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FTUK Trading Rules Explained
Low-entry Flex challenge (4% target, pay after you pass) plus instant accounts.
3.3/5 our ratingSince 2021United StatesReviewed by PickMyFirmUpdated Oct 28, 2026
FTUK 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 stated
The firm doesn't say. Ask support in writing before you rely on it.
Loss limits by plan
Flex Challenge (1-Step, pay after you pass)
- Daily
- 5%
- Max
- 6%
- Min days
- 1
Trailing (intraday). Your loss limit follows your highest equity in real time, including open trades. A big unrealised win can raise it.
Instant Funding
- Daily
- 5%
- Max
- 6%
- Min days
- 0
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: Funded: best day must stay under 20% of the profit requested at the first level, rising to 40% at higher scaling levels. How consistency rules work →
- Maximum leverage: 1:50
- Scaling plan: Scaling levels unlock at 10% profit; Flex split rises from 60% to 90% over six levels