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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.

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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.

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MAX DAILY DRAWDOWN

Limit1.5% โ€” $75 per day

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.

  • โ†’Calculated from your highest intraday balance โ€” not the opening balance of $5,000
  • โ†’Resets at exactly 00:00:00 UTC โ€” not your local midnight
  • โ†’Open floating losses count toward the limit. If you have โ€“$50 floating, you only have $25 of daily cushion left
  • โ†’Breach is instant and automatic โ€” account terminates mid-session with no warning or grace period
  • โ†’Warning email sent when you reach 80% of the daily limit ($60 used)
โœ“ Automatic Detectionโšก Auto-terminate
Worked Example

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.

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MAX OVERALL DRAWDOWN

Limit3% โ€” Balance floor: $4,850

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.

  • โ†’The $4,850 floor is fixed from the $5,000 starting balance โ€” it never changes mid-week
  • โ†’Does NOT reset at midnight โ€” losses from Monday carry into Tuesday and beyond
  • โ†’Floating (open) losses count. Balance $4,900 + โ€“$60 floating = $4,840 effective balance โ†’ breach
  • โ†’Breach is instant and automatic with no appeal
  • โ†’Warning email sent when overall DD reaches 80% ($120 used โ€” balance at $4,880)
โœ“ Automatic Detectionโšก Auto-terminate
Worked Example

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.

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CONSISTENCY SCORE

LimitNo single day > 30% of weekly profit

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.

  • โ†’Measured per day โ€” your best single trading day cannot account for more than 30% of your total weekly profit
  • โ†’Example: Total weekly profit $200, best day $58 โ†’ score 29% โ†’ passes
  • โ†’Example: Total weekly profit $200, best day $66 โ†’ score 33% โ†’ flagged
  • โ†’This rule triggers admin review, NOT instant auto-termination
  • โ†’Your account is held for review before any winner confirmation
  • โ†’Strategy tip: if your target is $200, aim for no single day exceeding $59 in profit
โœ“ Automatic Detectionโšก Admin review
Worked Example

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.

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STOP-LOSS REQUIRED

LimitEvery single position โ€” no exceptions

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.

  • โ†’Stop-loss must be set within 60 seconds of trade entry โ€” adding it later still flags the trade
  • โ†’Moving a stop-loss further from price after entry is a violation โ€” SL may only move to break-even or tighter
  • โ†’EA traders: every order_send() or OrderCreate() call must include a stop-loss value
  • โ†’A single SL violation triggers admin review โ€” repeated violations result in disqualification
  • โ†’Tip: set your SL in the MT5 order window before clicking Buy/Sell โ€” do not rely on modifying after entry
โœ“ Automatic Detectionโšก Admin review
Worked Example

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.

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BANNED STRATEGIES

LimitMartingale ยท Grid ยท Averaging Down

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.

  • โ†’Martingale: doubling or multiplying position size after a loss to recover. Any systematic doubling pattern is flagged
  • โ†’Grid Trading: opening multiple simultaneous orders at fixed price intervals with no directional bias or stop-loss
  • โ†’Averaging Down: adding to a position that is currently in a loss to lower your average entry price
  • โ†’ALLOWED โ€” Scaling Into Winners: adding to a profitable position at pre-planned structural levels. This is not averaging down
  • โ†’ALLOWED โ€” EAs: algorithmic trading is allowed provided the EA follows all five rules (SL, no martingale, no grid)
  • โ†’Detection is through trade pattern analysis during admin review before winner confirmation
โœ“ Automatic Detectionโšก Disqualification
Worked Example

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.

โœ…Permitted
  • โœ“Scalping (no minimum trade duration)
  • โœ“Day trading
  • โœ“Swing trading (overnight and multi-day)
  • โœ“News trading (no restrictions on high-impact events)
  • โœ“Expert Advisors (EAs) โ€” must follow all 5 rules
  • โœ“Weekend holding on FX pairs and metals
  • โœ“Hedging (long + short on same instrument)
  • โœ“Copy trading from external sources (not from other ZFC accounts)
  • โœ“Scaling into winning positions at pre-planned levels
๐ŸšซNot Permitted
  • โœ—Martingale โ€” doubling position size after losses
  • โœ—Grid trading โ€” simultaneous orders at fixed price intervals
  • โœ—Averaging down into losing positions
  • โœ—Widening a stop-loss further from price after entry
  • โœ—Opening trades without a stop-loss
  • โœ—Copy trading from another trader's ZFC account
  • โœ—Account sharing โ€” allowing others to trade your account
  • โœ—Multiple accounts in the same competition week
  • โœ—Latency arbitrage or tick-level scalping exploits
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