Does SabioTrade pay out?
The verdict, the risk score and the figures behind them.
We found something serious: a payout pattern, a severe clause, or regulator action.
Yes, SabioTrade pays, and traders have evidenced it, but the terms give the firm unusually broad power to void a winning account before the money leaves.
- Two dated, attributable payouts confirmed from independent traders, including a $5,000 withdrawal that arrived in about two days in May 2026.
- Against that, five dated payout integrity complaints between September 2025 and August 2026, several describing an account blocked or breached immediately after a withdrawal was requested.
- A rule effective 2 February 2026 forfeits all remaining profits on any funded account breach, so a late technical breach can erase a pending payout.
- Trustpilot has suppressed the firm's rating for a breach of its guidelines and states it removed fake reviews, so the visible five star wall cannot be read at face value.
- The company is real, Irish registered and demonstrably alive, with a named director and an active 104K subscriber channel.
Risk breakdown
Six axes, each scored 1-10. Higher means more risk.
Six axes, scored 1 to 10, where a higher number means more risk. Being unregulated is normal for a prop firm and is not scored against them.
- Identity & transparency2/10
Real Irish company 680139 with current filings, a named director matching the registry, a real Dublin address, named leadership and mentors, and a domain age consistent with its founding claims; only minor inconsistency in the stated founding year across pages.
- Payout7/10
Two dated payouts confirmed including a two day $5,000 transfer, but set against five dated payout integrity complaints clustered from September 2025 to August 2026 describing accounts blocked or breached at withdrawal time.
- Terms & rug-pull risk8/10
Retroactive amendment at sole and absolute discretion, total profit forfeiture on any breach since February 2026, discretionary payout refusal overriding the numeric rule and a unilateral split cut applying to pending payouts; partly mitigated by the published 55% threshold and by grandfathering the forfeiture rule.
- Trading conditions4/10
Simulated status is stated plainly in the terms, on the About page and in marketing, which is better than the norm, but headline claims about funding traders and trading with our capital contradict it and one trader complained about exactly that.
- Reputation7/10
Trustpilot has suppressed the rating for a guideline breach and states it removed fake reviews, so positive volume is unreliable; 28% of roughly 688 reviews are one star with a recurring theme of discretionary account voiding.
- Operational & social4/10
Clearly alive with 104K YouTube subscribers and an upload two days ago plus an active Telegram channel, but the Discord invite linked from the firm's own footer is dead and unresponsive support is the dominant complaint theme.
Payout reality
Whether the money actually arrives, and what we could evidence.
Money does leave this firm. That is evidenced, not assumed, and it is the single most important thing in this report. What is also evidenced is a recurring route by which it does not.
- Confirmed: A trader posting as RT. Shenoy on 20 May 2026 described receiving a $5,000 payout that reached the bank in about two days. A trader posting as Daniel Wilson on 20 March 2026, after two years with the firm, confirmed all withdrawals had been received, noting only that bank transfers sometimes take longer. The firm replied publicly and specifically to that second review.
- Disputed, and time clustered: On 18 August 2026 a trader described requesting $1,090.21 on 14 August and then suffering a trailing drawdown breach during processing, with no response after seven days. On 2 March 2026 a trader reported the account blocked after a payout request on a claimed rule violation. On 18 September 2025 a trader reported a withdrawal declined and the account then breached. On 31 December 2025 a trader reported a $220 withdrawal marked processed on 17 December that never arrived. In January 2026 another described a three week wait for payout confirmation.
- The mechanic: Those reports share a shape. The account survives until the money is due, and then a discretionary finding intervenes. The terms permit exactly that, and since 2 February 2026 a breach forfeits the remaining profits outright.
- What is not established: There is no confirmed systematic denial, no stopped payout date, and no advance fee demand. The firm is trading, publishing and answering some complaints publicly.
- Read the ratio honestly: against roughly 688 reviews, five dated payout integrity complaints is a minority, but 28% of reviews are one star and the platform has suppressed the score for fake reviews, so the positive tail cannot be weighed at face value.
How the program works
The evaluation, the funded phase and what the firm keeps.
A buyer purchases a one step assessment for a one time, explicitly non refundable fee in euros. There is no deposit and no principal to withdraw.
- Plans: Essential $20K at 119 EUR, Plus $50K at 289 EUR, VIP PRO 2 accounts totalling $150K at 617 EUR, Advanced $100K at 479 EUR, Ultimate $200K at 939 EUR, Prime $650K at 2,989 EUR. PRO bundles give 3 assessment accounts for 259 EUR or 12 for 829 EUR. A 7 day free trial account is offered.
