Trading Rules
Review instrument, holding, news, margin, strategy, and account-access rules before trading.
A profitable trade can still violate a rule. Check the permissions attached to your program and account stage before opening, modifying, partially closing, or closing a position.
Before you start
Review the instruments available in your MT5 account and the current BFT terms. A symbol visible in another broker account is not automatically available in BFT. Account-specific restrictions take precedence over general examples.
Applies to
These rules apply to evaluation accounts and simulated funded accounts. News and holding permissions can vary by program and stage.
How it works
- Instruments: Trade only symbols enabled on the BFT-provided MT5 account.
- News: Yangon Standard and Yangon Express allow news trading during evaluation. Mandalay does not allow news trading. Simulated funded accounts can have restricted high-impact-news windows, so review the applicable account terms before acting near an event.
- Holding: Mandalay explicitly permits weekend holding during evaluation. Check the program terms for other weekend or stage-specific permissions. Floating losses and market gaps still count toward loss limits.
- Margin: Total used margin must remain at or below 30% of account equity.
- Lot size: There is no single fixed lot limit for standard evaluation accounts. Position size is still constrained by leverage, available margin, the 30% cap, and loss limits.
Prohibited practices include:
- Martingale position increases on losing trades.
- Manual or automated grid trading.
- Copied or mirrored trading and third-party account management.
- Cross-account hedging or reverse trading.
- Arbitrage or execution manipulation.
- Account sharing and gambling-like concentrated exposure.
Automated tools do not exempt a trader from these rules.
How it is calculated
Margin utilization % = total used margin ÷ current equity × 100
For example, $900 of used margin on $10,000 equity is 9%. $3,100 on the same equity is 31% and exceeds the cap.
What success looks like
Every trade uses an allowed symbol, respects the program's event and holding permissions, keeps combined margin within the cap, and comes from the account holder's own compliant strategy.
What happens if the limit is reached
A rule violation can lead to a warning, profit adjustment, payout rejection, account review, trading restriction, or breach. The result depends on the rule, frequency, intent, account stage, and applicable terms.
Common mistakes
- Opening several positions whose combined margin exceeds the cap.
- Assuming that news permission during evaluation also applies unchanged after passing.
- Calling a losing-position sequence ordinary scaling when lot size increases in a Martingale pattern.
- Sharing credentials with a signal provider or account manager.
What happens next
Build a position-sizing plan that remains below both loss limits and the margin cap. Check the dashboard after each trading session.