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title: "Is the profit target based on balance or equity?"
description: "Use the metrics displayed in your GFN dashboard for the relevant objective - open positions affect equity and risk limits before they are closed."
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# Is the profit target based on balance or equity?

Use the metrics displayed in your GFN dashboard for the relevant objective - open positions affect equity and risk limits before they are closed.

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## The full answer

Always use the metrics displayed within your GFN dashboard for the relevant objective.

Open positions can affect account equity and risk limits even when they have not yet been closed.

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## Explained in full

- [Profit Target Rules](https://getfundednow.com/rules/profit-target) - The rule, explained - Instant has no profit target. The 1 Step asks 10% and the 2 Step 8% then 5% - $8,000 then $5,000 on a $100,000 account.

## Terms used in this answer

[Profit target](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/profit-target)

## Related questions

- [Do I need to close my trades before an Evaluation can be marked as passed?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/do-i-need-to-close-trades-to-pass) - Evaluations - Your account must satisfy the conditions required for completion - and open positions affect equity, so a balance that briefly crosses the target is not a pass.
- [What happens when I reach the profit target?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-happens-when-i-reach-the-target) - Evaluations - Trading should stop once your Evaluation has satisfied the required objectives and your dashboard confirms completion.
- [Should I continue trading after reaching my target?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/should-i-keep-trading-after-my-target) - Evaluations - There is generally no benefit in taking unnecessary additional risk once all required Evaluation objectives have been completed.
- [Can I withdraw Evaluation profits?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/can-i-withdraw-evaluation-profits) - Evaluations - No. Evaluation profits are simulated results used to determine whether you have successfully completed the Evaluation.

## More answers on profit target rules

- [Do I need to hit a profit target before receiving an Instant Funded Account?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/instant-funding-profit-target) - There is no traditional Evaluation profit target required before the account is issued.
- [Do profits from Phase 1 carry into Phase 2?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/do-phase-1-profits-carry-over) - No. Each Evaluation phase has its own objectives and starts according to the conditions defined for that phase.

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