Trading Rules
and Requirements
Our trading rules and requirements have been put in place to protect our traders
and help you to make the most of your Plus Markets account.
Please read through the following requirements carefully before using Plus Markets.
Plus Markets Eligibility Criteria
Before joining Plus Markets, prospective traders must meet specific eligibility criteria.
First and foremost, all applicants must be at least 18 years old to participate
in our proprietary trading program.
Additionally, traders must ensure they comply with all applicable laws and regulations in their jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of each participant to understand and adhere to any legal requirements that may affect their ability to trade.
While prior trading experience can be beneficial, it is not a strict requirement.
We welcome beginners who are eager to learn and demonstrate a strong willingness to follow
our guidelines. Commitment to discipline, risk management, and continuous improvement
is essential for success in our program.
How to Become a Plus Trader
Plus Traders (sometimes referred to as funded traders) can earn money from their simulated trading accounts. Anyone can unlock Plus Trader status by placing successful trades in a simulated trading environment.
To become a funded trader with Plus Markets, you must follow a straightforward process designed to assess your trading skills and suitability for our program.
The first step is to choose a funding challenge. We offer 3-step, 2-step and 1-step challenges for accounts up to $100K. The challenge that you choose to take will dictate the size of your trading account.
If you do not pass the evaluation, you will not be eligible to become a Plus Trader. You are welcome to retake a challenge as many times as you wish.
As a Plus Trader, traders must trade in accordance with our trading best practices and stay within the 10% daily loss limit. If you do not stay within these parameters, your account will be closed.
Successful traders can keep up to 90% of the profits that they make as a Plus Trader. Profits are paid out weekly or bi-weekly.
Trading Challenges
To ensure traders are prepared to trade in line with our rules, we offer structured trading challenges:
Challenge tiers: Select from Fast Track, Accelerate, or Launch Pad challenge.
Evaluation Period: If you select a 2-step/3-step challenge, you will be required to pass an evaluation period. This gives you a chance to practice trading within our rules and earn Plus Trader status. Your account will not be shut down during this period. However, you will not be able to move on to the next phase until you meet the trading requirements.
Performance metrics: To pass a Plus Markets challenge, you must meet or exceed profit targets while maintaining compliance with risk management guidelines. If you are unable to reach these targets, you will not be given a funded account.
Risk Management Rules
Effective risk management is crucial for all traders at Plus Markets. To ensure long-term success and
responsible trading, traders must adhere to specific risk parameters.
The daily loss limit must not be exceeded, meaning traders should carefully manage their trades to avoid surpassing the maximum allowable loss in a single trading day.
Additionally, traders must operate within the maximum drawdown limits, ensuring that overall losses remain within the set thresholds throughout the evaluation period.
Proper position sizing is also essential, requiring traders to follow guidelines on the maximum size of individual trades in relation to their account equity.
Finally, traders must use leverage responsibly, staying within the limits assigned to their accounts to maintain control over risk exposure.
Trading Conduct
We expect all traders to maintain professionalism and integrity:
Adherence to strategies: Trade according to the strategies and plans discussed during the application process.
Prohibited practices: Avoid unethical practices such as market manipulation, or any form of deceitful behavior.
Use of automated systems: Obtain approval before employing Expert Advisors (EAs) or automated trading systems. Ensure these tools comply with our guidelines and do not pose undue risk.
Trading Instruments
Plus Markets is a simulated trading platform that uses the MT5 and DXtrade trading interfaces.
Traders can trade forex, crypto, and commodities with commissions from $4 per standard lot round turn.
All trading is simulated, which means that you do not own the underlying asset at any time during the trading process.
The instruments available through Plus Markets are designed to simulate those that are offered by live trading platforms.
Trading Account Credentials
Once you buy a challenge, you will be given unique login credentials. It is prohibited to change your login credentials. Any trader that changes their credentials will have their account terminated.
It is important that you store your account credentials in a safe and secure location.
You will not be able to withdraw your profits without access to your account.
The Plus Markets team continuously monitors each trading account for suspicious activity.
If we believe that a third party has gained access to your account, we will shut it down.
Payouts
Successful traders are eligible to receive up to 90% of the profits that they make as a payout. Payouts are processed weekly, ensuring that traders can quickly access their earnings. To qualify for a payout, traders must place profitable trades while adhering to all trading rules.
Become a Plus Trader: If you choose the Accelerate or Launch Pad challenge, you will need to pass an evaluation phase before earning Plus Trader status. If you opt for the Fast Track challenge, you will automatically be given Plus Trader status (after passing the verification).
Make profitable trades: Use your desired trading strategy to place profitable trades within our trading rules. You will be eligible to receive up to 90% of the profits that you make.
Request a payout: Once you have made a profit, you will be able to request a payout.
Processing & approval: Our team verifies that all trading rules were followed before approving the payout.
Receive your earnings: Approved payouts are sent via your chosen withdrawal method, with fast processing times to ensure you receive your funds quickly.
Up to 90% profit share: You keep up to 90% of the profits you generate in the final challenge phase.
Weekly payouts: Get paid every week as long as you meet the requirements.
No hidden fees: What you earn is what you receive.
Stay disciplined, follow the rules, and turn your trading skills into real payouts.
Prohibited Trading Practices
At Plus Markets, we welcome skilled and independent traders who bring their own unique strategies to the table. Our aim is to reward talent and support your journey with funding opportunities and trader resources. Most speculative trading styles are welcome — but any approach that attempts to exploit the system is strictly off-limits and a violation of our Terms and Conditions.
These rules apply at every stage of your journey, from evaluations to funded accounts.
Below are examples of prohibited practices that breach our policies:
1. Arbitrage Trading
Exploiting pricing mismatches across brokers or platforms (such as latency arbitrage or cross-broker price discrepancies) is strictly forbidden.
