# Funded / Instant Account Rules

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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;">Funded / Instant Account Rules</mark>

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

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### <mark style="color:$warning;">Reaching Your 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;">Daily Loss Limit:</mark>

A daily loss limit rule applies to all semi-live accounts, limiting losses to 50% of the maximum drawdown. Hitting the DLL will not fail the account. It will disable trading until the next session starts. It is designed to help traders who are having a difficult day step back before causing significant damage to their account.\
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\&#xNAN;*<mark style="color:yellow;">**Note:**</mark>* As your [**payout cap doubles**](https://nexgen-software-services.gitbook.io/nexgen-pro-trader-funding/funded-account-info/payouts-withdraws#nexgens-payout-doubling-model), your [**daily loss limit doubles**](https://nexgen-software-services.gitbook.io/nexgen-pro-trader-funding/evaluation-account-info/daily-loss-limit-scaling), allowing you to continue scaling your trading account without changing your overall risk structure.

<table><thead><tr><th width="116" align="center">Account Size</th><th width="123" align="center">Max Drawdown</th><th align="center">Daily Loss Limit (Payouts 1–8)</th><th width="151" align="center">Daily Loss Limit (Payouts 9–16) 2x</th><th align="center">Daily Loss Limit (Payouts 16+) 4x</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">25K</td><td align="center">$1,750</td><td align="center">$875</td><td align="center">$1,750</td><td align="center">$3,500</td></tr><tr><td align="center">50K</td><td align="center">$2,250</td><td align="center">$1,125</td><td align="center">$2,250</td><td align="center">$4,500</td></tr><tr><td align="center">75K</td><td align="center">$2,750</td><td align="center">$1,375</td><td align="center">$2,750</td><td align="center">$5,500</td></tr><tr><td align="center">100K</td><td align="center">$3,300</td><td align="center">$1,650</td><td align="center">$3,300</td><td align="center">$6,600</td></tr><tr><td align="center">150K</td><td align="center">$4,800</td><td align="center">$2,400</td><td align="center">$4,800</td><td align="center">$9,600</td></tr></tbody></table>
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Do Not Trade More Than Allowed Contracts:**</mark>

| Account Size | Max Contracts | Mini Contracts | Micro Contracts |
| :----------: | :-----------: | :------------: | :-------------: |
|      25K     |       5       |        5       |        5        |
|      50K     |       10      |       10       |        10       |
|      75K     |       12      |       12       |        12       |
|     100K     |       14      |       14       |        14       |
|     150K     |       17      |       17       |        17       |

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;">**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.

Group trading, coordinated trading, or shared trading activity is strictly prohibited. Each trader must independently manage and execute trades on their own accounts.

This includes, but is not limited to:

* Manually copying trades from another person
* Trading side by side using the same entries and exits
* One individual directing or signaling trades to another person in real time
* Spouses, family members, friends, or business partners mirroring each other’s trading activity
* Using the same strategy execution in a coordinated manner across multiple individuals

All accounts must reflect independent trading decisions and risk management. Accounts identified as participating in coordinated or group trading activity may be suspended, failed, or permanently banned at our discretion.\ <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 US red flag news event, as denoted by [**Forex Factory's Economic Calendar**](https://www.forexfactory.com/calendar)**.**\ <mark style="color:red;">**1 violation will result in account closure**</mark>
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">Intentional Account Hedging:</mark>

Nexgen strictly prohibits any form of hedging or offset trading designed to reduce, neutralize, or transfer risk between accounts, products, traders, or contract months.

Engaging in these activities may result in immediate account termination and permanent disqualification from trading with Nexgen.

The following examples, but not limited to, are prohibited:

|                                                    Example                                                   |                                Status                                |
| :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|                                              Long NQ / Short MNQ                                             |                  Prohibited – Same underlying market                 |
|                                              Long ES / Short MES                                             |                  Prohibited – Same underlying market                 |
|                                              Long ES / Short NQ                                              |           Prohibited when used as a correlated index hedge           |
|                                              Long ES / Short YM                                              |           Prohibited when used as a correlated index hedge           |
|                                     Long NQ (June) / Short NQ (September)                                    | Prohibited – Same underlying market across different contract months |
|                                    Long in Account A / Short in Account B                                    |              Strictly Prohibited – Cross-account hedging             |
| Long position held by one trader while a spouse, family member, or related party holds the opposing position |           Strictly Prohibited – Related-party coordination           |

This policy applies regardless of account type.

Any attempt to circumvent this policy may result in account closure, forfeiture of account privileges, and a permanent ban from the Nexgen platform.\ <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;">Flipping Trading Days:</mark>

A trading day must not be considered "flipping".&#x20;

* Flipping per the contract, " Trader " is defined as an individual who understands that the Company seeks independent contractors "to fund and payout" who follow a consistent size, stop, and target trading plan. This means not trading max or larger contracts on one trade, seeking “oversized lucky wins or windfalls” while trading micros the rest of the time, known as “flipping” (minimally trading micro contracts) to add a "trading day." It is imperative that you maintain a consistent number of contracts traded throughout the evaluation period and beyond.&#x20;

\*Nexgen may require you to trade on additional days if your trading activity is deemed flipping relative to your normal trading behavior.&#x20;
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### <mark style="color:$warning;">**Examples Of Restricted News Events:**</mark>

* Non-Farm payroll (NFP). These events occur on Fridays at 8:30 AM Eastern, once per month.
* Consumer Price Index – CPI.
* News event: crude oil inventories. Prohibited product: crude oil.
* FOMC meeting minutes/announcements. These occur on Wednesdays at 2 pm Eastern time.&#x20;
* News event: bond auctions. Prohibited products - 10-year note, 30-year bond.

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