Prop Firm Rules

GENERAL RULES

Minimum Trading Days

• Evaluation: 5 days in each phase | To count as a trading day, the trade must remain open for at least 1 minute | No minimum trading days with add-on
• Funded: None

News Trading

• Evaluation Accounts: No Restriction
• Funded Accounts: No trades may be executed on affected instruments within 5 minutes before or after major news events (including pending orders, SL, and TP). Profits made during this 10 min window will be deducted (This is a soft breach), but losses are not compensated. Positions opened more than 5 minutes before the event may be held and modified, though an SL or TP filled within the window still counts as a soft breach. Trades open for at least 48 hours are exempt from profit deduction. Non-targeted instruments can be traded normally.

See details: https://help.brightfunded.com/en/articles/9241694-can-i-trade-news

Copy Trading

• Copy trading is allowed only between accounts you personally own (BrightFunded, other prop firms, retail broker). copying trades between different owners’ accounts is strictly prohibited.

• BrightFunded’s partnership with Prop Firm One enables you to extend your copy trading capabilities even further. PF1 allows traders to seamlessly copy trades across different proprietary firm accounts within a single platform, offering increased flexibility and a broader range of opportunities. This means that, in addition to BrightFunded’s internal copy trading feature, PF1 empowers users to manage trades across multiple firms, enhancing scalability and trading efficiency without breaching BrightFunded’s core rules. For more details on this enhanced functionality, visit PropFirmOne.com.

Expert Advisors (EAs)

• Allowed but must align with trading conditions and rules
• While EAs are allowed, not all third-party EAs are compatible with BrightFunded's platform environment.
  BrightFunded does not guarantee compatibility or performance of any external EA, and are not responsible for issues caused by non-compatible EAs

30 Days Inactivity Rule

• Must place at least one trade every 30 days or account will be deactivated, and if not reactivated via support within 6 months, it will be permanently closed.
• To count, the trade must remain open for at least 1 minute.

Overnight | Weekend Holding/Trading Crypto

• Allowed

Prohibited trading strategies and practices

• Hedging (between two or more different accounts, between Different Prop Firms, Across Different Trading Platforms, Hedging-Copy Trading), Exploiting Service Errors or Platform Delays, Using External or Delayed Data Feeds, Coordinated or Multi-Account Manipulation, Violating Platform or Provider Terms, Use of Automated Software, AI, or High-Speed Trading Tools, Risk-Abusive Trading; Overleveraging, Overexposure, One-Sided Bets, and Account Rolling, Trading During High-Impact News or Events, Abusive Strategy Types; Grid Trading, Arbitrage, Tick Scalping, High-Frequency Trading (HFT).
• See details: https://help.brightfunded.com/en/articles/9241704-which-strategies-are-prohibited-at-brightfunded

IPs/VPN/VPS Rule

• VPNs and different IPs are allowed for travel, but only the account owner may trade (no account sharing).

Prohibited Practices

All-or-Nothing Trading:

• Risking the entire daily drawdown on a single trade idea is prohibited.

Irresponsible Trading:

• Executing large-volume trades without a coherent strategy or disregarding reasonable risk-management practices is prohibited.

High-Frequency Trading:

• No more than 50% of trades may be held for less than one minute.

One Strategy Per User:

• Traders must use their own trading strategies. Identical trades across multiple users may result in account termination

Find out more: Other prohibited practices

Risk Limit

Maximum Risk Per Trade Idea:

• No fixed maximum risk per trade idea applies by default. However, risking the entire daily drawdown on a single trade idea is prohibited.
• E8 may impose a maximum risk limit of 1% per trade idea or time horizon if prohibited or excessively risky trading practices are identified.

Maximum Lot and Order Size:

• Maximum lot size per order is 50 lots for most instruments and 20 lots for XAUUSD.
• A maximum of 100 combined open positions and pending orders is permitted at any time.
• A maximum of 2,000 positions and 2,000 server requests is permitted per day, per account.
• Actual position size is also subject to available margin, account equity and leverage.

