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Trading Rules, Explained Simply
Pick your account and size to see every limit in dollars, plus what's allowed and what isn't.
Account size
How the Daily Loss Limit Works
The limit is measured from your balance at the start of each trading day, and resets when a new day begins.
What You Can and Can't Do
These apply to every account type, in both the evaluation and funded stages.
Allowed
- Trading the newsNo restrictions around economic releases.
- Holding trades overnight and over the weekend
- Any trading style: scalping, day trading, swing trading
- Expert Advisors (EAs)With the EA add-on at checkout.
- Trading on weekendsWith the Trade on Weekends add-on.
- No minimum days to pass and no time limit
Not allowed
- High-frequency trading and latency arbitrage
- Trades held for less than 60 seconds
- Hedging or coordinating trades across accountsIncluding accounts held by other people.
- Market manipulation
- Going more than 60 days without placing a tradeTrade at least once every 60 days to keep the account active.
The Consistency Rule
Applies to funded accounts when you request a payout. It makes sure rewards come from steady trading, not one lucky day.
This page is a summary. The Terms & Conditions are the full rules and take priority if anything differs.