We permit scalp trading with us. However, if trades are within two minutes or less, or if there are suspicious trades resembling Arbitrage activity prohibited by the company our Risk Team will take appropriate action.

All trades are closely monitored by the Risk Team in this regard.

Following our migration update on May 30, 2025, all assets are now available in standard lot sizes.

While there are no overall lot size restrictions on the account, our provider has implemented a maximum limit of 10 lots per open position as part of risk management measures.

You may open multiple positions, but each individual position cannot exceed 10 lots. 

Our funded trader account and ability challenge account does not have a lot size limitation nor stoploss requirements. However, we ask our traders to manage their own risk.

No, both the Challenge and Funded Trading stages come with an unlimited trading period.

This structure is designed to reduce pressure and allow traders to perform at their best without the stress of deadlines. You’re free to trade at your own pace while meeting the program’s risk management requirements.

Copy trading is allowed between your own accounts within Audacity Capital, copying from an external account is allowed only if the account belongs to you. Third-party copying is not permitted.

You may hold trades over the weekend and trade during news events. Simply avoid opening, closing(TP, SL or manual) or adding to positions within 3 minutes before or after any high impact news release or speech, as that can be identified as excessive risk. this applies to all programs (Ability Challenge, Ability One, FTP(instant funding):

Which events are classified as major news?
Major news events typically include, but are not limited to, Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP), all low to high impact Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings, interest rate decisions, and speeches by central bank officials. These events have significant impacts on financial markets and are closely monitored by traders for potential trading opportunities and market volatility.

Do you have any recommendations for a news calendar?
We highly recommend utilizing Forex Factory (https://www.forexfactory.com/) for comprehensive coverage of market news and economic events. This platform serves as an invaluable resource for traders, offering detailed insights into key developments that can impact financial markets.

Important: All Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) events are considered major news events for the purpose of this rule, regardless of their impact rating on any economic calendar. This includes all FOMC meetings, statements, press conferences, speeches, and related releases marked as low, medium, or high impact.

Example: You open a trade 4 hours before a news event. The trade remains open, but your Take Profit (TP) is automatically triggered 1 minute after the news release. This is considered a violation, as the position was closed within the restricted 3-minute window, regardless of when the trade was originally opened.

Yes! Run Ability Challenge, Ability One, and FTP(instant funding) simultaneously for seamless experience.

Max allocation:

• Ability Challenge (2-Step): Max $200k
• Ability One (1-Step): Max $200k
• FTP (Instant Funding): Max $200k

Example: a trader could have two 100K Ability Challenge accounts and four 50K FTP accounts. Please note that accounts from different programs cannot be combined to reach a total of 400K under any single program.

EAs are allowed if they follow our prohibited-strategy rules and are not sourced from third-party signals. Copy trading is allowed between your own accounts within Audacity Capital, copying from an external account is allowed only if the account belongs to you. Third-party copying is not permitted.

No consistency rule required
There is no consistency rule in place. As long as you manage your risk properly and adhere to our risk management guidelines, you can trade according to your strategy without restrictions on profit distribution across trading days.

Focus on risk management
Our priority is sustainable trading through proper risk control. The risk team evaluates accounts based on overall performance and compliance with drawdown limits, not daily consistency metrics.

Ability Challenge (2-Step)

• Phase 1 & 2: Minimum 4 trading days each (no time limit to hit targets).
• Funded Account: 0 minimum trading days.

Ability One (1-Step)

• Phase 1: Minimum 3 trading days (no time limit to hit target).
• Funded Account: 0 minimum trading days.

FTP (Instant Funding)
Minimum 5 trading days (at least 3 profitable).

At AudaCity Capital, our Ability Challenge and Verification stages use a Static Drawdown system.
Static drawdown is straightforward and protects traders from unexpected changes during the trading day.

How Static Drawdown Works

• Your daily drawdown limit resets every day at rollover (00:00 GMT+2) based on the higher value between your balance or equity at that moment.
•  Once the limit is set at rollover, it does not move during the day, even if your equity increases due to open profits.
•  You are free to hold trades overnight — the new daily level will update automatically at the next day’s rollover.
• If your equity falls below the allowed limit at any time during the day, the account will be paused or breached (depending on the stage).

Ability Challenge Drawdown Rules

• Daily Drawdown: 7.5%
• Maximum Drawdown: 15%

Example – $100K Ability Account
At rollover (00:00 GMT+2):
Balance/Equity = $100,000

• Daily Drawdown (7.5%) → $7,500
 → Minimum equity allowed for the day: $92,500
• Maximum Drawdown (15%) → $15,000
 → Account breach level: $85,000

During the day:
Even if equity rises to $110,000 during the trading day, the daily limit stays at $92,500 until the next rollover.

