Trading Rules
1 Step Prime
Direct Account
1. Challenge Process
2. Trading Rules
3. News and Swing Trading Allowed
4. Maximum Position Size
5. Trading
6. Rewards- Hola Prime Account
7. Maximum Hola Prime Account Allocation
8. Prohibited Trading Strategies
Challenge Process
Challenge JourneyAfter purchasing a challenge, traders will receive the challenge account login credentials via email, which can also be viewed in the Overview tab of the Client Area.
The Hola Prime 1-Step Prime challenge consists of a single phase that must be completed to become a Hola Prime trader and gain access to a Hola Prime Account. To succeed in this challenge, it's important to have an adaptive trading system and a strong risk management strategy.
Hola Prime Account-
Once you hit your profit target, our Risk Team will promptly conduct a review of your entire challenge phase. Meanwhile, you can upload documents for KYC and sign a contract that will be visible in your dashboard under the “Agreements” tab. After the review, you will receive a Hola Prime Account.
Live Account
At Hola Prime, we offer eligible traders the opportunity to transition to a Live Account. The trading activity within the Hola Prime Account is monitored by our Risk Management Team, who may contact you regarding advancement to a Live Account. This decision is made solely at the discretion of Hola Prime and is based on an evaluation of your trading performance and risk management practices.
Traders who demonstrate discipline, strong risk management, and consistent profitability, including but not limited to getting ten payouts & earning at least $50,000 rewards in their Hola Prime Account, may receive an invitation via email (containing all the relevant details) to access a Live Funded Account and be recognized among our top-performing traders.
Read more about Live Account here.
Note: If any of the rules mentioned in this section are not followed, your existing challenge or Hola Prime Account will be automatically closed. However, you can always purchase a new challenge to obtain a Hola Prime Account.
No Time Limit
Trading requires maintaining focus and staying on course, even when challenges arise. It’s about steady progress, not quick wins, for long-term success. There is no maximum day limit, so traders can take the necessary time to showcase their skills and strategies without feeling pressured by time constraints.
Inactivity
Hola Prime Accounts only- Any Hola Prime Account inactive for a consecutive 30 calendar days will be permanently suspended. A trading day is defined as any day when a trader opens or closes a trade. Modifications to stop-loss, take-profit orders, or pending orders do not count as trading days.
2. Trading Rules
2.1. Maximum Trailing LossChallenge & Hola Prime Account - The Maximum EOD Trailing Drawdown is the amount your account's equity or balance can't go below. It is initially set at 3% of the initial balance. This 3% maximum loss trails and gets adjusted to the highest balance reached on each trading day's end. The Maximum Loss Limit is calculated from your account balance at the end of the trading day (EOD balance). The trailing stops when the end-of-day account balance reaches 3% profits. At this point, the drawdown is locked at the initial account balance.
Example 1: If you start with a $100,000 account balance, your max trailing drawdown will be at 3% ($3,000). This means that your account should not go below $97,000 in equity or balance at any given time during the entire challenge phase.
Example 2: Starting Balance $100,000
If your previous day’s E.O.D balance reaches $102,000, your max trailing drawdown for next day will be at $99,000($102,000-3% of Initial Balance: $ 3,000). This means your account should never go below $99,000 in equity or balance at any given time. However, let's say you close a trade with a $1,000 loss and your E.O.D account balance reaches $101,000, your max trailing drawdown will still be at $99,000($102,000- 3% of Initial Balance: $3,000). This means your account should never go below $99,000 in equity or balance at any given time.
Example 3: Starting Balance $100,000
If your previous day’s E.O.D balance reaches anything above $103,000, i.e., there is a growth of 3% in the account balance due to profits, your max trailing drawdown will be locked in at $100,000(Initial account size), and will stop trailing thereafter. This means now your account should never go below $100,000 in equity or balance at any given time during the entire challenge phase.
The Maximum EOD Trailing Drawdown limit will be 2.5% of inital account balance for $200k, $250k, and $300k account sizes.
2.2 Profit Target
Challenge Only- Achieve a profit target of 6% to gain direct access to a Hola Prime Account without further evaluation. For example, a trader starting with an initial account balance of $100,000 must aim for a profit of $6,000, ensuring compliance with drawdown rules, to access the Hola Prime Account.
