Maximum Lot Sizes:

• https://instantfunding.com/help/maximum-lot-sizes/

Minimum hold time:

• Trades held for 60 seconds or less are regarded as high frequency trades and are prohibited

Smart Drawdown (Instant Funding and Instant Funding Go):

• It starts at -10% and automatically adjusts to -5% once you achieve a 5% gain on your account balance. After that point, the drawdown remains fixed at -5% of your starting balance, even if your profits grow.

News Trading:

• One-Phase and Two-Phase (challenge phase only): No news restrictions
• IF Micro, IF1, One-Phase Micro and Two-Phase Micro: No news restrictions
• Instant Funding, One-Phase and Two-Phase (funded accounts): News trading is not allowed 4 minutes before and after high impact news.

Weekend Holding:

• One-Phase, and Two-Phase, (challenge phase only): Allowed
• IF Micro, IF1, One-Phase Micro and Two-Phase Micro: Allowed
• Instant Funding, Instant Funding Go, One-Phase and Two-Phase (funded accounts): Allowed with Add-on

Inactivity:

• If no trades are placed within 60 days of your account purchase or after the last trade, your account will be automatically closed.

Risk per Trading Instrument

• Instant Funding: You may not risk more than 3% of your starting account balance at any time on a single trade idea.
• Instant Funding GO: You may not risk more than 2% of your starting account balance at any time on a single trade idea.
• IF Micro and IF1: You may not risk more than 1% of your starting account balance at any time in one trade idea
• One Phase, One Phase Micro and Two Phase: You may not risk more than 50% of your daily drawdown at any time in one trade idea.
• Two Phase Micro: You may not risk more than 2% of your starting account balance on any single trade idea for Two-Phase Micro accounts of $50,000 and below, and no more than 1.5% for accounts of $100,000 and above.
• 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.

Prohibited Practice and strategies

• Account Churning (Rolling): Opening multiple funded or challenge accounts in quick succession is prohibited
• High-frequency trading (HFT): HFT involves holding trades for 60 seconds or less.
• One-Sided Bets: Taking positions in a single direction without proper analysis or consideration of market trends, often leading to excessive exposure.
• Grid Trading: Placing buy and sell orders at fixed intervals, relying solely on price fluctuations rather than informed analysis. This strategy disregards market conditions and often leads to uncontrolled losses.
• Overleveraging: Exceeding the allowable lot size limit for your account type on a single trade idea. This creates excessive risk and significantly increases the chances of an account wipeout.
• Gambling: Engaging in trades that resemble betting rather than strategy, such as placing random positions without analysis or risking large portions of the account on a single trade idea.
• Martingale: Increasing positional notional volume after each trade, aiming to recover previous losses or amplify winnings on subsequent trades. This involves doubling down after a losing trade. Martingale trading is allowed for all challenges and IF Micro accounts (including funded stage). For Instant Funding accounts, traders can add to losing positions but must avoid continuously doubling lot sizes after losses.