Verification Stage Drawdown Rules

• Daily Drawdown: 5%
• Maximum Drawdown: 10%

Example – $100K Verification Account
At rollover (00:00 GMT+2):
Balance/Equity = $100,000

• Daily Drawdown (5%) → $5,000
 → Minimum equity allowed for the day: $95,000
• Maximum Drawdown (10%) → $10,000
 → Account breach level: $90,000

During the day:
If equity increases to $105,000 intraday, the daily limit still remains $95,000 until the next rollover.

Key Points for Traders

•  Your daily drawdown resets every day at rollover, giving you a fresh start.
•  The drawdown level is always based on balance/equity at rollover, whichever is higher.
•  Intraday gains do not raise the drawdown limit.
• Static drawdown provides simplicity, predictability and transparency.

Ability ONE $50K Account

Absolute Drawdown (Static): 6%
This is the maximum loss allowed from the initial account balance.

Daily Drawdown (Static): 3%
This is the maximum loss permitted within a single trading day, based on the starting balance or equity of that day (whichever is higher).

Example
At rollover:
Highest value = $50,000
 Daily DD (3%) = $1,500
 Absolute DD (6%) = $3,000
So the limits are:

• Daily DD limit: $50,000 – $1,500 = $48,500
• Absolute DD limit: $50,000 – $3,000 = $47,000

FTP (Funded Trader Program) 

Trailing Drawdown

Unlike the Ability programs, the FTP uses a trailing drawdown.

This means:

•  The maximum equity the account reaches at any time becomes the new reference point.
•  The drawdown limit moves upward as the account grows.
• It never goes back down.

FTP Daily DD: 5% (Trailing)

Example 

7.5K FTP Account (5% Trailing DD)
If your equity reaches:
$7,800 highest point of the day
Your DD limit becomes:
7,800 × 95% = 7,410
If at any time your equity goes below 7,410, the account is breached.
This applies throughout the day, not just at rollover.

You are allowed to hold positions over the weekend throughout both challenge phases as well as on the funded account stage of the Ability Challenge, Ability One, and FTP(instant funding).

You can hold positions overnight in all stages of the Ability Challenge, Ability One, and FTP(instant funding).

Audacity Capital allows traders full freedom to develop and apply their own strategies — but a small number of practices are not permitted, because they don't reflect genuine trading skill, they exploit the firm's risk model, or they put an unfair or manipulative advantage ahead of real market analysis. Below is a plain-language breakdown of each one, with an example so it's clear what to avoid.

1. High-Frequency Trading (HFT)

What it is: Using Expert Advisors (EAs), bots, or algorithms to open and close large volumes of trades within fractions of a second, exploiting tiny, short-lived price movements or gaps in data feeds.

Why it's not allowed: HFT relies on speed and infrastructure rather than market analysis, and can create unfair advantages, price manipulation, or instability. This also covers Latency Arbitrage — exploiting the delay between when a trade executes and when market data updates.

Example: An EA is programmed to fire 50+ trades per minute on EUR/USD, each closed within a fraction of a second, targeting sub-pip discrepancies between the platform's price feed and a faster external feed. This is HFT and is prohibited, regardless of whether it's profitable.

2. Tick Scalping

What it is: Opening and closing trades within a very short window (2 minutes or below), aiming to catch tiny price flickers rather than trading a genuine directional view.

Why it's not allowed: It relies on noise, not analysis or strategy.

Example:

• 10:00:00 — Buy 1.00 lot EUR/USD
• 10:01:35 — Close for a 3-pip profit

Repeating this pattern — entering and exiting within roughly two minutes based on minor fluctuations — is Tick Scalping and is prohibited.

3. Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts

What it is: Placing opposing buy and sell positions on the same instrument — either within one account, or split across multiple accounts (your own, or coordinated with others) — to lock in a risk-free outcome.

Why it's not allowed: One side of the position loses money for the firm while the other profits, producing a guaranteed, risk-free result for the trader. This is a form of arbitrage and is not a genuine reflection of market risk-taking.

Example: A trader opens a Buy on GBP/USD in Account A and, at the same time, opens an equal-sized Sell on GBP/USD in Account B (their own second account, or a friend's account).

Whichever direction the market moves, one account profits while the other loses — this coordinated opposite-direction setup is prohibited.

4. Averaging Down / Martingale Strategies

What it is: Increasing your position size after a loss, on the same losing idea, in an attempt to recover previous losses with a single winning trade.

Why it's not allowed: It only "works" with unlimited capital. Since accounts have defined loss limits, a losing streak using this method can blow through the account very quickly. It's treated as high-risk, gambling-style behavior rather than a trading plan.

Example: A trader opens 0.50 lots on USD/JPY and it moves against them. Instead of respecting their stop-loss, they open 1.00 lot on the same idea, then 2.00 lots, doubling up each time to try to offset the running loss with one favorable move.

5. Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA)

What it is: Repeatedly adding to a losing position (same or varying size) as price moves further against your original entry, hoping for an eventual reversal.

Why it's not allowed: While DCA can be a legitimate long-term investing approach, on a funded trading account it substantially raises drawdown risk if the price never reverses — and it replaces a defined risk plan with hope.

Example:

• Buy 1.00 lot EUR/USD @ 1.1000
• Price falls to 1.0980 → Buy another 1.00 lot
• Price falls to 1.0960 → Buy another 1.00 lot

Continuing to add to the same losing position rather than exiting per a risk plan is DCA and is prohibited.

6. Use of Third-Party Expert Advisors (EAs)

What it is: Running an EA, bot, or algorithm that you did not personally build.

Why it's not allowed: Only EAs you've personally developed are permitted. Commercially sold EAs, EAs coded by someone else, or EAs downloaded/shared from external sources are not.

Example: A trader purchases a "signal bot" from a third-party vendor's website and runs it on their funded account. Even if they didn't write a single line of its code, using it violates this rule.

7. Account Management by Third Parties

What it is: Letting someone else trade your account for you — whether that's a paid signal/management service, a friend, or an automated service acting on another person's decisions.

Why it's not allowed: The account must be traded by the person who holds it. This applies whether or not money changes hands.

Example: A trader pays a "professional account manager" to log in and place trades on their behalf while they're at work. This is not allowed, even if the manager is a licensed trader elsewhere.

8. Copy Trading

What it is: Mirroring or duplicating another trader's trades onto your account, manually or via a copier/automated tool.

Why it's not allowed: The trading activity isn't your own independent analysis or decision-making.

Example: A trader connects their account to a "copy trading" service that automatically replicates every trade from a signal provider's master account. This is prohibited even if the trader could technically override individual trades.

9. Grid Trading

What it is: Placing a pre-set series of buy and sell orders at fixed price intervals above and below the current price, forming a "grid," regardless of directional analysis.

Why it's not allowed: It's treated as a form of arbitrage rather than genuine directional trading, and can be used to manufacture guaranteed-looking outcomes.

Example: A trader sets pending Buy orders every 20 pips below the current price and pending Sell orders every 20 pips above it on Gold, so that price movement in either direction automatically triggers a new position at a fixed interval.

10. One-Sided Bets During News Events

What it is: Placing pending limit or stop orders shortly before a high-impact news release, purely to profit from the volatility spike, without a broader trading rationale.

Why it's not allowed: This targets the mechanical price spike itself rather than genuine market analysis, and can exploit temporary spread/liquidity gaps.

Example: Two minutes before US Non-Farm Payrolls, a trader places a Buy Stop and a Sell Stop straddling the current price on EUR/USD, expecting the news spike to trigger one side profitably regardless of which way the number surprises.

11. Exploitation of System Vulnerabilities

What it is: Trading in a way that takes advantage of technical flaws — such as pricing errors, stale quotes, or data/latency gaps — whether done deliberately or discovered and then repeatedly exploited.

Why it's not allowed: Profits generated this way don't reflect real market conditions or genuine trading skill.

Example: A trader notices that during a specific broker's server hiccup, prices briefly lag the real market by several seconds, and repeatedly times trades to exploit that stale quote window.

12. Uncritical Directional Trading

What it is: Repeatedly placing trades in one direction (e.g., always buying) without any real market assessment, analysis, or strategic reasoning behind each entry.

Why it's not allowed: This is mechanical, unconsidered trading rather than a genuine strategy, and is often used to game evaluation targets.

Example: A trader opens a Buy on every major pair at the start of each trading day, with no reference to trend, news, or setup — simply repeating the same directional action daily.

13. Automated Multi-Trade Activity

What it is: Using automated tools to open many positions simultaneously across symbols or accounts, without the trader actively overseeing or managing each one.

Why it's not allowed: It indicates the trades aren't being actively managed or reasoned through by the trader in real time.

Example: An automated script fires off 15 trades across different currency pairs the moment a webhook signal is received, with no manual review of any individual position.

14. Lot Size Abuse

What it is: Opening positions with a lot size that is disproportionately large relative to account size — especially timed around market open/close or high-impact news — creating unrealistic risk exposure.

Why it's not allowed: It reflects reckless risk-taking rather than sound risk management, and is often used to try to hit profit targets in a single trade.

Example: On a $10,000 account, a trader opens a 5.00 lot position on GBP/USD right at the market open, risking a large percentage of the account on one trade.

Ability Challenge (2-Step)
Unlimited trading days to complete both phases.

Ability One (1-Step)
Unlimited trading days to hit your profit target.

FTP (Instant Funding)
Unlimited trading days to reach 10% profit target.