2.3 Minimum Trading Days
Challenge Only- The minimum trading days are only 2 because of the consistency rule.
2.4 Consistency Rule
To pass the challenge as well as to request a payout in the Hola Prime account, the consistency requirement must be fulfilled.
The Consistency rule measures a trader’s ability to generate steady profits while managing risk. It is calculated using the following formula: Consistency Score = (Biggest Winning Day / Current Total Account Profit) × 100%
For the Hola Prime Project X, your best day (i.e., your most profitable day) must not exceed 40% of your overall profit target. If your best day equals or exceeds 40% of the profit target, you’ll need to continue trading until your best day accounts for less than 40% of your total profits. Hola Prime Project X has some effective risk management tools, which make it easier to manage the risk and overall consistency target, better than other platforms.
For the Rithmic & Quantower, your best day (i.e., your most profitable day) must not exceed 30% of your overall profit target. If your best day equals or exceeds 30% of the profit target, you’ll need to continue trading until your best day accounts for less than 30% of your total profits.
3. News and Swing Trading
3.1 News TradingChallenge and Hola Prime Account- there is no restriction for trading during any news hours, allowing traders to take advantage of market volatility and execute trades without restrictions during high-impact news events. However, such a trading style is not generally recommended due to the increased risks associated with price gaps & potential slippage due to unpredictable price movements.
3.2 Overnight Holding
Challenge & Hola Prime Account- Overnight holding of positions is not permitted; all trades must be closed before 3:30 PM CT Monday through Friday, 30 minutes before the daily CME Break. It remains the trader's responsibility to close the positions by 3:28 PM CT. Otherwise, our Risk Management Team will begin closing positions at 3:28 PM CT.
3.3 Weekend Holding
Challenge & Hola Prime Account- Holding trades over the weekends is not allowed and is considered a hard breach. Trading resumes each day at 5:00 PM CT Monday to Friday and after the weekend on Sunday at 5:00 PM CT, unless a CME holiday is observed.
Ensure all trades are closed before 3:30 PM CT on Friday, or they will be automatically closed by the system, and the account will be terminated. Once closed, these accounts cannot be reopened or reset.
Note 3.2 & 3.3: Some futures contracts(Mostly agricultural) close prior to 3:30 PM CT. For such instruments, positions must be closed before their respective markets close.
Example Trading Hours:
- CBOT
Commodities ( Corn, Wheat & Soybeans, etc.):
- Sunday–Monday: 7:00 PM – 7:45 AM CT
- Monday–Friday: 8:30 AM – 1:20 PM CT
- CME
Agricultural Products (Live Cattle, Lean Hogs):
- Monday–Friday: 8:30 AM – 1:05 PM CT
4. Maximum Position Size
Challenge & Hola Prime Account - The Maximum Position Size refers to the highest total number of contracts you are permitted to hold open at any moment across all instruments. For example, with a Maximum Position Size of 5, you could open a long position of 3 contracts of E-mini S&P (ES) and a short position of 2 contracts of Gold (GC) simultaneously.
The table below shows the Contract Size based on the account size:
| Account Size | Maximum Position Size |
| $25K | 3/30 Contracts |
| $50K | 5/50 Contracts |
| $100K | 10/100 Contracts |
| $150K | 15/150 Contracts |
| $200K | 20/200 Contracts |
| $250k | 25/250 Contracts |
5. Trading
5.1. Trading Platform You can choose among the best trading platforms- Rithmic-Rtrader Pro, Quantower and Hola Prime Project X.
5.2 Tradable instrument
You can trade Future contracts such as Equity Index, Currency, Energy Futures, Agricultural, and Cryptocurrency Futures on all our trading platforms.
6. Rewards- Hola Prime Account
6.1 RewardsThe trader can request a reward with a 90% profit split every 5 calendar days after the first executed trade on your Hola Prime account.
The trader can request a reward with a 90% profit split every 5 calendar days after the first executed trade on your Hola Prime account.
5 Winning Days of $200 The trader can request a reward with a 90% profit split every 5 calendar days after the first executed trade on your Hola Prime account.
The trader can request a reward with a 90% profit split every 5 calendar days after the first executed trade on your Hola Prime account.
