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Static Accounts Trading Rules and Restrictions

Understand the key Static Accounts rules in one place, including inactivity, news trading limits, hedging, Expert Advisors and copy trading, arbitrage and latency restrictions, and maximum exposure limits.

Written by Will | Paid To Trade
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Inactivity rule for Static Accounts evaluation

Static Pro Step 1 and Static Lite Step 1 have a 30-day inactivity rule.

What counts as inactivity

Inactivity means no trades placed for 30 consecutive days.

How to avoid inactivity issues

Place at least one trade within any rolling 30 day window during evaluation.


News trading rules on Static Accounts

News trading is restricted around high impact events.

You may not open or close trades within 5 minutes before or after high impact news. High impact news is defined using the FXStreet economic calendar.

Why this rule exists

High impact events can cause extreme spreads, volatility spikes, and liquidity gaps that lead to slippage and unpredictable fills. The restriction window is designed to reduce those risks.

What happens if I took a trade during high impact news?

If a trade is opened or closed during this window, any profit from that trade will not count.

This is not a hard breach. The account is not terminated.

Losses are counted.


Hedging policy on Static Accounts

Hedging is not allowed in any form. This includes hedging across multiple accounts.

What this means

You cannot intentionally offset exposure by holding opposing positions:

  • Within the same account

  • Across multiple Static Accounts

  • Across related accounts under the same ownership or control

If trading behavior indicates systematic offsetting designed to neutralize risk, it may be treated as hedging even if executed through multiple positions.


Expert Advisors and copy trading on Static Accounts

Yes, Expert Advisors and copy trading are allowed.

Important execution note

The Company reserves the right to restrict or remove access to algorithmic or copy trading at any time if execution negatively impacts systems or liquidity venues. There is no obligation to provide justification for this decision.

Why access might be restricted

Certain automated or copy execution styles can create operational risk, such as:

  • Excessive order rates

  • Venue impact

  • System stress or unstable fills

  • Execution patterns that are not sustainable for the environment


Arbitrage and latency strategy policy on Static Accounts

Any form of arbitrage, latency exploitation, price manipulation, or quote abuse is strictly prohibited.

Examples of what this includes

  • Taking advantage of price feed delays

  • Off market quotes

  • Temporary pricing errors

  • Execution loopholes

If trading activity relies on those conditions rather than normal market risk, it is prohibited.


Maximum exposure limit on Static Accounts

Yes. Maximum exposure is limited to 1 standard lot per every 2,500 of account balance.

How it is applied

This applies to total combined exposure across all open positions. It is not per trade. It is your total open lot exposure at that moment.

Example

If your balance is 25,000, your maximum total exposure is 10 standard lots across all open trades.

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