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Account churning
You may not keep buying accounts and trading each one on an all-or-nothing basis until it passes or breaches. Traderscale expects a defined, controlled approach across your accounts,…
Account sharing and reselling
Only you, the registered trader, may access and trade your account. You cannot sell it, share it, transfer it or let anyone else manage it.
Arbitrage trading
You may not profit from price differences, feed delays or technical inefficiencies between platforms. Latency arbitrage, triangular arbitrage, cross-platform price exploitation and…
Can I add to a losing position?
On Speedy, Flex and Instant Funding, adding to a losing position must meet either the time allowance or the instrument’s price-distance allowance. Pro-only sequences are exempt; the…
Can I hold trades over the weekend?
Yes, if your account has the Weekend Holding add-on. Without it, open positions close automatically at 20:30 UTC before the weekend and weekend-open markets cannot be traded.
Can I scale in or trade multiple accounts?
Yes. You can place several entries and repeat your own setup by hand on your own accounts. The adding-to-a-loser rule, the risk rules and your programme's restrictions still apply to…
Can I trade during news releases?
Directional news trading is allowed on Speedy and Pro. Flex and Instant Funding restrict new positions on affected or correlated instruments within five minutes before and after a…
Can I trade during news releases?
Directional news trading is allowed on Speedy and Pro. Flex and Instant Funding restrict new positions on affected or correlated instruments within five minutes before and after a…
Can I trade during news releases?
Directional news trading is allowed on Speedy and Pro. Flex and Instant Funding restrict new positions on affected or correlated instruments within five minutes before and after a…
Can I trade during news releases?
Directional news trading is allowed on Pro, without the five-minute news-entry restriction. Opposing-order news bracketing is prohibited. Normal risk and trading rules still apply.
Can I use EAs, bots or trade copiers?
No. You must place every trade yourself. Expert Advisors, bots, scripts and automatic trade copiers are prohibited on evaluation and funded accounts. Analysis tools and calculators need…
Capital allocation manipulation
You may not spread, transfer or offset risk across several Traderscale accounts to get around the limits that apply to a single account.
Expert Advisors and automation
All trading must be manual. Any tool that automatically opens, changes, manages or closes trades is prohibited on every account.
Exploiting system errors
You may not profit from a known or obvious technical fault, pricing error, feed delay or platform malfunction. Stop trading the affected instrument and report it instead.
Flex drawdown limits
Flex has two loss limits: a 3% daily drawdown and an 8% static maximum drawdown. The maximum floor is fixed from your starting balance and never moves.
Flex: profit target and trading days
To pass the Flex evaluation, reach 10% closed profit with no open positions across at least four qualifying profit days. Each qualifying day needs at least 0.25% of starting balance in…
Grid trading
You may not place layers of orders at fixed price intervals with no directional view. A grid profits from movement in either direction, which is not a trading decision.
Hedge trading
You may not hold a buy and a sell on the same instrument at the same time, including across separate Traderscale accounts, where the effect is to cancel out your exposure or exploit…
High-frequency trading
You may not use ultra-fast execution to capture tiny price movements within milliseconds, whether by software or by hand.
How does the risk-to-reward policy work?
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
How does the risk-to-reward policy work?
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
How does the risk-to-reward policy work?
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
How does the risk-to-reward policy work?
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
How does TraderProtect work?
On Instant Funding, TraderProtect closes all open positions when their combined floating loss reaches 2% of initial balance. The event count lasts for the account lifetime: the first is…
How long must I hold a trade?
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
How long must I hold a trade?
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
How long must I hold a trade?
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
How long must I hold a trade?
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
Instant Funding consistency rule
On Instant Funding, your highest profit day must be below 20% of your total profit for the payout period. Exactly 20% does not pass. Failing the rule delays your payout; it does not…
Instant Funding drawdown limits
Instant Funding has two loss limits: a 3% daily drawdown and a 6% trailing maximum drawdown. The maximum floor rises with your highest equity until it locks at the starting balance, and…
Instant Funding: qualifying trading days
Before each Instant Funding payout you need four days with net realised profit of at least 0.25% of starting balance. Entry and close do not need the same date. There is no evaluation…
Max risk per asset
Maximum planned stop-loss risk per asset is 4% on Speedy, 3% on Flex, 5% on Pro and 2.5% on Instant Funding. Risk is measured per account and recalculated when the stop changes.
Max risk per asset
Maximum planned stop-loss risk per asset is 4% on Speedy, 3% on Flex, 5% on Pro and 2.5% on Instant Funding. Risk is measured per account and recalculated when the stop changes.
