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What are the different trading rules?

Written by Shreya

Investabl trading rules cover the following areas:

  • Risk limits: 4% daily drawdown and 8% maximum drawdown apply to both evaluation and funded accounts. The maximum drawdown is static, while the daily drawdown re-anchors each trading day.

  • Profit target & profitable trading days: The evaluation requires an 8% profit target and at least 3 profitable trading days to pass. A profitable day means making at least 0.25% profit based on your starting account balance. The 3 profitable days do not have to be consecutive. There is no time limit to complete the evaluation.

  • 50% consistency rule: No single trading day can make up more than 50% of your total profit. If it does, your pass is simply put on hold until you make enough profit on other days. This is not a breach, and nothing you've earned is lost.

  • Leverage & position size: 20x leverage is available across all currently supported instruments. Traders can use up to 10,000 lots across all open positions combined.

  • Permitted strategies: Scalping, swing trading, overnight/weekend holding, and copy trading are allowed, subject to the other trading rules.

  • News & holding-time rules: News trading is restricted under the 5-minute news window, with an exception for trades opened at least 5 hours before the news. Trades held for less than 20 seconds can be closed, but any profit from them will not count toward the evaluation target or funded payout.

  • Prohibited strategies/conduct: Cross-account hedging, HFT/latency arbitrage, and martingale trading are not allowed.

  • Funded payouts: Funded traders receive an 80/20 profit split in their favour. Payouts require at least 3 profitable trading days per payout cycle and meeting the 50% consistency rule. The payout cycle resets after each payout request. There is a $10 minimum payout.

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