Trading Rules

These types of companies allow individual traders to trade with the company's capital. In return, the firm generally takes a share of the profits and charges a monthly fee for use of the desk or software platform. The word "proprietary" indicates that the firm's traders use the firm's capital to make trades rather than client funds, as in a traditional brokerage. This structure allows the firm to take on riskier bets because it is playing with its own capital, not client capital. Proprietary investment firms generally look for traders who can develop profitable strategies, so they often offer educational and training components to help traders learn about the markets and different trading strategies. The benefits of trading with a proprietary firm like Dreams Funded include:
  • Access to capital - Gain access to significant sums of money that you would not otherwise be able to trade.
  • Risk mitigation - The trader does not risk his or her own capital, the company absorbs the loss.
  • Profit sharing - A significant portion of the profits (usually 70% to 90%) goes to the trader.
  • Learning and development - Many companies provide educational resources and community support.

We are unable to accept traders from the following countries:
  • United States (USA)
  • Cuba
  • Iran
  • Lebanon
  • Syria
  • North Korea
  • Libya
  • Sudan
  • Somalia
  • Iraq
  • Yemen
  • Kosovo
Traders must be at least 18 years of age and able to complete KYC identity verification once they pass the evaluation stages. Required documents may include driver's license, passport, ID, proof of address documents, bank statements, utility bills, and more.

In order to become a funded trader with Dreams Funded, you must pass certain profit objectives in our evaluation challenges
  • Phase 1 Profit Target you must earn 8% profit based on the starting account balance. For example, if you purchase a $100,000 account challenge, you must earn $8,000 in closed profit with no open trades.
Once you pass phase 1 and receive your funded account, you can trade with our capital, following all established rules.

Maximum Daily Drawdown - The maximum daily drawdown limit is 5% of your starting balance and does not trail or change.
  • Example for a $100,000 challenge, your daily drawdown is fixed at $5,000.
  • Day 1 - Starting balance/equity - $100,000. Allowed daily drawdown $5,000 (breach level at $95,000).
  • Day 2 - Starting balance/equity - $95,000. Allowed daily drawdown $4,750 (breach level now at $90,250).
The daily drawdown limit resets at 00:00 UTC.

We tried to create the most fair and rewarding max loss rule in the industry and keep it extremely simple. You cannot lose more than 12% of your starting balance. However, the more profit you have in your account, the less chance you have of violating this rule.
  • For example, with a $100,000 account, you will only violate this rule when the account balance reaches less than $88,000.
  • If you make profits and bring your balance to $150,000, you can lose up to $62,000 without violating the max loss rule.
  • Please keep in mind the daily loss rule, as violating that will result in losing your account or failing a challenge.

During all evaluation phases, you may hold trades during news and open trades during red folder news events.
  • However, for your funded account, profit from trades that are opened or closed within 10 minutes of a high-impact red folder news event will not be counted.
  • Red folder news trading within the 10 minute prior and after window will result in profit deductions but will not result in account loss. Deductions will be handled upon withdrawal requests.
  • We use Forex Factory as our red folder news reference.

You may hold trades over the weekend during the evaluation phases. However, you cannot hold trades over the weekend once you have your funded account. If you do not close your trades by market close on Friday, this will result in a hard breach and the loss of your funded account.

Due to the unique nature of accepting HFT and allowing traders to get funded quickly, we must introduce a maximum payout limit. Our goal is to ensure we can run a sustainable business.
  • The maximum profit and payout you can receive is 5% of your starting account balance.
  • For example, on a $200,000 account, any profit you make over $10,000 will no longer be counted towards your payout. You will receive your profit split from the first $10,000 only.
  • Your maximum profit will reset after each payout.

At Dreams Funded, we allow the use of certain Bots & EA’s with specific restrictions.
  • Only HFT bots are allowed for the challenge phases. Using HFT bots on your live funded account will result in termination.
  • Prohibited EA types include:
    1. News Scalping EA’s
    2. Arbitrage EA’s
    3. Multi-Account Reverse Trading EA
    4. Tick Scalping
    5. EA’s designed to abuse demo servers
  • We recommend using a personal EA developed uniquely, rather than a mass-market EA.
  • Failure to abide by these rules will result in account termination.

