Sabio Trade - Elite Prop Firm Review
- Irish-registered; describes itself in its own terms as an educational platform; does not accept US citizens
- 80% base; 90% is a bought price tier – and can be cut to 70% permanently after a risk flag
- 6% TRAILING drawdown, tested against equity, so floating losses count
- Your first payout deletes your buffer – the floor moves to your initial balance permanently
- Since 2 Feb 2026 a breach forfeits all earned-but-unpaid profit; $1 crypto minimum, weekly
Last reviewed: 13 July 2026. Checked against SabioTrade’s official terms, prop-trading rules and pricing pages. Figures below reflect the products on sale at the time of review; prop firm rules change often, so always confirm on the firm’s own pages before you buy.
Challenge Fees – Single Account (1:30 Leverage)
| Account | Challenge Price | Funded Capital | Profit Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $119 | $20,000 | 80% |
| Plus | $289 | $50,000 | 80% |
| VIP PRO | $617 | $75,000 | 90% |
| Advanced | $479 | $100,000 | 90% |
| Ultimate | $939 | $200,000 | 90% |
| Prime | $2,989 | $650,000 | 90% |
| Supreme | $5,989 | $1,000,000 | 90% |
Challenge Fees – Day Trading (1:100 Leverage)
| Account | Challenge Price | Funded Capital | Profit Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flash | $95 | $20,000 | 90% |
| Blaze | $189 | $35,000 | 90% |
| Daybreak | $489 | $50,000 | 90% |
| Surge | $1,466 | $100,000 | 90% |
| Apex | $2,889 | $300,000 | 95% |
Firm Overview
SabioTrade is a one-step, simulated-capital prop firm built on its own proprietary platform. It is operated by CODEVIL IT ENGINEERING LIMITED, an Irish company (registration 680139) based in Smithfield, Dublin, with Irish governing law. There is no regulator, and the terms are unusually direct about what the business is:
“The Company operates solely as an educational and training platform… All trading activities conducted by users on our platform are strictly simulated virtual trading scenarios. No real trades, securities, or financial instruments are involved.” … “The Company does not provide investment opportunities, advisory, or brokerage services.”
Two details set the tone for everything below. First, the liability cap: SabioTrade’s total liability to you is limited to what you paid it “or $1,000, whichever is less“. Second, its own privacy policy names the operating company as CODEVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED — without the “IT”, and without a company number. The two legal entity names on the firm’s own site do not match.
US citizens cannot trade here at all: “we cannot accept U.S. citizens under any circumstances, even if they live abroad or hold another citizenship.”
The Product Line
Five funded-account plans are on sale. They share identical rules — only the balance, the fee and the split differ.
| Plan | Fee | Balance | Profit target | Daily loss limit | Max drawdown | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $119 | $20,000 | 10% | 5% | 6% trailing | 80% |
| Plus | $289 | $50,000 | 10% | 5% | 6% trailing | 80% |
| Advanced | $479 | $100,000 | 10% | 5% | 6% trailing | 90% |
| Ultimate | $939 | $200,000 | 10% | 5% | 6% trailing | 90% |
| Prime | $2,989 | $650,000 | 10% | 5% | 6% trailing | 90% |
There is a single evaluation step and no time limit — but 30 consecutive days of inactivity breaches the account, so “no time limit” does not mean you can leave it alone.
SabioTrade also sells PRO Club bundles (Pro 3 at $259 for three assessment attempts, Pro 12 at $829 for twelve, both on a $20,000 balance, with Academy access), a free 7-day trial account, and separate Academy subscriptions. Note the firm’s own FAQ says accounts run “up to $200,000” and that “scaling plans are not available” — while the $650,000 Prime plan sits on sale on the same page.
The 90% Split Is A Price Tier – And It Can Be Taken Away
The headline “90% profit” is not earned and not scaled into. It is simply what you get if you buy one of the three larger plans. SabioTrade’s own tooltip is refreshingly clear about this: “No need to scale up to reach this profit split level, this will be the profit split from the first payout.”
What the marketing does not mention is that the firm can take it back. From the binding terms:
“If a Funded Account is formally flagged by the Risk Management Team for high-risk trading behavior… or if the trader receives a documented warning for prohibited trading activity or any violation of these Terms and Conditions, SabioTrade reserves the right to revise the profit split applicable to that Funded Account to 70% for the trader and 30% for SabioTrade. This adjustment… shall apply to any pending payout requests that have not yet been processed, as well as all future payouts. The revised profit split shall remain in force for the duration of the Funded Account.“
Read the middle clause again. The reduction is retroactive to payouts you have already requested but not yet received, and it is permanent for the life of the account. You can buy the 90% tier, be flagged, and be paid 70% on money you had already earned and asked for — with no route back to 90% short of a new account.
