Course · 6 lessons
Risk & rules
Six lessons on the rules that decide whether an account survives: the daily loss limit, static and trailing floors, position size, risk per trade, consistency, and news and weekend permissions. Every figure comes from the live rulebook, so the numbers always match your account.
0%ProgressYour progress
You will learn
- Calculate your daily and maximum floors in dollars for any balance
- Size every trade from your stop and a fixed risk per trade
- Stay inside the consistency, news and weekend rules before you trade
Lessons
- 1Beginner3 minInteractiveWhat is a daily loss limit and how is it calculated?The daily loss limit is the lowest your equity may fall during one trading day. At MyFundedCapital it is a percentage of the previous day’s closing balance, it resets at 17:00 New York time, and open losses count toward it.
- 2Beginner3 minInteractiveStatic vs trailing drawdown: which floor applies to you?A static floor stays where it started; a trailing floor rises with your best balance and never falls back. The 2-Step floor is static. The 1-Step, Instant Funded and MFC Stocks floors trail your highest closed balance until they lock at the starting balance; Prediction Markets trails equity with no lock.
- 3Beginner3 minInteractiveHow do you size a trade from your stop and risk?Decide the money you are willing to lose, measure the distance to your stop, and divide the first by the second. The result is the position size. Leverage changes how much margin you use, not how much you risk.
- 4Essential3 minInteractiveHow much should you risk per trade on a funded account?Pick a risk per trade that survives a long losing streak inside the maximum loss. Under a 10% floor, 0.5% per trade allows 20 losses in a row; 2% allows 5.
- 5Intermediate3 minInteractiveWhat is the consistency rule and how do you stay inside it?On funded accounts no single day may contribute more than 35% of your total profit. It does not apply during the Challenge evaluation. Prediction Markets and MFC Stocks apply it at payout.
- 6Intermediate3 minInteractiveCan you trade news or hold over the weekend?Only with the right permissions. On the 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Funded, new FX and metals positions are blocked around high-impact news unless you bought the News Trading add-on, and holding over the weekend needs the Weekend Holding add-on.
MyFundedCapital School
Risk & rules checklist
Rules as of 17 Oct 2026. Tick each line before your next session.
| Rule | 1-Step Challenge | 2-Step Challenge | Instant Funded | MFC Stocks | Prediction Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit target | 10% | 8% + 5% | — | 7% | 10% |
| Daily loss limit | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% daily pause | 3% |
| Maximum loss | 10% · trailing | 10% · static | 6% · trailing | 5% · trailing | 6% · trailing |
| Consistency | 35% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 35% |
| First payout | after 7 days | after 14 days | after 14 days | after 14 days | after 7 days |
| Then every | 7 days | 14 days | 7 days | 14 days | 7 days |
| Profit split | 80% → 95% | 80% → 95% | 70% → 80% | 70% → 80% | 75% → 90% |
1. What is a daily loss limit and how is it calculated?
- Daily floor = yesterday’s closing balance × (1 − the daily limit).
- Equity is checked, so an open loss can breach the account before you close it.
- Set your own stop for the day at about half the limit.
2. Static vs trailing drawdown: which floor applies to you?
- Static: the floor never moves, so every dollar of profit adds room.
- Trailing: the floor follows your best close, so profit moves it up, not away.
- Once a trailing floor locks at the starting balance, it stops moving.
3. How do you size a trade from your stop and risk?
- Position size = risk in money ÷ (stop distance × value per pip or point).
- Set the stop first, then let the size follow from it.
- Leverage changes margin, not the loss when the stop is hit.
4. How much should you risk per trade on a funded account?
- Losing streaks are normal; the question is whether the account outlives them.
- Divide the maximum loss by your risk per trade to get your streak budget.
- Cut size after a new high on a trailing account, never raise it to win back.
5. What is the consistency rule and how do you stay inside it?
- Best-day share = best profitable day ÷ total profit × 100.
- Later losses shrink total profit, so they can push the share over the cap.
- The fix for one oversized day is more ordinary days, not giving profit back.
6. Can you trade news or hold over the weekend?
- The news window blocks opening new FX and metals positions; closing is always allowed.
- Weekend holding needs its own add-on; MFC Stocks is flat every night anyway.
- Add-ons give a permission; they never widen the loss limits.
myfundedcapital.com/learn/
Next step
Read the full trading rules
Every program’s limits, permissions and prohibited practices on one page.
