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A Comprehensive Guide on Regular and Swing Account Types
A Comprehensive Guide on Regular and Swing Account Types

Regular vs. Swing Account Types: Understanding the Key Differences

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Introduction

At TFT, we offer two distinct account types for our Standard, Rapid and Dragon Challenges: Regular and Swing. Each type is tailored with unique characteristics. Let's delve into the details of each account type below to distinguish the primary differences between them.

Leverage

In the following table, we've outlined the leverage distinctions between Regular and Swing accounts.

Challenge Type

Account type

Phase

Forex

Gold & Commodities

Indices

Crypto

Standard Challenge

Regular

Challenge

1:200

1:40

1:20

1:2

Regular

Simulated Funded

1:100

1:40

1:20

1:1

Swing

Challenge

1:60

1:20

1:5

1:1

Swing

Simulated Funded

1:30

1:10

1:5

1:1

Rapid Challenge

Regular

Challenge

1:100

1:40

1:20

1:2

Regular

Simulated Funded

1:100

1:40

1:20

1:1

Swing

Challenge

1:30

1:10

1:5

1:1

Swing

Simulated Funded

1:30

1:10

1:5

1:1

Dragon Challenge

Regular

Challenge

1:100

1:40

1:20

1:2

Regular

Simulated Funded

1:100

1:40

1:20

1:1

Swing

Challenge

1:30

1:10

1:5

1:1

Swing

Simulated Funded

1:30

1:10

1:5

1:1

For a comprehensive overview of leverage across all challenge options, kindly refer to this article.


News Trading

In the following table, we've outlined the news trading distinctions between Regular and Swing accounts.

Account Type

News Trading Allowed

Regular Standard Challenge Account

Phase I & Phase II: Yes
Simulated Funded: No

Swing Standard Challenge Account

Phase I & Phase II: Yes
Simulated Funded: Yes

Regular Rapid Challenge Account

Phase I & Phase II: Yes
Simulated Funded: No

Swing Rapid Challenge Account

Phase I & Phase II: Yes
Simulated Funded: Yes

Regular Dragon Challenge Account

Phase I, Phase II & Phase III: Yes
Simulated Funded: No

Swing Dragon Challenge Account

Phase I, Phase II & Phase III: Yes
Simulated Funded: Yes

Customers are allowed to trade news on any swing account types however, if news trading is conducted on accounts where it's prohibited then you will be issued a maximum of 2 warnings (soft breaches) - both of which will result in the deduction of any simulated profits made from trades executed within the restricted 4-minute window.

For a comprehensive overview of news trading across all challenge options, kindly refer to this article


Account Permissions: Holding Trades Over the Weekend & Overnight

Challenge Type

Allowed to Trade Over Weekend

Allowed to Hold Trades Overnight (Mon-Fri)

Standard Challenge

Swing Account

Regular & Swing

Rapid Challenge

Swing Account

Regular & Swing

Royal Challenge

Yes

Yes

Knight Challenge

Yes

Yes

Dragon Challenge

Swing Account

Swing

For a comprehensive overview of simulated trading over the weekend or overnight across all challenge options, kindly refer to this article.


Lot Size Limits

  • There are no lot size limits during any phase of our programs. We do not add any extra limits on top of what the broker allows.

  • Please review the max lot limit provided by the broker on this sheet.

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