The trigger is discretionary: “excessive margin utilization, disproportionate position sizing, or trading practices inconsistent with sustainable risk management”. There is no objective test.
The Drawdown Is The Hardest Part Of This Firm
SabioTrade’s 6% maximum drawdown is trailing, and the way it is constructed makes it materially harsher than the number suggests. Three mechanics stack:
- It trails a high-water mark of your CLOSED balance. The floor is: Highest Closed Balance minus 6% of your initial balance. Every time you bank a profit, the line that fails you moves up.
- But it is measured against your EQUITY — which includes unrealised profit and loss. So the floor only ratchets up on closed wins, while the breach test runs continuously against open positions.
- The high-water mark never falls. Losses do not lower it back down.
The asymmetry is the point: you can breach on an open-trade float without ever hitting the daily loss limit. SabioTrade says so itself, and does not soften it — its FAQ states it is “possible, and often very common, to breach your account due to exceeding the 6% Maximum Drawdown Limit without exceeding the 5% Daily Loss Limit.”
And then the first payout deletes what is left of your buffer. From the terms:
“After your first payout is successfully processed, your equity must always remain above your initial account balance. A breach occurs if: Equity is less than or equal to Initial Account Balance.”
The homepage pricing table puts it more bluntly still: “Once you request a withdrawal, your maximum trailing drawdown will be set at your starting balance.”
Since a payout withdraws the profit that was sitting above your starting balance, you emerge from your first withdrawal with an effective drawdown buffer of zero. From that moment, any dip below the initial balance — on equity, including floating losses — ends the account. Permanently, for the life of that account.
Note the two sources disagree on the trigger: the terms say when the payout is processed, the homepage and FAQ say when it is requested. Assume the earlier of the two.
A Breach Now Forfeits Everything You Have Earned
This changed on 2 February 2026, and it is the single most consequential clause on the site. Prop-Trading Rules, clause 10:
“For funded accounts created from assessment accounts purchased on or after February 2nd, 2026, any breach of the funded account rules, including but not limited to daily loss limits, maximum drawdown limits, or other risk management parameters, will result in the immediate termination of the funded account and the forfeiture of eligibility to request any payouts, including remaining profits.“
Combine that with the section above and the risk becomes concrete. Your drawdown floor is your starting balance the moment you take a first payout. A single equity dip below it is a breach. And a breach now wipes out every dollar of profit you have earned but not yet withdrawn.
Accounts created from assessments purchased before 2 February 2026 are explicitly grandfathered out of this. Anyone buying today is not.
The 55% Consistency Rule Raises Your Target
Most firms use a consistency rule to block a pass or a payout. SabioTrade’s does something less common: it moves the goalposts.
No single day and no single trade may account for more than 55% of your total profit. Exceed it and the system does not fail you — it recalculates what you must earn:
“If your profit in one day exceeds the recommended maximum daily profit, the system will slightly increase your profit target. New Total Profit = Your Largest Day’s profit ÷ 0.55.“
The firm’s own worked example: a $1,000 profit target becomes $1,200 after a single $660 day. One good session and the finish line moves away from you. The rule applies to both the assessment and the funded account.
Payouts
The payout mechanics are genuinely good, and they are the strongest part of the offer. The conditions attached to them are where the difficulty sits.
| Payout term | Detail |
|---|---|
| Cycle | Every 7 days from your last approved payout |
| Processing | Within 24 hours |
| Methods | Bank transfer, crypto wallet, Amaiz wallet (EU residents only) |
| Minimums | Crypto $1; bank transfer $15; Amaiz EUR 2 |
| Split | 80% (Essential, Plus) or 90% (Advanced, Ultimate, Prime) |
| Currency | USD; EU and UK clients paid in EUR |
A weekly cycle, 24-hour processing and a $1 crypto minimum are, on their face, among the most trader-friendly payout terms in the sector.
But every payout must clear a list of gates: full KYC, no open trades, no pending withdrawals, seven days since the last approved payout, at least one new opened-and-closed trade since your last withdrawal, at least five to seven trades of comparable size, and no single trade exceeding 55% of total profit. Your account is frozen while the payout is processed.
And over all of it sits a discretion clause: the company “reserves the right to review trade history and decline payout requests that, in its sole discretion, are deemed inconsistent with sustainable trading practices or risk management expectations.”
Which sets up the sharpest contradiction on the site. The FAQ says: “Payouts at SabioTrade are guaranteed, provided that trading activities comply with the company’s Terms and Conditions.” The binding terms say:
“The Company makes absolutely no promise, guarantee, or warranty, express or implied, as to any promise to future employment as a User, monetary payments, or any other type or kind of compensation or award for your performance as a User.”
Both sentences are published by SabioTrade. Only one of them is in the contract.