Daily Profit Cap (E8 Pro):

• A maximum of 2% of the initial account balance counts toward daily profits during both Challenge and Performance stages. Profits exceeding this cap are excluded from credited performance.

Trading Conditions

News Trading:

• E8 One: News trading is permitted during the Challenge stage. During the Performance stage, opening or closing trades, executing pending orders, or triggering Stop Loss and Take Profit orders is prohibited from 5 minutes before until 5 minutes after a restricted high-impact news event affecting the instrument.
• E8 Pro: News trading is permitted during Challenge and Performance stages.
• Violations (E8 One): Profits generated from prohibited news trading may be deducted from the account.

Copy Trading:

• Copy trading is permitted between personally owned Challenge, Performance and personal trading accounts.

Expert Advisors (EAs):

• EAs are permitted, including third-party EAs, provided the strategy complies with E8's trading policies.
• Identical EA strategies used by multiple traders may result in account termination. Only one strategy is permitted per user.

Weekend and Overnight Holding:

• Overnight and weekend holding is permitted during Challenge and Performance stages for E8 One and E8 Pro.

Inactivity Rules:

• At least one trade must be opened and closed within every 60-day period to maintain account activity.

Platform & Instrument Type

• Crypto Fund Trader offers three instrument types, depending on the platform chosen at checkout. Perps are available only on the Bybit platform. Accounts on the Match-Trader or MT5 platforms trade CFDs and Crypto CFDs instead.

Max allocation

• Exceeding the maximum capital allocation of $300,000 for 1 and 2 step combined is prohibited.

• Maximum of 3 Instant Program accounts allowed, capped at $30,000 total.

Reverse trading rule

• It is not allowed to create trades in opposite directions with a simultaneous duration equal or higher than 60 seconds. If you enter the market with a SELL, in order to trade in the opposite direction (BUY) you must close all your open trades in SELL.

Prohibited

• Gambling-style trading, all-in trading, abusive hedging, or any trading behavior that shows a lack of proper risk management.

Gambling rule

• The daily and/or per-trade profit limit is $10,000.

Bybit Platform Rules

• Adding extra funds to the assigned Bybit sub-account is not allowed. Any unauthorized deposit, transfer, or addition of funds to the sub-account may result in account suspension.
• Disconnecting, modifying, altering, or interfering with the assigned API connection is strictly prohibited. Any attempt to disconnect or modify the API connection may result in immediate account suspension.
• Spot trading on the Bybit sub-account is strictly prohibited. Any spot trading activity may result in account suspension.
• Only USDT trading pairs are allowed on Bybit accounts. Trades placed on USDC pairs will not be counted toward the account’s simulated profit or evaluation results.

Maximum position size

• https://www.breakoutprop.com/symbols/

Prohibited Practices

• Trading in a way that creates regulatory issues for Breakout, an exchange, or a market maker

• Using a third-party or off-the-shelf approach marketed specifically to pass evaluations

• Using one approach to pass the evaluation, then switching approaches once funded

• Other prohibited practices: https://intercom.help/breakoutprop/en/articles/11644090-what-trading-practices-are-prohibited-during-the-breakout-evaluation

GENERAL RULES

News Trading

• Allowed during evaluation and funded with no restrictions

Expert Advisors (EAs)

Expert Advisors (EAs)

• EAs are allowed only if they assist your personal trading decisions — fully automated or self-trading EAs & bots are strictly prohibited.

Copy Trading

• Allowed between For Traders Accounts and from your For Traders account (acting as the Master account) but copying trades to a For Traders account is strictly prohibited.

Overnight | Weekend Holding & Trading

• Allowed

Inactivity rule

• 1- Step Fast & Fast Pro: Inactivity is set at 30 days; Instant Master: Inactivity is set at 7 days. Minimal trades, such as 0.01 lots executed solely to meet the 30-day activity requirement, do not qualify as meaningful trading activity.
• The inactivity rule days are counted from the moment a position is closed, not when it is opened.

