How The Hola Prime Evaluation Works: Rules, Targets, And Passing Criteria

A Hola Prime evaluation is basically a skills test with guardrails. You are not trying to impress anyone with huge returns in a short time. You are trying to prove you can trade within limits, hit a clear profit target, and do it without breaking risk rules. If you understand the structure before you start, the evaluation feels a lot less stressful and a lot more like a routine.

How The Evaluation Is Structured

Hola Prime offers different challenge formats, usually described as 1 Step, 2 Step, and 3 Step. The format you pick changes the profit targets and the risk limits you trade under, but the overall idea stays the same. Trade on the evaluation account, meet the target for that phase, stay inside drawdown limits, and complete the minimum trading days requirement.

Profit Targets By Challenge Type

The profit target is the main performance requirement. Hola Prime explains it as a percentage of the initial balance you must reach during the evaluation phase to qualify.

Here is how the targets are outlined for the common forex challenge structures.

• For 1 Step Pro and 1 Step Prime, the profit target is 10%.
• For 2 Step Pro and 2 Step Prime, the targets are 8% in Phase 1 and 5% in Phase 2.
• For 3 Step Prime, the target is 5% in each phase.

A practical way to think about this is that multi step challenges are designed to test consistency over time, not just one strong run. The targets are smaller per phase, but you have to repeat performance more than once.

Minimum Trading Days And Time Pressure

Hola Prime requires a minimum number of trading days for the challenge phase. For example, their rules pages describe a minimum of 2 trading days for a 1 Step challenge, and 2 separate trading days in each phase for a 2 Step challenge. They also state there are no maximum trading days for completing the challenge, which removes the “race the clock” pressure that some firms add.

A trading day is generally counted when at least one trade is executed, meaning opening or closing a position. The main takeaway is you do not need to force big days. You just need to participate across the minimum days while staying controlled.

Risk Limits That Decide Pass Or Fail

Most failed evaluations happen because of drawdown, not because the target is unreachable. Hola Prime defines daily loss limits and overall loss limits, and they matter because they apply even if you are close to the profit target.

Daily loss limit is based on the previous day’s closing balance. Hola Prime states that for 1 Step Pro and Prime, the daily loss limit is 3%. For 2 Step Pro and Prime, it is 5%, with a 4% daily loss limit noted for $200k accounts. For 3 Step Prime, it is 5%.

Overall loss limit is based on the initial account balance, and Hola Prime explains it as a maximum overall loss that your combined floating and realized PnL cannot hit. They state that the overall loss limit is 6% for 1 Step Pro and Prime, 8% for 2 Step Pro and Prime, and 5% for 3 Step Prime.

In practice, this means you should not trade right up against the limits. Build your own buffer. If the rule says you can lose X, you should aim to never get close to X. That is how you stay calm and avoid the spiral trades that end accounts.

What “Passing” Looks Like Step By Step

First, choose your challenge type and trade until you meet the profit target for that phase while staying inside daily and overall loss limits and completing minimum trading days.

Second, when you hit the target, Hola Prime notes that their Risk Team conducts a review of your challenge phase.

Third, while the review is happening, they indicate you can upload documents for KYC and sign a contract under the Agreements tab. This is an underrated part of “passing” because traders sometimes hit the target and then delay onboarding steps that help them transition smoothly.

After Passing: What Changes

After you pass, you receive credentials for a Hola Prime Account, as described in their rules page flow. The evaluation targets are done, but the risk rules still matter because daily loss and overall loss limits are described as applicable to both challenge and Hola Prime accounts.

Common Mistakes That Block Passing

The biggest mistake is oversizing because the target feels far away. Oversizing leads to emotional decisions, and emotional decisions lead to drawdown breaches. Another common mistake is forcing trades just to “count a day,” instead of trading only when your setup is actually there. A third mistake is trading too close to the daily loss limit, which turns normal variance into panic.

Final Thoughts

Hola Prime’s evaluation is straightforward when you treat it like a process. Pick the right challenge format, aim for the target of that phase, respect daily and overall loss limits, complete the minimum trading days, and then move through the review plus KYC steps cleanly. If you trade with a buffer and a routine, passing becomes less about luck and more about repeatable execution.