At TheFloor8, we encourage traders to trade naturally and according to their strategy. We do not require every individual position to remain open for a minimum amount of time.
However, trading positions for three minutes or less must not form a repeated trading strategy or a primary source of account profitability.
Trades of 3 Minutes or Less
We understand that legitimate market conditions may occasionally require a trader to close a position quickly. For example, a trader may exit because of:
Sudden market volatility
Risk management
An invalidated setup
An execution mistake
Rapidly changing market conditions
An occasional trade closed within three minutes will therefore not automatically constitute a violation.
However, repeated short-duration trading may trigger a risk review.
What May Trigger a Review?
TF8 may review an account when we identify patterns such as:
Repeated positions opened and closed within three minutes
Very short-duration trades being used as a core trading strategy
A significant portion of account profits being generated from trades lasting three minutes or less
Repeated large-position trades targeting very small or brief market movements
Tick scalping or high-frequency-style execution
Trading patterns designed to exploit latency, price-feed discrepancies, execution delays, or simulated trading conditions
Primary Source of Profitability;
Trades lasting three minutes or less must not become the trader's primary method of generating profits.
TF8 evaluates the overall trading pattern rather than automatically penalizing a trader because of a single short-duration trade.
If a risk review determines that short-duration trading represents a systematic strategy or the primary source of the account's profitability, profits generated from such activity may be considered ineligible.
Depending on the severity and frequency of the activity, TF8 may:
Exclude affected profits from payout calculations
Recalculate consistency or other applicable trading metrics using eligible trading activity
Reject a payout request
Restrict or terminate the account in cases of repeated or serious violations
Example;
Acceptable:
A trader completes 60 trades during a trading period. Two positions are closed within three minutes because market conditions changed unexpectedly. The trader's profitability primarily comes from normal-duration trades.
Subject to review:
A trader completes 90 trades, with 20–25 positions lasting less than three minutes, and those short-duration trades generate the majority of the account's net profits.
In this situation, short-duration trading has become a material part of the trader's strategy and primary source of profitability, and the account may be subject to review.
The Principle;
Occasional short trades are acceptable. Systematic short-duration trading for the purpose of generating a material or primary portion of account profits is not.
TF8's objective is not to penalize legitimate traders for closing a position quickly. The policy exists to prevent trading practices that rely primarily on ultra-short-term execution or characteristics of the simulated trading environment.
Still unsure?
If you’re not certain whether your current strategy aligns with this policy, feel free to reach out to our team via live chat or email [email protected]. We’re happy to clarify before it becomes an issue.