The Fee Is Not Refundable
You will see it widely reported that SabioTrade refunds your assessment fee with your first payout. We could not find that policy anywhere on SabioTrade’s own site, and the binding terms say the opposite: “There are no refunds on any Services purchased from the Company.” Assessment purchases are described as “explicitly non-refundable.”
The only support for the refund claim is a customer testimonial on the firm’s homepage. A testimonial is not a term. Budget the fee as a cost you will not see again.
Trading Rules – An Unusually Restrictive List
This is where SabioTrade differs most from its competitors, and where a trader is most likely to buy the wrong product. The prohibitions are broad:
- Scalping is banned outright. Not restricted – prohibited. “Strategies that involve scalping are not permitted.”
- EAs, bots, algos, scripts, APIs and trade copiers are banned unless expressly approved in writing. In practice this is a copy-trading ban.
- Hedging and cross-account hedging: banned.
- High-frequency trading: banned.
- Arbitrage: “strictly prohibited” — and defined broadly enough to cover latency, correlated positions across accounts or instruments, and “any trading strategy designed to generate reduced-risk or risk-free profit”.
- News trading is effectively banned as gambling: “Trading activity that resembles gambling — such as consistently placing trades prior to news releases or other binary events — will not be tolerated.”
- All-in and excessive-risk trading: banned, with “forfeiture of any fees owed to you by the Company, in the Company’s sole discretion”.
There is also a Black Swan clause allowing SabioTrade to void trades and nullify profits at its sole discretion.
On weekend holding, the site contradicts itself. The pricing table shows a tick for all five plans. The FAQ says “weekend trading availability depends on the specific account you acquire. Some account packages may not permit holding positions over the weekend… all positions must be closed by Friday 3:45pm EST.” Confirm with support before holding anything over a weekend.
The Other Accounts: Trial, PRO Club, Day Trading and Flash
Beyond the five funded plans, SabioTrade sells and gives away several account types that are easy to miss on the pricing table but change the economics considerably.
The free 7-day trial. A $20,000 balance with full features, one per trader, and the system blocks you from taking a second. It is a genuine no-cost way to test the proprietary platform before committing — and given that the platform is the biggest adjustment most traders face here, it is the single most useful thing on the site. Take it before you buy anything.
PRO Club bundles. Rather than buying one assessment, you buy several at a discount. Pro 3 costs $259 and includes three assessment accounts plus three months of Academy access; Pro 12 costs $829 and includes twelve assessments plus twelve months of Academy. Both are on a $20,000 balance. Both advertise zero spreads on EUR/USD — with the caveat, in SabioTrade’s own words, that “zero spreads are provided on assessment accounts on specific FX pairs at a specific time”, which is a considerably narrower promise than the headline.
Given that the fee is non-refundable and the rules are strict, buying attempts in bulk at a discount is a more honest way to think about the cost of getting funded here than assuming you will pass first time.
Day Trading accounts. Described in the FAQ as a newer assessment type, with higher leverage (1:100) and all positions auto-closed at the end of each day. They appear in the fee table above but not in the main plan comparison — if intraday leverage matters to you, this is the variant to ask about.
The Flash Account. A free $20,000 intraday account offered to traders in Europe, the UK, Australia and Canada, at 1:100 leverage. It is not given for performance. It is given in exchange for posting a public video review and emailing the link to the firm’s marketing address.
That last one deserves a plain observation rather than an accusation. Incentivising public reviews with free accounts is a legitimate marketing tactic used across many industries. It is also, straightforwardly, a practice that makes the volume of positive public commentary about a firm a poor guide to the quality of its product. Weigh SabioTrade’s online reviews accordingly — in either direction — and rely on the terms, which is what we have done throughout this review.
Sabio Academy
The Academy is bundled with the PRO Club tariffs and sold separately as a subscription: roughly $6.93 for one week, $19.99 for four weeks, or $39.99 for twelve weeks, each discounted from a higher list price. It was relaunched recently and covers weekly sessions and video courses.
Treat it as an add-on product rather than a reason to choose the firm. It is not required to trade an assessment, and the trading terms above are unaffected by whether you buy it.
Platform and Markets
SabioTrade runs a single proprietary platform — the Sabio Traderoom, built on QuadCode, accessed through the Sabio dashboard with a mobile app alongside. There is no MetaTrader 4, no MetaTrader 5 and no cTrader. If you rely on MT-based indicators, scripts or a familiar order ticket, you are starting from scratch here, and there is no way around it.
The firm has also confirmed, in a public reply to a customer, that it operates a market-maker environment: “we provide quotes according to our specific quote providers. Consequently, price action and processes on our platform may not correspond exactly with those shown on other platforms.” Worth knowing if you intend to reconcile fills against an external chart.
