Trading Rules

Prioritize caution and adhere to effective risk management strategies. You have no time limit to achieve your trading goals and advance to the next phase of evaluation. Rushing through the evaluation phase often leads to failure on live accounts. To distinguish yourself and enhance your success rate, proceed gradually and follow your trading plan diligently. Remember, both daily drawdown and maximum drawdown are calculated based on your daily balance. Additionally, Golden Fund does not accept risks exceeding 5% in a single trade, consecutive trades, or simultaneous trades that could abnormally endanger the fund's capital

Familiarize yourself with the evaluation phases. Currently, we only offer a standard evaluation model, as our aggressive model was discontinued due to low success rates. It is crucial to understand the specific requirements and targets of each phase to ensure your success. By properly preparing and meeting these targets, you can progress to become a funded trader and access a variety of trading opportunities. To become a funded trader, you must pass two phases of evaluation. The first phase is designed to assess your trading skills and provide insight into your trading style. During this phase, you must achieve a profit target of 8%, based on your daily balance, without any other rule breaches. The second phase is the establishment phase, where you must achieve a profit target of 4%, again based on your daily balance. You have the flexibility to choose when to start the evaluation process, and there is no time limit for completing these phases.

Having a well-defined trading plan, strategy, and risk management approach is crucial for successfully completing the evaluation phase. At Golden Fund, we allow traders to trade in their preferred style and time, including news trading, scalping, long-term trading, and short-term trading. However, we advise all traders to be mindful of their risk management profile.

At Golden Fund, trades lasting less than one minute are not accepted. If a trader has two or fewer such trades, their trades will be accepted. If there are between two and four of these short trades, the trader's account will be refunded. However, if the number of trades lasting less than one minute reaches five or more, the trader will fail.

Hedging between different accounts related to the company using derivatives is illegal, and hedging strategies are not allowed at Golden Fund. Additionally, hedging within the same account, where more than 5% of the total capital is involved in the hedge, will result in account termination.

The use of the martingale strategy is strictly prohibited at Golden Fund. This strategy involves increasing the size of a trade after a loss in an attempt to recover previous losses. It is considered a high-risk approach and is not permitted under our trading policies. Traders found using this strategy will face penalties, which may include account termination.

Trading practices that exploit Metatrader’s inefficiencies, such as gap trading, latency arbitrage, long-short arbitrage, reverse arbitrage, and opposite account trading, are strictly prohibited. Any trader found engaging in such activities will have their trades adjusted to the executed fill price received from the liquidity pool, and repeat offenses may result in account termination.

At Golden Fund, any single trade or single day's profit exceeding 30% of the total account profit is not accepted. After the account period ends or the account is marked as success pending, having such trades or profits compared to the total profit will result in account failure.

Our list of tradable instruments includes forex, CFDs (including index CFDs), and commodities such as oil and metals. We periodically update our product list based on factors such as margin, liquidity, profitability, and other considerations for our traders. Products may be added or removed as necessary. Trading in cryptocurrencies is allowed 7 days a week.

Expert advisers and robot trading are allowed on your accounts. We do not require your source code unless there is suspicion of rule breaches such as tick scalping, arbitrage, signals from a third party, or account management services. Third-party expert advisers are acceptable in case they are not managed or traded by another party. All signals must be your own and based on your own setup. Prop Trading is about your ability to trade, not using someone else’s ability to trade.

Once you purchase the program, you will receive your login details within 2 hours. Changing the account details is not allowed and will result in suspension. At Golden Fund, we seek individual traders focused on long-term growth. While learning from other experts and using signal bots, trade management services, or trade copiers is allowed, it must be clearly demonstrated that these tools are for your personal use only and not for another person or firm. We will monitor all accounts to ensure compliance.

The first payment will be made one month after your first live trade, and subsequent payments will be made every two weeks. The minimum profit amount that can be withdrawn is 30 dollars. This means that once your account balance shows at least 30 dollars in profit, you can request a withdrawal of your profit share.

At the end of your challenge period, your profit share will be transferred to your wallet. You can then submit a withdrawal request, and we will process the payment in cryptocurrency to your provided wallet address.

