You’re encouraged to explore various trading methodologies, whether it’s Support/Resistance, Candlestick Patterns, EA’s, Supply/Demand, or Smart Money Concepts.
We acknowledge that the most successful traders hail from diverse backgrounds with unique strategies.
However, on all Challenges and Funded Accounts, certain strategies and approaches are not allowed:
Prohibited Strategies
Grid Trading or Grid Trading Softwares
Martingale Trading Or Martingale EA’s
High Frequency Trading (HFT)
Latency Arbitrage
Hedging Orders Across Multiple Accounts
Exploiting Volatility Of News By Guaranteeing Limit Order Fills
Using Delayed Data Feeds For Risk-Free Profit
Copying Signals/System or Engaging in Copy Trading Amongst Multiple Users
Third-Party Account Management
Gambling
Engaging in gambling is not allowed. According to Alpine Funded guidelines, gambling entails:
Executing over 50% of your trades with a hold time of less than one minute.
Initiating five positions within a losing trade, including both the initial entry and any subsequent positions.
Committing to a single market direction and maintaining that stance until either success or failure is determined.
Having open positions with a total risk of 3% or more at any time when a stop loss is used.
If a stop loss is added after the position was opened (even within seconds), we will calculate the risk with the lot size.
Having open positions without a stop loss: We will use the lot size as an identification of too much risk.
Exceeding the max. lot size with your open positions (alone or combined) is identified as a violation. The combined exposure of multiple open positions can't exceed 100% of the total exposure. An example is added below.
If a stop loss is added after the position was opened (even within seconds), we will calculate the risk with the lot size.
The maximum lot size allowed per account are:
The lot size is ONLY relevant when NO stop loss is used at the time of entry.
If a stop loss is used, the total % of risk will determine if it is gambling.
Standard Account | Forex | Indices | Metals | Crypto | Energies |
10'000$ | 5 lot | 0.5 lot | 0.4 lot | 0.2 lot | 1.25 lot |
25'000$ | 10 lot | 1 lot | 0.8 lot | 0.4 lot | 2.5 lot |
50'000$ | 20 lot | 2 lot | 1.6 lot | 0.8 lot | 5 lot |
100'000$ | 40 lot | 4 lot | 3.2 lot | 1.6 lot | 10 lot |
200'000$ | 80 lot | 8 lot | 6.4 lot | 3.2 lot | 20 lot |
When managing multiple trades without stop losses, it's crucial to ensure that the combined exposure doesn't exceed 100% of the total allowed exposure. Here's a detailed breakdown:
Example Scenario: Multiple trades without stop loss
Account Size: $50'000
1. Position 1:
Instrument: BTCUSD (Cryptocurrency)
Lot Size: 0.4 lot
Maximum Lot Size for Crypto: 0.8 lot
Exposure Calculation: 0.4 lot is 50% of the maximum lot size.
2. Position 2:
Instrument: EURUSD (Forex)
Lot Size: 12 lots
Maximum Lot Size for Forex: 20 lots
Exposure Calculation: 12 lots is 60% of the maximum lot size.
Combined Risk Assessment:
BTC Exposure: 50% of maximum lot size
Forex Exposure: 60% of maximum lot size
Total Exposure: 50% (BTC) + 60% (Forex) = 110%
Since the total risk (110%) exceeds 100% of the maximum permissible lot size, this situation violates the gambling rule.
The same calculation is done when trades are open with stop loss and without stop loss. With stop loss, the percentage amount of risk is calculated and without stop loss, the max. lot size is used as an indication of too much exposure. See an example scenario here:
Example Scenario: A mix between trades with and without stop loss
Account Size: $50'000
1. Position 1:
Instrument: BTCUSD (Cryptocurrency)
Risk with stop loss: 1.5%
Exposure Calculation: 1.5% is 50% of the maximum percentage of risk (3%).
2. Position 2:
Instrument: EURUSD (Forex)
Lot Size: 12 lots
Maximum Lot Size for Forex: 20 lots
Exposure Calculation: 12 lots is 60% of the maximum lot size.
Combined Risk Assessment:
BTC Exposure: 50% of maximum lot size
Forex Exposure: 60% of maximum lot size
Total Exposure: 50% (BTC) + 60% (Forex) = 110%
Since the total risk (110%) exceeds 100% of the maximum permissible lot size, this situation violates the the gambling rule.
You can find the assets and the associated asset classes here: Tradeable assets
We aim for transparency regarding acceptable trading styles. Strategies listed above are prohibited on all Challenges and Funded Accounts due to their inability to replicate real market conditions, reliance on demo environments, or their tendency to exploit the system. Not following these rules will result in an account loss.