2. High-Frequency Scalping
Excessive use of ultra-short-term trading, typically lasting just a few seconds, often powered by algorithms or bots.
Example: Taking advantage of a delay or mismatch in asset pricing between two markets to secure risk-free profits.
3. News Bracketing
Placing stop orders on both sides of the price just before major news releases in hopes of catching a sharp move in either direction.
Example: Running systems that open and close hundreds of positions per minute to exploit micro price movements.
4. System Manipulation
Using strategies that intentionally or unintentionally take advantage of pricing errors, platform delays, or quote lags.
Example: Trading based on a momentary platform glitch that shows incorrect pricing or frozen quotes.
5. Coordinated or Mirrored Trading
Sharing strategies or copying trades across multiple accounts or among groups of traders to gain an unfair advantage.
Example: Several accounts following the same trade pattern simultaneously to mimic results or manipulate outcomes.
6. One-Sided Betting
Entering trades in only one direction (e.g., always long) without proper market analysis or risk management.
Example: Repeatedly opening long positions on a pair without accounting for market volatility or trend changes.
7. Rollover Scalping with EAs
Using bots to scalp small price movements during the rollover period when liquidity is low.
Example: Running an EA that triggers trades at midnight to take advantage of widening spreads.
8. Shared or Third-Party Expert Advisors
Using EAs purchased from vendors that are widely used by others, especially where the trader doesn't own or control the source code.
Example: Trading with a pre-built EA used by hundreds of others that results in identical trades across accounts.
9. Tick Scalping
Opening and closing trades within seconds to capture single-tick price changes.
Example: Rapid trades based solely on tiny price fluctuations with high frequency.
10. Hedge or Reverse Arbitrage
Simultaneously buying and selling the same instrument across different accounts or brokers to exploit momentary inefficiencies.
Example: Hedging in two directions using separate accounts to gain from price divergence.
11. Account Sharing or Resale
Letting someone else trade on your account, or selling access to it, is strictly prohibited.
Example: Selling a funded account to another trader in exchange for a fee or shared profits.
12. Managed Account Services or Challenge Passing Services
Allowing someone else to trade your account or complete your evaluation challenge on your behalf.
Example: Hiring a service that guarantees to pass your challenge for a cut of future payouts.
If any of the above activities are detected, your account may be suspended or permanently disabled. Plus Markets reserves the right to terminate your access and withhold any payouts or refunds. Violating these rules results in immediate disqualification from our programs and permanent exclusion from Plus Markets.
Account Inactivity
If your trading account remains inactive for 30 days, it will be automatically shut down.
To keep your account open, we encourage traders to participate in trading every week.
If your account is shut down due to inactivity,
you will have to start the challenge process from scratch.
Compliance and Reporting
To maintain transparency and uphold regulatory compliance, all traders at Plus Markets
are required to follow strict guidelines.
Trade reporting: Traders must keep accurate records of all their trades. In cases of significant or unusual trading activity, traders should be prepared to provide clear explanations to ensure compliance with internal and external oversight.
Adhering to regulatory requirements: Traders must comply with all relevant financial regulations and laws, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols. These measures help prevent fraudulent activity and maintain the integrity of the trading environment.
This ensures that all trading activity remains compliant with Plus Markets' standards
and broader regulatory obligations, promoting a secure and transparent trading experience
for everyone involved.
Key Terms
Funded Account
This refers to a simulated trading account through which traders can earn up to 90% of the virtual profits that they make.
Plus Trader
The name given to traders who manage to pass a challenge and unlock a funded account.
Evaluation Phase
This is the first stage of a trading challenge where you prove your trading skills by meeting specific rules, like hitting a profit target and staying within risk limits. If you pass, you move on to the next phase or receive a funded account, depending on the challenge.
Verification
After passing the Evaluation Phase, you need to meet a second, usually easier, set of rules to confirm your consistency and risk management. Once you pass Verification, you can qualify for a funded trading account.
Drawdown
Drawdown is the reduction in your trading account balance from a peak to a low point due to losses. It shows how much your account has dropped during a losing streak and helps measure risk.
Daily Loss Limit
The maximum amount you're allowed to lose in a single trading day. If this limit is hit, trading is paused to protect your account from further loss.
Challenge
A trading evaluation designed to test your skills. If you meet the profit targets and follow the rules, you can qualify for a funded account.
Risk Management
The strategies and rules traders use to control losses and protect their capital. Good risk management helps you trade consistently and avoid big setbacks.
Simulated Account
A demo trading account that mimics real market conditions. It allows you to prove your strategy and trading discipline without using your own money.
Payout
The share of trading profits you receive after passing the challenge and trading a funded account. Payouts are real and sent according to your chosen plan.
Consequences of Rule Violations
Non-compliance with Plus Markets' trading rules can lead to serious consequences.
For minor infractions, traders may receive warnings as an initial response. These warnings serve as formal notices, often accompanied by discussions on necessary corrective actions to prevent future violations.
If a trader continues to violate the rules or commits a more serious offence, they may face account suspension. This means their trading privileges will be temporarily revoked, restricting their ability to trade until the issue is resolved.
In cases of persistent non-compliance or severe misconduct, termination of the trading agreement may occur. This means the trader will lose their funded account and no longer be eligible to trade with Plus Markets. Maintaining strict adherence to trading rules is essential to ensuring a fair and professional environment for all participants.
Adhering to Plus Markets' trading rules and requirements is essential for fostering a successful trading career within our firm.
We are dedicated to supporting our traders' growth and ensuring a fair, compliant, and profitable trading environment.
For any questions or further clarification, please contact our support team at support@plusmarkets.com.
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