Trading Rules

At ATFunded, we are committed to fostering safe and responsible trading practices. Our Gambling Policy aims to be transparent and easily understood by all traders, providing clear guidance and information. The main objective of this policy is to encourage responsible trading while discouraging behaviors that resemble excessive risk-taking and gambling.

Overleveraging: It is essential to maintain responsible position sizes and margin usage at all times. If we determine that you are over-leveraging your account, we will issue warnings to reduce your risk. If this behavior persists after a warning, your account may be terminated.

Account Rolling:

Passed Account Rolling: Purchasing multiple accounts of the same or similar sizes, passing each one above the maximum allocation, and then trading them individually at the funded stage. Failed accounts are replaced with other accounts that have passed. This strategy will result in the immediate termination of our services.

New Account Rolling: Purchasing a single account, trading it at full risk, and if it fails, purchasing additional accounts and repeating the same high-risk strategy until one passes. In the funded phase, this approach involves continuing with high leverage or risk tolerance to recover losses from previous failures. This type of gambling behavior is not tolerated and disregards the opportunity to be a successful virtual funded trader.

Reverse Trading: Executing a buy trade on one demo account while placing a sell trade on another demo account is not allowed. This action violates the prohibition against reverse trading or hedging across multiple demo accounts. Additionally, group hedging, where individuals coordinate opposing positions across one or more prop firms to minimize or eliminate risk and take advantage of prop firm rules, is strictly prohibited.

Copy Trading – No more than max allocation per strategy.

Min Hold Time – At least 50% of trades must be held for more than 1 minute. For instance, if an account has 50 trades and 30 of them are held for less than 50 seconds, it would violate this rule.

To maintain a fair, consistent, and responsible trading environment, the following strategies are not allowed within our funded trading program:

Reverse Trading
Executing a buy trade on one demo account while placing a sell trade on another demo account is not allowed. This action violates the prohibition against reverse trading or hedging across multiple demo accounts. Additionally, group hedging, where individuals coordinate opposing positions across one or more prop firms to minimize or eliminate risk and take advantage of prop firm rules, is strictly prohibited.

Copytrading
Copying the trades of others undermines the evaluation of individual skills and does not reflect a trader’s own abilities, which is essential in a prop firm environment.

Arbitrage
This strategy exploits price differences across markets or exchanges. It is prohibited as it relies on system inefficiencies rather than trading skills.

High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
Using algorithms to execute trades at high speeds.

Tick Scalping
This strategy involves making quick trades to profit from minor price changes.

If a trader exceeds the daily drawdown or maximum drawdown limit, our automated system will immediately detect the breach, flag the account, and change its status to read-only mode. This means that the trader will no longer be able to place trades or access certain account functionalities. The violation will also be clearly displayed on the trader’s dashboard, providing a detailed explanation of the infraction. Additionally, an email notification will be sent to the trader, outlining the breach and its consequences.

Once the account has been flagged for violating the drawdown limits, the evaluation process will be considered unsuccessful. To attempt the evaluation again, the trader must purchase a new account directly from our website. It is crucial for traders to carefully monitor their drawdown levels to avoid triggering this violation and ensure a smoother trading experience.

If a trader violates any of the prohibited trading strategies or terms and conditions, our team will reach out to notify you of the infraction and take immediate action by placing a breach on your account. Depending on the nature and severity of the violation, this could result in a permanent ban from using our services. Repeated offenses or particularly severe breaches may lead to a full termination of access to the platform, so it is important to thoroughly understand and adhere to all trading guidelines and rules.

Yes, you can hold trades overnight and over the weekend if you choose to. There are no restrictions on holding positions outside of trading hours, allowing you the flexibility to manage your trades according to your strategy. However, please be aware that any overnight or weekend positions may be subject to additional market risks, such as news events or price gaps when the market reopens. It’s important to ensure that your risk management strategies are in place when holding trades during non-market hours.

At ATFunded, news trading is strictly prohibited. This means that you are not allowed to open or close any trades within 5 minutes before or after the release of any high-impact news event. High-impact news can cause significant market volatility, and trades made during this time are considered high-risk. As a result, any profits earned from trades that are opened or closed during this restricted time frame will be removed from your account, regardless of the outcome.

This policy applies to all phases of the account, ensuring consistent adherence to the rules throughout the trading process. It’s important to stay aware of scheduled high-impact news events to avoid violating this restriction.

At ATFunded, we provide tailored leverage options across different asset classes:

FX – 1:30
Metals – 1:20
Indices – 1:20
Oil – 1:10
Crypto – 1:2

You can use Expert Advisors, Trade Copiers & Risk Management Tools as long as they are not used in the following ways:

• Copy trading of other people’s signals
• Tick scalping
• Latency arbitrage trading
• Reverse arbitrage trading
• Hedge arbitrage trading or any use of emulators
• HFT EAs

The use of third-party EAs is a risk to both our company and the trader. If more than one trader is found using the same EA and placing the same trades, the account will be flagged for copytrading, leading to account failure.

We require traders to execute a minimum of 5 trades in order to qualify for the first payout. The term “minimum trades” refers to the number of trades necessary to be eligible for receiving compensation. This requirement ensures that traders are actively engaged in the market and not relying on a single large trade or a highly concentrated group of trades to meet payout criteria.

A valid trade, for the purpose of this rule, is defined as any trade that is more than 80% of the size of the largest trade on the account. This guideline is in place to prevent traders from using one oversized trade to fulfill the minimum trade requirement, as well as to encourage diversity in trading strategies. By maintaining a more balanced approach, traders demonstrate consistent trading behaviour and a more disciplined risk management strategy throughout the pay period.

We require traders to achieve a minimum of three profitable days before they can advance to the next phase of the challenge. A day is considered profitable when a trader earns at least 0.5% of the account’s starting balance in a single trading day.

This rule is designed to assess a trader’s consistency and ensure they are not relying on a single high-risk trade to pass the challenge. It encourages a more disciplined and strategic approach to trading by demonstrating the trader’s ability to generate steady profits over time, rather than achieving success through luck or by taking excessive risks. By implementing this, we can better evaluate a trader’s long-term potential and risk management skills.

We offer a maximum drawdown limit of 10%. This means that from the moment you open your account, you can lose up to 10% of your starting balance before reaching the max drawdown limit.

For example:
If you start with a $100k account, your maximum drawdown allowance would be $10,000. Your account would be in violation if your balance falls below $90k ($100k – $10k).

Even if you grow your account to $105k, your maximum drawdown remains at $90k, as it is always calculated from the starting balance.