MyFundedFutures Rules 2026: The Ones That Breach Accounts

Weighing the alternatives? Phidias Express to Live is the account we build. First, the rulebook.

No overnight, and the holiday exception that breaches accounts

Trading runs from 6:00 PM ET, when the Globex session opens, until the New York close at 4:10 PM ET. Open positions are closed automatically at 4:10 PM on normal trading days, and the Builder guide answers the question directly: Can I hold positions overnight? No.

On a normal day that automation protects you. You cannot breach this rule by forgetting, because the platform flattens you.

One more detail worth knowing: do not keep firing an order after 4:10 PM ET. Their guidance says a repeated attempt can sometimes go through and disqualify the account.

The 2% price limit rule

This is the most obscure rule MyFundedFutures enforces, and the one most likely to surprise a trader who has never read the help center.

You may not trade a product while it is within 2% of its CME price limit. It is enforced on Sim Funded and Live Funded accounts, and MyFundedFutures classifies it as prohibited conduct rather than a soft guideline.

Price limits are set from the end-of-day settlement, vary by product and contract month, and differ between overnight and cash sessions. CME updates them at 5:05 PM ET after each session.

In practice, on the equity products most traders use, ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, RTY, M2K, YM and MYM, the overnight limit is 7%, so your own ceiling is 5%. Their worked example, using a reference price of 18,556:

This rule only bites on genuinely violent days, which is exactly when a trader is most likely to be at the screen and least likely to be reading a help centre article.

News trading: stricter than almost anyone reports

Two layers here, and most reviews only mention the second.

The first layer applies to every news release, on every plan. MyFundedFutures requires that no open positions and no resting orders sit in the book two minutes before and two minutes after any data release. Strategies built to exploit an immediate news burst, straddles and strangles among them, are prohibited outright, as is disguising a news trade as a standard setup.

The second layer is Tier 1 data, and it depends entirely on your plan.

For Tier 1 events, positions must be flat at least two minutes before the scheduled time. Their own example: news at 8:30 means flat by 8:28:00.

The full plan-by-plan map, the Tier 1 list and the 2-minute window are in our MyFundedFutures news trading guide.

Contract limits, and the cross-instrument order that slips through

Every plan and size carries a maximum position, expressed as minis or the micro equivalent. Exceeding it on a single instrument gets your order rejected automatically.

The trap is what happens when you combine instruments.

Hedging is prohibited

Defined as opening a buy and a sell on the same underlying at the same time. MyFundedFutures is explicit that E-mini NQ and Micro NQ count as the same asset, since both track the Nasdaq.

Hedging across genuinely unrelated assets is permitted, though they note that a strategy relying solely on hedging, even across different assets, is viewed unfavourably. All traders must also follow CME Rule 534.

The seven-day inactivity rule

Since the move to one-time payment on 25 August 2026, there is no monthly billing to pause, so activity is what keeps an account alive.

Seven consecutive calendar days without placing a trade and the account can be closed. This applies to simulated funded accounts too, not only evaluations. If you are travelling or taking a break, tell their support before you go.

It is worth pairing this rule with the CLUB discount: the code rewards buying several evaluations at once, and the inactivity rule punishes leaving them idle. Those two pull in opposite directions.

Only you may trade your account, and only on your own device

Standard enough on the surface: accounts must be traded exclusively by the owner, with no modifications or third-party access once a phase has been passed.

The part nobody quotes is the next line. The use of shared devices is strictly forbidden, and MyFundedFutures gives the example directly: using the same PC or phone as your partner. It may result in a breach or account failure.

If two people in the same household both hold accounts, this matters. Two accounts logging in from one machine is the pattern their risk system is built to catch.

Copying your own trades across your own accounts is a different matter: MFFU allows it on every account type, with Tradesyncer as its preferred copier and no reset if the copier fails. Our MyFundedFutures copy trading rules cover it.

Prohibited practices

The fair play policy is where MyFundedFutures defines what counts as exploiting the simulated fill engine rather than trading it.

High-frequency trading is not allowed on any plan. Automated strategies are permitted, provided the tool is not designed to exploit favourable simulated fills; on live accounts, automation must comply with CME guidelines.

Also prohibited: placing multiple limit orders at the same price to manipulate fills, trading gapped or illiquid markets to profit from isolated fills, exploiting the absence of slippage with very tight brackets, and collaborative trading, meaning coordinating identical or opposite strategies across accounts that are not formally connected.

Consistency, plan by plan

Five plans, four different answers. This is the rule most often reported wrong.

Two things to hold on to. Rapid EOD is the strictest evaluation at 30%, and it also demands four trading days. And Builder is the only plan where consistency follows you into the funded account, checked at every payout request rather than once.

