Review our trading guidelines including prohibited trading methods, lot size limits, consistency requirements, news trading policy, and how to stay compliant while trading.
Yes. Your trading IP must follow these rules:
If these rules are violated, it may result in payout rejection, account restriction, or a total ban depending on severity/repetition without a refund.
Note: In the case where you are travelling, we recommend completing the purchase and KYC process while in your registered country of residence to avoid discrepancies. If travel is necessary, please contact our support team for guidance before proceeding.
Opening positions within 5 minutes before rollover and closing them within 5 minutes after rollover is not permitted, as this may be considered an attempt to take advantage of market gaps and reduced liquidity.
Important:
Any profits generated from such activity on all accounts are deemed ineligible for performance rewards. This behavior is classified as gap trading, which is strictly prohibited.
Partial closes are allowed.
However, partial closes must not be used solely to influence the consistency score.
If a trader intends to hold a position overnight, the full original position must remain open. Overnight holding is only permitted when 100% of the position is still active.
Once any portion of a position is closed, the remaining volume must be fully closed within that same trading day. Carrying a reduced position into the next trading day constitutes a Partial Close violation.
Violating this rule will cause the profits to be deducted.
Note: Positions opened within 15 minutes of each other on the same instrument will be considered a single aggregated position when enforcing the Partial Close rule.
Note: This rule does not apply to non-consistency plans/phases.
Yes, martingale and layering strategies are allowed within a single account.
However, these strategies must not be used across multiple accounts to avoid manipulation or strategy abuse.
Example:
Opening the same pair across multiple accounts is only permitted under the following conditions:
Important:
Evaluation Plans
There are 5 Evaluation account types:
Nitro Static Accounts
Nitro and Nitro X Accounts
2-Step Plus Accounts
2-Step Prime Accounts
Instant Funding Plans
There are 3 Instant Funding account types:
Instant Standard, Instant Pro, and Instant Plus Accounts
On all platforms offered, the commission is $7 per lot (round turn) on Forex and Commodities.
No commission is charged on Indices and Cryptocurrency.
The maximum lot size for each position is restricted to 50 lots. Nevertheless, you are free to open multiple 50-lot positions, provided your account margin can support it.
In our programs, hedging is permitted when conducted within the confines of a single account. However, hedging across separate accounts, termed opposite account hedging, is prohibited.
Allowed: Hedging
Executing the following actions within the same account (Account 1):
Buying EURUSD (Account 1)
Selling EURUSD (Account 1)
Not Allowed: Opposite Account Hedging
Performing the following actions across distinct accounts (Account 1 and Account 2):
Buying GBPUSD in one account (Account 1)
Selling GBPUSD in another account (Account 2)
In the example above, GBPUSD buy in Account 1 and sell in Account 2 must not overlap at any given point in time.
A violation of this restriction during the challenge phase on any of our accounts will lead to an upgrade denial and on any of our simulated funded or instant funded account will lead to a total reward rejection alongside contract termination on all affected accounts.
Not Allowed: Overnight Hedging
While hedging is permitted, holding hedged positions overnight is not allowed on Instant Funded Accounts and any of the Evaluation Simulated Funded Accounts.
This restriction will not result in account termination; however, any profits generated from overnight hedged positions—particularly those intended solely to meet the consistency score requirement—will not be counted toward the performance reward.
Funded Trader Markets permits the use of trade copiers in all our programs, you are also allowed to copy trades from your account at another evaluation firm, retail broker, or any external/internal
source, as long as the trades are originally yours.
Trade copiers are permitted exclusively between Evaluation accounts or between Simulated Funded accounts. Copying trades from an Evaluation account to a Simulated Funded account is
strictly prohibited.
Copying trades from other sources is not allowed. This includes:
Note: If you are manually (or automatically) copying your trades, ensure to stay in line with our martingale and layering rule which you can read about here
Yes, you have the flexibility to hold trades overnight and through the weekend in all our available programs.
On all platforms offered, Cryptocurrencies are enabled and available for trading over the weekend.
Yes, you are allowed to trade news in all our programs. However, it’s crucial to approach this with heightened caution. News-driven market fluctuations are notoriously volatile and unpredictable.
News events tend to spike market volatility and thin market liquidity. This often results in wider spreads and the possibility of slippage, complicating trade executions at preferred price levels.
Therefore, traders should be aware of the potential risks associated with trading news.
