Frequently Asked Questions

General

How is drawdown calculated?

Our drawdowns are calculated as a static value off the beginning capital deposited into your trading accounts and evaluations.

Spread and Commissions

We are partnered with Eightcap as our broker to offer industry leading spreads and commissions for traders. To understand their account offering that we use see here: https://www.eightcap.com/en/trading/trading-conditions/spreads/

Where can I download your trading platform?

Here:
https://www.eightcap.com/en/platforms/metatrader-4/

How often can I withdraw?

Once you become a live funded trader, you must trade with us for at least 30 days for your first payout, and after that we can payout bi-weekly.

How can I withdraw my live profits?

To request a withdrawal, please go to your dashboard and select the Withdrawal/ Profit Share option to request a withdrawal. 

Once you send your request, our payments team will verify if you meet the eligible criteria to make a withdrawal, if so they will process the payout either via Cryptocurrency or Bank Transfer. 

Please notice that once you create a Funded account, you will be required to sign the Independent Contractor Agreement and fill out the Payment Method form, where you will provide your preferred payment method to process your future requests.

Can I withdraw evaluation profits?

The purpose of the evaluation is for us to make sure that you are a consistent trader without any capital risk. As our evaluation is set up to test your trading without risking capital, you cannot withdraw profits on this phase.

Is there an age requirement to get funded?

Yes, the minimum age to participate in all of our programs is 18 years of age or older.

How fast will I receive my challenge account after signing up?

Upon receiving your confirmation of successful payment, you will receive your Trading Platform and Dashboard credentials within 5 minutes.

How many accounts can I trade with at any given time?

We allow for three evaluations to be taken at once with a total funding amount of up to $1,000,000.

Why don't you offer instant funding?

We believe in giving our traders the fairest deal possible. Ultimately no one would invest in anything if they were not able to know what the outcome may be, and many prop firms that offer instant funding only do so to take your evaluation fee and let you trade on a demo. M Solutions only wants to put in money in proven and trusted traders that we work with and see pass their evaluation. This is what will build our prop trading fund over the long term instead of trying to earn some fast dollars on an instant demo account.

Do I have a time limit to place a trade before my account becomes inactive?

Yes. If no trade is placed on your trading account within 25 days, your account will be disabled.

How does your consistency rule work?

We apply a profit consistency rule to manage risk on your funded account. No single trade can account for 50% or more of your total Required Return or total Target Return. For example, if a trader has a total profit of $5,000 he cannot have a single trade with a profit of more than $2,500 which is more than 50% of his total profit.

Note this rule is not a hard breach, and will only result in any inconsistent trades being removed from account.

Is hedging allowed?

Yes, however, we do not permit hedging between accounts. Also note if your account is flagged as using multiple IP addresses or  VPS from multiple locations this will be considered a breach in the funded stage.

Is copy trading allowed?

We are on the lookout for talented trading individuals and as such do not regard trade copying someone’s direct trading activity and as such is not permitted.

Does my account have to be in my name?

Yes, as we are on the lookout for individual traders and often make payouts to a bank account for our live traders. As such accounts must be created in your own name. 

Do I pay tax on my trade earnings?

We classify our live traders as independent contractors. As such you invoice M Solutions for your earnings and must report this yourself to your relevant tax authority.

How do you define News Trading?

We define News Trading as any trade placed 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after any major high impact news event as determined by our risk team.

 

You can open a new trade 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after the high impact news if you held it during the news events (apply for Funded accounts only).

Can I merge my accounts with you?

We do not allow for account merging due to risk management and tracking purposes. You can however have up to three challenges at one time totalling a maximum of USD 1M in funding.

Which platforms can I use for my trading?

Trade with ASIC regulated Eightcap’s platform.

Can I share my trading account's password?

As we are evaluating the trading of individuals you are solely responsible for your account login details. If you share account passwords with others it will violate our terms and conditions and as such it is not permitted.

How long does it take to become a live trader once I pass the evaluation?

