For Traders

News trading is allowed during the evaluation phases.

On the Funded Account:
• All traders may hold positions during news events.
Rule Description:
You may hold positions through news, but opening trades is not allowed during:
5 minutes before a high-impact news release
5 minutes after a high-impact news release

Profit Calculation:
Profits from trades opened at least 5 minutes before a high-impact news event will be counted, even if the trade is closed during the 5-minute window before or after the event.
This allows swing traders who plan their positions in advance to benefit from their strategic decisions without penalties.

Profit Exclusion:
Profits from trades opened within the 10-minute window around a high-impact news event—5 minutes before and 5 minutes after—will not be counted, but this will not be treated as an account violation.
This rule is designed to prevent short-term speculative trading based on news releases.

On Instant Accounts:

• All traders may hold positions during news events.
Rule Description:
You may hold positions through news, but opening trades is not allowed during:
5 minutes before a high-impact news release
5 minutes after a high-impact news release

Profit Calculation:
Profits from trades opened at least 5 minutes before a high-impact news event will be counted, even if the trade is closed during the 5-minute window before or after the event.
This allows swing traders who plan their positions in advance to benefit from their strategic decisions without penalties.

Profit Exclusion:
Profits from trades opened within the 10-minute window around a high-impact news event—5 minutes before and 5 minutes after—will not be counted, but this will not be treated as an account violation.
This rule is designed to prevent short-term speculative trading based on news releases.

Payouts are available bi-weekly
You must complete 3 profitable days, each with at least 0.5% profit based on the account size.
80% profit split.
Minimum payout: $100.
Maximum payout: $20,000.

Payouts are available bi-weekly
You must complete 7 profitable days, each with at least 0.5% profit based on the account size.
70% profit split, increasing by 5% after each payout.
Minimum payout: $100.
Maximum payout: $20,000.

Payouts are available bi-weekly.
You must achieve at least 3% profit.
60% profit split, increasing by 10% after each payout.
Minimum payout: $100.
Maximum payout: $20,000.

Overnight and weekend holding is allowed on all accounts.

Floating Loss Protection — Drawdown Protection

For Traders applies a floating-loss protection system at 2%, which is similar to a Maximum Loss Per Trade rule, but it does not calculate each trade's loss separately.

The system monitors the combined floating profit and loss of all open positions in real time, and previously closed trades are not included.

When the total floating loss reaches -2% of the account's initial balance, the system immediately closes all open positions at market price.

When the limit is reached for the first time:
All open positions are closed and the account remains active, but the profit split is reduced to 50%.

When the limit is reached for the second time:
All open positions are closed and the account is permanently closed.

Example:
On an account sized $100,000, the protection is triggered when the combined floating losses of open positions reach $2,000.

Important Note:
This is not a rule for the loss on a single trade; it covers The total floating loss across all open positions, so it may be triggered by one large trade or several losing trades at the same time.

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Evaluation Accounts:
If the account remains without any trade for 30 days, it will be permanently closed.

Instant Account:
If the account remains without any trade for 7 days, it will be permanently closed.

Copy trading is allowed between accounts owned by the same person.

This rule has been removed.

Only on evaluation accounts; it does not apply to instant accounts.

40% Margin Rule
40% Margin Rule

What Does the 40% Rule Mean?
It means that no more than 40% of the available margin may be used in:
One trade
or
Several trades on the same instrument in the same direction.

Explanation of Key Terms

• One-Sided Betting
It is a high-risk trading strategy in which a large portion of available margin is used in one trade or several trades on the same instrument in the same direction.

Available Margin
It is the remaining amount in your account that can be used to open new positions.
It is based on:
Account Balance
Leverage
Margin requirements for open positions

• Leverage
Leverage allows you to control a larger position size with less capital.
For example:
1:125 leverage means you can control a position worth 125 times the capital used.
1:40 leverage means you can control a position worth 40 times the capital used.