Instruments number 250-plus, across forex, stocks, indices, ETFs, commodities and crypto. Leverage is capped at ESMA-style levels: 1:30 forex, 1:100 indices, 1:25 commodities, 1:20 equities and ETFs, 1:3 crypto. Note the firm’s own pages disagree here too — the pricing table shows a flat 1:30 for every plan, while the tooltip gives the per-asset table, and the FAQ gives 1:20 for indices against the tooltip’s 1:100.
Overnight swap fees are charged and deducted from the account balance. There are no monthly fees.
Company Information
- Entity: CODEVIL IT ENGINEERING LIMITED (Ireland, reg. 680139), Smithfield, Dublin, trading as SabioTrade. Note the privacy policy names it as “CODEVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED” with no number – the two do not match
- Governing law: Republic of Ireland
- Regulation: none claimed. The terms describe the business as an educational and training platform running simulated scenarios, and state it does not provide brokerage or advisory services
- Liability cap: limited to what you paid, “or $1,000, whichever is less”
- US clients: not accepted under any circumstances. (The firm nonetheless operates a sabiotrade.us domain, which simply redirects to the .com site – there is one rule set and one price list, not two)
- Platform: proprietary Sabio Traderoom (QuadCode), market-maker pricing
- Trustpilot: Trustpilot is not currently displaying a star rating for SabioTrade, so we do not quote one here. The listing remains live and its reviews are readable, and ratings can change – check it directly for the current position
Who SabioTrade Actually Suits
The shop window is attractive, and some of it is real. A one-step evaluation, no time limit, a 7-day payout cycle processed inside 24 hours, a $1 crypto withdrawal minimum, a free trial account, and a 90% split available from your very first payout without scaling. On those terms alone it would be one of the better offers in the sector.
The contract is a different document from the shop window. The drawdown trails a closed-balance high-water mark while breaching on equity — a combination the firm itself calls a “very common” way to fail. Your first payout deletes your remaining buffer and pins your floor to your starting balance for good. Since February 2026, a breach forfeits every dollar of unpaid profit you had earned. The 90% split can be cut to 70% at the firm’s discretion, retroactively, for the life of the account. And the strategies most traders would use to hit a 10% target quickly — scalping, news trading, EAs — are all prohibited.
Consider it if you are a discretionary swing trader who holds for days rather than minutes, you are comfortable on a proprietary platform, you value fast, frequent, low-minimum payouts, and you intend to withdraw modest amounts and keep a healthy cushion above your starting balance.
Avoid it if you scalp or trade news, you rely on EAs or MetaTrader, you plan to withdraw your profits in full, or you would be uncomfortable holding a large unpaid profit balance under a clause that forfeits it entirely on a single breach.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does SabioTrade refund the evaluation fee?
No. Despite what several third-party sites claim, we found no such policy on SabioTrade’s own site — and the binding terms state “there are no refunds on any Services purchased from the Company.” Assessment purchases are described as explicitly non-refundable. The only source for the refund claim is a testimonial on the firm’s homepage, which is not a contractual term.
Is SabioTrade’s drawdown trailing?
Yes. The 6% maximum drawdown trails a high-water mark of your closed balance, but the breach is tested against your equity, so floating losses count. SabioTrade’s own FAQ notes it is “often very common” to breach the drawdown without ever hitting the daily loss limit. After your first payout, the floor moves to your initial account balance and stays there.
What happens if I breach a SabioTrade funded account?
For accounts created from assessments purchased on or after 2 February 2026, a breach terminates the account and forfeits all earned-but-unpaid profit. Accounts from assessments bought before that date are grandfathered under the old rules.
Can I scalp or use EAs at SabioTrade?
No. Scalping is prohibited outright, and EAs, bots, scripts, APIs and trade copiers require express written approval. Hedging, high-frequency trading and arbitrage are also banned, and consistently trading ahead of news releases is treated as gambling.
Is SabioTrade legit?
SabioTrade is a real, operating firm run by an Irish company (CODEVIL IT ENGINEERING LIMITED, reg. 680139), but it is not regulated and describes itself in its own terms as “an educational and training platform” running “strictly simulated virtual trading scenarios”. Its total liability to you is capped at what you paid “or $1,000, whichever is less”.
Does SabioTrade accept US clients?
No. SabioTrade states it “cannot accept U.S. citizens under any circumstances, even if they live abroad or hold another citizenship” – despite operating a sabiotrade.us domain, which simply redirects to the main site.
Does SabioTrade have a consistency rule?
Yes – 55%. No single day or trade may exceed 55% of your total profit. Unusually, breaching it does not fail you: it raises your profit target, recalculated as your largest day’s profit divided by 0.55. The firm’s own example turns a $1,000 target into $1,200 after one $660 day.
Can you scalp or use Expert Advisors at SabioTrade?
No. Scalping is prohibited outright, and EAs, bots, scripts, APIs and trade copiers all require express written approval. Hedging, high-frequency trading and arbitrage are banned, and consistently trading ahead of news releases is treated as gambling.
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