Minimum Hold Time Rule

• All trades must remain open for at least 5 seconds before being closed to avoid being flagged for high-frequency trading (HFT).

Forbidden Practices

• High-Frequency Trading (HFT), Arbitrage trading (Reverse arbitrage, Latency arbitrage), Grid trading, Tick scalping, Group trading, Martingale, Hedging, Account rolling, Third-party account operation, Use of Automated Bots, Gambling, Copy Trading into a For Traders Account, Group and Signal Trading, Overleveraging, One-sided Betting.
• Code of conduct; Spreading false or harmful information, Coercion or threats, Sharing private communication, Payment disputes, Harassment or toxicity, Spamming, Persistent begging, System abuse, Impersonation for trader staff.
• See Details: https://help.fortraders.com/en/collections/9373507-what-is-forbidden-with-us

Instant Funding Minimum Trading Days

• 7 profitable trading days of at least 0.5% profit each day

1-Step Fast & 1-Step Fast Pro Minimum Trading Days

• 1-Step Fast Evaluation and Funded: 6 profitable trading days of at least 0.5% profit each day
• 1-Step Fast Pro Evaluation and Funded: 4 profitable trading days of at least 0.5% profit each day

Minimum Trading Days

Single Pass & Double Pass (Evaluation & Funded):

• 3 profitable trading days of at least 1%+ profit each day

Buy Now Pay Later:

• None

News Trading:

• Allowed with No Restrictions

EAs (Expert Advisors):

• EAs are not permitted

Copy Trading:

• Allowed between WenCrypto accounts and other personally owned Prop firm and broker accounts

Inactivity Rule:

• You must place at least one trade every 28 days to keep the account active

Prohibited Strategies

• Platform Exploitation, including:
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • Toxic order flow
  • Long/short arbitrage
  • Reverse arbitrage
  • Tick scalping
  • Server execution manipulation
  • EAs (Expert Advisors) are not permitted
• Copying or mirroring another trader's account: Not allowed. If detected, both accounts will be breached
• Hedging, Reverse or Group Hedging: Hard Breach

Prohibited Practices

Bulk or Mass Trading Activity:

• Opening multiple trades simultaneously or in rapid succession in a manner that indicates automated or non-discretionary execution.

Bracketing Strategies:

• Placing pending buy and sell orders around the market price ahead of major news releases to capture volatility spikes.

Gambling or One-Sided Trading Behavior:

• Trading behavior that resembles gambling, such as oversized positions, repeated one-directional exposure, or attempts to pass an evaluation through a small number of high-risk trades.

High-Risk Strategies (BEM One Only):

• High-risk trading strategies intended to recover losses, artificially accelerate account growth, or create disproportionate directional exposure are prohibited. These include Martingale strategies, excessive averaging down, one-sided betting, aggressive pyramiding and systematically increasing position sizes following losses.
• Profits generated through such strategies may be removed, adjusted or excluded from performance and payout calculations.

Find out more: Other prohibited practices

Risk Limit

Maximum Risk Per Symbol:

• BEM One, BEM Classic & BEM Classic Swing: During the funded stage, maximum risk exposure on any single trading symbol must not exceed 1.2% of the initial account balance. Positions exceeding the limit may be automatically closed without notice.
• BEM One: Two breaches may result in account termination and loss of reward eligibility.
• BEM Classic & BEM Classic Swing: Three breaches may result in account termination and loss of reward eligibility.

Equity Guard (BEM One Only):

• During the funded stage, the maximum combined risk exposure across all open positions must not exceed 2% of the initial account balance. Positions causing a breach are automatically closed without notice.
• Each breach reduces the reward split by 20 percentage points from the standard 80%, to 60% after the first breach and 40% after the second. Reductions are cumulative and permanent for the account.
• Three breaches result in loss of reward eligibility and account termination.

