Trading rules
Can I add to a losing position?
On Speedy, Flex and Instant Funding, adding to a losing position must meet either the time allowance or the instrument’s price-distance allowance. Pro-only sequences are exempt; the exemption does not extend to mixed-programme drawdown additions.
Time OR price: one condition is enough
A floating loss is a loss on a trade that is still open. On the covered programmes, an additional entry on the same asset while a position or sequence is losing must satisfy either the time allowance or the applicable price-distance allowance. Both do not need to pass.
- Time: enter less than two minutes after the original entry.
- Price on forex and metals: enter less than five pips from the original entry price.
- Price on indices: the stated distance allowance is ten points.
- Price on crypto: the stated limits are $10 or 0.15% of the entry price. Ask support which price-distance limit applies to your instrument before relying on that allowance.
For forex and metals, exactly two minutes does not pass the time condition, and exactly five pips does not pass the price condition. The other condition can still qualify the addition. For example, an entry after 90 seconds and eight pips away passes through time; an entry after three minutes and three pips away passes through price. An entry after three minutes and eight pips away passes neither.
Use the original entry as the reference. Check the instrument's pip or point specification; do not assume that one unit has the same price value on every instrument.
One of these two conditions must be met
The first position is still open and losing in each example below.
Within two minutes
- Time apart
- 1 minute
- Price apart
- 10 pips
The time condition is met. The price does not also need to be within five pips.
Within five pips
- Time apart
- 10 minutes
- Price apart
- 3 pips
The price condition is met. More than two minutes can have passed.
Outside both limits
- Time apart
- 41 minutes
- Price apart
- 50 pips
Neither condition is met. Adding while the earlier trade is losing is prohibited.
Examples of the scaling allowance only, not strategy approval. Forex example. Either condition is sufficient; equality does not satisfy that individual condition. Pro-only sequences are exempt. Pro cannot be used to add to losing positions across other programmes. Other rules still apply.
Which accounts are covered?
The adding-to-a-loser allowance applies to Speedy, Flex and Instant Funding, within an account and across your accounts.
Pro-only positions and sequences are exempt from this adding-in-drawdown restriction. Do not use a Pro account to add to a losing position across Speedy, Flex or Instant Funding accounts. The Pro exemption does not extend to those mixed-programme sequences.
Drawdown, maximum risk per asset, martingale, hedging, stop-loss and capital-allocation rules continue to apply to every programme.
Using another account does not bypass the rule
The same asset, existing floating loss and applicable entry allowance still matter across covered accounts. Calling an entry planned scaling does not make it compliant if it fails the allowance.
Enforcement
On funded accounts, prohibited adding in drawdown can cause an automatic account breach. The restriction also applies to evaluations on the covered programmes. All rules are checked again at payout review; no alert does not mean an entry is permitted.
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