YOUR ACCOUNT RULEBOOK

Instant Funding. Your rules.

Loss limits first. Every rule below. Open only what you need explained.

Your complete rulebook

32 topics

Every topic includes its conditions and consequences.

Loss limits & risk4

Daily loss limit

3%
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Checked on equity, including open trades. Resets at 21:00 UTC all year.

Instant Funding has a 3% daily drawdown limit. Equity is your balance plus the floating profit or loss of open positions.

Check the live daily level in Trader Area → Accounts Overview → your account → Go to Metrics. The daily level and maximum floor are separate.

At 21:00 UTC, take the higher of account balance and equity at that moment. Subtract 3% of the starting balance to get the daily loss level. Earlier intraday highs do not set this reference.

A simple example

Your closed balance can look fine while an open loss pushes equity through the daily level. Spreads, swaps and slippage can change equity too.

What happens if this is not met?

Crossing a drawdown level breaches the account. It becomes inactive and accumulated profit is forfeited.

Full explanation: Instant Funding drawdown limits
Full explanation: Why was my account breached?
Full explanation: What happens at market rollover?

Maximum loss limit

6% trailing
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Follows your highest equity. Locks at the starting balance.

The maximum floor follows the highest equity reached, including profit on open positions. It never moves down and stops rising at the starting balance.

A payout reduces your balance without lowering the maximum floor. Check the room that will remain after the debit.

The daily loss limit still applies separately. Check both actual levels in your Trader Area.

A simple example

On a $100,000 starting balance, the initial maximum floor is $94,000. If highest equity reaches $104,000, the floor becomes $98,000.

MAXIMUM FLOOR EXAMPLE

See how the floor moves.

$100,000 start
Highest equity$104,000
Maximum floor$98,000
Floor typeTrailing

Hypothetical maximum-floor example only, not your current room to trade. Your daily level is separate. Reducing this slider resets the example; a real trailing floor never moves down.

What happens if this is not met?

Crossing the maximum drawdown level breaches the account. A later recovery does not undo a confirmed breach.

Full explanation: Instant Funding drawdown limits
Full explanation: Why was my account breached?

Maximum risk per asset

2.5%
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Per asset, measured at the planned stop loss. Exceeding the limit is a hard breach.

The maximum risk per asset on Instant Funding is 2.5%. It is measured using the planned stop-loss distance, not an account-wide daily exposure allowance.

On funded accounts, exceeding the permitted risk allowance can cause an automatic breach. Trading restrictions also apply during evaluation and are checked at review.

Planned risk uses position size and stop-loss distance, is assessed per asset on each account, and is recalculated when the stop changes. Repeated deliberate attempts to avoid the limit by risking slightly less may be penalised.

A simple example

Using a $100,000 reference balance, $2,600 of planned stop-loss risk is 2.6%, above the 2.5% limit.

What happens if this is not met?

Exceeding the maximum risk per asset causes a hard breach. No system alert does not mean the risk is permitted.

Full explanation: Max risk per asset
Full explanation: Instant Funding rules at a glance

TraderProtect

2% of initial balance
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Combined floating loss. Closes all positions; the second event makes the account inactive.

TraderProtect triggers when combined floating loss across all open positions reaches 2% of the initial account balance. The reference is not the current balance. It closes positions on every symbol.

The first TraderProtect closure is a soft breach. The second breaches the account and it cannot be restored. Events count over the lifetime of the account; a payout does not reset the count.

TraderProtect is separate from stop-loss soft breaches, daily drawdown, maximum drawdown and the 2.5% risk-per-asset limit. It does not guarantee protection from a drawdown breach.

A simple example

With an initial balance of $100,000, combined floating loss of $2,000 triggers closure of all open positions, even if the current balance has changed.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

First event: soft breach. Second event: inactive account. Slippage can still take the account through a drawdown limit.

Full explanation: How does TraderProtect work?
Full explanation: Instant Funding rules at a glance
How you can trade9

Stop-loss placement

Required on entry
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Every position needs a stop. The timing add-on changes when, not whether.