Trading Conditions

News Trading:

• BEM One & BEM Classic: News trading is permitted during evaluation. On funded accounts, opening or closing trades, placing or modifying orders, and triggering Stop Loss or Take Profit orders are prohibited from 4 minutes before until 4 minutes after a high-impact news event affecting the instrument.
• BEM Classic Swing: News trading is permitted during evaluation. On funded accounts, trades opened or orders placed at least 8 hours before a high-impact news event may remain open and be managed normally during the restricted window. Trades opened or orders placed within 8 hours before the event may remain open, but execution, closure or modification during the 4-minute before-and-after window is prohibited.
• **BEM One Only: **News trading is permitted during evaluation and funded stages. Strategies designed primarily to capitalize on high-impact news events are prohibited.
• Violations (BEM One, BEM Classic & BEM Classic Swing): Violations are treated as Soft Breaches. Two Soft Breaches result in a Hard Breach or account termination. Profits generated from prohibited trades may be removed, while losses remain recorded.

Copy Trading:

• Copy trading is permitted between personally owned BEM Funding accounts, including evaluation and funded accounts. Copy trading between BEM accounts and external accounts is not covered by this permission.

Weekend Holding:

• BEM One & BEM Classic: Weekend holding is permitted during evaluation but restricted on funded accounts. Positions in Forex, Metals, Indices and Energies must be closed before the applicable Friday market close.
• BEM Classic Swing & BEM One Only: Weekend holding is permitted during evaluation and funded stages.
• Open positions must be closed before scheduled maintenance lasting 2 hours or longer.

Leverage by Market

• Leverage shown is the highest available in each asset class. Individual markets within a class may have lower limits. The order ticket shows the exact leverage for the selected market

Liquidation Penalty

• 0.1% added on top of the taker fee when a position is liquidated

Minimum Trading Days

• None on evaluation and funded and on all plans

News Trading

Evaluation

• Allowed with no restrictions

Funded

• Trading is restricted around high-impact (red-folder) news on the affected market and for individual stocks and equity perpetuals, company earnings announcements are restricted:
  • More than 10 min before: normal trading. Positions already open can be held through the release.
  • 10 to 2 min before: no new positions, adding, reversing and nothing else that increases exposure in the affected market
  • 2 min before to 2 min after: no manual trades of any kind.
  • Violation is a soft breach. Any profit made within these restricted windows will be deducted

Expert Advisors (EAs)

• Automated trading is allowed, but only through the official My Funded Perps API; accessing the website’s internal APIs through browser tools or network requests is not permitted. Bots, EAs, scripts and AI agents must follow all trading rules, and can’t be used for HFT, latency arbitrage, quote stuffing, platform exploits, coordinating trades across accounts, or getting around risk limits. The firm may also restrict automated strategies that put heavy load on its systems or behave very differently from normal trading.

Copy Trading

• Copy trading is allowed only between your own accounts, using the platform’s built-in Copy Trading feature. You pick one account as the lead and others as followers, with trade size set from 0.1x to 2x, but a funded account can’t follow an evaluation account. Each follower is checked against its own rules and margin separately, so results can differ between accounts, and you can’t trade a follower manually while copying is active.

• Copying from external sources, signal services or other traders’ accounts is prohibited, as are account sharing and hedging across accounts.

Overnight Holding, Weekend Holding and Weekend Trading

• Overnight Holding is allowed on all markets
• On 24/7 markets, you can trade throughout the weekend and hold positions over the weekend.
• On 23/5 markets, weekend trading and holding are not allowed. All open positions are automatically closed 15 minutes before the market closes on Friday.

