Account Rules
Everything you need to know to pass your evaluation and maintain your funded account. Read these carefully before you start trading.
Evaluation Rules
During the evaluation phase, you trade in a simulated environment. Your goal is to hit the profit target while respecting all risk limits. All active accounts must follow these rules at all times.
Profit Target
You must reach the profit target defined for your plan (displayed on the pricing page) while keeping all other rules intact. Profit is calculated as net account balance minus starting balance.
Maximum Drawdown
Your account balance must never fall below the trailing drawdown floor. The floor moves up as your balance grows but never decreases.
Violating the drawdown limit results in immediate account termination.
Daily Loss Limit
You may not lose more than the defined daily loss limit in a single trading session. This limit resets at the start of each new trading day.
Breaching the daily loss limit triggers an End-of-Day lock on your account.
Minimum Trading Days
You must complete a minimum number of qualifying trading days before you can pass the evaluation. A qualifying day is any day where at least one trade is executed.
See your plan details for the exact number of minimum trading days required.
Consistency Rule
No single trading day can account for more than 35% of your total profits. This rule prevents passing the evaluation through one lucky trade.
The consistency rule blocks your evaluation pass — it does not terminate your account.
No Prohibited Strategies
Automated bots, HFT strategies, latency arbitrage, news trading within 30 seconds of a major release, and grid/martingale strategies are prohibited.
Violations result in immediate disqualification and account termination.
Funded Account Rules
Once you pass your evaluation, you gain access to a funded account. The capital is provided by The Great Trader. You trade it, we share the profits.
Drawdown Limits
Your funded account has a maximum drawdown limit. Breaching it results in permanent account closure. The drawdown type (trailing, limited trailing, or static) depends on your funded account agreement.
Daily Loss Limit
A daily loss limit applies to funded accounts. Exceeding it locks your account for the remainder of that trading session. Repeated violations may result in account review.
Payout Eligibility
To submit a payout request, you must: (1) complete minimum trading days, (2) have a net profit of at least $50, (3) have no open positions, (4) have no active violations, and (5) have a verified identity (KYC).
Inactivity Policy
Your funded account must show trading activity at least once every 7 days. Accounts inactive beyond the limit may be automatically closed.
Profit Split
You keep 90% of all net profits. The firm retains 10%. The split is calculated at the time of each approved payout. No split occurs on unrealized profits.
Prohibited Activities
The same prohibited strategy rules apply on funded accounts. Any evidence of manipulation, account sharing, or exploiting platform errors results in immediate termination without payout.
Glossary
Key terms used in the context of our evaluation and funded programs.
Trailing Drawdown
A drawdown floor that moves up as your account balance grows, but never moves down. Once set, it can only increase.
Limited Trailing Drawdown
A trailing drawdown that stops rising once it reaches the initial account balance. At that point it becomes static.
Static Drawdown
A fixed drawdown floor that never changes regardless of your account balance.
EOD Drawdown
End-of-Day drawdown — checked only at market close, not intraday. You can recover intraday losses as long as you close the day above the floor.
Consistency Rule
A rule preventing any single day from representing more than a set percentage of total profits. Blocks evaluation pass if violated, does not terminate the account.
Done For Day
A state triggered when a daily loss limit is breached. The account is locked for the rest of that trading session and resets at the next session.
Profit Split
The percentage of net profits paid to the trader. The Great Trader's standard split is 90% to the trader, 10% to the firm.
Payout Cycle
The period between two payouts. Trading day and profit counters reset after each completed payout.
Minimum Trading Days
The number of days on which at least one trade must be executed during the evaluation or payout cycle.
Net Profit
Gross profit from trading minus any applicable commissions or fees. This is the figure used for payout calculations.
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