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Trading Rules & Risk Management

What Rules do I need to follow?

You can see rules section here: https://tradersyard.com/rules

Prohibited practices include:

  • ​Copy trading

  • ​Hedging across accounts

  • ​Arbitrage or latency exploitation

  • ​Martingale / grid strategies

  • ​Gambling behavior

  • ​News trading abuse

  • ​Use of VPN/VPS

What consistency rule do I need to follow?

40% Consistency Rule: Your Best Day Profit cannot exceed 40% of your Total Closed Profit. Only closed trades are included in this calculation.

Consistency = (Best Day Profit ÷ Total Closed Profit) × 100

If your Best Day Profit exceeds the 40% limit, your account will not fail. But you must increase your Total Closed Profit to bring this ratio below 40% in order to pass or request Reward.

  • ​Example 1: $100,000 account. Total Closed Profit = $10,000. Best Day Profit = $3,000. Consistency = ($3,000 ÷ $10,000) × 100 = 30%. Since 30% is below 40%, you are consistent and can pass or request Reward.

  • ​Example 2: $50,000 account. Total Closed Profit = $5,000. Best Day Profit = $3,000. Consistency = 60%. Not consistent yet. If Total Closed Profit grows to $8,000 while Best Day stays at $3,000, new Consistency = 37.5%. Now below 40%, consistent, can pass or request Reward.

What are the different types of drawdown?

  1. Daily Drawdown

A daily loss limit based on your account equity. The limit resets every day at UTC 00:00. If your equity falls below the allowed daily limit at any point during the day, the account is breached.

2. ​Static Max Drawdown

A fixed maximum loss limit based on your starting balance. The drawdown level never moves, regardless of how much profit you make. If your equity falls below this level, the account is breached.

3. ​End-of-Day (EoD) Max Drawdown

A maximum loss limit that can move upward as your account grows. The drawdown level is updated at UTC 00:00 whenever a new account high is reached. It never moves downward and eventually locks once its maximum level is reached.

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Drawdown Type

Drawdown Type

Resets Daily

Resets Daily

Moves Up

Moves Up

Moves Down

Moves Down

Daily Drawdown

Yes

No

No

Static Drawdown

No

No

No

EoD Max Drawdown

No

Yes

No

To pick up a draggable item, press the space bar. While dragging, use the arrow keys to move the item. Press space again to drop the item in its new position, or press escape to cancel.

What drawdown rules apply to each account type?

Drawdown Type

Drawdown Type

Resets at UTC 00:00

Resets at UTC 00:00

Moves Up

Moves Up

Moves Down

Moves Down

Applies To

Applies To

Daily Drawdown

Yes

No

No

Step 1, Step 2

Static Max Drawdown

No

No

No

Step 2

EoD Max Drawdown

No (reviewed at UTC 00:00)

Yes

No

Step 1, Instant Funded, Futures

To pick up a draggable item, press the space bar. While dragging, use the arrow keys to move the item. Press space again to drop the item in its new position, or press escape to cancel.

Notes

  • Daily Drawdown resets completely every day at UTC 00:00.

  • Static Max Drawdown never resets and never moves.

  • EoD Max Drawdown does not reset. It is reviewed at UTC 00:00 and moves upward only when a new account high has been reached. Once locked, it no longer trails higher.

Is your drawdown equity-based or balance-based?

Daily Drawdown & Max Drawdown are equity-based, meaning open P/L is included in the calculation.

Equity includes unrealized P/L from open positions, your account can breach a drawdown limit even if a trade has not yet been closed.

EoD Max Drawdown is Equity/Balance at EoD based

Is there a Martingale rule?

After a losing streak, new positions must not exceed 2x the notional size of the largest losing trade in that streak. Exceeding this triggers a violation.

Is there an inactivity rule?

Yes, there is an inactivity rule.

You must execute at least one trade within every 30-day period to keep your account active.

Please note:

  • ​If your account remains inactive beyond 30 days, it will be permanently closed

  • Closed accounts cannot be restored

What trading strategies are prohibited?

Prohibited practices include:

  • ​Copy trading

  • ​Hedging across accounts

  • ​Arbitrage or latency exploitation

  • ​Martingale / grid strategies

  • ​Gambling behavior

  • ​News trading abuse

  • ​Use of VPN/VPS

Violations can lead to profit deduction or account termination.

Can I trade during news events?

  1. Trading is restricted 10 minutes before and 5 minutes after high-impact news

  2. ​Pending orders (TP/SL) will not execute during this time

  3. ​During account configuration, you can choose whether News Trading is allowed or restricted for your challenge account

  4. ​News trading is always restricted on funded accounts

Why can’t I trade Forex during the daily market break?

Forex instruments are temporarily unavailable during the daily session change. A five-minute buffer is applied before the session closes and after it reopens. The Forex trading break is:

  • ​Summer schedule: 20:55–22:05 UTC

  • ​Winter schedule: 21:55–23:05 UTC

During this period, users cannot open, close, or modify Forex trades. Trading becomes available automatically when the break ends. The schedule changes between summer and winter because of daylight-saving time.

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