Inactivity Period

• Evaluation: 30 consecutive calendar days – Hard breach
• Funded: 7 consecutive calendar days – Hard breach

Market Exposure Caps

Select, Prime and Signature

• Total open position size per market is capped across all your accounts of the same product and size, counting both longs and shorts. Orders that would exceed the cap are rejected. Caps vary by market, product and account size.
• See market exposure caps – https://myfundedperpetuals.com/exposure-caps

Elite

• Elite account exposure caps apply to each account separately rather than across a group. Indices, gold and oil have their own Elite caps; all other markets use the standard exposure caps, but still apply to each Elite account separately.
• See Elite exposure cap – https://myfundedperpetuals.com/faq#faq-p574amzzngf88zxm9dp829fk498fvnnk

Order & Position Limits

• Each account can hold up to 15 open positions and 20 resting orders at once, with each order worth at least $10. Orders must be at least half a second apart, capped at 30 per minute and 250 per hour. Any order breaching a limit is rejected, with a message stating which limit applied.

IP / VPN / VPS Policy

• https://myfundedperpetuals.com/faq#faq-p572swykrka98j7sxc5sqm480n8e4zg0
• https://myfundedperpetuals.com/faq#faq-p576cndftapmxrzgwzrrjw6zgd8e4vnq

Prohibited Trading Strategies

• Cross Hedging, High-Frequency Trading (HFT), Latency Arbitrage, Price-Feed or Data-Feed Exploitation, Execution Exploitation, Quote Stuffing / Excessive Order Activity, Spoofing and Layering, Wash Trading / Self-Trading, Group Hedging / Coordinated Trading, Account Cycling / Sacrificial Accounts, Evaluation Gambling and Repeated Maximum-Risk Attempts, Risk-Free or Near Risk-Free Exploitation, Platform, Bug, or Rule Exploitation

• Any activity meant to manipulate the evaluation, get around risk controls, exploit the platform, or hide who is actually trading is prohibited. Depending on severity, violations can lead to trades being removed, profits adjusted, payouts denied, or the account breached or terminated. Serious or repeated cases can lead to a permanent ban from My Funded Perps.

Leverage by Market

• Leverage shown is the highest available in each asset class. Individual markets within a class may have lower limits.

Funding Rates

• Hyperliquid perpetual contracts carry periodic funding rates. These are standard on all perpetual futures and are deducted or credited to your account automatically. Funding rate impact is included in your equity calculation.

Minimum Trading Days

• None on evaluation and funded on all plans

News Trading

• Allowed on evaluation and funded on all programs with no restrictions

Expert Advisors (EAs)

• Automated trading is allowed with no restrictions. Propr offers a full trading API and SDKs for building bots and AI agents (Python and JS).

Copy Trading

• Copy trading is permitted, including between your own Propr accounts.

Overnight Holding, Weekend Holding and Weekend Trading

• Overnight and weekend holding is allowed on all markets.
• Crypto perps trade 24/7. Equities and commodities perps follow their market hours, but some may still be tradable outside those hours depending on the asset.

Inactivity Period

• None

Maximum Position Size

Maximum position size depends on the asset:

• $1M for BTC, ETH, equities, commodities and FX; $150K for large-cap crypto (open interest above $100M); and for all other assets, 5% of the asset’s open interest, between $50K and $100K. Orders above the limit are rejected. The current limit for each market is shown at propr.xyz/universe

IP / VPN / VPS Policy

• Using a VPN is permitted on Propr. However, your KYC verification must match your actual country of residence. VPN usage does not exempt you from geographic restrictions.

Prohibited Trading Strategies

• Exploiting platform bugs or glitches, Account sharing or selling, Identity fraud, Opposite hedging across accounts, Hedging across external CEX or DEX accounts, Third-party coordination, Account cycling / high-frequency eval purchases, Exploiting the payout/drawdown interaction, Latency arbitrage and tick sniping, Simulated or wash trading
• Violations may lead to Propr requesting additional information, suspending trading and/or payouts pending investigation, permanently terminating the account with no payout, and banning the individual from future evaluations. Decisions are final and not subject to appeal.