SIMPLE. STRICT.
NON-NEGOTIABLE.
Five rules. All enforced automatically. Break any one of them and your account terminates โ no appeal, no grace period, no second chance within the same week.
Daily drawdown and overall drawdown breaches trigger instant automated termination. There is no manual override, no grace period, and no appeal process for these two rules. Consistency and stop-loss violations go to admin review โ but the decision is still final.
MAX DAILY DRAWDOWN
You cannot lose more than $75 in a single trading day. The daily drawdown counter measures your highest balance of the day minus your current balance โ including floating (open) losses. It resets at midnight UTC every day.
- โCalculated from your highest intraday balance โ not the opening balance of $5,000
- โResets at exactly 00:00:00 UTC โ not your local midnight
- โOpen floating losses count toward the limit. If you have โ$50 floating, you only have $25 of daily cushion left
- โBreach is instant and automatic โ account terminates mid-session with no warning or grace period
- โWarning email sent when you reach 80% of the daily limit ($60 used)
You start Monday at $5,000. Your highest balance today is $5,020. By 3 PM, trades have gone against you and your balance is $4,944. Daily DD used = $5,020 โ $4,944 = $76. Breach. Account terminated.
MAX OVERALL DRAWDOWN
Your account balance cannot drop below $4,850 at any point during the competition week. This is a permanent hard floor โ it does not reset daily. Floating losses count.
- โThe $4,850 floor is fixed from the $5,000 starting balance โ it never changes mid-week
- โDoes NOT reset at midnight โ losses from Monday carry into Tuesday and beyond
- โFloating (open) losses count. Balance $4,900 + โ$60 floating = $4,840 effective balance โ breach
- โBreach is instant and automatic with no appeal
- โWarning email sent when overall DD reaches 80% ($120 used โ balance at $4,880)
Two bad days: โ$60 Tuesday, โ$95 Wednesday. Total drawdown: $155. Balance: $4,845. Overall DD of $150 breached on Wednesday. Account terminated mid-session.
CONSISTENCY SCORE
Consistency Score = Highest single-day profit รท Total weekly profit. The result must stay at or below 30% (0.30). This rule ensures winners are consistent across the week โ not relying on one exceptional day.
- โMeasured per day โ your best single trading day cannot account for more than 30% of your total weekly profit
- โExample: Total weekly profit $200, best day $58 โ score 29% โ passes
- โExample: Total weekly profit $200, best day $66 โ score 33% โ flagged
- โThis rule triggers admin review, NOT instant auto-termination
- โYour account is held for review before any winner confirmation
- โStrategy tip: if your target is $200, aim for no single day exceeding $59 in profit
Your total weekly profit is $200. Your best day (Monday) you made $70. Score = 70/200 = 35%. Account flagged for admin review โ winner confirmation paused until review is complete.
STOP-LOSS REQUIRED
Every position you open must have a stop-loss set at or before entry. The system checks for a stop-loss within 60 seconds of trade entry. Setting it after still results in a flag on the original entry.
- โStop-loss must be set within 60 seconds of trade entry โ adding it later still flags the trade
- โMoving a stop-loss further from price after entry is a violation โ SL may only move to break-even or tighter
- โEA traders: every order_send() or OrderCreate() call must include a stop-loss value
- โA single SL violation triggers admin review โ repeated violations result in disqualification
- โTip: set your SL in the MT5 order window before clicking Buy/Sell โ do not rely on modifying after entry
You open a XAUUSD sell at market without setting a stop-loss. The system detects no SL within 60 seconds. Trade is flagged. Even if you add an SL at 61 seconds, the flag is recorded.
BANNED STRATEGIES
Three strategy types are permanently banned. Using them results in immediate disqualification โ even if your P&L shows a profit at time of detection.
- โMartingale: doubling or multiplying position size after a loss to recover. Any systematic doubling pattern is flagged
- โGrid Trading: opening multiple simultaneous orders at fixed price intervals with no directional bias or stop-loss
- โAveraging Down: adding to a position that is currently in a loss to lower your average entry price
- โALLOWED โ Scaling Into Winners: adding to a profitable position at pre-planned structural levels. This is not averaging down
- โALLOWED โ EAs: algorithmic trading is allowed provided the EA follows all five rules (SL, no martingale, no grid)
- โDetection is through trade pattern analysis during admin review before winner confirmation
You open a 0.01 lot EURUSD buy. It loses. You open a 0.02 lot buy. It loses. You open a 0.04 lot buy. This is martingale โ detected during admin review. Account disqualified.
WHAT'S ALLOWED. WHAT'S NOT.
A complete reference of permitted and prohibited trading behaviours.
- โScalping (no minimum trade duration)
- โDay trading
- โSwing trading (overnight and multi-day)
- โNews trading (no restrictions on high-impact events)
- โExpert Advisors (EAs) โ must follow all 5 rules
- โWeekend holding on FX pairs and metals
- โHedging (long + short on same instrument)
- โCopy trading from external sources (not from other ZFC accounts)
- โScaling into winning positions at pre-planned levels
- โMartingale โ doubling position size after losses
- โGrid trading โ simultaneous orders at fixed price intervals
- โAveraging down into losing positions
- โWidening a stop-loss further from price after entry
- โOpening trades without a stop-loss
- โCopy trading from another trader's ZFC account
- โAccount sharing โ allowing others to trade your account
- โMultiple accounts in the same competition week
- โLatency arbitrage or tick-level scalping exploits
DOWNLOAD THE FULL RULES PDF
All five rules, all examples, all edge cases โ in a single printable PDF. Recommended reading before your first trade.
KNOW THE RULES.
OWN THE WEEK.
You've read every rule. You know the limits. Now prove your discipline is real.