At Funded Trader Markets, we empower traders to choose their trading styles and strategies without restrictions. However, it is crucial to follow our guidelines and avoid activities that exploit our systems or violate fair trading practices.
The following actions are strictly prohibited:
Using Manipulative Software or Techniques: Employing software, AI, ultra-high-speed techniques, or mass data entry methods that manipulate or unfairly advantage your use of our systems is not allowed.
Non-Standard Trading Practices: Engaging in trading practices that deviate from typical forex or financial market trading, or that could cause financial or other harm to the provider.
Using External or Slow Data Feeds: Executing trades with external or slow data feeds.
Exploiting Service Errors: Using trading strategies that take advantage of errors in our services, such as price display errors or delayed updates.
Manipulative Trading: Engaging in manipulative trades, such as entering simultaneous opposite positions, either individually or in collaboration with others.
Hedging Across Accounts: Hedging between accounts with other evaluation firms similar to Funded Trader Markets
Account Management Services: All accounts in our challenges must be traded exclusively by the account owner once a phase is completed. Any deviation from this rule will be considered a violation.
Group Trading: Group trading and copying trades from others, as well as coordinating and reverse trading with others, are not allowed. Any individual user may log in from multiple devices; however, if any device is used by more than one user to trade within FTM, it will be considered a violation under group trading and will result in account termination and/or reward forfeiture.
High-Frequency Trading: Engaging in high-frequency trading, which involves trading large volumes of positions at very high speeds, is prohibited.
News Scalping: Rapidly opening and closing multiple positions within seconds around high-impact news releases (e.g., FOMC, NFP, CPI) to exploit market feeds is not allowed.
Arbitrage Trading: Any form of arbitrage trading, including reverse and latency arbitrage, is strictly prohibited.
Multi-Account Reverse Trading: Reverse trading across multiple accounts, especially around events like FOMC, where you hedge positions across different evaluation firms, is not allowed.
Tick Scalping: Scalping in ticks, which involves opening and closing large position sizes in milliseconds, is prohibited as it cannot be mirrored live.
Internal Reverse Trading: Engaging in reverse trading within Funded Trader Market’s internal accounts is not allowed.
Group Hedging: Coordinating opposing positions across one or multiple evaluation firms to manipulate risk is strictly prohibited.
Account Management Services: Purchasing or providing account management services or using evaluation firm passing services is not allowed.
Account Sharing: Sharing account information or allowing someone else to pass an account on your behalf will result in account termination.
Mirroring Trades: It is not allowed to mirror trades from another trader or group of traders across multiple accounts.
Additionally, only one trader per household and IP address is allowed. Breaching this rule will result in the termination of all accounts involved.
Note: If any trader is found engaging in any of the prohibited practices, we reserve the right to close the account and forfeit any associated performance reward without a refund.
Yes, there is.
Simulated Funded Phase
To clarify, any trade closed within 1 minute of being opened will have its profit voided, regardless of how many such trades occur. While this will not result in an account breach, any profits made from trades held for less than 1 minute will not count toward your performance reward.
Challenge Phase
If more than 20% of the total profit in the challenge phase is made through trades under 1 minute, you will be required to redo the challenge.
This policy is in place to ensure fair and sustainable trading conditions. At Funded Trader Markets, we aim to provide an optimal trading environment and prevent any potential misuse or gambling behavior.
At Funded Trader Markets, we permit the use of Trading Bots across all accounts and phases, though certain types of bots are restricted.
Prohibited Trading Bot Types:
High-Frequency Trading Bots
News Scalping Bots
Bots Designed to Exploit Demo Servers
Multi-Account Reverse Trading Bots
Arbitrage Bots (Reverse and Latency)
Tick Scalping Bots
Emulators
Note: Utilizing these types of bots violates our rules. Accounts found using such bots will be deactivated, or banned, and will not receive refunds
Yes, traders at Funded Trader Markets need to abide by the Consistency Rule.
Why this Rule?
Long term profitable trader have similar traits: They privilege a steady profit growth, apply a strict risk management and avoid emotional trading.
From our years of experience trading, we thought of a rule providing the path to success for our traders. By following the consistency rule, traders are taught to manage their risk-reward ratio and develop a sustainable trading strategy.
What is the Consistency Rule?
The Consistency Rule at Funded Trader Markets ensures traders achieve stable and sustainable profits while managing risk effectively. This rule requests that no single day’s earnings should surpass a portion of your total profits.
Kindly check the FAQ section of each account type to read its respective consistency rule.