News Trading
- Allowed during the Challenge Phase.
- Prohibited on Live Simulated Accounts.
- Trades opened/closed within 3 minutes before or after high-impact news will result in profit removal for those trades (soft breach, account remains active).
- Holding trades through the violation window is permitted.
Minimum Profitable Days Requirement
- Applies only to 1-step and 2-step evaluations (not live simulated accounts).
- Traders must achieve at least 3 profitable days (each generating 0.5%+ of the initial balance).
- Failure to meet this does not cause a breach but delays passing the challenge.
Copy Trading
- Copy trading and the use of EAs/Bots copy trading is Allowed, but only for your own trades, copying signals, family, or other traders is not permitted. Arbitrage, latency exploitation, or group trading is strictly prohibited. Violations can result in account closure, profit forfeiture, permanent bans.
- See Details: https://intercom.help/SeacrestFunded/en/articles/6462422-copy-trading
30-Day Inactivity Rule
- You must place at least one trade every 30 days to keep your account active. This timer starts from the time of purchase, not from your first trade.
EAs
- Expert Advisors (EAs): Allowed on MT5 only, but Duplikium and arbitrage-based methods are strictly prohibited. Traders must use unique EAs, avoid HFT, and follow fair trading practices. Any violations can lead to account closure, loss of profits, and a permanent ban, with all activity closely monitored by the risk team.
- See Details: https://intercom.help/SeacrestFunded/en/articles/6480358-trading-using-bots-eas
**Leverage & Risk Limits (Funded account only) **
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Maxing out leverage or using gambling-style trading is not allowed.
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Total position size must not exceed 2% max risk of the account.
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First Violation leads to Warning, possible profit removal, and leverage reduction, The Second Violation leads to Account getting disabled until leverage is reduced again.
VPN's/IP and VPS/Multiple Devices
- VPNs and VPS are allowed, but only for personal use. You must use paid services and never share devices or IPs with other traders. Using VPNs, VPS, or multiple devices to bypass copy trading, group trading, or signal trading rules will lead to account termination.
Prohibition of Multiple Accounts Sharing the Same Client ID (CID) on the MT5 Platform
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A single Client ID (CID) must not be used to access or operate multiple MT5 accounts, whether at the same time or one after another, regardless of ownership or account type.
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Violation leads to immediate disqualification, closure of all associated accounts, forfeiture of any profit share or funding status and a permanent ban from SeacrestFunded programs.
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