Instantly. Once you pass the evaluation, you can follow the prompts in your Evaluation pass email and get your live funded account right away. 

Are there a minimum amount of trading days?
Yes,
Single phase HFT challenges
Has 7 trading days in the evaluation stage and 10 minimum trading days in the funded stage (after second payout).
 
Two phase Non HFT challenges
Has 5 minimum trading days in the evaluation and non minimum trading days in the funded stage.
Can I use EA's?

Yes, you can use EA as long as they are NOT used in the following ways:

– Copy trading of other persons’ signals

– Tick scalping

– Latency arbitrage trading

– Reverse arbitrage trading

– Hedge arbitrage trading

– And/or any use of emulators

– Using same strategy and/or set files of other party

In the evaluation phase if these types of trading are used, the account will not receive a challenge refund (refund is only applicable for 2 step challenges) and will be reviewed with the possibility of being banned. 

Accounts using these types of EAs will be flagged and reviewed by M Solutions Forex Funds management.

What is volume consistency?
We use volume consistency to ensure Funded Accounts maintain adequate risk management only on our Single phase HFT challenges, to calculate this we add all trades and divide the result with the total number of trades (excluding cancelled and pending orders). This will give you an average lot size, furthermore we:
Multiply the average lot size by 0.25 to define the bottom of range
Multiple the average lot size by 2.00 to define the top of the range
Everything that falls outside this two tops are considered inconsistent
For example, total lot size: 21.42
total trades: 16
average size: 1.33875 lots
Bottom of range: 0.33
Top of range: 2.67
 
Note this rule is not a hard breach, and will only result in any inconsistent trades being removed from account.
 
Trades are aggregated when placed within a 30 second window into one position for both profit and volume consistency.
Are HFT Bots allowed on your platform?
Yes, we allow the use of High-Frequency Trading (HFT) bots in our Single phase HFT challenges
However, we don’t allow High-Frequency Trading (HFT) bots in our Two phase Non HFT challenges

Challenge FAQs

HFT Challenges

Profit Target

10% on the Evaluation Phase (1st and only Phase)

Minimum Trading Days

The minimum trading days on the evaluation stage is 7 days. TheTrading days are detected on the date you close a trade. Even if you open one trade on one date and close it on another this will not be treated as multiple trading days

Assessment Period

The duration for all challenges would be unlimited

Free Repeat

Free repeat will not be granted under any conditions

Hedging

Hedging means opening two trades in opposite directions with the same volume on the same instrument and it is allowed in a single account. However, if you open a position in one account and in another account a position in the opposite direction, this would be a violation of our rules.

High Frequency Trading

For the Single Phase High Frequency Trading is allowed, however, please note that the following strategies would can still be a violation of our rules:

– Copy trading of other persons’ signals

– Tick scalping

– Latency arbitrage trading

– Reverse arbitrage trading

– Hedge arbitrage trading

– And/or any use of emulators

– Using same strategy and/or set files of other party

Max Daily Drawdown

The maximum drawdown for one day would be 5% of the initial balance and highest recorded equity for the day thereafter.

Max Total Drawdown

The maximum total drawdown you can have an account will 10% of the initial balance. This rules is impacted only if the equity drops below the initial balance.

Profit Split

The profit split on this challenge in the funded stage will be up to 75% in the trader’s benefit.

Is HFT allowed?

Yes, only for one challenge stage.

What is profit consistency rule?

We apply a profit consistency rule to manage risk on your funded account. No single trade can account for 50% or more of your total Required Return or total Target Return. For example, if a trader has a total profit of $5,000 he cannot have a single trade with a profit of more than $2,500 which is more than 50% of his total profit.

What is Volume Consistency?

We use volume consistency to ensure Funded Accounts maintain adequate risk management, to calculate this we add all trades and divide the result with the total number of trades (excluding cancelled and pending orders). This will give you an average lot size, furthermore we:

Multiply the average lot size by 0.25 to define the bottom of range

Multiple the average lot size by 2.00 to define the top of the range

Everything that falls outside this two tops are considered inconsistent

For example, total lot size: 21.42

total trades: 16

average size: 1.33875 lots

Bottom of range: 0.33

Top of range: 2.67

Note this rule is not a hard breach, and will only result in any inconsistent trades being removed from account.

