Prop Firm Rules
In the prop trading industry, rules can vary significantly from one firm to another based on their risk-management policies. This section provides key rules for each firm and highlights any significant rule changes along with the specific dates of those changes.
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Futures Prop Firm Rules 22
Prohibited practices & key rules
Automated trading (EAs, bots & copy trading)
- Whether you can run expert advisors, algorithmic bots, or copy trades between accounts. Policies vary widely - some firms allow personal automation, others ban it outright.
- Bots/algos: Not allowed in PRO; all trades manually executed
Full Take Profit Trader rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026- AquaFuturesNew
Prohibited practices & key rules
No specific rules documented yet - see the full rulebook below.
Full AquaFutures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026 Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- News trading allowed: Prohibited: no opening/closing trades within 5 minutes before or after high-impact red folder news events on funded accounts
Full Blue Guardian Futures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026- E8 FuturesNew
Prohibited practices & key rules
Automated trading (EAs, bots & copy trading)
- Whether you can run expert advisors, algorithmic bots, or copy trades between accounts. Policies vary widely - some firms allow personal automation, others ban it outright.
- Copy trading allowed: Yes
- Expert advisors / automated bots: Not permitted
Full E8 Futures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026 - Earn2TradeNew
Prohibited practices & key rules
Automated trading (EAs, bots & copy trading)
- Whether you can run expert advisors, algorithmic bots, or copy trades between accounts. Policies vary widely - some firms allow personal automation, others ban it outright.
- Copytrading allowed: No
Full Earn2Trade rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026 Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- News trading allowed: Yes — no restrictions on news trading
Full Tradeify rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
No specific rules documented yet - see the full rulebook below.
Full Traders Launch rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026- BulenoxNew
Prohibited practices & key rules
Automated trading (EAs, bots & copy trading)
- Whether you can run expert advisors, algorithmic bots, or copy trades between accounts. Policies vary widely - some firms allow personal automation, others ban it outright.
- Algo/automated trading: Allowed (third-party algos must be pre-approved by Bulenox management)
Full Bulenox rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026 Prohibited practices & key rules
No specific rules documented yet - see the full rulebook below.
Full Funded Futures Family rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026- DayTradersNew
Prohibited practices & key rules
Hedging
- Hedging means holding opposing positions on the same or correlated instruments - often across multiple accounts - to lock in a near risk-free outcome. Firms treat it as system manipulation rather than genuine trading.
- Hedging allowed: No
Full DayTraders rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026 Prohibited practices & key rules
Hedging
- Hedging means holding opposing positions on the same or correlated instruments - often across multiple accounts - to lock in a near risk-free outcome. Firms treat it as system manipulation rather than genuine trading.
- Hedging allowed: No
Full Lucid Trading rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- News trading (Prime): Allowed
- News trading (Classic): Prohibited within 2 minutes of high-impact releases
Full The Trading Pit rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
Scalping & micro-scalping
- Micro-scalping captures very small price moves with large size in a few seconds. Most futures prop firms allow genuine scalping, but flag accounts where an outsized share of profit comes from trades held only a few seconds.
- Microscalping rule: Profits from trades closed within 2 minutes are deducted
Full Goat Funded Futures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- News trading allowed: Yes (all plans on evaluation; Zero restricted on qualified)
Full Alpha Futures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- Tier-1 news trading (evaluation): Allowed
- Tier-1 news trading (sim-funded, Rapid): Prohibited
Full My Funded Futures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- News trading allowed: Yes
Full Top One Futures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
Hedging
- Hedging means holding opposing positions on the same or correlated instruments - often across multiple accounts - to lock in a near risk-free outcome. Firms treat it as system manipulation rather than genuine trading.
- Hedging between accounts: Prohibited – evaluations must use independent directional trading
Full Apex Trader Funding rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026- TopstepNew
Prohibited practices & key rules
Overnight & weekend holding
- Whether positions can be held past the daily close or over the weekend. Many futures firms require flat positions before a daily cutoff, especially on evaluation accounts.
- Position close time (daily): 3:10 PM CT (earlier for certain commodities)
Full Topstep rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026 Prohibited practices & key rules
No specific rules documented yet - see the full rulebook below.
Full TradeDay rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026Prohibited practices & key rules
No specific rules documented yet - see the full rulebook below.
Full Legends Trading rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026- FuturesEliteNew
Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- News trading allowed: Restricted - major Tier 1 news (FOMC, CPI, NFP etc): all positions must be closed 2 minutes before and cannot reopen until 2 minutes after. Strategies designed to exploit news volatility are prohibited.
Full FuturesElite rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026 Prohibited practices & key rules
News trading
- Trading through high-impact news releases. Some firms allow it freely, some restrict it during the evaluation, and some prohibit holding through major scheduled news on funded accounts.
- News trading allowed: Yes
Full FundedNext Futures rulebook →Verified Jun 26, 2026
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