Instant Funded Accounts have their own account-specific conditions, but traders must also follow all applicable TradersYard trading and risk-management rules.
Daily Drawdown
Daily Drawdown
There is no Daily Drawdown limit on an Instant Funded Account.
You must, however, remain within your 5% EoD Maximum Drawdown at all times.
Maximum Drawdown
Maximum Drawdown
Instant Funded Accounts start with:
5% EoD Maximum Drawdown
The drawdown can receive additional protection through Shield Protection, increasing the available Maximum Drawdown by up to an additional 2%.
Minimum Profitable Days
Minimum Profitable Days
You must complete at least 4 Minimum Profitable Days.
For a day to qualify, your closed profit for that day must equal at least 1% of your initial account balance.
Examples:
$1,000 account → at least $10 closed profit
$2,000 account → at least $20 closed profit
Only closed P&L is considered.
News Trading
News Trading
News trading is not allowed on Instant Funded Accounts.
Trading is restricted:
10 minutes before high-impact news
Until 5 minutes after the announcement
Pending orders, including TP and SL orders, will not execute during the restricted news window.
Overnight Holding
Overnight Holding
Yes. Positions may be held overnight on Instant Funded Accounts.
Maximum Allowed Margin
Maximum Allowed Margin
An individual trade must not use more than 70% of your account balance as margin.
If this limit is breached, the profit generated by that trade may be forfeited.
Inactivity
Inactivity
You must execute at least one trade within every 30-day period.
If the account remains inactive for more than 30 days:
The account may be permanently closed
A closed account cannot be restored
Prohibited Trading Practices
Prohibited Trading Practices
The following practices are prohibited or restricted:
Copy trading
Hedging across accounts
Arbitrage or latency exploitation
Martingale/grid strategies
Gambling behavior
News-trading abuse
Use of VPN/VPS
Other attempts to exploit the trading environment
Violations may result in profit deductions, restrictions, warnings, or account termination.
Martingale Risk Rule
Martingale Risk Rule
Following a losing streak, new positions must not exceed 2× the notional size of the largest losing trade in that streak.
Exceeding this limit may trigger a rule violation.
Forex Daily Market Break
Forex Daily Market Break
Forex instruments cannot be traded during the daily market-break window.
Summer: 20:55–22:05 UTC
Winter: 21:55–23:05 UTC
During this period, Forex positions cannot be opened, closed, or modified.