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Instant Funded Trading Rules

Instant Funded Accounts have their own account-specific conditions, but traders must also follow all applicable TradersYard trading and risk-management rules.

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

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

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 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

Yes. Positions may be held overnight on Instant Funded Accounts.

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

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

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

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 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.

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