DayTraders.com Trading Rules Explained
Las Vegas futures firm with a $5 activation fee and 100% split on sim funded accounts.
DayTraders.com rules: what you can and can't do
News trading: Allowed
You can open and close trades around high-impact news releases.
Holding overnight: Allowed
You can keep positions open past the end of the trading day.
Holding over the weekend: Allowed
You can keep positions open from Friday close to the Monday open.
EAs, bots & algorithms: Allowed
Automated strategies are allowed, within the firm's fair-use rules.
Copy trading: Allowed
You may copy your own trades between accounts at this firm.
Hedging: Not allowed
Hedging (opposite positions) is not allowed.
Loss limits by plan
EOD Trail
- Daily
- 2.5%
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 2
Trailing (end of day). Your loss limit follows your highest end-of-day balance. Swings during the day don't move it.
Intraday Trail
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 5%
- Min days
- 2
Trailing (intraday). Your loss limit follows your highest equity in real time, including open trades. A big unrealised win can raise it.
Static
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 2%
- Min days
- 2
Static. Your loss limit is fixed from the starting balance. Profits never move it up, so gains give you extra room.
Straight to Funded (S2F)
- Daily
- 2.5%
- Max
- 5%
- Min days
- 0
Trailing (end of day). Your loss limit follows your highest end-of-day balance. Swings during the day don't move it.
Straight to Live (S2L)
- Daily
- 2%
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 8
Trailing (intraday). Your loss limit follows your highest equity in real time, including open trades. A big unrealised win can raise it.
Fine print
- Consistency rule: Evaluation best day at or below 50% of profit; Pro accounts 30%; Straight-to-Funded 20% per payout cycle; Live evaluation 25%. How consistency rules work →
- Scaling plan: Live plans scale contract size with profit (details in help center)