# Evaluation Rules

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You must be 18 years or older to participate. You may not be from the [restricted countries list](https://faq.ampfutures.com/hc/en-us/articles/10797726829463-Restricted-Countries-List).\
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You may only register **one email address** with Nexgen ProTrader Funding. Creating multiple accounts using different email addresses is not allowed and may result in all related accounts being closed.
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## <mark style="color:$warning;">Evaluation Account Rules</mark>

Violating any of these rules will immediately disqualify you from Nexgen's ProTrader Funding Evaluation and Sim/Live accounts.

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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Establish**</mark>**&#x20;**<mark style="color:$primary;">**Profitability:**</mark>

**\*\* Once You&#x20;**<mark style="color:green;">**Hit The Profit Objective**</mark>**,** <mark style="color:red;">**Positions Will Auto-Liquidate**</mark>**&#x20;\*\***

Each account size at Nexgen ProTrader Funding comes with a specific profit target that you must achieve to pass the evaluation. A minimum of 1 trading day is required to pass the account. There is no time limit to achieve this; take as long as needed while maintaining an active subscription.
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Do Not Trade More Than Allowed Contracts:**</mark>

Your max position size depends on your account’s contract limit.\
If you trade at max contracts or over 50% of max, you must manage exits carefully:

* You cannot use a market order to exit
* You cannot close using the “X”

To close positions over 50% of max:

* Use smaller market orders (below max) until flat
* If at max contracts, use your Stop or Target to exit

Example: On a 25k eval (max 5 contracts), trading 3–5 contracts will cause rejection if you try to exit with “X” or full-size market orders.

This happens because the system checks the total number of active contracts plus your order size, not whether you’re closing a position.

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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Reaching Your**</mark>**&#x20;**<mark style="color:$warning;">**Drawdown Limit:**</mark>

Do not hit your drawdown limit intraday; drawdowns calculated at the end of the day will still have intraday limits.\
[**Click: For a detailed explanation of how Nexgen calculates Draw-Down.**](https://nexgen-software-services.gitbook.io/nexgen-pro-trader-funding/evaluations/draw-down-explained)
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**DCA/MAE Rule:**</mark>

Nexgen traders will be allowed to scale contracts as they see fit, provided they remain within the account’s defined risk tolerances.
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Risk To Reward Ratio Rule:**</mark>

Nexgen Traders' #1 goal is to make money. We will NOT penalize unfavorable risk-to-reward ratios provided they remain within the account’s defined risk tolerances.
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Holding An Overnight Position:**</mark>

Margin requirements and Risk are very high, so do not hold beyond 5 minutes before the close at 4:55 PM EST, or your account will be terminated. You will be warned via email for prohibited trading.\ <mark style="color:red;">**3 or more**</mark>**&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**violations will result in account closure**</mark>
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**High-Frequency Trading:**</mark>

During each payout period, at least 50% of all closed trades must have an absolute price movement of at least 5 ticks from entry to exit, based on the final closed result of each trade, regardless of profit or loss. Trades that do not meet this threshold will count toward the remaining 50% allowance. The percentage is calculated based on the total number of closed trades during the payout period.\
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This requirement exists to ensure there is sufficient price movement and liquidity for consistent execution across accounts.

*<mark style="color:yellow;">**Note:**</mark>* Any attempt to artificially manipulate trade outcomes or execution to meet this requirement may result in account review. Trading patterns that are clearly designed to circumvent this rule may result in account review.
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">No Account Sharing:</mark>

You cannot let someone else trade your account. *You* must be the trader.\ <mark style="color:red;">**1 v**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**iolation will result in account closure**</mark>
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">News Trading:</mark>

Do not be in an open position 1 minute before or until 1 minute after any <mark style="color:red;">**US Red Flag**</mark> news event, as denoted by [**Forex Factory's Economic Calendar**](https://www.forexfactory.com/calendar)**.** \ <mark style="color:red;">**1 v**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**iolation will result in account closure**</mark>
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">Intentional Account Hedging:</mark>

Simultaneously going LONG in one account and SHORT in the other will immediately disqualify you from being able to trade with Nexgen forever. \ <mark style="color:red;">**1 v**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**iolation will result in account closure**</mark>
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">Market Limit Up/Down:</mark>

If a market is limited up or down, you cannot place a trade for *5 minutes* after trading resumes. This hasn't happened in a long time, but it will again one day, so remain vigilant.
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Examples Of Restricted News Events:**</mark>

* Non-Farm payroll (NFP). These events take place on the first Friday of each month at 8:30 AM Eastern.
* Consumer Price Index – CPI.
* News event: crude oil or natural gas inventories. Prohibited products: crude oil, natural gas.
* FOMC meeting minutes/announcements. These sessions take place on Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and trading during this time is usually very volatile.&#x20;
* News event: bond auctions. Prohibited products - 2-Year, 5-Year, 10-Year. 30-Year bonds or notes.

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