Golden Fund provides a competitive scaling-up strategy based on performance metrics. To qualify for a scaling-up, your total profit divided by the maximum drawdown (TP/MDD) must be greater than 2. For the Win-Win and Standard Plans, this condition allows for a 30% increase in your account balance on a monthly basis. For the Golden Plan, if your profit factor (PF) is greater than 3, you are eligible for a 30% balance increase each month. Ensure that your account balance meets these criteria before requesting a scale-up to continue benefiting from the increased account size.

Overall Drawdown Limit

The overall drawdown limit is calculated based on your initial balance using the formula:

Overall Drawdown Limit = Initial Balance × Drawdown Percentage

If your account’s equity reaches this limit at any point, your account will fail.

Example:

Daily Drawdown Limit

The daily drawdown limit is calculated based on the starting balance of each day using the formula:

Daily Drawdown Limit = Starting Balance of the Day × Daily Drawdown Percentage

If your account’s equity reaches the daily drawdown limit, your account will fail.

Example:

Golden Fund is committed to promoting ethical and safe trading practices among its traders. Since there is no time limit for the trading period, extensions are not necessary. However, if you need to take a long-term break, please inform our support team. Trade safely, stay consistent, and enjoy the flexibility of your trading period.

Golden Fund offers special incentives for traders across different plans: Additionally, in the Win-Win Plan, you can earn an extra 1% profit per month on your overall balance for each recharge, with a maximum of 10 recharges allowed per year. This added benefit enhances your potential gains while maintaining flexibility in your trading activities.

Golden Fund allows and supports both news trading and weekend holding across all plans:
News Trading: Traders are permitted to trade during major news events and announcements. We encourage you to leverage market volatility during these times, provided that your trading strategies are well-managed and adhere to proper risk management principles.
Weekend Holding: Holding positions over the weekend is allowed. There are no restrictions on carrying positions through weekends, allowing you to maintain your trading strategies without interruptions.
Enjoy the flexibility to utilize news-driven opportunities and manage your trades over weekends as part of your comprehensive trading strategy.

Golden Fund offers a competitive profit split structure based on the Golden Fund Factor (GFF): Additionally, Golden Fund identifies the top 2% of best traders based on their performance, and this group is recognized separately for their exceptional trading results.

All traders who pass Phases 1 and 2 will receive a refund of their fees when they reach their first profit-split period at the end of the first month on their live trading account. A trader qualifies for a payout and refund only if they have made $50 in profit on a 5k to 10k account and $100 in profit on a 25k to 100k account.

You must protect the security of your account credentials. We shall not reinstate your account in the case that it is hacked or given to other parties for trade and then lost. It's critical to get in touch with our team immediately if you suspect your account has been hacked. To protect your account, we'll lock it, reset your password, and put you through our security protocols. Please note that no reinstatement of accounts will occur, so time is of the essence if you believe your account has been compromised.

If your account remains inactive for 7 days, it will be automatically marked as breached. Additionally, there should not be more than 7 days between your trades. To avoid permanent suspension, you must inform us of the reason for your inactivity within 5 days of the breach notification. This measure helps prevent the accumulation of hedged trades on abandoned accounts. We understand that you may occasionally need to be away from trading for extended periods. If you notify us in advance of a planned extended leave, we will ensure your account remains safe and active. Please note that failure to notify us within the specified period may result in permanent suspension of your account.

Golden Fund permits the use of third-party software, including expert advisers and trading robots, provided they adhere to our trading rules and guidelines. However, the use of third-party software must be transparently disclosed. Any software that is used for activities such as tick scalping, arbitrage, or other practices that exploit system inefficiencies is prohibited. Ensure that all third-party software used is compliant with our rules and does not interfere with fair trading practices. Failure to comply with these guidelines may result in penalties or account suspension.

The Golden Fund Factor (GF) is a key performance metric used to identify the best traders. GF is calculated as the ratio of Total Profit to Maximum Drawdown:

GF= (Total Profit / Maximum Drawdown) * (Number Of Trades / 30)

A higher GF indicates a more effective trading strategy with a better risk-reward balance. To be considered among the top traders, your GF must meet or exceed the threshold set by Golden Fund.
In addition to GF, the Profit Factor(PF) is also used to evaluate trading performance. The Profit Factor is calculated as:

PF= Total Gross Profit/Total Gross Loss

While PF is useful, GF offers a more complete assessment of a trader’s ability to manage risk while achieving high returns. For these reasons, GF is preferred as the primary metric for evaluating and recognizing top traders on the Golden Fund platform