How FFUNDED Warnings and Breaches Actually Work
Two things can happen when you break a rule at FFUNDED, and which one it is depends only on the type of rule. There is no discretion applied at the moment of enforcement and no compliance officer deciding your case in real time. Knowing which category a rule sits in tells you exactly how much room for error you have.
The three categories
Hard risk rules act instantly with no warning. Daily Loss and Maximum Loss are the only two. Breaching either closes your open positions, disables trading and ends the stage or the account immediately. There is no warning step because the limit itself is the warning: it sits on your dashboard with your own figures, updating every second you have a position open.
Automatic two warning rules give you one crossing before a breach. Maximum Floating Loss per Trade, Maximum Total Exposure and Margin Usage work this way. The first crossing is a formal warning and the account keeps trading. A second crossing on that same rule breaches it. No human is involved at any point, and all three limits are shown on your dashboard with your own numbers.
Compliance rules follow a warning then breach process. Everything in the Compliance and Fair Trading section works this way: the first confirmed violation warns, a repeated confirmed violation breaches.
The published thresholds on the two warning rules
These are the three rules that give you a second chance, so they are worth knowing precisely.
| Rule | The limit |
|---|---|
| Max. floating loss per trade | 1.5% of starting balance on Instant, 2% on every other plan |
| Max. total exposure | Varies by account size, from 4000% of balance at $5,000 down to 1000% at $200,000 and above |
| Margin usage | Used margin at or above 90% of equity, held there for 5 minutes or more without a break |
Two details save accounts here. Reaching the floating loss figure is the event, so a position sitting exactly at 2% of starting balance in unrealised loss has reached the limit. And on margin usage, a brief spike over 90% that comes back down inside five minutes is not counted at all.
What "confirmed" is doing on compliance rules
Compliance rules require a confirmed violation, and that word is load bearing. A single ambiguous event is not treated as a violation, and no account is breached for one mistake.
Where a rule measures more than one pattern, as the execution rules do, each pattern counts on its own. One pattern is the warning, a second pattern is the breach, whether the two fire in the same moment or weeks apart.
Serious abuse is the exception to all of this. Fraud, identity abuse and coordinated activity across accounts can end an account, and any account connected to it, immediately and without a warning step.
Warnings carry, progress does not
This is the detail most traders miss. Warnings are recorded against the account and they carry over. A Challenge Reset restarts your progress, never your record, so a warning already taken still counts afterwards. Buying a reset does not buy a clean sheet.
One count does clear on its own. On Margin Usage, the count clears after 30 days without an occurrence. The same 30 day clearing applies to VPN detections, where the first detection is recorded, the second issues a formal warning and the third breaches the account.
What you are told when something fires
When an account breaches, open positions are closed, trading is disabled and the account stops. You are told which rule was broken, by name, on your dashboard, in a notification and by email. If a decision is taken on your account you are always told which rule it relates to, along with the figure that was reached.
Appeals go through the Complaints Policy. Include your account number and the trades or period you are asking about, and the recorded activity is reviewed against the rule that was applied.
Using the categories to plan
The practical takeaway is to treat the two hard risk rules as absolute and everything else as a budget you should never spend. You have exactly zero warnings on Daily Loss and Maximum Loss, so those need a personal buffer inside them rather than precision trading up to the line. On exposure, floating loss and margin usage you have one warning, which is enough to learn a lesson but not enough to build a habit on.
Every rule and every value is published in full in the trading rules, and the FFUNDED rules explainer walks the same ground in plain English.
Frequently asked questions
Does FFUNDED breach an account without warning?
Only on the two hard risk rules, Daily Loss and Maximum Loss, where the published limit itself is the warning and it updates live on your dashboard. Every other rule allows one formal warning before a breach. Fraud and coordinated abuse are the exception and can end an account immediately.
Does a Challenge Reset clear my warnings?
No. A reset restarts your progress but never your record, so any warning already taken still counts against the account afterwards. The only counts that clear on their own are Margin Usage and VPN detection, both of which clear after 30 days without a new occurrence.
How many warnings do I get before an account breaches?
One, on the rules that carry a warning step. The first crossing warns and the account keeps trading; the second crossing on that same rule breaches it. Where a rule measures several distinct patterns, each pattern counts separately toward that total.
Will I be told which rule I broke?
Yes, by name. You are notified on your dashboard, in a notification and by email, and the figure that was reached is included. Appeals run through the Complaints Policy using your account number and the relevant trades.
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