A breach occurs when the maximum drawdown limit or daily drawdown limit is violated, or if an account remains inactive for 30 days.
If someone uses banned strategies that are prohibited by FTUK, this may also result in account termination following a review by the team.
This includes strategies designed to exploit demo environments to generate risk-free or consistently guaranteed profits. Traders are expected to manage their accounts in the same manner as they would a live trading account. The use of any strategy that takes advantage of demo account conditions may lead to account closure, whether the trader is in the evaluation phase or already funded.
The following strategies are strictly prohibited, as they go against the terms and conditions;
Martingale (Click here for a detailed explanation of Martingale)
Tick scalping
Reverse arbitrage trading
Latency arbitrage trading
Hedge arbitrage trading
Grid trading or High-Frequency Trading (HFT), defined as opening and closing trades within 30 seconds.
Please note: Engaging in any of these banned strategies will result in account closure.
Note: If the floating PnL on open trades falls below -2%, it is considered a violation of our rules, and the Account Protector will be activated to close all such trades.
Flex Funded and Instant Funding accounts: If the Account Protector is triggered twice due to the floating PnL falling below -2%, the account will be automatically terminated.
One-step and Two-step accounts: If the Account Protector is triggered four times due to the floating PnL falling below -2%, the account will be automatically terminated.
FTUK team reserves the right to evaluate each case individually.
You can see all of our trading rules in detail here.