Every account on every programme trades in the same conditions, and a rule that made exceptions for bad fills would be a rule that exempts whoever complains. The line is between the market being unkind, which is trading, and the environment being broken, which is ours to investigate.
Execution
Slippage and spreads,and what they do not excuse.
Slippage, widening spreads and market gaps are conditions you are trading in, not exemptions from the rules. A breach caused by a fill worse than you expected still stands. A genuine platform fault is a separate matter, reviewed on evidence, and is not the same thing as an unfavourable fill.
The rule
Does slippage excuse a breach?
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.
- Slippage
- Not an exemption
A breach caused by a poor fill stands.
- Spread widening
- Not an exemption
Common around releases and at session opens.
- Weekend gaps
- Not an exemption
A stop is an instruction, not a promise of price.
- Zero slippage
- Not offered
No firm can honestly guarantee it, so we do not claim it.
- A genuine platform fault
- Reviewable
Raise it with timestamps, screenshots and order numbers. Keep trading only if the environment is behaving.
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
Same treatment
With a 3% daily limit there is less room to absorb a poor fill, which is worth sizing for.
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 gap through a stop
A $100,000 2 Step account with a fixed floor at $92,000.
- Stop placed at
- $94,000
$2,000 above the floor.
- Market gaps to
- $90,500
The stop fills below the floor.
- Equity at fill
- $90,500
- Result
- Breach
The floor was crossed, and the fill is not reversed.
Position size is the only control over a gap. Leaving a buffer above the floor rather than placing a stop exactly on it is the practical version of that.
Commonly misread
What tradersget wrong here
Every item below has cost somebody an account. They are published for that reason rather than for completeness.
“My stop was above the floor, so I cannot breach”
A stop does not guarantee a price. A gap fills past it and the breach is measured on equity at the fill.
“A widening spread during news is a platform fault”
It is a market condition. A fault is something that stops the environment working, and it is reviewed on evidence.
The full cluster
Every questionabout this rule
The answers our support team works from, each on its own page.
Does slippage excuse a breach?
No. Traders are responsible for managing their position sizing with enough room for changing market conditions.
What happens if spreads widen during news?
Spread widening, slippage and rapid price movements form part of market conditions.
The market gapped through my stop loss. Which price is used?
The execution conditions available in the trading environment. A stop loss does not guarantee execution at the exact requested price in fast or gapping markets.
My trade went negative because of spread immediately after opening. Does that count?
Yes. Trading costs and floating P&L form part of the account's trading performance.
Can GFN guarantee zero slippage?
No. Simulated trading environments can still model real trading conditions including changing spreads and execution differences.
Related rules
The rulesthat sit next to this one
What happens when I breach?
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.
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.
Can I hold trades overnight and over the weekend?
Overnight and weekend holding is permitted on all three programmes where the account and the underlying market allow it. Gap risk stays with the trader.
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