Futures
ForexCrypto
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The rules that decide whether an Instant Funding account passes, stays funded or breaches. News and weekend trading depend on the program and on whether the add-on was bought at checkout.
Checked against Instant Funding on 29 July 2026
Account Type
Model
News trading is permitted only with the Major News Trading add-on on Instant (Instant Funding), Instant (Instant Funding GO), Instant (Instant Funding Clarity), 1 Step (One-Phase) and 2 Step (Two-Phase) at the funded stage. It is enabled by default on the Micro programs, Instant (IF1) and 1 Step (One-Phase Crypto). The restricted window is 4 minutes before and 4 minutes after a release.
By default all open positions are flattened before the weekend. Weekend holding requires the same add-on and must be selected at purchase, and it is enabled by default on both challenge phases and on all Micro products. Overnight holding is permitted across programs with no add-on.
Publicly available third party expert advisors, algorithms and bots are prohibited, so only an advisor you built yourself is allowed, and 1 Step (One-Phase Crypto) prohibits advisors outright. Copy trading is permitted only between accounts owned by the same person, and trading on behalf of anyone else is banned as account management.
Hedging within one account is allowed, including long and short at the same time on the same market. Taking opposite positions across multiple accounts is treated as cheating and closes the accounts without a refund, as is coordinated hedging between separate traders.
Only with the Major News Trading add-on on Instant (Instant Funding), Instant (Instant Funding GO), Instant (Instant Funding Clarity), 1 Step (One-Phase) and 2 Step (Two-Phase) at the funded stage. It is on by default for the Micro programs, Instant (IF1) and 1 Step (One-Phase Crypto). The restricted window is 8 minutes in total around a release.
Only with the add-on, which must be bought at the time of purchase and cannot be added later. Without it, all open positions are closed automatically before the weekend. Any losses from weekend gaps still count toward the drawdown limits.
Only advisors you have built yourself. Publicly available third party expert advisors, algorithms and bots are listed as a prohibited practice, and using identical settings on commercial advisors across accounts is also prohibited. 1 Step (One-Phase Crypto) prohibits expert advisors entirely.
The help centre states you may copy trades from your own accounts at other firms or brokers into an Instant Funding account, and only between accounts you personally own. The prohibited practices page and the program pages state that copying trades between accounts is not allowed, so the firm publishes conflicting positions on this.
Within a single account, yes, including long and short positions on the same market at once. Across multiple accounts, no. Opposite positions on separate accounts close the accounts without a refund.
A breached account cannot be recovered and there is no reset product, so a new account must be purchased. Fees are non-refundable after one placed trade or 14 days. Lot size violations trigger a full account reset on funded accounts and a breach on the third violation on challenge accounts.