Exceeding a consistency target does not breach the account. You simply trade more days until the ratio comes back into range.

What happens after a breach

On a simulated funded account, breaching ends that account. On a live account, a maximum loss breach triggers a 21 day cooldown, during which you cannot trade any simulated funded account, cannot buy a new evaluation, and cannot reset one.

Three weeks with nothing to trade is a meaningful consequence, and it is the strongest argument for reading the rules above before you need them.

Which rule is most likely to catch you? Four questions on when you trade, how you size, whether you hold through the close, and who else uses your machine. No email.

Where we differ

Most of the rules above are reasonable, and several exist to stop people gaming a simulated fill engine, which is a real problem every firm in this sector has to solve. We are not going to pretend a rulebook is a scandal.

Three of them we answer differently, and they are the three that shape how you can actually trade.

Overnight. MyFundedFutures flattens you at 16:10 ET on every plan. Phidias Premium accounts hold positions overnight and over the weekend, at the same price as an intraday account.

Consistency. Five MyFundedFutures plans carry four different consistency answers, one of which follows you into the funded account. At Phidias there is no consistency rule in evaluation and none on LIVE. There is 30% on funded CASH accounts, and we say so rather than bury it.

The floor. Four MyFundedFutures plans trail end of day and Rapid trails intraday. Phidias Express to Live uses a static drawdown: it does not move with your balance and it does not move with unrealised profit.

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MyFundedFutures rules: frequently asked questions

Can you hold positions overnight at MyFundedFutures?

No. Trading runs from 6:00 PM ET to 4:10 PM ET and open positions are closed automatically at 4:10 PM. The Builder guide answers it directly: no. The exception that matters is holidays, when the automatic liquidation does not run and failing to close your own positions breaches the account.

What is the MyFundedFutures 2% price limit rule?

You may not trade a product while it is within 2% of its CME price limit, and it is enforced on both Sim Funded and Live Funded accounts. On equity products such as ES, NQ, RTY and YM the overnight limit is 7%, so your ceiling is 5%. Watch the % Net Change column on your platform’s quote board and stop as it approaches that level.

Can you trade news at MyFundedFutures?

It depends on the plan, and there is a rule that applies to every plan regardless. No open positions and no resting orders may sit in the book two minutes before and after any data release, and strategies built to exploit a news burst are prohibited outright. On top of that, Tier 1 news is prohibited on Rapid funded accounts and on Pro at every stage. Builder is unrestricted.

What are the contract limits at MyFundedFutures?

Each plan and size has a maximum, expressed in minis or the micro equivalent. Exceeding it on a single instrument is rejected automatically. The trap is combining instruments: an order mixing two minis and twenty micros may execute even if it puts you over the total, and MyFundedFutures treats deliberate circumvention as a breach rather than a rejected order.

Does MyFundedFutures allow hedging?

No. Hedging is defined as opening a buy and a sell on the same underlying at the same time, and they are explicit that E-mini NQ and Micro NQ count as the same asset. Hedging across genuinely unrelated assets is permitted, and all trading must follow CME Rule 534.

What is the MyFundedFutures inactivity rule?

Seven consecutive calendar days without placing a trade and the account can be closed, funded accounts included. It replaced the monthly subscription when MyFundedFutures moved to one-time payment on 25 August 2026: with no billing to pause, activity is what keeps an account in good standing. Tell their support if you will be away longer.

Can someone else trade my MyFundedFutures account?

No, and the rule goes further than most people expect. Accounts must be traded exclusively by the owner, and the use of shared devices is strictly forbidden, with using the same PC or phone as your partner given as the example. It may result in a breach or account failure, so two traders in one household should not share a machine.

Is automated trading allowed at MyFundedFutures?

Partly. High-frequency trading is not allowed on any plan. Other automated strategies are permitted provided the tool is not designed to exploit favourable simulated fills, and on live accounts automation must comply with CME guidelines. Copy trading is separately allowed, with Tradesyncer as their named partner.

Does MyFundedFutures have a consistency rule?

Four different answers across five plans. Rapid, Pro and Flex apply 50% during evaluation only. Rapid EOD applies 30% in evaluation, the strictest of the five. Builder has none to pass but applies 50% at every payout request once funded. Exceeding the target does not breach the account, you simply trade more days to bring the ratio back into range.

What happens if you breach a MyFundedFutures account?

On a simulated funded account, that account ends. On a live account, a maximum loss breach triggers a 21 day cooldown during which you cannot trade any simulated funded account, buy a new evaluation, or reset one.

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