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.

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.

The following information pertains to the process of receiving payments on the Golden Fund platform. Once you have reached your profit-split time, you are eligible to request your payout through the “Payout request” button on your analyzer. If this button is not yet enabled, you can contact [email protected] for assistance. Golden Fund supports various forms of payment, including cryptocurrencies such as BTC, LTC, ETH, and USDT. Additionally, you can withdraw your payout using several methods, including bank transfer, PayPal, Payoneer, and Wise

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.

Golden Fund implements a “trader’s daily stop-loss” rule to manage risk. This rule sets a daily loss limit of 5% from the initial account balance. Throughout the trading day, the sum of the total outcome of all closed positions and the current floating P/L (profits/losses) must not exceed this daily loss limit. The formula for calculating the daily loss limit is as follows:

Current Daily Loss = Results of Closed Positions of This Day + Result of Open Positions

For example, under the Golden Plan Challenge with an initial account balance of $50,000, the maximum daily loss limit is $2,500. If you incur a $2,000 loss from closed trades, your account must not decline more than $500 that day, nor should your open floating losses exceed -$500. This limit includes commissions and swaps.
Additionally, the 5% (or 6%) drawdown rule must be adhered to based on your account balance or equity within a 24-hour period starting from 00:00 server time.

Drawdown % = [1 – (Lowest Equity or Balance for the Day) / (Starting Equity or Balance for the Day)] X 100

12% (or 10%) Overall Drawdown:

Your account must not decline by 12% (or 10%) relative to balance or equity. This rule, also known as “account stop-loss,” applies to the entire duration of the testing period, not just one day. The calculation logic is similar to the Maximum Daily Loss, with the additional consideration that it spans the entire testing period. The limit includes commissions and swaps. For example, if you have a $10,000 account, 12% of that is $1,200. If your account balance falls below $8,800, it will have violated the overall drawdown rule.

Remember, both daily drawdown and maximum drawdown are calculated based on your daily balance.

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 15 days, it will be automatically marked as breached. Additionally, there should not be more than 15 days between your trades. To avoid permanent suspension, you must inform us of the reason for your inactivity within 10 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