Prop firm inactivity rules
Stop trading for long enough and some firms close the account on their own, passed challenge or not. The limit is usually in the terms rather than on the pricing page.
18 rules at 16 firms13 close the account outright
What can this rule do to you?
Kind of rule
Inactivity
Accounts that close themselves if you stop trading for long enough.
Alpha Capital Group
Closes the account30 days without a trade closes the account permanently
Every account at every stage is deactivated after more than 30 consecutive calendar days without real trading. Logging in does not count and a deactivated account cannot be reinstated.
Aqua Funded
Closes the accountNo trade for 30 days breaches the account
You must place at least one trade every 30 days counted from your first trade. Otherwise the account becomes inactive and is breached.
FTMO
Closes the account30 days without a trade lets FTMO end your Challenge
Not opening a single trade for 30 consecutive calendar days counts as prolonged inactivity. FTMO may terminate the agreement for that Challenge account.
FXIFYCloses the accountNo trade for 60 days breaches the account
You must place at least one trade every 60 days. If you do not the account is considered inactive and breached.
Hola Prime
Closes the account30 days without trading suspends the account for good
Any challenge or funded account with no trading for 30 calendar days in a row is permanently suspended. Logging in does not count as activity.
Lucid Trading
Closes the accountNo $1 of profit or loss in 30 days deletes the account
An account that does not record at least $1 of net profit or loss within 30 calendar days is treated as abandoned. It is permanently deleted.
MyFundedFuturesCloses the accountBuilder sim funded account closes after 7 days without a trade
Going 7 calendar days without placing a trade on a Builder sim funded account closes it. Live accounts have no inactivity rule.
SharkFundedCloses the accountFourteen days without a trade suspends the account
Any account with no trades for 14 days in a row is suspended automatically. Contact support in advance if you expect to be away.
Sure Leverage FundingCloses the accountNo trade or pending order for 30 days is a breach
You must place at least one trade or pending order every 30 days. If you do not the account is breached and SLF terminates accounts for any rule violation.
Top One FuturesCloses the accountNo trade for 14 calendar days closes the account
Every account needs at least one completed trade in any 14 day window with weekends and holidays counted. Missing it is a hard breach and all progress and profits on the account are lost.
TopstepCloses the accountFunded accounts close after 30 days without a trade
An Express Funded Account with no trading for more than 30 days may be closed and cannot be paused. Live Funded Accounts have the same 30 day rule.
- FTMOCloses the account
Futures: a funded account closes after 60 days without a trade
A funded FTMO Futures account with no trades for 30 calendar days gets a warning, and it is closed if it stays inactive for another 30 days.
FunderBluCloses the accountInactivity closes the account, and they publish two different limits
FunderBlu’s rules page states: traders must place at least one trade within every 30 days. The example directly beneath it says: If 21 days pass without any trades, the account becomes inactive. The two do not agree, so trade at least once every 21 days until they fix it. The Turbo articles repeat the 30-day figure.
OneUp TraderJudgement callWeekly trade count must stay at half your evaluation pace
Each week funded you must place at least half as many trades as your weekly average during the evaluation. Trading less without an approved account hold risks the funded account being terminated.
Take Profit TraderJudgement callPRO accounts need at least one trading day every week
You must complete a round trip on at least one day each calendar week to keep a PRO or PRO+ account active. Contact support first if you need a break.
TradeifyJudgement callEach account needs at least one trade every week
Evaluation and funded accounts must each place a trade Monday to Friday every week. Idle accounts can be marked inactive, though Tradeify says it will message you first.
- FunderBluJudgement call
One trade every 21 days or the account goes inactive
FunderBlu requires at least one trade every 21 days, and says an account with no trades for 21 days becomes inactive. The rules page used to give 30 days in the text and 21 in the example beneath it; that is fixed and both now say 21.
Hypernova
Judgement callNo trades for three months freezes the account
The fee schedule says there is no inactivity charge and the time limit is none, which reads as an account you can leave alone for as long as you like. The FAQ names a three month inactivity freeze if no trades are placed. No page says what lifting the freeze involves.
This list is only as complete as our reading. 36 of the 97 firms we track have been through a rulebook pass; the rest are still to do, and a firm missing from here has not been cleared. It has not been checked. See which firms are next.