Frequently Asked Questions
Signing up for a funded account at Accelerated Prop Group is a straightforward process designed to get you started on your trading journey quickly. Follow these steps to begin:
Signing up for a funded account at Accelerated Prop Group gives you the opportunity to trade with our capital and share in the profits. Take the first step towards becoming a funded trader by following the above steps and embark on a rewarding trading experience with us.
Accelerated Prop Group is a proprietary trading firm that provides funded accounts to traders. We offer the opportunity for skilled traders to trade with our capital and share in the profits.
The funding process involves three main steps: application, evaluation, and allocation. Traders must purchase a funded account, follow the rules and pass the phases, and upon successfully passing the phases, receive the live account with their chosen account size.
Trading with a funded account allows traders to access higher capital levels than they might have on their own. It also provides an opportunity to earn a share of the profits without risking personal funds.
We support MetaTrader 5 and offer access to a wide range of financial instruments, including stocks, forex, commodities, indices & Crypto.
To qualify for a funded account, traders must demonstrate a consistent and profitable trading strategy during the evaluation phase along with follwoing all the rules set. To maintain the account, traders must adhere to our risk management guidelines and performance targets.
Yes, there is an cost for the evaluation & Accelerated challenges. However, there are no additional charges for receiving the funded account or accessing our trading resources.
The capital amount will depend based on the account size you purchased.
Yes, traders can withdraw profits from their funded accounts, following the withdrawal guidelines and policies set by Accelerated Prop Group. Please refer to our terms and conditions.
Yes, we offer educational resources, mentoring, and support to help traders improve their skills and performance.
If a trader breaches any rules set by Accelerted Prop Group or fails to meet performance targets, the acconut will be forfeited.
We welcome a wide range of trading strategies, including day trading, swing trading, and position trading. However, high-frequency or automated trading strategies may have additional requirements and need approval. Please refer to our Terms & Conditions for more information.
We understand that trading performance may fluctuate, so we provide traders with a reasonable timeframe to achieve their performance targets. The specific time limit will be communicated to each trader upon receiving the funded account.The time limit information is also present on our website under each challenge model.
At Accelerated Prop Group, we emphasize risk management to safeguard both traders and the firm's capital. We have predefined risk parameters, position sizing guidelines, and maximum drawdown limits to manage risk effectively.
A proprietary trading firm, or prop firm, is a financial institution that trades financial instruments using its own capital rather than client funds. Prop firms employ a wide range of trading strategies and often invest in advanced technology to generate profits from market price movements. These firms typically hire professional traders who execute trades on behalf of the company, and traders may be compensated based on their performance. Prop trading firms are known for their risk management practices and focus on maintaining the integrity of their capital while participating in financial markets.
To empower people to change their futures through trading larger amounts of capital, we understand that the limitations of having small capital available to trade can impact your growth as traders, we are here to allow retail traders to use innovative methods available to them through our prop firm and overcome financial constraints they may be experiencing. With the emerging market of Props, a lot more people are comfortable in using them instead of their own capital as they are able to prove themselves and leverage bigger capital for a fraction of the cost. This is one of our goals for retail traders to accomplish.
APG is proudly backed by a regulated and trusted broker, ECG Brokers
No, Stop Losses are not required. However, Traders employing, including but not restricted to EAs or HTFs & Bots are required to place a stop loss:
Traders employing, including but not restricted to EAs or HTFs & Bots are allowed a maximum of 30 seconds to place a stop loss after you place a trade. Failure to place a stop loss within 30 seconds will be considered a breach of our rules and will lead to account closure.
14 active days. Please refer to our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Disclaimer: We do not require regulation as we are a prop firm.
Traders employing, including but not restricted to EAs or HTFs & Bots, are permissible on our platform and/or to use our services.
This is strictly prohibited and will lead to account closure, all payments must be in your own name.
What is a VPN? VPN stands for "Virtual Private Network" and describes the opportunity to establish a protected network connection when using public networks. VPNs encrypt your internet traffic and disguise your online identity. This makes it more difficult for third parties to track your activities online and steal data. We do allow VPN's.
- VPS
A virtual private server, also known as a VPS, acts as an isolated, virtual environment on a physical server, which is owned and operated by a cloud or web hosting provider. VPS hosting uses virtualization technology to split a single physical machine into multiple private server environments that share the resources.
However, What we do not allow is the use of these services to try and bypass the rules of copy trading, group trading and signal trading. If found to be abusing these services against the rules specified in your contract and Terms of Use you will be failed and your account terminated.
Regrettably, once your Simulated Funded account is breached, it is no longer available for withdrawal, even if it was in a profitable state. Whether the breach occurred due to Daily Drawdown or another other rule set, your account will be closed, and any profits will be forfeited. we do not provide payouts as a reward for unsuccessful trading after breaching an account. This policy applies to instances of contract termination or violation of our Terms of Service as well.
Market rollover refers to the one-hour period when the Forex Market closes. During this time, certain currency pairs may experience price spikes and significant fluctuations. The occurrence and intensity of these fluctuations can vary from day to day. Market rollover typically takes place at 23:00 GMT +1. It's important to note that you won't be able to close positions during this period. Failure to close trades before market close is considered a breach and will result in account closure.
To mitigate potential risks in the sim environment, it is advisable to have your positions closed as the market approaches rollover time, unless you have sufficient room in your position to accommodate the fluctuations.
We accept credit card and debit card for payments. We currently do not accept American Express (AMEX).
Following is the trade restriction table for our APG Traders with specific types of reports and instruments. Only our APG Traders trading on an APG Account are NOT allowed to execute any new trade or close an existing trade on the targeted instrument in the window of 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after the release of the below news announcements. To clarify, we define executing a trade as opening or closing either a pending order (including stop loss or a take profit) or market execution. You are allowed to hold your trade(s) on the targeted instrument(s) that were opened more than 2 minutes before the restricted news event. Be reminded that if your Stop Loss or Take Profit is activated/filled during the restricted time window of 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after, it will be taken as a violation of the APG Account Agreement.
Holding trades over the weekend are NOT allowed and is considered a breach.
Below are the market open and close timings:Markets are open 24 Hours 5 Days a Week:
If the account remains inactive for a period of 30 days, the account will be forfeited & deleted.
There are 3 minimum trading days required by the trader in order to be eligible for a payout and/or to pass to the next phase. (This rule applies to the live phases on the Evaluation challenges & Phase 1 & Live on the Accelerated Challenges)
You must trade for at least 3 days during the current duration cycle. At least one position must be opened on each of these days. A trading day is defined as a day when at least one trade is executed. If a trade is held over multiple days, only the day when the trade was executed is considered to be the trading day.