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title: "What happens if I breach the account before my payout is approved?"
description: "What happens if I breach the account before my payout is approved? A Funded Account must remain eligible and compliant with GFN rules."
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# What happens if I breach the account before my payout is approved?

A Funded Account must remain eligible and compliant with GFN rules.

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## The full answer

A Funded Account must remain eligible and compliant with GFN rules.

Breaching an account or violating the Terms & Conditions may cause pending or future payouts to be rejected.

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## Explained in full

- [Breach Rules Explained](https://getfundednow.com/rules/breach-and-what-happens) - The rule, explained - A hard breach closes the account and cannot be reversed by a later recovery. A soft breach is corrected rather than fatal. Which is which, by programme.

## Terms used in this answer

[Terms of service](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/terms-of-service) · [Funded account](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/funded-account) · [Breach](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/breach)

## Related questions

- [Can I continue trading while a payout is being processed?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/can-i-trade-while-a-payout-processes) - Payouts - Follow the instructions displayed when submitting your payout request.
- [Can I receive a payout from a breached account?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/payout-from-a-breached-account) - Payouts - No. Once an account has been legitimately breached, profits associated with that account are no longer eligible for payout.
- [Do I need to complete KYC before receiving a payout?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/do-i-need-kyc-before-a-payout) - Payouts - Yes. GFN may require identity and compliance verification before issuing a Funded Account and/or processing a payout.
- [Why is KYC required?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/why-is-kyc-required) - Payouts - KYC and AML checks help GFN verify that accounts belong to genuine individual traders and help prevent fraud, identity misuse, duplicate-account abuse and other prohibited activity.

## More answers on breach rules explained

- [What is a hard breach?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-is-a-hard-breach) - A serious rule violation that fails or terminates the account - exceeding the Daily Loss Limit or Maximum Drawdown, for example.
- [What is a soft breach?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-is-a-soft-breach) - A soft breach is a rule violation that may result in a trade being closed or other corrective action without automatically terminating the entire account.
- [What happens after a hard breach?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-happens-after-a-hard-breach) - Trading access to the breached account can be terminated and the account will no longer be eligible to progress or receive future payouts.

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