runtiler

The rulebook.

Every rule on Runtiler, in plain words.

Your challenge

Each challenge sets these numbers. They are on its Rules tab before you buy, and never change after.

Account size

$5K to $200K, simulated

The simulated balance you start with, from $5K to $200K.

Sizes
$5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
The money
Simulated: you never risk more than the price
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Profit target

1% to 20% a step, up to 3 steps

Reach it, with nothing open, to pass the step. Each step starts again at the full size. Instant challenges have none.

Reach the target with nothing open. Each step starts again at the full size.
Range
1% to 20% a step, up to 3 steps
Judged on
Your balance, with nothing open
Example

$25,000 at 8%: you pass once your balance is $27,000 with nothing open.

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Max loss

2% to 20%, fixed or trailing

Your equity can never go below the floor; touching it ends the account. The floor is fixed or trails your account’s high, and a trailing floor can stop rising at the start.

The floor never moves: the start minus the max loss.

The floor moves up once a day, at 00:00 UTC, with your best balance.

The floor moves up the moment your equity reaches a new high.

Range
2% to 20% of the size
Kinds
Fixed, trails at end of day, or trails live
Judged on
Equity, every moment
Example

$25,000 with a fixed 8%: the floor is $23,000. Equity touching it ends the account.

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Daily loss

0.5% to 10%, from 00:00 UTC

The most you can lose in one day, counted from the higher of your balance and equity at 00:00 UTC. Hitting it ends the account or pauses it until 00:00 UTC, as the challenge says.

Counted from the higher of your balance and equity at 00:00 UTC. Open losses count. The challenge says whether hitting it ends the account or pauses it.
Range
0.5% to 10% of the size
Counted from
The higher of balance and equity at 00:00 UTC
When hit
Ends the account, or pauses it until 00:00 UTC
Example

You start the day at $26,000 with 4% of $25,000: the line is $25,000 for today.

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Trading days

0 to 20 days

Trade on at least this many different days to pass. A day counts with one fill; some challenges count only days closed in profit.

Range
0 to 20 days
A day counts
With one fill that day
Profit days
Some count only days closed up 0.25% to 2% of the size
Example

3 days: trading Monday, Wednesday and Friday is enough.

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Time limit

30, 60 or 90 days a step, or none

Pass each step within this many days, or the account ends at 00:00 UTC. Some challenges have none.

Range
30, 60 or 90 days a step, or none
Counted
From the step's start, in UTC days
When it runs out
The account ends at 00:00 UTC
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Consistency

Best day at most 20%, 30%, 40% or 50% of the profit

Your best day can be at most this share of your profit, to pass, to claim, or both.

Best day $700 of $2,400 profit is 29%, under a 40% cap.
Range
20%, 30%, 40% or 50%
Applies to
Passing, claiming, or both
Best day
Your biggest gain in one UTC day
Example

$2,000 profit at 40%: your best day can be at most $800.

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Account type

Standard or Raw

Standard: the spread only. Raw: a tighter spread, plus a commission per trade.

Standard
The spread only
Raw
A tighter spread, plus a commission per trade
Everything else
The same rules
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Reward split

50% to 100% of the gain

Once funded, you keep this share of every gain above the starting size, from 50% to 100%.

Range
50% to 100%
Applies to
Gain above the starting size
Example

A $1,000 gain at 80%: your reward is $800.

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Claim window

Any time, or every 7 or 14 days

How often you can claim: any time, weekly, or every 2 weeks.

Options
Any time, every 7 days, every 14 days
Counted from
Being funded, then your last claim
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Minimum claim

$0 to $1,000

Your reward has to reach this before you can claim it.

Range
$0 to $1,000
Example

A $100 minimum: a reward of $80 waits until it grows.

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Fee back

The price, with your first reward

If the challenge has it, the price you paid comes back with your first reward.

When
With your first reward
Amount
The price you paid
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Trading

The same on every challenge.

The trading day

00:00 to 00:00 UTC

Every day runs from 00:00 to 00:00 UTC. Daily loss, trading days, overnight fees and time limits all count by it.

Daily loss, trading days, overnight fees and time limits all count by this day, in UTC.
Starts
00:00 UTC, every day
Counts
Daily loss, trading days, overnight fees, time limits
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Equity counts, live

Open trades count, on every price

Limits are judged on equity: your balance plus the profit or loss of open trades, every moment.

Equity
Balance plus the profit or loss of open trades
Checked
On every price
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When a limit is hit

Everything closes at the live price

Every open position closes at the live price, and every pending order is cancelled.

Positions
Closed at the live price
Orders
Cancelled
A closed market
When an account ends, its position closes at the last price. On a pause, at its first price when it reopens.
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Passing a step

The target, with nothing open

You pass only when flat: at or above the target, nothing open, every other rule met.

