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- What is a trailing drawdown?How a rising floor works, the difference between end of day and intraday trailing, and a worked example of each.
- What is the difference between EOD trailing and intraday trailing drawdown?
- How does intraday trailing drawdown work?How the intraday floor tracks your highest equity on Instant Classic and funded Daily Payouts accounts, and where it locks.
- What does "drawdown lock" or "DD Lock" mean?Why requesting a payout does not move or lock your drawdown floor, and when it locks permanently.
- Is there a daily loss limit?The limit for each plan and size, why Flex has none, and what happens when you reach it.
- What happens if I breach the drawdown or daily loss limit?
- Can I trade during news events?No restrictions during the EOD, Flex and 1-Day-Pass-Plan evaluations. A 2 minute buffer applies on all funded accounts, and on Daily Payouts in both phases.
- Can I hold positions overnight?
- Holding time rules on each planThe 2 minute microscalping rule, the Flex 1 minute rule, the Daily Payouts 60 second rule, and tick scalping. Which one applies to your account.
- Can I keep a position open through a high-impact news event on my account?
- Can I take partial profit from my trade within 2 minutes of opening the trade?
- At what time must I close my trades to avoid holding a position overnight?
- Why do you have a minimum holding time rule?
- Can I reset my Funded account?
- Tick Scalping & Unrealistic Trading Practices
- Signals, copy trading and automated strategiesWhat is allowed when copying trades, following signals, or running automated strategies.
- Gap Trading
- Why does my funded Daily Payouts account use intraday trailing drawdown?Your Daily evaluation trails end of day. Your funded account trails in real time on your highest equity. Here is what changes and what it means for your open positions.
- The daily loss limit on Daily Payouts, and what happens if you hit it three timesYour limit by account size, what a soft breach does, and why the third hit inside 30 days closes the account.
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