,000 cap allocated per tax ID.
What you need to know about North
When the program is linked to a demo account, the journey takes place in a simulated environment.
North is not a broker and does not execute orders on the client's behalf.
Payments made in the journey are neither a deposit nor an investment.
North does not control spread, slippage, market open hours, MetaTrader 5 maintenance, or other technical conditions of the Tickmill platform.
North may review activity, consistency, operational reading, use of the official environment, and compliance with the rules whenever needed to protect the integrity of the journey.