What Is Leverage?
🔹 Forex — Evaluation Accounts
FOREX: 1:125
INDICES: 1:20
COMMODITIES: 1:40

🔹 Funded Stage — Live Account
FOREX: 1:40
INDICES: 1:10
COMMODITIES: 1:10


🔹 Instant Accounts
FOREX: 1:10
INDICES: 1:5
COMMODITIES: 1:5

🔹 Crypto
Evaluation and Master Accounts:
BTCUSD: 1:5
ETHUSD: 1:5
Other pairs: 1:2

One trade or several trades on the same instrument in the same direction

This means either:
One large trade
or
Several smaller trades
but all of them are betting on the market moving in the same direction (buy-only or sell-only) on the same financial instrument.

Rule Application
1) $100,000 account with 1:125 leverage
🔹 Total Buying Power:
With 1:125 leverage, your $100,000 account can control positions worth up to:
12,500,000$ (100,000 × 125)

🔹 40% Rule:
No more than 40% of the available margin may be used in one trade or several trades in the same direction on the same instrument.
This means you cannot commit more than $5,000,000 ($12,500,000 × 40%).
in one trade or a group of trades on the same pair in the same direction.

🔹 Maximum Lot Size:
In Forex, one standard lot equals 100,000 units of the base currency.
To calculate the maximum:
5,000,000 divided by 100,000 = 50 lots
Therefore, the maximum allowed exposure is 50 lots (assuming the base currency matches the account currency for simplicity).

2) $100,000 account with 1:40 leverage
🔹 Total Buying Power:
With 1:40 leverage, your account can control positions worth up to:
4,000,000$ (100,000 × 40)

🔹 40% Rule:
You may not use more than 40% of the available buying power:
4,000,000 multiplied by 40% = $1,600,000

🔹 Maximum Lot Size:
1,600,000 divided by 100,000 = 16 lots
Therefore, the maximum allowed exposure is 16 lots, whether through one trade or several trades on the same pair in the same direction.

You can use a tool provided by the firm to calculate the permitted margin through this link:
https://www.fortraders.com/lot-size-calculator

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Prohibited.

A profitable day is a day in which the trader earns 0.5% of the account size. Profitable days do not need to be consecutive.

Reverse Arbitrage
This involves selling at a higher price in one market and buying at a lower price in another market at the same time.
Latency Arbitrage
This method exploits delays in market-data updates by executing trades based on faster access to information.
 High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
High-Frequency Trading (HFT) uses advanced algorithms and ultra-fast computing to execute a large number of trades within seconds, exploiting small price differences.
Grid Trading
Grid trading is a method used in Forex and other financial markets in which traders place buy and sell orders at predefined intervals above and below a base price, creating a grid of orders. This strategy does not align with the fair-trading principles adopted by For Traders.
Fast Scalping
A prohibited strategy that aims to capture tiny profits from the smallest price changes, known as price fluctuations, in rapid succession. It is entirely speed-driven, with automated trades lasting from seconds to minutes to capture these quick movements.
Use of Automated Bots
Automated software and simulators are prohibited. We want to evaluate your personal trading ability, so all trades must be managed manually.
Hedging Between Accounts
Users are not allowed to hedge across two or more accounts. In other words, a position on one account (buy) may not be hedged with an opposite position on another account (sell).
Gambling
Gambling in trading is characterized by actions that resemble betting rather than informed decisions based on market analysis. This includes excessive leverage, one-sided bets without careful market analysis, or pursuing unrealistic profit targets through high-risk trades. These behaviors are not only risky but also undermine the core principles of responsible trading.
Group Trading
We understand that traders may follow similar strategies, which is why each account is evaluated individually. However, every trader must develop their own market analysis and make decisions independently. If most trades are identical across multiple accounts owned by different traders, this indicates a coordinated approach rather than individual judgment, which is not permitted. We aim to work with traders who make their own trading decisions, understand market dynamics, and manage risk effectively.
Martingale
Martingale is based on doubling the trade size after each loss to recover losses with a single winning trade. It is a high-risk gambling method and is strictly prohibited. If our system detects rapid increases in trade size or unrealistic recovery trades, the account may be closed for violating the gambling rules.
Group Trading and Signal Trading
At For Traders, our mission is to identify and support skilled independent traders. For this reason, we have a clear rule: group trading and signal trading are prohibited. This is not merely a procedural rule; it is about giving genuine traders the opportunity they deserve.