Below, you’ll find the key rules and answers to common questions. For full details, please refer to our Trading Rules and FAQ.
Risk Limits
Daily Loss
You may not lose more than 4% of your account value per day.
At 17:00 EST (market rollover), your Daily Loss Limit is recalculated based on the higher of:
- Your Balance (excluding open trades)
- Your Equity (including open trades)
Example: If your Balance is $10,000 and your Equity is $10,500 at 17:00 EST, the Daily Loss Limit for the next day will be 4% of $10,500 = $420.
Smart Drawdown
Your maximum loss is limited to 10% of your starting balance.
This is managed through a Smart Drawdown — a hybrid drawdown model. It starts at -10% and automatically adjusts to -5% once you achieve a 5% gain on your account balance.
Example: with a $10,000 starting balance, your account can’t initially drop below $9,000. Once you make 5% profit ($500), your Max drawdown level adjusts to $9,500.
Max Lot Rule
Maximum Lot Rule sets clear limits on total lot sizes per asset class. This helps traders manage risk effectively and ensures consistent, responsible trading.
Lot size limits apply to each asset class. Multiple positions within the same category are counted together when calculating the total volume.
Violating the Maximum Lot Rule will result in a full account reset.
The table below shows the maximum allowable lot sizes for Instant Funding GO accounts. Review it carefully to ensure your trades stay within limits.
| Instant Funding GO account size | FX | Commodities/ Metals | Indices | Crypto |
| $1,250 | 0.5 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.1 |
| $2,500 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.5 | 0.25 |
| $5,000 | 2 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.5 |
| $10,000 | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 |
| $20,000 | 8 | 0.6 | 4 | 2 |
| $40,000 | 16 | 1.2 | 8 | 4 |
| $80,000 | 32 | 2.4 | 16 | 8 |
Risk per Trade Idea
You may not risk more than 2% of your starting account balance at any time on a single trade idea. A trade idea includes all open positions on the same instrument in the same direction (Buy or Sell). Closing and reopening a position in the same direction on the same instrument within 10 minutes is treated as the same trade idea and does not reset the limit. Exceeding this limit will result in a hard breach.
Payouts
Your first withdrawal is available 14 days after your initial trade. After that, you can withdraw every 7 days following your next trade.
How to request a withdrawal:
- Ensure all trades are closed and Smart Drawdown is locked in.
- Go to your dashboard and choose your preferred withdrawal method.
- Choose the amount (minimum $25).
Prohibited Practices and Strategies
Certain strategies and behaviors are not allowed and may result in account termination or profit removal. This includes:
- One-sided bets
- Grid trading
- High-frequency trading (trades under 60s or excessive volume)
- Martingale (repeatedly doubling lot sizes after losses)
- Copy trading between unrelated accounts
- Usage of public third-party expert advisors
- Reverse trading and group hedging
- Group copying/Account management
- Account churning (Rolling)
- Exploiting system glitches
- Exploiting inefficiencies of trading platforms
For detailed definitions and examples, see our Trading Rules.
News Trading
News trading is only permitted with the Major News Trading add-on, which gives you full access to trade during high-impact events.
Otherwise, trades executed within 4 minutes before or after a major news event are restricted. Profits from such trades may be adjusted, and accounts reset if necessary.
You can find the full list of affected news events here.
Holding Rules
You’re allowed to keep trades open overnight. Weekend holding is not allowed unless you purchase the Weekend Holding add-on.
If you don’t have the add-on, make sure to close all positions before the market closes on Friday to avoid a breach.
Instrument Commissions
Commission-free accounts have no commissions. The following commissions apply exclusively to RAW spreads accounts:
| Instrument | Commission per lot |
| FX | $5 |
| Metals | $5 |
| Commodities | $2 |
| Crypto | $1 |
| Indices | USD-based: $2 per lotOther indices: Approximately $2 per lot (varies with interest rates/exchange rates of the base currency) |
Account Limits
You can hold multiple Instant Funding GO accounts. However, the combined starting balance across all your accounts in all programs must not exceed $940,000.
Scaling does not count toward your limit — only starting balances are used.
Scaling
You can double your Instant Funding GO account size after achieving a minimum 10% gain, up to a maximum balance of $1,280,000. When scaling, only 5% of your account’s starting balance is used, while you keep the remaining profit.
The process is simple:
- Achieve a minimum 10% gain on your account and close all open trades
- Click the scaling button on your dashboard home screen (appears when your account is eligible)
- That’s it! Your account balance will double instantly
Inactivity
If no trades are placed within 60 days of your account purchase or after the last trade, your account will be automatically closed.
