A minimum hold removes the strategies that profit from execution mechanics rather than from a market view. It is a blunt rule and we would rather publish it plainly than review each case after the fact. If your edge lives inside two minutes, these are not the right programmes and that is a straight answer rather than a soft one.
Trading rules
Scalping,with a 2 minutes floor.
Scalping is allowed on Instant, 1 Step and 2 Step. The condition is a minimum hold of 2 minutes on every trade, in both evaluation and funded stages. A strategy that depends on holding for seconds will not fit. Latency arbitrage and price-feed exploitation are prohibited separately from this rule.
The rule
Can I scalp?
Percentages are what the industry publishes. These are the same rules in dollars, worked on a $100,000 simulated account, so there is nothing left to convert.
- Minimum hold time
- 2 minutes
Every trade, every programme, every stage.
- Normal scalping
- Allowed
- Sub-two-minute strategies
- Do not fit
Worth knowing before you buy rather than after.
- Latency arbitrage
- Prohibited
A separate rule under prohibited trading.
- Cost per round turn
- $7.00
High trade counts make commission a material share of the daily buffer.
Plan applicability
Which programmesthis rule applies to
Our three programmes do not share one rulebook. This table is the part of the page to read before you buy.
- InstantApplies
2 minutes minimum
Against the tightest daily loss limit at 3%, which is $3,000 on a $100,000 account.
Why it exists
The reasoning,stated plainly
Worked example
The same rule,as a number
A $100,000 simulated account, because that is the size most people are deciding about.
A scalping session that works and one that does not
The clock is per trade, from fill to close.
- Opened 09:31:10, closed 09:34:02
- Compliant
2 minutes 52 seconds.
- Opened 09:36:00, closed 09:37:30
- Breaks the rule
90 seconds.
- 18 round-turn lots on the session18 × $7.00
- $126
- Share of a $5,000 daily buffer
- 2.5%
Before any losing trade.
Frequency is allowed; speed below two minutes is not. Plan the hold time into the strategy rather than into the exit.
Commonly misread
What tradersget wrong here
Every item below has cost somebody an account. They are published for that reason rather than for completeness.
“The two minutes is an average”
It is per trade. One 90-second trade is one breach of the rule.
“It only applies during an evaluation”
It applies at every stage on every programme, funded accounts included.
The full cluster
Every questionabout this rule
The answers our support team works from, each on its own page.
Can I scalp?
Legitimate short-term trading is permitted, provided every trade stays open for at least 2 minutes and nothing exploits latency, pricing errors or other prohibited behaviour.
Is there a minimum trade duration?
Yes. Every trade must stay open for at least 2 minutes, on Instant Funding, 1 Step and 2 Step.
Can I day trade?
Yes.
What is latency arbitrage?
Latency arbitrage attempts to exploit delays between different price feeds rather than profit from genuine market analysis.
Is there a maximum lot size?
Position size is limited by your account's buying power, leverage, margin and risk limits - and a permitted lot size does not excuse a drawdown breach.
Related rules
The rulesthat sit next to this one
What trading is prohibited?
Exploiting platform errors, latency arbitrage, coordinated trading and account sharing are prohibited on every programme, and what happens if found.
What does trading cost?
Commission is $3.50 per side, $7 per lot round turn on every programme, charged on the simulated account. It counts toward the daily loss limit.
Can I trade the news?
News trading is permitted during an evaluation. On a funded account, profits from trades in a three-minute window around high-impact news may be removed.
Are expert advisors allowed?
Automated trading is allowed where it is legitimate and follows every rule. Systems built or sold to pass prop-firm evaluations may be prohibited.
Instant: the full rule sheet
Every objective on the Instant programme, in dollars, at all six account sizes.
1 Step: the full rule sheet
Every objective on the 1 Step programme, in dollars, at all six account sizes.
2 Step: the full rule sheet
Every objective on the 2 Step programme, in dollars, at all six account sizes.
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