Without No Stop Loss on Entry, the stop must be attached when the position opens. A missing stop causes the position to close and records a soft breach.

With No Stop Loss on Entry, the deadline is five minutes from opening, measured using server timestamps. A stop is still required before closing. Removing it does not restart the clock.

On all account types, consistent trading without a stop loss can cause payout rejection and an account breach. For an isolated case, the affected P&L is deducted from the payout share.

A simple example

With the add-on, opening at 14:00 and closing at 14:04 without ever setting a stop still breaches the stop-loss requirement.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

Persistent missing-stop trading: payout rejection and account breach. Isolated cases: affected P&L is deducted from the payout share.

Full explanation: When must I add a stop loss?
Full explanation: What do the add-ons change?

Minimum trade duration

2 minutes
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Short-trade profit is removed. Losses still count.

Hold each position for at least two minutes, measured by server entry and close timestamps, not a rounded platform duration.

On all account types, if short-trade profits exceed the payout share but do not exceed account profit, they are deducted from the account balance and the payout is rejected. If they exceed account profit, the account resets to its starting balance instead. Both cases have a seven-day wait before another payout request.

Never delay a protective exit or remove a stop loss just to reach two minutes. One short trade does not automatically breach the account.

A simple example

A trade opened at 11:14:20 and closed at 11:15:07 lasted 47 seconds. If it made $300, that profit is removed.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

Short-trade profit is removed. Where it exceeds the payout share, the account-profit comparison determines a balance deduction or reset. Other eligibility and risk rules still apply.

Full explanation: How long must I hold a trade?
Full explanation: Tick scalping and minimum trade duration

News trading

5:01 or more away
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Affected or correlated instruments. Exactly five minutes before or after is restricted.

On Instant Funding, do not open a new position on an affected or correlated instrument within five minutes before or after a high-impact (red-folder) release. Use the actual event time that causes the market move.

Exactly 5:00 before or after the release is restricted. 5:01 or more is outside this window. A delayed release is assessed using the actual market-moving event time.

A position opened outside the window may be held and closed through the release. A pending order that fills opens a new position at its fill time. Other risk and duration rules remain active.

A simple example

For a 13:30:00 release affecting your instrument, 13:25:00 and 13:35:00 are restricted. 13:24:59 and 13:35:01 are outside this news window.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

Prohibited news trading or bracketing can lead to profit adjustment, payout rejection or an account breach.

Full explanation: Can I trade during news releases?
Full explanation: News bracketing

Weekend holding

Add-on required
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Without it, positions close at 20:30 UTC before the weekend.

Weekend Holding must be attached to this specific account. It allows positions to stay open over the weekend and trading in markets that remain open, such as crypto.

Without the add-on, positions close automatically at 20:30 UTC before the weekend and weekend-open markets cannot be traded.

The add-on does not protect against gaps, slippage or drawdown. If a position closes unexpectedly, support needs to check the instrument schedule, account status and other rules.

A simple example

An add-on on a different account does not cover this one. Check the order or Trader Area before holding over the weekend.

What happens if this is not met?

Without the add-on, positions are closed before the weekend. Drawdown and other trading rules remain active.

Full explanation: Can I hold trades over the weekend?
Full explanation: What do the add-ons change?

Adding to a losing position

Time OR price limit
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

A new same-asset entry must meet either the time condition or the price-distance condition.

For forex and metals, an addition while the original position is losing must be less than two minutes after the original entry OR less than five pips from its entry price. Either condition is enough. Exactly two minutes fails the time condition; exactly five pips fails the price condition.

Pro cannot be used to add to a losing position across Speedy, Flex or Instant Funding accounts. Copying and adding positions are separate rules.

The stated price distance for indices is 10 points. For crypto it is $10 or 0.15% of entry price; confirm the applicable instrument distance with support before trading. The time condition is an alternative to the applicable price condition.