Max risk per asset
Maximum planned stop-loss risk per asset is 4% on Speedy, 3% on Flex, 5% on Pro and 2.5% on Instant Funding. Risk is measured per account and recalculated when the stop changes.
Max risk per asset
Pro allows up to 5% planned risk per asset within each account. Risk from entries on the same asset is combined and recalculated when a stop changes.
News bracketing
You may not place opposing pending orders either side of the price before a major news release to catch the move in either direction. On Flex and Instant Funding, the five-minute window…
News bracketing
You may not place opposing pending orders either side of the price before a major news release to catch the move in either direction. On Flex and Instant Funding, the five-minute window…
News bracketing
You may not place opposing pending orders either side of the price before a major news release to catch the move in either direction. On Flex and Instant Funding, the five-minute window…
News bracketing
Opposing orders intended to capture either direction of a news release are prohibited on Pro. Directional news trading remains allowed.
One-sided speculative exposure
Repeated big directional bets with no risk control and no consistent method can be treated as speculative behaviour, even if they win.
Pro drawdown limits
Pro has two loss limits: a 5% daily drawdown and a 10% static maximum drawdown. The maximum floor is fixed from your starting balance and never moves.
Pro: profit targets and trading days
Pass Phase 1 with 10% closed profit and Phase 2 with 5%, each with no open positions and at least three trading days. Funded Pro accounts need three trading days before each payout.…
Speedy consistency rule
On a funded Speedy account, your highest profit day must be below 40% of your total profit for the payout period. Exactly 40% does not pass. Failing the rule delays your payout; it does…
Speedy drawdown limits
Speedy has two loss limits: a 4% daily drawdown and an 8% trailing maximum drawdown. The maximum floor rises with your highest equity until it locks at the starting balance, and never…
Speedy: profit target and trading days
To pass the Speedy evaluation, reach 10% closed profit with no open positions and at least one trading day. On a funded Speedy account you need 10 trading days before each payout.
The $600,000 capital limit
The maximum simulated capital allocation is $600,000 across your funded accounts combined, including Instant Funding. Evaluations do not count towards that cap. A separate limit allows…
Tick scalping and minimum trade duration
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
Tick scalping and minimum trade duration
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
Tick scalping and minimum trade duration
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
Tick scalping and minimum trade duration
Hold every position for at least two minutes using server timestamps. Short-trade profits are removed and losses count. When short-trade profits exceed the payout share, account-profit…
Toxic trading (risk-to-reward)
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
Toxic trading (risk-to-reward)
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
Toxic trading (risk-to-reward)
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
Toxic trading (risk-to-reward)
Negative risk to reward uses the furthest stop distance. On all account types, 60% or more negative-risk-to-reward positions causes payout rejection and an account breach, regardless of…
Trade coordination and copy trading
You may repeat your own setup by hand on your own accounts. Automatic copying between accounts, and coordinated trading between different people, are prohibited.
What counts as martingale?
Martingale means increasing your position size or total risk after a loss on the same asset, within the same or the next trading day. It is prohibited even when the sequence ends in…
What happens at market rollover?
The trading day rolls over at 21:00 UTC. Your daily drawdown resets at that moment, and for about an hour around it spreads widen and liquidity thins, so stops can slip.
What happens at market rollover?
The trading day rolls over at 21:00 UTC. Your daily drawdown resets at that moment, and for about an hour around it spreads widen and liquidity thins, so stops can slip.
What happens at market rollover?
The trading day rolls over at 21:00 UTC. Your daily drawdown resets at that moment, and for about an hour around it spreads widen and liquidity thins, so stops can slip.
What happens at market rollover?
The trading day rolls over at 21:00 UTC. Your daily drawdown resets at that moment, and for about an hour around it spreads widen and liquidity thins, so stops can slip.
When must I add a stop loss?
Every position needs a stop loss. The entry-timing add-on allows up to five minutes, and the stop must be attached before closing. Persistent missing-stop trading causes payout…
When must I add a stop loss?
Every position needs a stop loss. The entry-timing add-on allows up to five minutes, and the stop must be attached before closing. Persistent missing-stop trading causes payout…
When must I add a stop loss?
Every position needs a stop loss. The entry-timing add-on allows up to five minutes, and the stop must be attached before closing. Persistent missing-stop trading causes payout…
When must I add a stop loss?
Every position needs a stop loss. The entry-timing add-on allows up to five minutes, and the stop must be attached before closing. Persistent missing-stop trading causes payout…