New article. Permissions are currently buried inside prohibition lists — the scaling allowance is bullet four of a banned-behaviour list. This article exists to make them findable.
Quick answer: Adding to positions, taking multiple entries, trading news directionally and manually mirroring your own accounts are all permitted. Here's exactly how.
Adding to an existing position — the scaling allowance
You may add to a position you already hold if either condition is met:
the new entry is within two minutes of your original entry, or
the new entry is within five pips of your original entry
Either alone is sufficient.
Permitted
10:00 — buy GBPUSD 1.0 lot at 1.2700
10:01 — buy GBPUSD 1.0 lot at 1.2697
Within two minutes and within five pips.
Not permitted
10:00 — buy GBPUSD 1.0 lot at 1.2700
10:41 — buy GBPUSD 1.0 lot at 1.2650, first position floating −$500
41 minutes and 50 pips away, added while losing. This is drawdown recovery regardless of intent.
Outside the allowance, adding to a position in floating loss is prohibited — see Prohibited practices §6.
Multiple entries
Multiple entries aren't prohibited and aren't judged by number. What's reviewed is spacing, purpose, direction, timing and risk structure.
What's prohibited is grid trading — layered orders at fixed intervals with no directional basis, structured to profit either way. Several entries expressing one directional view is a different thing.
Trading the news
Directional discretionary news trading is permitted on evaluation and funded accounts. You may hold through releases and open new positions during red-folder events.
What's prohibited is bracketing — opposing pending orders placed around price to capture movement in either direction.
Instant Funding only: you may not open a position within 5 minutes either side of a red-folder event, identified from the ForexFactory calendar. A position opened outside that window may be held through the release. Speedy and Pro have no news window.
Trading the same setup on your own accounts
You may trade the same idea across your own Traderscale accounts, placing every entry manually on each account. Any copier, bridge or script that replicates trades automatically is prohibited.
But mirroring isn't unrestricted. These still apply:
§6 — you may not add the same asset on a second account while the first is in floating loss
§12 — you may not hold opposing directions on the same instrument across accounts
Capital allocation — you may not use a second account to carry exposure that would breach the first
Manual mirroring is permitted. Using a second account to extend or offset exposure is not.
Tools that don't touch orders
Charting software, alerts, journals, analysis tools and calculators are all fine. The line is whether the tool places, changes, closes or manages trades. Trailing-stop scripts and auto-breakeven tools cross it.
Holding over the weekend
Permitted with the Hold Over Weekend add-on, which also allows trading markets that stay open, such as crypto. Without it, positions close automatically at 20:30 UTC.
What none of this changes
Everything here is permitted within the other rules. Every position still needs a stop loss, still needs two minutes, and still counts toward your drawdown and exposure limits.
See also: Prohibited practices for your program · The rules at a glance