- Target: 10% profit on closed balance, with all positions closed to trigger verification. No time limit, but the account breaches after 30 consecutive days without a trade.
- Risk rules: 5% daily loss limit measured against the previous day's closed balance at 00:00 UTC, and a 6% maximum trailing drawdown from the highest closed balance. Both are published as formulas.
- Consistency: No single day and no single trade may account for more than 55% of total profit. This threshold is printed on every checkout tier.
- Payout: 80% or 90% split, weekly cadence, first payout after 14 days of active trading, no minimum. KYC is required before funding. A payout also requires at least 5 to 7 trades of comparable size.
- After the first payout: equity must stay above the initial balance permanently, which is stricter than the 6% drawdown that got you there.
Who they are
The company behind the brand, and where it is registered.
- Brand: SabioTrade, also operating sabio-trade.com and sabiotrade.us, both of which resolve to the same entity.
- Legal entity: CODEVIL IT ENGINEERING LIMITED, doing business as SabioTrade.
- Registered: Company number 680139, Irish Companies Registration Office, incorporated 21 October 2020, status active, latest accounts filed 30 December 2025.
- Registered address: 2c Grangegorman Lower, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 A433, Ireland.
- Website: sabiotrade.com, domain registered 2 July 2021.
- Founded: The About page says 2022, the site footer says 2021, LinkedIn says 2023. The registry and the domain age are consistent with a 2021 to 2022 launch, and nothing claims a longer history than the record supports.
- Team disclosed: Yes. Ekaterina Egorova is named as Director and matches the officer on the Irish registry. Ilya Glaz and Dary Saura are named as department heads, and external mentors Markus Gabel and Ruediger Born are named and independently checkable.
- Where it accepts traders from: Marketing cites 140+ countries. At least one trader reported passing an assessment and then being told they could not trade from Australia, so enforcement of geography appears to happen after purchase rather than at signup.
Company on record
The legal entity named in the terms, as found on a public registry.
- Legal name
- CODEVIL IT ENGINEERING LIMITED
- Registration number
- 680139
- Jurisdiction
- Ireland
- Incorporated
- 2020-10-21
- Registered address
- 2c Grangegorman Lower, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 A433, Ireland
- Registry
- Companies Registration Office Ireland
Why this verdict
How the findings add up to this verdict.
HIGH_RISK is driven by two of the playbook's entry conditions being met at once, not by anything about licensing, which is not a relevant question for a prop firm.
- Severe terms. The agreement may be amended at the firm's sole and absolute discretion at any time. A payout may be declined at sole discretion on a sustainability judgement that sits above the published 55% rule. Since February 2026, any funded account breach forfeits remaining profits. A compliance flag lets the firm cut an agreed 90% split to 70% and apply that cut to payouts already requested.
- A payout integrity pattern. Five dated complaints across eleven months describing the same failure mode, with amounts and dates, several arising at the moment of withdrawal.
- Reputation is compromised at source. Trustpilot states the rating is unavailable for a guideline breach and that fake reviews were removed. That is the platform, not a rival, and it means the volume of praise carries little weight.
- It is not worse than that. The firm is registered, active and filing. Payouts are evidenced as recently as May 2026. There are no deposit rails, no regulator action, no collapsed predecessor and no collapse signature. This is a functioning business with terms that are tilted, not a firm that has stopped paying.
Counterpoints
The strongest case in their favour, and what would change our mind.
The case in their favour
There is a genuine case for this firm, and parts of it are better than the industry norm.
- It tells the truth about simulation. The About page opens by calling SabioTrade a simulated trading firm, the terms state plainly that no real trades occur and no capital is at risk, and even the Telegram giveaways advertise a simulated account. Many competitors bury this.
- The consistency rule is a published number. 55% appears on every checkout tier. The most common payout denial mechanic in this industry is an undefined consistency rule, and by printing the figure the firm has largely taken that weapon away from itself.
- The February 2026 forfeiture rule was grandfathered. It applies only to accounts bought from that date, and existing traders keep the rules they bought under. A firm intent on clawing back winnings would have applied it to everyone.
- Identity is solid. A real Irish company, current filings, a named director who matches the registry, a real Dublin address and named outside mentors.
- Payouts are real and recent, including a two day $5,000 transfer and a two year trader confirming a clean record, which the firm answered publicly.
- It is visibly alive: 104K YouTube subscribers with an upload two days ago and weekly market reviews, plus an active Telegram channel.
