Evaluation Rulebook
Evaluation Rulebook
Clear rules are the foundation of a trustworthy simulated evaluation platform. Review performance targets, daily loss limits, maximum drawdown, trading restrictions, and reward eligibility before joining.
Funded-stage and reward eligibility are subject to rule completion, KYC, performance review, and approval. TradeIQ Capital does not provide investment advice, trade signals, copy trading, or assured returns.
Evaluation model
Why Evaluation Rules Matter
Evaluation rules protect the simulated environment and encourage disciplined trading. A proper evaluation checks whether the trader can meet performance standards while staying within defined risk limits.
The goal is not only to measure profit. The evaluation also reviews whether the trader can follow rules, control risk, maintain consistency, and avoid behaviour that creates unnecessary account risk. Traders should also review reward eligibility, pricing plans, and the prop firm challenge guide before starting.
Production Evaluation Rulebook
These sections explain how TradeIQ reviews simulated trading behaviour, risk discipline, prohibited conduct, and reward eligibility.
Evaluation environment
TradeIQ evaluations use virtual balances and simulated execution. Users do not receive broker access, exchange access, or client trading capital.
Eligible instruments
Allowed instruments are only those shown in the active Rulebook, platform instrument list, or challenge workspace.
Risk limits
Daily loss, total loss, max loss per trade, minimum days, exposure controls, and square-off rules are enforced according to the active plan.
Trading behaviour standards
TradeIQ reviews consistency, risk discipline, order behaviour, journal quality, and whether performance appears realistic for the simulated environment.
Prohibited conduct
Manipulation, identity mismatch, account sharing, bug exploitation, coordinated abuse, and platform circumvention can trigger rejection or suspension.
Breach consequences
Rule breaches may lead to rejection of reward requests, account reset, challenge termination, suspension, or permanent restriction from the platform.
Manual review
TradeIQ reserves the right to conduct manual and automated reviews before approving any reward request.
Reward eligibility
Reward requests require rule completion, no breach, KYC, fraud checks, risk review, tax/compliance checks, and manual approval.
Prohibited Conduct
Rule breaches may lead to rejection of reward requests, account reset, challenge termination, suspension, or permanent restriction from the platform. TradeIQ reserves the right to conduct manual and automated reviews before approving any reward request.
1 Step vs 2 Step Challenge Rule Comparison
Compare the core evaluation rules before choosing your preferred trader evaluation challenge path.
| Rule | 2 Step Challenge | 1 Step Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Target | 8% | 10% |
| Daily Trailing Drawdown | 5% | 5% |
| Overall Trailing Drawdown | 10% | 10% |
| Max Loss Per Trade | Step 1: Nil, Step 2: 5% | 5% |
| Minimum Trading/Active Days | 5 days | 6 days |
| Minimum Trade Holding Time | 30 seconds | 30 seconds |
| Max Account Duration Before Review | 90 days | 180 days |
| Review Required | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic Approval | No | No |
The 2 Step path is designed for traders who prefer a staged evaluation. The 1 Step path is designed for traders who want a shorter evaluation route with a higher performance target.
Evaluation rules explained with practical examples
These examples show how evaluation rules can affect a challenge even when a trader is profitable. The applicable account record and published rules control the final outcome.
Daily trailing drawdown breach example
If a plan allows 5% daily trailing drawdown, the trader must stop before the account uses that limit during the trading day. A later recovery does not undo a breach that already occurred.
Overall trailing drawdown example
If a plan allows 10% overall trailing drawdown, the trader must keep total drawdown usage below that threshold throughout the evaluation. The rule protects the account across the full challenge.
Max loss per trade example
If the active stage allows a 5% max loss per trade, one trade must not use more than that permitted risk. Oversized trades can fail review even when the trader later becomes profitable.
Minimum trading or active days example
A 2 Step challenge requires five trading days per stage, while the 1 Step path requires six active days. Reaching a performance target early does not remove the minimum-day requirement.
Minimum trade holding time example
Trades must remain open for at least 30 seconds. A trade closed sooner can violate the challenge conditions even when it is profitable.
What happens after a breach
A critical breach can cause challenge failure, disqualification, or loss of eligibility for funded-stage or reward review. Traders should monitor risk usage before placing another trade.
Rules that affect reward eligibility
Evaluation rules continue to matter when a trader requests reward review. Daily trailing drawdown, overall trailing drawdown, max loss per trade, trading-day requirements, holding time, account status, verification, and manual review can affect eligibility.
Where eligible and approved, the published approved reward share is 80% to the trader and 20% to TradeIQ Capital.
Reward approval is not automatic. Review the reward policy before starting an evaluation.
2 Step Prop Firm Challenge Rules
The 2 Step Challenge is a structured simulated evaluation path for traders who want to prove performance across two stages. Each stage checks whether the trader can meet the performance target while respecting drawdown limits and trade discipline rules.
