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[Instant] Trading Rule Violations & Prohibited Behavior

Instant Funded Accounts are provided under strict trading rules designed to ensure fair use, responsible risk management, and the integrity of the trading environment.

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Any activity that violates these rules may result in immediate account termination.

Drawdown Violations

The following are considered violations of the trading rules:

  • Breaching the maximum daily drawdown

  • Breaching the maximum overall drawdown

Drawdown limits are monitored continuously. Any breach, even momentary, results in immediate termination of the account.


High-Risk & Gambling Behavior

The following behaviors are strictly prohibited:

  • Using 80% or more of the account’s available margin

  • Overleveraging or reckless position sizing

  • Account rolling or lot-sizing techniques intended to bypass drawdown controls

  • Any trading behavior that resembles gambling rather than structured risk management

Such behavior may result in immediate termination, even on a first offense.


Copy Trading, Account Abuse & Collusion

The following activities are not allowed:

  • Copy trading from external accounts you do not own

  • Replicating trades across multiple funded accounts

  • Colluding with other traders or linked accounts to create artificial volume

  • Opening opposing positions across accounts to reduce risk or manipulate results

These actions are considered abuse of the funding model and will result in termination.


Exploits, Arbitrage & System Abuse

The Instant Funded Account may not be used to exploit system inefficiencies.

Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:

  • High-frequency trading (HFT) strategies

  • AI-driven or automated strategies designed to exploit execution or latency

  • Latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage, scalping arbitrage, or gap-exploitation strategies

  • Flooding the market with extremely small pip trades or unrealistic trade volumes to inflate profitability

There is no minimum holding time when trading normally. However, strategies designed solely to exploit pricing delays or technical inefficiencies are not permitted.


Weekend & Overnight Gap Exploitation

While overnight and weekend holding is allowed, the following is prohibited:

  • Holding positions solely to profit from expected weekend or overnight price gaps

  • Systematically targeting gap behavior as a trading strategy

Normal swing trading is permitted, but intentional gap exploitation is not.


Expert Advisors & Automation

  • Third-party Expert Advisors (EAs) are not allowed unless you own the source code

  • Replicating strategies across accounts using shared EAs or signal services is prohibited

Automation used for trade execution must not violate any other trading or risk rules.


General Conduct

Any behavior that signals:

  • Irresponsible trading

  • Excessively risky behavior

  • Intentional circumvention of rules

may result in account disqualification or termination, even if not explicitly listed above.

All rules outlined here are also covered in full detail within the Terms and Conditions, which take precedence in all cases.


Enforcement & Appeals

Any confirmed violation of the trading rules will result in immediate account termination.

If you believe a mistake has been made or have questions regarding a decision, please contact Support for review.

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