Is There a Minimum Holding Time

TL;DR

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

Every trade must remain open for at least 2 minutes (120 seconds) before it can be closed or reduced.

This applies no matter how the trade is closed: manually, by Stop Loss (SL), by Take Profit (TP), by a partial close, by an EA, or by any other automated system.

One-Phase and Two-Phase Challenge accounts have no minimum holding time.

How it works

When does the 2-minute rule apply?

The PropXP minimum holding time applies to:

• Funded Accounts
• Instant Funding accounts

Every position must stay open for at least 120 seconds from execution before any part of it can be closed or reduced.

For One-Phase Challenge and Two-Phase Challenge accounts, there is no minimum holding time.

What counts as a violation?

Simple: any trade closed or reduced before 120 seconds is a violation.

That includes:

• Manual closes
• Stop Loss (SL)
• Take Profit (TP)
• Partial closes or scaling out
• EA or bot closures
• Any other automated closure

It applies whether the trade closes in profit or loss.

• If your TP is hit at 1:45, it counts.
• If your SL is hit at 0:45, it counts.
• If your EA closes the trade at 1:59, it counts.

The rule is based on how long the trade was open, not why it closed.

What happens on the first violation?

We do not immediately hard-breach the account.

If we identify one or more trades that violated the 2-minute minimum holding time:

• Any profits from the violating trade(s) are removed.
• Any losses from the violating trade(s) remain on the account.
• Your Performance Reward profit split is reduced to 50% for the remaining lifetime of that account.
• We send a formal warning by email.

If several sub-2-minute trades happened before the warning was issued, they may be handled together as the same first violation.

The warning email is the line in the sand.

What happens after the warning?

Once the profit split has been reduced to 50% and the first-violation warning has been sent, any new trade closed or reduced before 120 seconds is a hard breach.

The second-violation rule applies only to trades executed after the warning has been issued.

• First violation → profits removed + losses stay + 50% profit split + warning email
• Next violation after the warning → hard breach

There is no three-strike system. The email is your warning.

What if my Stop Loss is hit before 2 minutes?

It still counts.

If your Stop Loss is triggered before the trade has been open for 120 seconds, the trade violates the Minimum Holding Time Rule. The loss stays on the account.

Make sure your setup, position size and SL placement all work inside the rules of your account.

What if my Take Profit is hit before 2 minutes?

Same rule.

If your Take Profit is triggered before 120 seconds, the trade violates the Minimum Holding Time Rule. Any profit from that trade is removed as part of the first-violation process.

A profitable trade is not exempt from the holding-time rule.

What about partial closes?

They count too.

If you close any part of a position before 120 seconds, you have reduced exposure before the minimum holding time.

Example: you open 1 lot of XAUUSD. After 1 minute and 30 seconds you close 0.5 lots and leave 0.5 lots running. That is still a violation.

Wait until the full 120 seconds have passed before reducing or closing the position.

Common gotchas

• “My SL got hit automatically.” It still counts.
• “My TP got hit automatically.” Same thing.
• “My EA closed it.” Your EA, your responsibility.
• “I only closed part of it.” Partial closes count.
• “It was 1 minute and 59 seconds.” That is still under 2 minutes.

When in doubt, wait until the full 120 seconds have passed.

Examples

Manual close at 1:20

You open a trade on your Funded Account and close it 80 seconds later. That is a violation.

Stop Loss at 0:45

Your SL is triggered 45 seconds after entry. That is a violation. The loss stays on the account.

Take Profit at 1:50

Your TP is triggered after 1 minute and 50 seconds. That is a violation. Applicable profit is removed.

Close at 2:05

You close the trade after 2 minutes and 5 seconds. You are good.

Another short trade after the warning

You already received the first-violation warning and your profit split is 50%. You then open another trade and close it after 1 minute and 40 seconds. That is the second violation. The account is hard breached.

The simple version

• Challenge account? No minimum holding time.
• Funded or Instant Funding? Keep every trade open for at least 2 minutes (120 seconds).
• SL, TP, manual close, partial close or EA — it all counts.
• First violation: profits removed, losses stay, profit split reduced to 50%, warning email sent.
• Next violation after the warning: hard breach.

Keep it above 120 seconds and you are good.

Internal links

Is scalping allowed in PropXP? — https://propxp.com/faq/is-scalping-allowed-in-propxp/

Hard vs soft breach: do warnings exist? — https://propxp.com/faq/hard-vs-soft-breach-do-warnings-exist/

What triggers a breach — https://propxp.com/faq/what-triggers-a-breach-quick-list-common-i-didnt-know-cases/

What can reduce/deny a reward? — https://propxp.com/faq/what-can-reduce-deny-a-reward/

FAQ schema Q&As (JSON-LD)

1. Is there a minimum holding time on PropXP? Yes. On Funded Accounts and Instant Funding accounts every trade must stay open for at least 2 minutes (120 seconds). Challenge accounts have no minimum holding time.
2. Does a stop loss before 2 minutes count? Yes. If SL is triggered before 120 seconds, the trade is a holding-time violation and the loss stays on the account.
3. Does a take profit before 2 minutes count? Yes. If TP is triggered before 120 seconds, the trade is a violation and any profit from that trade is removed.
4. What happens on the first minimum holding time violation? Profits from violating trades are removed, losses stay, the Performance Reward split is reduced to 50% for the life of that account, and a warning email is sent.
5. What happens on a second violation? Any new sub-2-minute close or reduction after the warning is a hard breach.