Step 1 Rules
| Rule | Value |
|---|---|
| Performance Target | 8% |
| Daily Trailing Drawdown | 5% |
| Overall Trailing Drawdown | 10% |
| Max Loss Per Trade | Nil |
| Minimum Trading Days | 5 days |
| Minimum Trade Holding Time | 30 seconds |
| Max Account Duration Before Review | 90 days |
Step 2 Rules
| Rule | Value |
|---|---|
| Performance Target | 8% |
| Daily Trailing Drawdown | 5% |
| Overall Trailing Drawdown | 10% |
| Max Loss Per Trade | 5% |
| Minimum Trading Days | 5 days |
| Minimum Trade Holding Time | 30 seconds |
| Max Account Duration Before Review | 90 days |
2 Step Simulated Balances and Evaluation Fees
| Simulated Evaluation Balance | Evaluation Fee |
|---|---|
| ₹2,00,000 | ₹2,999 |
| ₹5,00,000 | ₹6,999 |
| ₹10,00,000 | ₹10,999 |
| Funded-stage review: ₹5L to ₹15L | ₹7,999 |
1 Step Prop Firm Challenge Rules
The 1 Step Challenge is a shorter trader evaluation path for users who want a direct assessment route. It has a higher performance target than the 2 Step Challenge and requires disciplined risk management from the beginning.
1 Step Rules
| Rule | Value |
|---|---|
| Performance Target | 10% |
| Daily Trailing Drawdown | 5% |
| Overall Trailing Drawdown | 10% |
| Max Loss Per Trade | 5% |
| Minimum Active Days | 6 days |
| Minimum Trade Holding Time | 30 seconds |
| Maximum Account Duration Before Review | 180 days |
1 Step Simulated Balances and Evaluation Fees
| Simulated Evaluation Balance | Evaluation Fee |
|---|---|
| ₹2,00,000 | ₹4,499 |
| ₹5,00,000 | ₹8,499 |
| ₹10,00,000 | ₹12,499 |
| Funded-stage review: ₹5L to ₹15L | ₹9,999 |
Understanding the Evaluation Rules
Each rule is designed to assess discipline, risk control, and consistency rather than profit alone.
Performance Target
The performance target is the percentage return a trader must reach during the evaluation. A trader must achieve the performance target while also respecting all risk and drawdown rules.
Daily Trailing Drawdown
Daily trailing drawdown is the maximum permitted loss usage within a trading day. Breaching the daily drawdown rule may result in challenge failure even if the account later recovers.
Overall Trailing Drawdown
Overall trailing drawdown is the maximum total drawdown allowed during the evaluation. This rule is used to assess whether the trader can protect capital over the full challenge period.
Max Loss Per Trade
Max loss per trade limits how much risk a trader can take on a single trade. This helps prevent oversized trades and encourages disciplined position sizing.
Minimum Trading Days or Active Days
Minimum trading days or active days help assess consistency. A trader must participate across the required number of days before becoming eligible for review.
Minimum Trade Holding Time
The minimum trade holding time is 30 seconds. This rule helps prevent unrealistic trade behaviour and encourages cleaner evaluation data.
Max Account Duration Before Review
The maximum account duration defines how long a trader has to complete the evaluation before funded-stage or reward review.
Risk controls
What Can Cause a Challenge to Fail?
A TradeIQ Capital evaluation may fail if the trader breaches risk limits, violates platform rules, manipulates trade entries, or fails to meet the required evaluation conditions.
What Happens After Passing?
Passing an evaluation challenge may make a trader eligible for funded-stage or reward review. Approval is not automatic. TradeIQ Capital reviews performance quality, rule compliance, KYC, risk behaviour, consistency, account status, and internal approval requirements before any review decision.
Compliance-Safe Disclaimer
TradeIQ Capital is a trader evaluation and proprietary trading assessment platform. It does not provide investment advice, trade signals, buy/sell recommendations, research recommendations, copy trading, or assured returns. Evaluation accounts use virtual balances. Funded-stage and reward eligibility are subject to rule completion, KYC, performance review, and approval.
Evaluation Rules FAQ
Straight answers about TradeIQ Capital challenge rules and funded-stage or reward review.
TradeIQ Capital challenge rules include performance targets, daily trailing drawdown limits, overall trailing drawdown limits, minimum trading or active days, minimum trade holding time, and max account duration. The exact rules depend on whether the trader chooses a 1 Step, 2 Step, or funded-stage review path.
TradeIQ Capital is built as a simulated trader evaluation platform for traders looking for structured rule-based challenges in India. Funded-stage or reward eligibility depends on challenge completion, rule compliance, KYC, review, and approval.
The 1 Step Challenge is shorter but has a higher 10% performance target. The 2 Step Challenge has two stages with an 8% performance target in each stage. The better option depends on the trader's style, discipline, and preferred evaluation path.
No. Passing a challenge makes the trader eligible for review only. Final approval depends on performance metrics, risk behaviour, rule compliance, KYC, and internal review.
Funded-stage review is a performance-based review path where any final review range depends on the trader's performance, KYC, rule verification, and risk review.
Reward eligibility can be affected by daily and overall drawdown, maximum loss per trade, trading-day requirements, holding time, account review, KYC, and verification. Where eligible and approved, the published reward share is 80% to the trader and 20% to TradeIQ Capital.
No. A later recovery does not automatically reverse a rule breach. The account can still fail or become ineligible for review according to the applicable challenge rules.
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