Needs
The target, nothing open, every other rule met
Orders
Cancelled when you pass
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One position per market

Never two in one market

A trade the other way reduces, closes or turns it around. You cannot hedge inside one account.

Netting
One position per market, never two
Example

Long 1 lot of BTC, then sell 1.5: you are short 0.5.

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Leverage and margin

Per market; stop-out at 50%

Set per market, and listed in the Help Center. At a 50% margin level, your biggest losing position closes.

Set
Per market, listed in the Help Center
Stop-out
At a 50% margin level, the biggest losing position closes, one at a time
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Overnight fee

At 00:00 UTC; a weekend counts as 3

A position open at 00:00 UTC pays a small fee for each night. A weekend counts as three.

Charged
At 00:00 UTC, per open position
Weekend
Counts as three nights
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Weekends and news

Both allowed

Holding over the weekend and trading the news are allowed.

Holding over the weekend
Allowed
Trading the news
Allowed
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Closed markets

Gaps fill at the reopen

Positions stay open at the last price. At the reopen, gaps fill at the first price, and a gap past your max loss ends the account.

While closed
Positions stay at the last price
At the reopen
Gaps fill at the first price
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Trading costs

Spread, commission on Raw, overnight fee

The spread, the commission on Raw, and the overnight fee all come out of your balance.

Spread
Every trade
Commission
Raw accounts only
Overnight fee
Positions held past 00:00 UTC
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Getting paid

The same on every challenge.

How to claim

Funded, nothing open, above the size

With nothing open, claim the whole reward at once. One claim at a time.

Needs
Funded, nothing open, a gain above the size
Also
The window open, the minimum reached, consistency met
At a time
One claim
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After a claim

Back to the starting size

Your share of the gain is paid, and the account starts again at its starting size.

Your share of the gain above the size is paid, and the account starts again at the size.
The account
Back to its starting size
Orders
Cancelled
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How claims are paid

In USDC, to your wallet

Every claim is checked. A clean one is paid at once, in USDC, to your Runtiler wallet. A flagged one waits for a person to decide.

Paid in
USDC, to your Runtiler wallet
A clean claim
Paid at once
A flagged claim
A person decides
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Refunds

In full, until your first trade

The full price back, any time before your first trade on that account. Email support with the account number.

Until
Your first trade on that account
How
Email support with the account number
Paid
The full price, to your wallet
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Making challenges

For everyone who publishes a challenge.

Publishing

On your profile, priced from its rules

Make a challenge and publish it on your profile. Anyone can then buy it.

Where
Your profile
The price
Set from its rules
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Names

No copies, nothing misleading

A name must not copy another challenge or mislead. Duplicates are refused.

Refused
Copies of another challenge, and misleading names
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Your share of each sale

10% to 20% of each sale

You earn a share of the price each buyer paid, payable once they make their first trade, or once their account has ended and had no activity for 7 days. A refund to the buyer cancels it.

Share
10% from the first sale, 15% from 100 sales; Partners by agreement, up to 20%
Paid
When the buyer first trades, or 7 days after their account ends
A refund
Cancels that share
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Your own purchases

No share

Buying your own challenge earns you no share.

Share
None
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How shares are paid

In USDC, to your wallet

In USDC, to your Runtiler wallet.

Paid in
USDC, to your Runtiler wallet
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Taken off sale

Buyers keep their accounts

We may take a challenge off sale. People who already bought it keep their accounts.

Buyers
Keep their accounts and their rules
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Fair play

The same on every challenge.

Copy or hedge trading

Not allowed

Trading like another account, or against it, at the same times, isn't allowed. A claim with it is held for a person to review; if they confirm it, the claim isn't paid and every account in the flag ends. Your own accounts count too.

Checked
On every claim
Result
Held for a person to review; if confirmed, the claim isn't paid and every flagged account ends
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Price-lag trades

Not allowed

When more than half of a claim's profit comes from trades opened on a price more than a second old, the claim is held for a person to review. If they confirm it, the claim isn't paid.

The line
A price more than one second old
Result
Held for a review; if confirmed, the claim isn't paid
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Exploiting a bug

Not allowed

Using a bug or a wrong price gets the claim rejected. A trade filled at a clearly wrong price may be fixed or cancelled.

Result
The claim is rejected
A clearly wrong price
The trade may be fixed or cancelled
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What ends an account

A rule, a refund or a rejected claim

Hitting a rule, a refund, a rejected claim, or a reversed card payment. If we close a challenge, you get 14 days' notice and what you can claim is paid.

Rules
Max loss, daily loss when it ends, the time limit
Other
A refund, a rejected claim, a reversed card payment
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No expiry

A funded account never expires

A funded account never expires for being inactive.

Funded accounts
No inactivity limit
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