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
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.
- Range
- 1% to 20% a step, up to 3 steps
- Judged on
- Your balance, with nothing open
$25,000 at 8%: you pass once your balance is $27,000 with nothing open.
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
$25,000 with a fixed 8%: the floor is $23,000. Equity touching it ends the account.
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.
- 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
You start the day at $26,000 with 4% of $25,000: the line is $25,000 for today.
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
3 days: trading Monday, Wednesday and Friday is enough.
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
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.
- Range
- 20%, 30%, 40% or 50%
- Applies to
- Passing, claiming, or both
- Best day
- Your biggest gain in one UTC day
$2,000 profit at 40%: your best day can be at most $800.
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
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
A $1,000 gain at 80%: your reward is $800.
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
Minimum claim
$0 to $1,000
Your reward has to reach this before you can claim it.
- Range
- $0 to $1,000
A $100 minimum: a reward of $80 waits until it grows.
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
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.
- Starts
- 00:00 UTC, every day
- Counts
- Daily loss, trading days, overnight fees, time limits
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
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.
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
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
Long 1 lot of BTC, then sell 1.5: you are short 0.5.
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
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
Weekends and news
Both allowed
Holding over the weekend and trading the news are allowed.
- Holding over the weekend
- Allowed
- Trading the news
- Allowed
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
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
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
After a claim
Back to the starting size
Your share of the gain is paid, and the account starts again at its starting size.
- The account
- Back to its starting size
- Orders
- Cancelled
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
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
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
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
Your own purchases
No share
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
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
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
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
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
No expiry
A funded account never expires
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