Trading Rules

News Trading Rule

Restrict trading during news events:

Enable/Disable

• Enabled - News trading is prohibited
• Disabled - News trading is allowed

Configuration

• Time Window - Minutes before/after news (e.g., 5 minutes)
• Impact Level - High only, or High + Medium
• Action - Warning, breach, or auto-close positions

Affected Instruments

• All instruments
• Or specific currencies (e.g., USD pairs for US news)

Weekend Trading Rule

Restrict trading outside market hours:

Enable/Disable

• Enabled - Weekend trading is prohibited
• Disabled - Weekend trading is allowed

Configuration

• Allowed Days - Monday-Friday, or custom
• Allowed Hours - Specific time windows
• Time Zone - Server time or market time
• Action - Warning, breach, or auto-close

Exceptions

• Allow closing existing positions
• Allow specific instruments (e.g., crypto)

Copy Trading Rule

Detect and prevent copy trading:

Enable/Disable

• Enabled - System monitors for copy trading
• Disabled - No copy trading detection

Sensitivity

• High - Flags more potential matches
• Medium - Balanced (recommended)
• Low - Only obvious cases

Action

• Manual review required
• Auto-fail accounts
• Warning only

Hedging Rule

Detect cross-account hedging:

Enable/Disable

• Enabled - System monitors for hedging
• Disabled - No hedging detection

Configuration

• Same User Only - Only check accounts from same user
• All Accounts - Check across all accounts
• Time Window - How close trades must be (e.g., 5 minutes)

Action

• Manual review required
• Auto-fail accounts
• Warning only

Martingale/Grid Detection

Prevent martingale or grid strategies:

Enable/Disable

• Enabled - Detect and prevent
• Disabled - Allow these strategies

Detection Criteria

• Doubling position sizes after losses
• Regular interval position entries
• Exponential lot size increases

Action

• Warning
• Breach
• Auto-fail

Maximum Leverage Rule

Enforce leverage limits:

Configuration

• Maximum leverage allowed (e.g., 1:100)
• Per-position or account-wide
• Action if exceeded

Allowed Instruments

Restrict which instruments can be traded:

All Instruments

• Trade anything available

Forex Only

• Only currency pairs

Specific Instruments

• Custom list of allowed symbols
• E.g., major pairs only (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, etc.)

Prohibited Instruments

• Blacklist specific symbols
• E.g., no exotic pairs, no crypto

Allowed Trading Sessions

Restrict to specific market sessions:

All Sessions

• Trade 24/5

Specific Sessions

• Asian session only
• European session only
• US session only
• Combination of sessions

Expert Advisor (EA) Rules

Control use of automated trading:

EAs Allowed

• Traders can use robots/algorithms
• No restrictions

EAs Prohibited

• Manual trading only
• EAs will breach account

EA Approval Required

• Traders must submit EA for review
• Approved EAs can be used

Correlation Rules

Prevent correlated positions:

Enable/Disable

• Enabled - Monitor correlated positions
• Disabled - Allow any positions

Configuration

• Maximum correlation allowed
• E.g., can't have EUR/USD long and USD/CHF long (highly correlated)

Overnight Holding Rules

Control overnight positions:

Allow Overnight

• Positions can be held overnight (most common)

Prohibit Overnight

• All positions must close by end of day
• Swing trading not allowed

Limit Overnight Exposure

• Maximum lot size for overnight holds
• E.g., 50% of normal maximum

Stop Loss Requirements

Require stop losses:

Optional

• Stop losses not required (most common)

Required

• Every position must have stop loss
• Maximum distance from entry

Recommended

• Not required but encouraged
• No enforcement