30 SECONDS RULE

Trades are aggregated when placed within a 30 second window into one position for both profit and volume consistency.

for example if i place 1 lot buy at 05:45:00 seconds

Placing another 1 lot buy at 05:45:15 will apply the rule

the trades will be calculated as 1 buy, 2 lots

High Impact News Trading

During challenge phase you’re not allowed to trade news

During Funded stage you can close positions during news, but you can’t open any new trade 5 minutes before and after a high impact news that affects the pair you trade

(the one considered 3 stars, 3 bulls) on economic calendars

Refund on first withdrawal

In this Challenge type refund on first withdrawal is not allowed.

Non - HFT Challenges

Profit Target

8% on the evaluation (1st Phase) and 5% on the verification (2nd Phase)

Minimum Trading Days

Minimum Trading days are detected on the date you close a trade. Even if you open one trade on one date and close it on another this will not be treated as multiple trading days

Assessment Period

The duration for all challenges would be unlimited.

Free Repeat

Free repeat will not be granted under any conditions

High Frequency Trading

High Frequency Trading is not allowed for the two-phase challenge as well as in the funded stage of this challenge.

Max Daily Drawdown

The maximum drawdown for one day would be 5% of the initial balance and highest recorded equity for the day thereafter.

Max Total Drawdown

The maximum total drawdown you can have an account will 10% of the initial balance. This rules is impacted only if the equity drops below the initial balance.

Profit Split

The profit split on this challenge in the funded stage will be up to 90% in the trader’s benefit.

Consistency Rules: No consistency rules

-For this challenge type there are no Consistency Rules that will be checked or to be followed on the trader’s side.

High Impact News Trading

During Phase 1 and  Phase 2 challenges you’re not allowed to trade news, However in the funded stage you can hold during news but you cannot open a new trade or close a position during the 3 minutes before and after a high impact news. That means that a tp/sl, hit or a new trade opened during that window will be considered a soft breach.

Holding Positions during the weekend

Yes, our program allows for the weekend and overnight holding of trades.

Minimum Trading Days in Funded Stage

There will be a minimum of 5 trading days

Mandatory Stop Loss and Take Profit

You must enter a realistic stop loss (stop loss must not be bigger than the DD limitations) this needs to be done in the next 2 minutes after a trade has been open

Refund on First Withdrawal

Permitted on the first payout.

Can I use this strategy?

Provided that your trading conforms to the real market conditions and is legitimate. There aren’t going to be restrictions to your trading strategy, whether it’s discretionary trading, hedging, algorithmic trading.

If someone has a TP or SL and is triggered in the news is it against the rules?

Yes it will be a soft breach and trade will be deleted.

Risk Warning: The trades and trading strategies executed on M Solutions are done 

Risk warning: The trades and trading strategies executed on M Solutions are done so in a simulated trading environment. The simulated trading environment extracts and replicates data from a live environment and involves simulated trading using representative sums only (and any profits or losses are also representative only). Forex and CFDs are leveraged products which mean both gains and losses are magnified when traded in a live environment. You should only trade in these products in a live environment if you fully understand the risks involved and can afford losses without adversely affecting your lifestyle (including the risk of losing the entirety of your initial investment). Margin trading involves a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. You should carefully consider your objectives, financial situation, needs and level of experience before entering into any margined transactions in a live environment, and seek independent advice if necessary. You should only trade in a live environment with a duly licensed and authorised provider. The information on this website does not constitute general, personal or financial advice of any kind. It doesn’t take into consideration personal objectives, financial circumstances, or needs. It is not targeted at the general public of any specific country and is not intended for distribution to residents in any jurisdiction where that distribution would be unlawful or contravenes regulatory requirements.