$1K Starter rulebook

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All Starter sizes side by side · Prohibited strategies

Frozen fixed at purchaseLive platform setting, 7 days' notice

Getting funded

Profit target

Frozen

Reach 10% of $1,000 with a flat book.

Pass when balance ≥ size × (1 + 0.1) and no open positions. Not latched.

profit_target_bps
1000

Minimum trading days

Frozen

3 trading days before a pass.

Any UTC day with a deal counts.

min_trading_days
3

Consistency

Frozen

No single day may exceed 40% of total profit at pass.

consistency_eval_max_day_bps
4000

Loss limits

Daily loss

Frozen

Breach at 4% of size below the day-start equity.

Touch = breach; day-start equity at 00:00 UTC includes open P&L.

daily_wall_bps
400

Maximum loss

Frozen

Breach at 8% of size (static).

equity ≤ size × (1 − hard_floor).

hard_floor_bps
800
max_loss_mode
static

Trading conduct

Live settings change with 7 days' notice. Current live version effective 2026-10-01.

Minimum hold

Live

Profit on closes under 20s is stripped.

Losses stand; applies to manual closes, SL/TP and Close All. Forced closes (stop-out, breach, admin) are exempt.

min_hold_seconds
20

News windows

Live

Profit inside high-impact windows is stripped.

Swing exemption 18000s.

news_enforced
true
news_swing_exempt_seconds
18000

No opposite positions

Frozen

You cannot hold a buy and a sell on the same symbol at the same time.

An order that would open the opposite side of an open position on that symbol is refused (HEDGING_NOT_ALLOWED); a pending order that would do so when it triggers is rejected then. Closing positions (close, partial close, Close All, stop loss, take profit) always works.

hedging_allowed
false

Maximum exposure

Frozen

Open plus pending lots are capped per instrument category.

Per category: Metals 5 lots · Forex 5 · Indices 30 · Energy 20 · Crypto 5 · all categories together 2 lots

Open and pending lots count; per-category caps apply too.

Leverage

Frozen

1:20 default; crypto 1:2.

Traders may lower leverage, never above the cap.

leverage_default
20
leverage_map
{"crypto":2}

Getting paid

Profit split

Frozen

80% to the trader.

profit_split_bps
8000

Payout cadence

Frozen

3 profitable days per cycle.

A day counts when it closes at least 0.5% of size ($5) in profit.

payout_min_days
3
payout_days_per_cycle
true
payout_days_profitable_only
true

Payout cap

Frozen

No lifetime cap. Each request is capped at 5% of size ($50).

payout_uncapped
true
max_payout_total_bps
null
payout_cap_per_request_bps
500

Fee refund

Frozen

Fee refunded on payout #3.

fee_refund_on_payout
true
fee_refund_payout_n
3

Payout consistency

Frozen

No single day may exceed 40% of the cycle's profit at a payout request.

consistency_payout_max_day_bps
4000

Account lifecycle

Inactivity

Frozen

Funded accounts retire after 30 days without a new position.

inactivity_days
30

Prohibited strategies

These apply to every evaluation and funded account. They exist because each one produces results that would not hold up with real risk.

  1. 1.Hedging across accounts or with other traders

    Opening a position on one account that offsets a position on another account: another of your own accounts, someone else’s account here, or an account at another firm.

    One side always wins, so the evaluation measures nothing. We compare trades across accounts for opposite exposure opened close together.

  2. 2.Copy trading and account sharing

    Copying another person’s trades or signals into your account, letting someone else trade your account, or trading accounts held by other people.

    Each account must be traded by the person who passed verification and holds it.

  3. 3.Latency or stale-price arbitrage

    Trading on a price you know is out of date (a delayed or frozen quote, or a gap between our price and the market) to lock in a risk-free profit.

    Stale quotes are already refused; trades that exploit a price error are reviewed and their profit removed.

  4. 4.Tick scalping under the hold rule

    Opening and closing positions within 20 s as a strategy.

    Profit on a trade held under 20 s is removed automatically. Repeating it to work around the rule is treated as abuse.

  5. 5.All-in gambling

    Putting most of the account’s risk on one trade or a handful of trades, so that a single move passes or breaches the account (for example, maximum size with no stop-loss, over and over).

    A funded account has to show repeatable risk management, not one lucky bet. We look at size against the account, stops, and how much of the result comes from one trade.

  6. 6.News straddling

    Placing buy and sell orders on both sides of the price just before a scheduled high-impact release, so one side fills on the spike.

    Profit on trades opened or closed inside a news window is already removed; setting up orders to exploit the release is abuse as well.

  7. 7.Opposite positions on the same symbol

    Holding a buy and a sell on the same symbol at the same time.

    A locked pair carries no risk, and closing the legs one by one would get around the minimum hold and news rules.

What happens if we see one

Automated checks only flag a pattern and keep the evidence; they may hold a payout while we look. A person decides, using a ladder: a warning, removing the profit involved, size caps, reduce-only mode, or ending the account. Every decision names the rule and shows the evidence, and you can appeal within 14 days.

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