A simple example

A forex addition after 90 seconds and eight pips passes the time condition. An addition after three minutes and three pips passes the price condition. Three minutes and eight pips passes neither.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

An addition outside both conditions is prohibited. Automatic breach enforcement applies on funded accounts. Meeting one condition does not approve the wider strategy.

Full explanation: Can I add to a losing position?
Full explanation: Can I scale in or trade multiple accounts?

EAs, bots & trading tools

Manual trading only
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

No automatic execution or management. Analysis tools need approval.

EAs, bots, scripts, automated signals and tools that open, modify, manage or close trades are prohibited in evaluation and funded accounts.

This includes automated trailing stops and auto-breakeven tools. Charting, alerts, calculators and tools such as Magic Keys need support approval before use.

Approval of an analysis tool never permits automated execution or trade management. Patterns can prompt a review, but timing or lot size alone is not proof.

A simple example

A calculator that only assists analysis still needs approval. A script that automatically moves a stop manages a trade and is prohibited.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

Prohibited automation can lead to suspension, account termination or payout disqualification.

Full explanation: Can I use EAs, bots or trade copiers?
Full explanation: Expert Advisors and automation

Copying & coordinated trading

No automatic copying
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Your own setup can be repeated manually on your own accounts, within the rules.

Place each trade yourself on each of your own accounts. Copiers, bridges, scripts and automatically executed signals are not allowed.

Coordinated execution between different people is prohibited.

Manual repetition is not unrestricted: adding-to-a-loser applicability, hedging, maximum exposure and capital-allocation rules still apply across accounts.

A simple example

Manually entering your own setup on your own accounts is different from software replicating the entries or a group coordinating execution.

What happens if this is not met?

Prohibited copying or coordination can cause profit adjustment, payout rejection or an account breach.

Full explanation: Trade coordination and copy trading
Full explanation: Can I scale in or trade multiple accounts?

Leverage

1:30
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Metals and crypto: 1:3. Risk limits do not change.

Instant Funding leverage is 1:30 leverage, with 1:3 on metals and crypto.

Leverage is not a loss allowance. Drawdown and risk-per-asset limits still apply.

What happens if this is not met?

Using available leverage does not exempt a position from any risk or conduct rule.

Full explanation: Instant Funding rules at a glance

Daily rollover

21:00 UTC
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Daily drawdown resets. Wider spreads and slippage can reduce your room.

The daily drawdown reset is fixed at 21:00 UTC all year, without daylight-saving changes. For about an hour around it, liquidity can thin and spreads can widen.

Rollover starts the next daily cycle. It does not lower the maximum floor, reopen a breached account or forgive trading-rule failures.

Use the live daily figure in Trader Area. A stop price is not a guarantee of execution at that price.

A simple example

Spread widening can push equity through a drawdown level even when the trade looked comfortably inside it a few minutes earlier.

What happens if this is not met?

Equity can breach a drawdown level during rollover. The maximum floor and other rules remain in force.

Full explanation: What happens at market rollover?
Full explanation: Why was my account breached?
Prohibited practices8

Martingale

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Do not increase size or risk after a loss on the same asset, that day or the next.

Increasing position size or total risk after a loss on the same asset, within the same or the next trading day, is prohibited even when the sequence ends in profit.

The review looks at changes in size, timing, recovery intent and the full sequence. Renaming the approach does not change the pattern.

On funded accounts, this prohibited practice can cause an automatic account breach. The underlying prohibition also applies during evaluation, and trading is checked again at payout review.

What happens if this is not met?

Profit adjustment, payout rejection or account breach can follow.

Full explanation: What counts as martingale?

Grid trading

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

No fixed-interval order grids built to capture either direction.

Layers of orders at fixed price intervals without a directional view are prohibited.

Multiple entries are not automatically a grid. Spacing, purpose, direction, timing and total risk determine the review.

A simple example

Four buy stops above price and four sell stops below it, all spaced at 20-pip intervals and with no directional view, are an example of a prohibited grid.

What happens if this is not met?

Profit adjustment, payout rejection or account breach can follow.

