Prop firm stop loss rules
A few firms make a stop loss mandatory, sometimes within a set time of opening the trade. A position left without one can count as a breach even if it closes in profit. Every rule below is quoted from the firm’s own pages, with a link to where we read it.
What can this rule do to you?
Kind of rule
Stop loss
Where a stop is mandatory and what happens to a position left without one.
Futures: the drawdown limit cannot be your only exit
FTMO Futures does not require a stop loss, but structuring trades so the platform's drawdown liquidation is the only way out is a forbidden practice.
Every trade needs a stop loss within 60 seconds
All trades must have a stop loss set within 60 seconds of opening. The penalty is not published, and rule violations are reviewed case by case.
This list is only as complete as our reading. 33 of the 83 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.