ThinkCapital prices start at $39 for a $5K Nexus or a $2.5K Bolt account, which puts both among the cheapest prop firm challenges we track. Lightning and Dual Step Intraday cost $59 for $5K; Dual Step Swing costs $82. The 100K accounts run $349 (Nexus) to $899 (Bolt). Add-ons such as news trading, faster payouts and the 90% split cost extra. [S1, S2, S3, S4, S5]

Prices are one-time fees per account as listed on thinkcapital.com on October 21, 2026, before any code. Refunds: within 14 days if the account is untraded, or the challenge fee comes back with your third payout; a $20 admin fee may be withheld. [S22]

ThinkCapital Lightning is a one-step challenge with a 10% target, a 3% balance-based daily loss and a 6% maximum loss that trails your highest closed balance until it locks at the starting balance. See trailing versus static drawdown for how that compares with Nexus. News trading needs an add-on. [S1, S15, S16]

ThinkCapital Dual Step has two versions with the same 9% and 5% targets and the same static loss limit: 7% in the challenge, 8% when funded. Intraday measures the 4% daily loss on equity and bans news and weekend holding. Swing measures it on balance and allows both. Our guide to balance vs equity daily loss explains the difference. [S2, S17, S18, S19, S30]

ThinkCapital Nexus is a three-step challenge with 7%, 6% and 5% targets, a 4% balance-based daily loss and an 8% static maximum loss fixed to the starting balance in every phase and on the funded account. It is the cheapest ThinkCapital challenge at $39 for $5K. News trading needs an add-on. [S3, S20, S21, S32]

ThinkCapital Bolt skips the evaluation. Since the October 2026 update it costs $39 to $899 for $2.5K to $100K, with no five-profitable-days requirement. Bolt keeps a 3% equity daily loss, a 6% equity trailing max loss, a 20% best-day cap and a 6% profit threshold for the first payout. News trading and crypto are not allowed. [S4, S5, S12]

ThinkCapital bans news trading on Lightning, Dual Step Intraday, Nexus and Bolt. No order, including stops and limits, may fill 2 minutes before or 2 minutes after a red-folder ForexFactory event. Trades opened earlier can stay open, but a stop or target hit inside the window still counts. A breach ends the account and forfeits profits. [S6]

ThinkMarkets also raises margin on some instruments during listed events, which cuts effective leverage. [S26]

ThinkCapital pays 80% of simulated profits, or 90% with an add-on or scaling. Lightning, Dual Step and Nexus pay every 14 days counted from your first funded trade, or weekly with an add-on. Bolt pays on the 14-day cycle or on demand with an add-on. Payouts are processed within 3 business days and must be at least $100. [S1, S7, S8, S5]

Withdrawing to a personal ThinkMarkets account

ThinkCapital can send profits straight to your own ThinkMarkets live trading account. You email support with your funded and ThinkMarkets account numbers and the team reviews the request. It only works where ThinkMarkets onboards clients; the excluded list includes the United States, Canada, Japan, Malaysia and Belgium, so traders there must use crypto or Rise. [S7]

ThinkCapital accounts run on ThinkTrader, which connects to TradingView so you can trade from TradingView charts. MT4, MT5 and cTrader are not offered, although the About page still mentions a "Platform 5". Copy trading is allowed between ThinkCapital accounts only. The firm offers forex, commodities, indices and crypto, with no crypto on Bolt. [S10, S28, S11]

Our ThinkCapital code is FT20. PropFirmReviews earns a commission when you use it or buy through our link. Confirm the final price before you pay. ThinkCapital's homepage also links its own public codes, WELCOME20 and QUIZ20; those are the firm's offers, not ours. [S24]

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