Full explanation: Grid trading

Hedging across positions or accounts

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

No overlapping buys and sells on the same instrument to offset exposure or exploit pricing.

The prohibition covers opposing positions inside one account and across separate Traderscale accounts where the effect is to cancel exposure or exploit pricing.

Positions need not open in the same second. Overlap, purpose, timing, instrument and activity across your accounts are reviewed.

On funded accounts, this prohibited practice can cause an automatic account breach. The underlying prohibition also applies during evaluation, and trading is checked again at payout review.

A simple example

Buying 2 lots of XAUUSD on Account A, then selling 2 lots on Account B while the first trade remains open, does not avoid the hedging rule.

What happens if this is not met?

Profit adjustment, payout rejection or account breach can follow.

Full explanation: Hedge trading

High-frequency trading

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

No ultra-fast execution to exploit tiny price movements, by software or by hand.

Execution speed, trade count, duration, purpose and the overall pattern are considered together. No single factor decides the finding.

The two-minute minimum-duration rule is separate. A wider high-frequency pattern can still be reviewed even when individual trades last longer.

What happens if this is not met?

Profit adjustment, payout rejection or account breach can follow.

Full explanation: High-frequency trading

Arbitrage & execution-delay exploitation

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Do not exploit price mismatches, feed delays or technical inefficiencies.

Latency arbitrage, triangular arbitrage, cross-platform price exploitation and execution-delay tricks are prohibited.

Watching another platform is not itself prohibited. Deliberately profiting from a known mismatch, delay or infrastructure limitation is.

A simple example

Watching a faster gold feed and repeatedly entering on a delayed quote to profit when it catches up is an example of this pattern.

What happens if this is not met?

Profit adjustment, payout rejection or account breach can follow.

Full explanation: Arbitrage trading

Exploiting system errors

Stop & report
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Do not trade to profit from a known or obvious pricing or platform fault.

Stop trading the affected instrument and contact support with the symbol, time, screenshot and account number.

The review includes execution records, feed data and what you did after the fault became apparent.

What happens if this is not met?

Affected profits are removed. Further account action is possible.

Full explanation: Exploiting system errors

Negative risk-to-reward

60% or more
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Exactly 60% triggers payout rejection and account breach on all account types.

Risk uses the furthest stop-loss distance while the position was open. Tightening the stop later does not erase that earlier risk. The Dealing Team classifies the positions for review.

When 60% or more of the reviewed positions are classified as negative risk-to-reward, the payout is rejected and the account is breached, regardless of the combined P&L of that group.

Below 60%, positive net P&L from the classified group is deducted after the split, from the trader share. Other trading rules and payout checks still apply.

Partial closes, winners and losers contribute to the combined P&L. Partial closes are allowed unless used to manipulate the rule. Trades with no stop loss are excluded from this calculation and are assessed under the separate stop-loss rule.

A simple example

12 of 20 reviewed positions is exactly 60%: the payout is rejected and the account is breached even if that group lost money. A later tighter stop does not change the furthest-stop reference.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

The result can be a profit deduction, payout rejection or account breach under the applicable conditions.

Full explanation: How does the risk-to-reward policy work?
Full explanation: Toxic trading (risk-to-reward)

Reckless one-sided exposure

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Repeated all-or-nothing directional bets without controlled risk can be prohibited.

Traderscale does not require a particular strategy. Trading does need to show controlled risk rather than reckless or purely chance-based exposure.

The review considers risk consistency, repeated directional bets, visible rationale and overall behaviour, even if those trades won.

What happens if this is not met?

The account or payout may be affected when the behaviour is structurally unsound.

Full explanation: One-sided speculative exposure
Account-wide rules5

Account sharing & reselling

Only you may trade
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Do not sell, transfer, share or let someone else manage the account.

Only the registered trader may access and trade the account. This includes decisions and execution.

Permission from you does not allow a spouse, friend, mentor or account manager to trade it. Login records, device information and activity may be reviewed.

What happens if this is not met?

Account suspension, breach or removal from the programme is possible.

