Rules by market
Four markets. Four rulebooks.
The four markets run to different rules — a limit that saves your account on one would fail it on another. Every figure below links to the plan that owns it.
Side by side
Where the markets disagree.
The same rule name can mean different things in different markets, so each figure is shown with how it is measured.
Maximum drawdown
Static. Fixed once from your starting balance and never moves, however much profit you make. Breaching it fails the account outright.
Static. Fixed once from your starting balance and never moves, however much profit you make. Breaching it fails the account outright.
Trails your CLOSED balance — not your equity — following each new closed-balance high, and locks permanently at your starting balance once you are up by this much. It never trails down. Breaching it fails the account outright.
Trails your CLOSED balance — not your equity — following each new closed-balance high, and locks permanently at your starting balance once you are up by this much. It never trails down. Breaching it fails the account outright.
Trails on END OF DAY balance, not intraday. A new end-of-day high moves the breach level up with it, and once the account is 5% up the limit locks at the starting balance and never rises above it. End of day is 1600 CST.
Trails from the INTRADAY equity high-water mark, not the end-of-day balance — a spike during the session moves the breach level up and it does not come back down. It locks once it reaches the starting balance. The percentage differs by plan size; see the table.
Equity-based and static — it is set once from the starting balance and does not trail, however high the account goes. On $100,000 the breach level is $94,000 and stays there.
Equity-based and static — set once from the starting balance and does not trail. On $100,000 the breach level is $91,000 and stays there.
Trails your CLOSED balance only — an intraday spike does not move it. It follows each new closed-balance high by a fixed $3,000 per $100,000, then stops and locks permanently at your starting balance once the account is 3% up. A HARD breach: hit it and the account is gone.
Daily limit
Measured against the greater of yesterday's closing balance and yesterday's closing equity, and reset at 5:00 PM EST. Open positions count — the limit is checked on live equity through the day. Breaching it fails the account immediately.
Measured against the greater of yesterday's closing balance and yesterday's closing equity, and reset at 5:00 PM EST. Open positions count — the limit is checked on live equity through the day. Breaching it fails the account immediately.
Measured against the greater of yesterday's closing balance and yesterday's closing equity, and reset at 5:00 PM EST. Open positions count — the limit is checked on live equity through the day. Breaching it fails the account immediately.
Measured against the greater of yesterday's closing balance and yesterday's closing equity, and reset at 5:00 PM EST. Open positions count — the limit is checked on live equity through the day. Breaching it fails the account immediately.
The most your account may move in a day, in EITHER direction — a large gain locks the account just as a large loss does. Measured against the previous day's equity and reset at 5 PM EST. Exceed it and open positions are closed, pending orders cancelled, and trading is disabled until the next day begins.
The most your account may move in a day, in EITHER direction — a large gain locks the account just as a large loss does. Measured against the previous day's equity and reset at 5 PM EST. Exceed it and open positions are closed, pending orders cancelled, and trading is disabled until the next day begins.
Trails intraday, following the greater of the day's balance and equity highs — and it trails by 2.5% OF that high, so the cash gap grows as you profit. A HARD breach; the account is terminated.
Profit target
Measured on closed and open positions together, against the starting balance.
Measured on closed and open positions together, against the starting balance.
There is no target to hit — the account is funded from the start.
There is no target to hit — the account is funded from the start.
The same target in each of the four phases.
Consistency requirement
Checked when you request a payout, not while you trade. No single trading day may account for more than this share of your total profit.
Best trading day ÷ total profit × 100, and it must come in at or below 25%. In practice that means the target cannot be reached in fewer than four profitable days. Missing it does not lose the account — it only holds up the payout and the next phase.
Best trading day ÷ total profit × 100, at or below 33.33% — so no fewer than three profitable days. It applies in the funded account as well as the assessment, and must be met before any payout.
Minimum trading days
A day counts once it makes at least 0.50%. Applies in both phases.
Holding positions
All positions are closed and orders cancelled at 1555 CST each weekday. On holiday sessions auto-liquidation may not run, and closing out is the trader's responsibility.
The platform attempts to close open positions at 15:55 ET, but it remains your responsibility. A position still open after the cutoff is a prohibited practice and breaches the account.
Time limits and inactivity
Consecutive days without placing a trade. Reaching it breaches the account.
Consecutive days without placing a trade. Reaching it breaches the account.
Consecutive days without placing a trade. Reaching it breaches the account.
Per phase, counted from your first trade in it. Miss it and the account is deactivated whatever the progress. No extensions and no pauses.
Leverage
50:1 forex and metals · 10:1 indices · 5:1 oil · 2:1 crypto
50:1 forex and metals · 10:1 indices · 5:1 oil · 2:1 crypto
50:1 forex and metals · 10:1 indices · 5:1 oil · 2:1 crypto
Up to 50:1
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Set per instrument, not per account.
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