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Is There a Minimum Holding Time

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TL;DR

Yes — but only for Instant Funding Program accounts and Funded Accounts.

If you (or your EA/bot) close or reduce a position, it must have been open for at least 2 minutes.

This rule does not apply to the challenge phases of One-Phase and Two-Phase challenges, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

How it works

When it applies

For Instant Funding Program accounts and Funded Accounts only:

  • Each position must remain open for at least 2 minutes before it may be closed or reduced.
  • “Reduce” includes partial closes, partial profit-taking, or any action that decreases exposure.
  • It also applies if the close/reduction is triggered by your tools, including bots and EAs.
  • Closing by opposite-position netting/offsetting (where applicable) counts as a close/reduction if it’s initiated by you/your tools.

What does not count as a violation

A position is generally not treated as a holding-time violation if it is closed without you initiating a close, including:

  • Stop-loss being triggered — only if it doesn’t happen regularly and doesn’t show tick-scalping behavior/patterns.
  • Take-profit being triggered — only if it was set at the same time as entering the position, and only if it doesn’t happen regularly and doesn’t show tick-scalping behavior/patterns.
  • Liquidation/forced closure due to margin requirements.
  • Platform or risk-control closures, including any automatic risk actions the Company applies.

How PropXP enforces it

This rule is assessed based on trading behavior and patterns.

  • Isolated, clearly accidental, or obvious risk-management early closes may be treated differently.
  • If the Company determines you are routinely closing positions before 2 minutes (or attempting to circumvent intent), it may take actions including:
    • excluding affected trades (in whole or in part) from results,
    • adjusting results impacted by the conduct,
    • restricting trading (e.g. instruments, leverage, permissions),
    • disqualifying the account and/or denying Performance Rewards,
    • suspending or terminating Services.

Common gotchas

  • Partial closes count. Scaling out at 1:30 is still “closing/reducing.”
  • “My EA did it.” Cool story — it’s still your responsibility.
  • Setting SL/TP is fine, but if you’re hitting TP in 30–90 seconds all day, every day, don’t be surprised when it looks like tick-scalping.
  • This rule doesn’t apply to One-Phase/Two-Phase challenge stages (unless explicitly stated), but “it’s a challenge” is not a free pass for abusive behavior.

Examples

  1. Manual close at 1:20 (Instant Funding):
    You open a trade and close it 80 seconds later to lock a tiny move. That’s under 2 minutes and can contribute to a pattern that triggers review.
  2. TP hits at 0:45 (Funded Account):
    You opened the trade and set TP at entry; price spikes and hits TP quickly. This is generally not treated as a holding-time violation unless it becomes frequent and pattern-like (tick-scalping behavior).
  3. Scale out at 1:50 (Instant Funding):
    You close 50% of the position at 1 minute 50 seconds. That’s a reduction before 2 minutes — it counts.

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