Full explanation: Account sharing and reselling

Capital allocation limit

$600,000 funded
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Across funded accounts combined, per trader. Evaluation accounts do not count.

The $600,000 total capital cap counts funded accounts only, per trader, not per login. Evaluation accounts do not count towards this cap.

Checkout does not block purchases above the cap. At payout review, profit on the account that took you over the funded cap is voided, its fee is refunded and it loses payout eligibility.

Accounts cannot be merged. Balances and profit cannot be moved between them; each account keeps its own drawdown limits and objectives.

A separate maximum of two 1-Step Flex accounts per size applies. There is no general limit on evaluation accounts; evaluations do not count towards the $600,000 funded capital cap.

A simple example

Three funded accounts of $200,000 total $600,000. Four total $800,000, which exceeds the funded capital cap.

What happens if this is not met?

For the account that took you over: profits voided, its fee refunded in full, and no payout eligibility.

Full explanation: The $600,000 capital limit

Moving risk between accounts

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Do not use another account to carry or offset exposure that would break a limit.

Do not spread, transfer or offset risk across accounts to bypass a single-account restriction.

This includes continuing same or correlated exposure on another account to recover a loss, or positioning one account to gain while another absorbs the loss.

A simple example

A second account is not extra room for the first account when its exposure is already close to a limit.

What happens if this is not met?

Profit adjustment, payout rejection or account breach can follow.

Full explanation: Capital allocation manipulation

Account churning

Not allowed
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Repeatedly buying accounts for all-or-nothing attempts is prohibited.

The rule concerns a pattern across attempts and accounts, not a single ordinary loss.

Account history, maximum-size bets, risk control and the presence of a consistent method are reviewed.

A simple example

Buying six accounts over eight weeks and using each for a handful of maximum-size bets until it passes or breaches is an example of this pattern.

What happens if this is not met?

Payout rejection, forfeiture, suspension, breach or removal can follow.

Full explanation: Account churning

Inactivity

10 calendar days
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Starts when the account is created, including weekends and holidays.

The inactivity clock starts when the account is created. Open a new trade within each ten-calendar-day period. Existing open positions do not replace a new entry.

The clock continues during KYC, setup and payout read-only periods. It also continues over weekends and market holidays.

If inactivity occurs during KYC, setup or payout read-only, contact support for reactivation. A pending payout remains eligible for compliance review; reactivation does not itself approve it or reverse a separate trading-rule breach.

What happens if this is not met?

Ten days without a new trade makes the account inactive. Separate trading breaches and TraderProtect events are assessed under their own rules.

Full explanation: Why is my account inactive?
Full explanation: Instant Funding: qualifying trading days
Targets & trading days1

Qualifying profit days

4 profit days
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Four qualifying profit days before each payout.

For qualifying profit days, net closed profit is measured in the stated 21:01 UTC to 21:00 UTC trading-day window. A new entry and the qualifying closed profit do not have to occur on the same date.

A qualifying profit day needs at least 0.25% of the starting balance in net closed profit, including daily losses, commissions and swaps. Open profit does not count. Exactly 0.25% counts.

Trying to manipulate the day count can lead to payout rejection or a breach. Waiting periods and other passing or payout requirements remain separate.

A simple example

For a $100,000 starting balance, exactly $250 net closed profit equals 0.25% and counts. A trade may have opened on an earlier date. The day-count threshold is separate from the payout minimum.

See the worked example

What happens if this is not met?

Missing the day requirement delays passing or payout eligibility. Deliberately manipulating the count can lead to enforcement.

Full explanation: Instant Funding: qualifying trading days
Full explanation: Instant Funding payout requirements
Payout requirements5

These apply to funded payouts. Request eligibility is not payout approval.

Profit consistency

Below 20%
Instant Funding · Funded only

Highest UTC profit day ÷ total period profit, including posted adjustments.

Your highest profit day must be strictly below 20% of the total realised profit for the same funded payout period. Exactly 20% does not meet the rule.

Losing days can raise the percentage by reducing the total. A new highest day changes the numerator. More trading does not guarantee a lower result.

