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Challenge model rules
This page outlines all the rules and guidelines for participating in our trading challenges. It provides a clear overview of the requirements and conditions to help traders stay compliant and achieve success in each phase.
To ensure a fair and successful trading challenge, participants must adhere to the following rules across all phases.
Evaluation - Phase 1
Funded - Phase 2
Account Equity Requirement
The account equity or balance must not drop below a specified percentage of the initial account size. This applies to all phases:
- Phase 1: 6%
- Phase 2: 6%
Maximum Daily Loss
Account equity or balance must not drop below a threshold set by the previous day’s balance at 20:55 UTC, reduced by a fixed percentage of the initial account balance (referred to as the daily drawdown limit).
This threshold remains constant throughout the day and is recalculated daily at 20:55 UTC for the following 24-hour period.
Definitions
Initial Balance: The starting account balance (e.g., $100,000)
Daily Drawdown Limit: A fixed percentage of the initial balance that represents the maximum allowable loss for a day (e.g., 4% of $100,000 = $4,000)
Daily drawdown limits:
- Phase 1: 4%
- Phase 2: 4%
Examples
Initial balance: $100,000
Daily loss limit: 4% of the initial balance ($4,000)
1. If your balance at 20:55 UTC is $102,000, the minimum allowable equity or balance for the next day is $98,000 ($102,000 - $4,000)
2. If your balance at 20:55 UTC is $98,000, the minimum allowable equity or balance for the next day is $94,000 ($98,000 - $4,000)
Key Notes
The daily drawdown limit remains constant at $4,000 based on the initial account balance
Profit Target
Participants must achieve specific profit targets without breaching any rules:
- Phase 1: 10%
- Phase 2: Not applicable
Key Notes
The target is based on balance value and there should be no open or pending trades for the rule to be validated
Minimum Profitable Days
To count as a “profitable day” towards the minimum requirement, your account needs to end the day with a balance that’s at least 0.5% (of starting balance) higher than the highest balance your account has reached by the end of the previous trading day. This balance increase is checked at the end of each trading day (20:55 UTC).
If you don’t hit this 0.5% growth target on any given day, that day won’t count toward the required profitable days, even if you made lots of trades or had high trading activity. It’s a way to ensure steady, sustainable gains rather than just busy trading.
The required profitable days for each phase are:
- Phase 1: 3 days
- Phase 2: 3 days
Overnight Trading
Overnight trading is not allowed. There should be no trading activity between 20:30 UTC and 00:05 UTC, and no positions should be held open during this time frame.
Weekend Trading
No trades are allowed during weekends. All trades must be closed by 20:30 UTC on Friday. Trading can only resume after 00:05 UTC on Monday.
News Event Trading
Trading during restricted news events is prohibited. No trades should be opened, closed or held open in the time window starting 5 minutes before and ending 5 minutes after a scheduled restricted event. However, trades opened at least 5 hours before the event time can remain open. Not all red folder or high impact news are restricted. A calendar will show restricted events in the Client Area on our website. Restricted events apply to all trading instruments, regardless of the news event being related to a single instrument.
We strive to minimize the number of restricted events while prioritizing trading safety of both our clients and our operations.
Please note that Pending Orders that get filled within the restricted time frame — 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the news event — are considered a rule breach. Orders opened at least 5 hours before a restricted event, are skipped and not taken into consideration during news trading breach verification.
Inactivity Rule
Accounts must remain active. If no trades are executed for a set number of consecutive days, the account will be marked as failed:
- Phase 1: 30 days
- Phase 2: Not applicable
The incativity count will start once at last one trade has been placed on the account.
Advancing Through Phases
Upon adhering to all rules, traders will progress to the next phase:
- Phase 1 → Phase 2
Additional Rules
- Maximum funding per customer is $400,000 USD or equivalent.
- Service fees will be refunded upon the second payout after reaching Phase 2.
- Leverage offered up to 1:50, and available instruments include Currencies, Indices, Energies, Crypto, and Metals
- Forex - 1:50
- Metals - 1:30
- Indices - 1:30
- Energies - 1:10
- Crypto - 1:2
- To register a Payout request in Phase 2 it is required:
- A balance higher than the initial amount.
- At least 14 days since the last payout or account creation.
- No rules breached.
- The standard profit split is 80/20 (Customer/Company). However, this default percentage may vary based on promotions or can be adjusted during the checkout process depending on the options available at the time of purchase.
- Once a payout is confirmed, the amount will be deducted from the account balance, and all rules related to the funded phase will be reset.
- There is no minimum profit requirement to request a payout; you may request one as long as the account balance is above the initial balance. Similarly, there is no strict maximum limit on payout amounts. However, based on our risk assessments, we may occasionally initiate a payout on your behalf if the account shows profits exceeding 10% of the initial balance.
For an in depth rules description, read our Terms and Conditions, Appendix B
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