What would change our mind
Specific, checkable things in both directions.
- Would improve it: Trustpilot restoring the rating after the guideline breach is resolved. Three or more dated payout confirmations from independent traders in the next quarter, especially at the 90% tiers. The firm publishing a numeric definition of what counts as gambling or all in trading, and of trades of comparable size. Removal or softening of the total profit forfeiture on breach. A published appeal route for a declined payout, with a stated turnaround.
- Would worsen it: Payout integrity complaints continuing at the current rate into late 2026, or appearing on a second independent platform such as Reddit or a prop directory. Any report of the 70/30 split reduction being applied to an already requested payout. The evaluation storefront continuing to sell while payout complaints go unanswered. The YouTube upload cadence or the Telegram channel going quiet, which for this firm would be the first real collapse signal. Any regulator naming the domain sabiotrade.com or the entity Codevil IT Engineering Limited.
Evidence ledger
Every finding behind the verdict, with its source.
- In favour
E1The terms name the operating entity as CODEVIL IT ENGINEERING LIMITED, company number 680139, at 2c Grangegorman Lower, Smithfield, Dublin, D07 A433, tying the brand to a verifiable Irish company.
- In favour
E2Irish registry record confirms Codevil IT Engineering Limited, incorporated 21 October 2020, status normal and active, latest accounts filed 30 December 2025, principal activity other software publishing.
- Against
E3Rule 10 forfeits eligibility for any payout including remaining profits on any funded account breach, for accounts created from assessments purchased on or after 2 February 2026.
Hard proofSabioTrade Prop Trading Rules, rule 10 - Against
E4The firm reserves the right to suspend, replace, modify, amend or terminate the agreement at any time within its sole and absolute discretion, with continued use constituting acceptance.
- Against
E5Trustpilot displays that the company rating is unavailable due to a breach of its guidelines and that a number of fake reviews were removed, across a profile of roughly 688 reviews of which 28% are one star.
- In favour
E6Dated payout confirmations: a $5,000 payout received in about two days reported 20 May 2026, and a two year customer confirming on 20 March 2026 that all withdrawals were received, with a public reply from the firm.
- Against
E7Five dated payout integrity complaints between September 2025 and August 2026, including a $1,090.21 request breached during processing on 18 August 2026, an account blocked after a payout request on 2 March 2026, a $220 withdrawal marked processed on 17 December 2025 that never arrived, and a withdrawal declined then followed by a breach on 18 September 2025.
- In favour
E8The 55% consistency threshold is published numerically on every plan at checkout alongside target, daily loss limit, trailing drawdown, leverage and profit share, removing the undefined consistency mechanic used by many competitors.
ModerateSabioTrade checkout page - In favour
E9Negative deposit test passes: checkout sells only one time non refundable assessment and academy fees, no deposit, cashier, wallet or live account route exists, and the terms disclaim brokerage and investment services and state all trading is strictly simulated with no capital at risk.
- Against
E10The Discord invite published in the firm's own site footer returns an invalid or expired invite, so there is no publicly readable payout channel, while a June 2026 reviewer described the Discord community as bots.
Official channels
Official accounts and the captures we archived.
Official channels
Audience size and the latest post we could see, captured on the review date. A prop firm usually goes quiet before it stops paying, so an inactive channel is worth noticing.
What we captured
Screenshots taken by WIKILIX on the review date. Pages change; these do not.
Questions about SabioTrade
The questions traders actually ask about this firm.
What we would do
What we would do with our own money.
Treat this as a firm that pays but reserves wide discretion not to, and size your exposure accordingly.
- Start at the 119 EUR Essential tier or the free trial. Do not buy the 2,989 EUR Prime plan to test whether the firm pays.
- Read rule 10 of the Prop Trading Rules before purchase. If you buy now, any funded account breach forfeits your remaining profits, including profit already earned but not yet withdrawn.
- Withdraw early and often. The weekly cadence and the absence of a minimum are genuine advantages, and money in your bank cannot be forfeited by a later breach.
- Understand the post payout rule: once you have withdrawn once, equity dropping to your initial balance ends the account. Plan position sizing around that, not around the 6% drawdown.
- Avoid anything near the banned list. Scalping, hedging, arbitrage, expert advisors and news driven entries are all prohibited, and several are judged after the fact.
- Keep your own dated records of every trade and every withdrawal request, and complete KYC early rather than at payout time.
- Discount the review volume. The rating has been suppressed for fake reviews, so weigh the detailed complaints and the detailed confirmations, not the star average.