What disqualifies a funded account
WICK FUNDED rule breakdown · Last verified June 2026
Two rules disqualify an account instantly: a max daily drawdown breach and a max overall (static) drawdown breach. Everything else — short hold time, news-blackout, Friday close, the consistency-rule edge, lot-size cap — is a soft breach that warns you first; three of the same kind (or five mixed) escalate to termination. This is the deterministic ruleset, not a cohort sample.
Every disqualifier, by category
| Rule | Severity | Trigger | How to avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max daily drawdown breached | Hard · instant | Equity drops below the daily limit (4–5% by track) at any tick | Set a stop-loss on every trade; track start-of-day equity. |
| Max overall drawdown breached | Hard · instant | Equity drops below the static max DD (5–10%, fixed from the initial balance) | Don’t oversize; respect position caps. |
| 3 active soft breaches in one account | Hard · instant | Soft-breach counter reaches 3 (or 5 mixed) | Treat your first soft-breach warning as final. |
| Minimum hold-time violation | Soft · warning | Trade closed under 60s (1-Step/Instant) or 30s (2-Step) | Let the hold timer expire before closing. |
| News-blackout violation | Soft · warning | Position open within ±2 min (±5 min Instant) of a red-folder release | Use the in-platform economic calendar; placement is blocked T-3min. |
| Friday close violation | Soft · warning | Position still open at 21:00 UTC Friday | Keep auto-close enabled (default). |
| Consistency-rule edge | Soft · warning | A single day’s P&L exceeds 25–35% of total profit | Spread your wins; one outsized day flags the payout. |
| Lot-size cap exceeded | Soft · warning | Order lot size above the tier cap (≈1–2 lots per $10K equity) | Use the in-platform lot calculator. |
Methodology
This breakdown is sourced directly from WICK FUNDED's automated rule engine as of June 2026 — the same server-side rules and nightly audit that enforce every account. It is the complete disqualification taxonomy, not a sampled cohort statistic, so there are no estimated percentages to misread. Rules can change; the full, current policy (per-track limits, detection, soft-breach lifecycle, appeals) lives on the Rules page. Released under CC BY 4.0 — cite as "WICK FUNDED account-disqualification ruleset (2026)".
FAQ
What is the most common reason a prop-firm account fails?
Drawdown breaches. On WICK FUNDED the two hard, instant-termination rules are exceeding the max daily drawdown (4–5% by track) or the static max overall drawdown (5–10%, fixed from the initial balance). Almost everything else is a soft breach that only warns you first.
What is the difference between a hard and a soft breach?
A hard breach terminates the account immediately (drawdown breaches, or accumulating 3 soft breaches). A soft breach — short hold time, news-blackout, Friday close, consistency edge, lot-size cap — voids the trade and logs a warning; three of the same kind (or five mixed) escalate to a hard breach.
How are breaches detected on WICK FUNDED?
All breaches are detected automatically by server-side rules plus a nightly audit, with an email notification within 60 seconds containing the trade ID, equity at trigger and the rule violated. Soft breaches are appealable within 7 days. See /rules for the full policy.