AquaFunded Rules and Regulations

News Trading

• News trading is allowed but with restrictions, trading within 5 minutes before and after a high-impact news event is not permitted.
• In all evaluation programs, news trading is allowed without any restriction.

Copy Trading

• You can copy trade only from your own legally owned accounts.
• Copy trading is allowed between AquaFunded, funded, evaluation, and external accounts.

Trade Holding

• You can hold trades overnight and on weekends.
• Weekend crypto trading is allowed.

Wave Stop

• If your open trades lead to a 2% loss of your account balance, Wave Stop will usually auto-close all open positions across all symbols.
• This is considered a soft breach, so you can resume trading immediately.
• Note: This applies only to funded accounts. Instant funding accounts are excluded.

EAs and Trade Copiers

• EAs (Expert Advisors) are allowed.
• You can use EAs that match your trading style.
• Trade Copiers are allowed.

Consistency Rule

• Instant Funding Standard: A 40% Daily Consistency Rule applies. You cannot request a payout until your most profitable day is less than 40% of the total profits made during the payout period.
• Instant Funding Pro: A 15% Daily Consistency Rule applies. You cannot request a payout until the top profit day is below 15% of the total profit in that period.
• 1 Step Pro: A 25% Daily Consistency Rule applies. Payouts are not allowed until the most profitable day accounts for less than 25% of total profits in that period.
• Aquaman Model: A 15% Daily Consistency Rule applies. You cannot request a payout until your highest profit day is under 15% of total profits in that payout period.

All or Nothing

• All-or-nothing trading practices are strictly prohibited.

Excessive Risk-Taking

• Avoid taking excessive risk in a single simulated trade that represents a high percentage of your account balance.
• Also, avoid high cumulative risk from multiple overlapping simulated trades.

Choice of Strategy

• Traders must use the same strategy in their funded accounts as they did during the assessment phase.
• Switching strategies is not allowed.

Inactivity Rule

• All accounts will be deactivated after 30 days of inactivity.
• Once deactivated, accounts cannot be reactivated.