No time pressure, focus on consistent performance.

Please be advised of the latest updates to our leverage settings across all offered programs and asset classes. Kindly refer to the table below for the specific leverage ratios applicable to each account type:

We encourage all traders to review these updates and adjust their strategies accordingly. Should you have any questions or require further clarification, feel free to reach out to our support team.

As part of our standard policy, the use of VPN services by traders is generally prohibited due to concerns related to IP tracking and the risk of server misuse. However, in special cases where a trader presents a valid justification, we may consider allowing VPN usage. In such instances, the trader will be required to submit detailed information outlining the purpose of the VPN. These requests will be carefully reviewed and are subject to approval.

Conversely, the use of a VPS is permitted, provided it is utilized for Expert Advisors (EAs) in a manner that does not result in server abuse.

You are allowed to trade using other WiFi networks. However, please be aware that our risk team is closely monitoring traders' accounts. If we detect any server abuse through the use of arbitrage, HFT, DCA, or other prohibited strategies, we will immediately and permanently deactivate the account. Thank you for your understanding.

The consistency rule only applies to free competition accounts.

Consistency in Trading: Traders must maintain consistency in trade duration and lot sizes to meet the 4-day minimum trading requirement.

Example: If a trader opens a single large trade of 15 lots on the first day and then several small trades of 0.1 lot each on the next three days, they will not meet the consistency requirement.

Risk Team Review: The risk team may review a trader's consistency based on their trading style, considering factors like trade size and duration. They may request traders to continue trading for additional days to thoroughly analyze their trading style.

Consistency Score:

We have introduced a new metric on our dashboard to track the ‘Consistency Score’ for the accounts. It will enable traders as well as us to track the consistency of a particular account. Traders with a higher score throughout the duration of their respective accounts will be considered as consistent traders. Please note that the score will be measured across all our account types: Funded Trader Program and Ability Program (covering all three phases - Challenge, Verification, and Live).

The formula for calculation of the Consistency Score is: [1 - (most profitable trading day)/(combined profit on all profitable days)]*100

Conditions:

1. If the score is above 70 then the trader is considered as consistent.

2. If the score lies between 50 - 70 then the risk team will manually review the account and decide whether the trader should continue trading until the score becomes above 70 or pass them.

3. If the score is less than 50, then the trader shall continue trading the account until the score reaches above 50 and then the risk team can take a call.

The reason to implement this new metric:

The effectiveness of a strategy is not solely determined by the amount of profit it generates; its performance during both favorable and unfavorable conditions is equally crucial. Consistency of results is a key aspect of any strategy.

Based on a comprehensive analysis of our trader's performance, we have identified the following distribution of results. A score above 70% is considered excellent, as it suggests the strategy is likely to succeed over the long term. We value traders who maintain consistency in their approach alongside achieving profits.

While some traders might feel that the Consistency Score restricts or discriminates against certain strategies, this is not its intent. Achieving consistent results does not prevent traders from attaining above-average returns. Occasionally, a trader may achieve an exceptionally high return on a single trade, which could negatively impact their Consistency Score. However, trading is not about one-time gains; maintaining consistent results over time typically does not detract from overall performance.

Furthermore, a consistent approach can protect a trader's account during prolonged periods of losses. When traders attempt to "take revenge on the market" by opening excessively large positions in pursuit of higher profits, they risk violating drawdown rules.

How the Consistency Rule Helps You Become More Profitable:

Avoiding the lure of a hefty single-day profit in favor of achieving profitability over time is essential for passing the Funded Account Challenge. This strategy helps you develop long-term habits for success, minimizing excessive risk-taking and ensuring steady growth. Such an approach leads to better financial outcomes and a more stable trading career.

At Audacity Capital, we are committed to your success. That's why we provide unlimited time to pass your Challenge, eliminating the pressure to take big risks or overtrade to meet the profit target within a restricted timeframe.

Conclusion:

The Consistency Rule is a crucial component of our Ability Challenge and The Funded Trader Program. It not only motivates traders to refine their skills but also aids the company in identifying top trading talents. Audacity Capital seeks dedicated traders who can manage risk responsibly and achieve consistent results over time. Our experience has shown that a consistent approach distinguishes traders who follow a trading plan from those who profit by chance. We believe this new feature will support all traders in reaching their long-term goals.

Example:

For reference, below is the daily PnL of a trader for 7 days:

Day 1: +450

Day 2: -330

Day 3: -570

Day 4: +750

Day 5: +490

Day 6: +500

Day 7: -400

Day 8: +500

Most Profitable day: 750

Combined profit on all profitable days: 450+750+490+500+500 = 2690

Consistency Score = [1 - (750)/(2690)]*100

= [1 - 0.2788]* 100

= 72.1

Result: Since the consistency score is above 70, the account will be considered consistent.