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Trading rules

Clear limits. No hidden conditions.

These rules apply to every SC Funding account. Exact numbers depend on your program and are copied onto your account when it is created.

The essentials

Core rules

Daily loss limit

Your equity can't drop below the daily limit. It resets every day at 00:00 server time (UTC+2).

Maximum loss limit

A static limit measured from your starting balance. It never trails your profits.

Minimum trading days

Trade on at least the required number of days before passing a phase.

News trading allowed

Trade through news events on challenge accounts. Hold over weekends too.

No consistency rule

No limit on how much of your profit comes from a single day during challenges.

Prohibited strategies

Latency arbitrage, tick scalping, copy trading between firms and account hedging are not allowed.

By program

Limits for each program

2-Step Challenge

Daily loss
5%
Max loss
10%
Profit target
8% / 5%
Min. days
3

1-Step Challenge

Daily loss
4%
Max loss
6%
Profit target
10%
Min. days
3

Instant Funding

Daily loss
3%
Max loss
6%
Profit target
None
Min. days
5

Loss limits are measured from equity, which includes open trades, against your starting balance.

Not allowed

Prohibited strategies

These keep the evaluation fair. Accounts using them are closed.

Latency arbitrage

Exploiting delayed or incorrect price feeds, or trading on known platform errors.

Tick scalping

Opening and closing trades within seconds to harvest tiny price movements.

Copy trading between firms

Mirroring trades from or to accounts at other firms or other traders.

Account hedging

Holding opposite positions across your own accounts, or with other traders, to guarantee one side passes.

If a limit is reached

What happens on a breach

  1. 01

    Limit reached

    Equity touches the daily or maximum loss limit, or a prohibited strategy is detected.

  2. 02

    Account closed

    The account is marked as breached and trading stops. Open trades are closed.

  3. 03

    Start again

    You can buy a new challenge at any time. Your history stays in your dashboard.

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