At Dreams Funded, we accept almost all trading practices however, we are looking for professional traders who understand how to manage large capital and risk. Below are the practices/strategies we do not allow.
  • Copy Trading: You cannot use signals, copy trading, group trading, or any activity that results in the same trades from other traders.
  • Reverse Trading / Group Hedging:
    • Hedging or executing reverse trades within a single account is permissible, but doing so across different accounts is not accepted.
    • Group hedging involves individuals opening opposing positions across multiple accounts; all accounts found to be partaking will be banned.
  • Account Management Services:
    • Purchasing account management services or letting someone else trade for you is prohibited.
    • Sharing accounts and allowing someone to trade your account is strictly forbidden.
  • Grid Trading:
    • Identifying Grid Trading is subjective, common indicators include:
      • Determining the starting price for the grid.
      • Choosing an interval (e.g., 5, 25, or 50 pips).
      • Determining whether the grid will be with-the-trend or against the trend.
      • Adding trades as they go into drawdown.
  • Trade Stacking:
    • Having 2 trades open at a time is acceptable however once there are 3 or more positions open for the same instrument in the same direction, the profit is deducted.
  • Martingale Trading / EA’s
  • Latency Arbitrage
  • Guaranteed Limit Order Fills On News Events: (Buy and Sell Stop Orders on news events)
  • Trades opened for less than 2 minutes will not count towards your profit to avoid HFT-like trading activities.

    • Please note: Any traders found partaking in the above strategies will risk losing their funded accounts.

Once you qualify for a payout, select a challenge in your dashboard and click "Withdraw Funds" to request a payout. Our compliance department will review your account and notify you of your approval, adjustment, or rejection within 48 business hours, with payouts processed within 72 business hours (as long as it complies with all company rules).

Please note: For your first withdrawal, you must complete the KYC process; the request payout button will not be active until you do so.

You are trading simulated accounts. A simulated funded account uses virtual funds, entitling you to a profit share based on the simulated profit generated in your account.
For clarity, a simulated funded account is fully simulated with real market quotes from liquidity providers. The trading data is utilized by our proprietary trading firm, where trades are copied at their discretion to develop proprietary trading strategies.

We are enforcing a consistency rule for a limited time, as we allow traders to pass with HFT bots. This rule will be removed once HFT is no longer allowed. Details include:
  • Traders must participate in a minimum of 5 trading days for each withdrawal.
  • At the time of withdrawal request, we will review your trading history and adjust your balance for any trades outside your trading range.


To calculate your trading range, divide the total lot volume traded by the number of executed trades to find your average lot size. For example:

                100 total lots traded
                50 total trades executed
                Average lot size = 100 lots / 50 trades = 2

Next, determine your average lot size range:

                Average Lot Size x 0.25 = Bottom of range
                Average Lot Size x 2.00 = Top of range

In this example:

                2 x 0.25 = 0.5 Lots
                2 x 2.0 = 4 Lots

Your trades must be between 0.5 and 4 lots. No single trade can make up more than 33% of your profit, and it is not allowed to open more than 2 trades on one symbol.

The Lot Range applies from your first withdrawal request and is maintained for all future withdrawals.

Month 1:

  • Withdrawals allowed after 30 days of trading.
  • Profit Cap: 5% on account.
  • Profit Split: 50% to the trader.


Month 2:

  • Withdrawals allowed after 30 days of trading.
  • Profit Cap: 5% on account.
  • Profit Split: 60% to the trader.


Month 3:

  • Withdrawals allowed after 24 days of trading.
  • Profit Cap: 5% on account.
  • Profit Split: 70% to the trader.


Month 4:

  • Withdrawals allowed after 18 days of trading.
  • Profit Cap: 5% on account.
  • Profit Split: 80% to the trader.


Month 5:

  • Withdrawals allowed after 12 days of trading.
  • Profit Cap: 5% on account.
  • Profit Split: 90% to the trader.


Month 6:

  • Withdrawals allowed after 7 days of trading.
  • Profit Cap: 5% on account.
  • Profit Split: 100% to the trader.

Please note: You must withdraw 100% of your profits each time.
Accounts will be deleted after 30 days of inactivity.