Quick answer: A stop loss is mandatory on every position. Without the No Stop Loss on Entry add-on it must be attached at execution. With the add-on you have five minutes — and it must be there before the position closes.
Without the add-on
Every position must have a stop loss when it opens. The rule applies to the position, not to your intention to add one shortly.
If it's missing: the system automatically liquidates the position on execution and records a soft breach.
A soft breach differs from a hard breach — the account may remain active — but repeated non-compliance is reviewed.
Soft breaches are currently unlimited in number. That is not permission to ignore the rule. Repeated risk-management violations are reviewed, and a recorded soft breach doesn't disappear because you carried on trading — it can form part of compliance monitoring and a later payout review. A soft breach also doesn't cancel a separate hard-breach or prohibited-practice finding.
Why did my trade close when the market never reached my stop? It may have been closed for stop-loss non-compliance rather than normal execution. Check the account message, order history and timestamps.
It wasn't closed immediately — does that mean it was accepted? No. Absence of an immediate visible action isn't approval. Compliance relies on server-side records and full account history.
With the No Stop Loss on Entry add-on
You may open without a stop attached at the exact moment of entry. A stop loss must still be applied within five minutes of execution, and before the position is closed — whichever comes first.
Closing a position that never had a stop loss is a breach, regardless of how briefly it was open or whether it closed in profit. The five-minute window is time to set your stop, not permission to trade without one.
Example: entry 14:00:00 with no stop, closed in profit at 14:04:00. Inside the window, but no stop loss ever existed. This breaches the stop-loss requirement.
How to stay compliant
Confirm the add-on is attached to the correct account before trading
Note the position's server-side opening time
Apply the stop well inside the window
Confirm it's visible on the active position
Is exactly five minutes compliant? The rule allows a maximum of five minutes, measured on server timestamps. Don't rely on a local clock, a delayed platform refresh, or a last-second modification. Place it well inside the window.
Does changing or removing the stop restart the window? No. The window never restarts, and the position must stay compliant with the applicable stop-loss and risk-management terms.
A stop loss doesn't make a trade compliant
It satisfies the stop-loss requirement and nothing else. A trade with a valid stop loss may still be reviewed for:
Martingale, or increasing risk after a loss
Adding positions on the same asset while already in floating drawdown
Excessive combined risk, or risk per asset
Hedge trading, within one account or across several
Negative risk-to-reward or structurally unsound risk behaviour
Tick scalping or minimum-duration concerns
Copy trading, coordination, automation or account sharing
The add-on changes entry timing only. It doesn't exempt you from toxic trading, negative risk-to-reward, martingale, adding in drawdown, per-asset risk or hedging rules.
See also: Prohibited practices §15 · Add-ons