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CEO
Jason Blax
Country
UAE
Date Created
December 2023
Years in Operation
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Rules
Maximum Daily Drawdown
Your account equity cannot drop more than 3% or 5% of the initial balance in a single day, depending on your plan.
Calculated daily at 00:00 UTC using the higher of your account balance or equity at that time. The applicable percentage is then subtracted from that figure to set the next day's floor. 1-Step, Instant Funded, and AquaMan accounts use 3%. 2-Step and 3-Step accounts use 4% or 5% depending on the model. Breaching this at any point during the trading day results in a permanent hard breach and immediate account closure.
Maximum Overall Drawdown
A total loss limit applies across all phases, either static or trailing depending on your model.
1-Step, Instant Funded, and AquaMan models all use a trailing drawdown of 6% from your highest recorded balance. The trailing floor moves up as your account grows and locks permanently at your starting balance once you have reached 6% profit. 2-Step Standard accounts use a static 8% or 10% maximum total loss from the initial balance. 2-Step Pro accounts use a 10% trailing drawdown. All calculations include closed positions, floating positions, swap fees, and commissions.
Maximum Floating Loss Per Trade (Wave Stop)
If your open floating PnL drops to a 2% loss of initial account balance, all trades are automatically closed on funded accounts.
This is a soft breach on evaluation-based funded accounts, meaning you can resume trading immediately after it triggers. However on Instant Funded accounts, a floating loss of 2% results in an immediate permanent hard breach. This rule is designed to prevent traders from over-leveraging or running reckless open risk.
Consistency Rule
No single trading day can make up a set percentage or more of your total profits within a payout period.
The threshold varies by model. Instant Funded Standard applies a 40% daily consistency limit. Instant Funded Pro, AquaMan, and 1-Step models apply a 15% or 25% limit. Violating this rule does not breach your account but blocks payout eligibility until you have traded enough that the offending day's share falls below the applicable limit.
Minimum Trading Days
A minimum number of qualifying profitable days must be completed before advancing or requesting a payout.
1-Step models require 3 minimum trading days. Instant Funded models require 5 minimum trading days. A qualifying day requires at least 0.5% profit achieved on that day. Days do not need to be consecutive. 2-Step and 3-Step evaluation models have no minimum trading day requirement. There is no time limit on any program.
News Trading Restriction on Funded Accounts
Opening or closing trades within 5 minutes of a high-impact news event is restricted on funded accounts.
During all evaluation phases, news trading is permitted without restriction. Once funded, you cannot open or close positions within 5 minutes before or after any red folder news event. Any profits generated during this window are subject to removal, though no account breach is issued for a first offence.
No Cross-Account Hedging
Hedging is permitted within the same account but not across multiple accounts.
You may hold opposing positions on the same instrument within a single account. However, coordinating opposing positions across separate accounts, whether your own or with others, is strictly prohibited. Copy trading is permitted between your own AquaFunded accounts, between funded and evaluation accounts, and between AquaFunded and external accounts, provided all accounts are legally bound to the same account holder.
No Strategy Switching Between Phases
Traders must maintain the same strategy used during evaluation when they transition to the funded stage.
Switching to a materially different trading approach after passing the evaluation is prohibited. Accounts found using one strategy to pass and a different one once funded will be reviewed and may be permanently closed.
No Exploitative or Cheating Strategies
Any strategy that generates risk-free profits by exploiting the demo environment is banned.
This includes tick scalping, high-frequency trading, latency arbitrage, reverse arbitrage, hedge arbitrage, use of delayed data feeds, trading on frozen or lagged charts, and use of emulators. Traders are expected to trade as if their accounts were live. Accounts found exploiting demo conditions at any stage will be permanently closed.
Inactivity Rule
At least one trade must be placed every 30 days from your first trade or the account will be permanently breached.
This applies from the moment your first trade is placed. If 30 consecutive days pass without any trading activity, the account is classified as inactive and immediately breached with no possibility of restoration.