After an approved payout, use the Balance After Payout figure and the new period. Pending or rejected requests do not reset the period. Posted adjustments, commissions and swaps affect the profit used in the calculation. Use the UTC date on which the adjustment is posted, and exclude payout debits from trading results. The highest UTC profit day is separate from the drawdown reset.

A simple example

A $1,000 highest day and $5,000 total is exactly 20%, so not met. At $5,500 total, the ratio is 18.18%.

CONSISTENCY CALCULATOR

Check the 20% condition.

Funded only
Highest day ÷ total profit × 10018.18%Consistency condition met

With a fixed $1,000.00 highest day, the first qualifying total to the cent is $5,000.01.

This meets the consistency condition only. Every other payout condition still applies. Use the same payout period and highest UTC day. Include posted adjustments, commissions and swaps; exclude open P&L and payout debits. Adjustments use the UTC date when posted.

What happens if this is not met?

Not meeting consistency delays your payout. It does not, by itself, breach the account.

Full explanation: Instant Funding consistency rule
Full explanation: Instant Funding payout requirements

First & later payouts

14 days / 7 days
Instant Funding · Funded only

First: 14 days from receipt of the funded account. Later: every 7 days.

The first payout waiting period is 14 days from receipt of the funded account.

Later payouts are every 7 days from approval of the previous payout, not its submission or payment arrival. Required trading days must also be completed before each payout.

Eligibility to request is not approval or a guaranteed payment time. Compliance review and payment processing happen after the request.

What happens if this is not met?

Until the waiting period and all other requirements are met, you cannot request the payout.

Full explanation: Instant Funding payout requirements
Full explanation: How long does a payout take?
Full explanation: How do I request a payout?

Profit share & payout minimum

80% · $250 account profit
Instant Funding · Funded only

At least $250 profit on the account to request. Exactly $250 meets this minimum.

The standard share is 80% of eligible profit, or 90% with the Profit Share add-on on this specific account.

At least $250 profit on the account is required to request a withdrawal. Exactly $250 meets this minimum; it is not a post-split share threshold. The same minimum applies to every payout method.

For later requests, newly earned profit, retained profit and posted adjustments count. Retained profit of $250 or more already meets the monetary minimum. All other eligibility checks still apply; there is no maximum payout or total-earnings cap in these terms.

A simple example

$1,000 of eligible profit gives $800 at your selected 80% split, before separate adjustments.

What happens if this is not met?

Account profit below $250 does not meet the minimum to request. Meeting the minimum alone does not approve a payout.

Full explanation: Instant Funding payout requirements
Full explanation: Instant Funding rules at a glance
Full explanation: What do the add-ons change?

Other payout requirements

All checks required
Instant Funding · Funded only

Active funded account, closed positions, approved KYC and a signed agreement.

Complete the trading days, waiting period, account-profit minimum and consistency requirement where it applies. Request from the funded account, with every position closed.

Identity verification must be approved and the Funded Trader Agreement signed before the first payout. Activation requirements are separate from passing an evaluation.

There must be no confirmed breach or unresolved compliance restriction. Every request is reviewed. Trading profit alone is not payout approval.

What happens if this is not met?

An incomplete condition can prevent a request or payment. A confirmed trading breach can separately forfeit profit and end payout eligibility.

Full explanation: Instant Funding payout requirements
Full explanation: When can I request a payout?
Full explanation: How do I activate my funded account?
Full explanation: What happens during payout review?

Challenge fee & refunds

Non-refundable after login
Instant Funding · Applies to your account

Once login details are issued, this fee is non-refundable.

Speedy, Flex and Instant Funding fees are non-refundable once login details have been issued.

For cancellation questions before credentials, unexpected charges or account-specific terms, read the full refund policy and contact support.

What happens if this is not met?

Purchasing this programme does not include the Pro challenge-fee refund.

Full explanation: Refunds and cancellations
You’re at the end of the Instant Funding rulebook.

Keep checking the live limits and entitlements in your Trader Area.