Consistency Requirement
The Consistency rule measures a trader’s ability to generate steady profits while managing risk. It is calculated using the following formula: Consistency Score = (Biggest Winning Day / Current Total Account Profit) × 100%
To be eligible for payout on the Hola Prime Project X, your best day (i.e., your most profitable day) must not exceed 40% of your total profit. If your best day equals or exceeds 40% of the total profit, you’ll need to continue trading until your best day accounts for less than 40% of your total profits. Hola Prime Project X has some effective risk management tools, which make it easier to manage the risk and overall consistency target, better than other platforms.
To be eligible for payout on the Rithmic & Quantower, your best day (i.e., your most profitable day) must not exceed 30% of your total profit. If your best day equals or exceeds 30% of the total profit, you’ll need to continue trading until your best day accounts for less than 30% of your total profits.
For example, the highest profit earned in a day is $11,250, and the total profit earned so far is $25,000, then the Consistency score = (11250/25000)*100 = 45%. In this case, the trader must keep trading and earn a total profit of at least $28,125 (Additional profit of $3,125), so that consistency score is brought down to 40% in case of Project X and similarly earn a total profit of at least $37,500 (Additional profit of $12,500), so consistency score can is brought down to 30% in case of Rithmic & Quantower.
Payout Amount
Minimum Payout Request is $125.
Minimum Payout Request is $125. A trader can raise a maximum of $3,000 per account. After receiving 7 payouts per account, the trader may request for up to 100% of profits as a reward.
Important Note: Minimum Payout Request is $125. A trader can raise a maximum of $3,000 per account. After receiving 7 payouts per account, the trader may request for up to 100% of profits as a reward.
6.2 Payout Method
The following are the payout methods available:-
Minimum Payout Request is $125. A trader can raise a maximum of $3,000 per account. After receiving 7 payouts per account, the trader may request for up to 100% of profits as a reward.
Rise- Minimum amount is $500. There is a flat fee of $25.
7. Maximum Hola Prime Account Allocation
Hola Prime Accounts : There is no limit on the no. of challenges that can be purchased by a trader. However, the maximum total capital allocation across all funded Hola Prime Accounts (whether obtained through challenges or direct accounts) is capped at $500,000.
Live Accounts : Maximum number of Live Accounts per user is 1.Please note that Live Accounts are not the same as Hola Prime (funded) accounts. Please read more about Live Accounts here.
8. Prohibited Trading Strategies
1. Process
2. Trading Rules
3. News and Swing Trading Allowed
4. Maximum Position Size
5. Trading
6. Rewards- Hola Prime Account
7. Maximum Hola Prime Account Allocation
8. Prohibited Trading Strategies
1. Challenge Process
JourneyAfter purchasing the account, traders will straightaway receive the Hola Prime Account login credentials via email, which can also be viewed in the Overview tab of the Client Area.
This Direct model has no evaluation phase, which means you can become a Hola Prime trader immediately after signing up. This model is especially meant for professional or experienced traders so they don't have to wait for evaluation phases. Hence, it has few additional risk management rules. But Hola Prime Trader can start earning from day 1. It's important to have a flexible trading system and a strong risk management strategy.
There is no requirement for KYC to purchase or start trading in this account.
However, you need to upload documents for KYC and sign a contract within 48 hours of purchasing the account, since it’s mandatory for withdrawing payouts.
If any of the rules mentioned in this section are not followed, your Hola Prime Account will be permanently suspended. However, you can always purchase another account.
Live Account
At Hola Prime, we offer eligible traders the opportunity to transition to a Live Account. The trading activity within the Hola Prime Account is monitored by our Risk Management Team, who may contact you regarding advancement to a Live Account. This decision is made solely at the discretion of Hola Prime and is based on an evaluation of your trading performance and risk management practices.
Traders who demonstrate discipline, strong risk management, and consistent profitability, including but not limited to getting 10 payouts of at least $50,000 rewards in their Hola Prime Account, may receive an invitation via email (containing all the relevant details) to access a Live Funded Account and be recognized among our top-performing traders.
Read more about Live Account here.
No Time Limit
Trading requires maintaining focus and staying on course, even when challenges arise. It’s about steady progress, not quick wins, for long-term success. There is no minimum or maximum day limit, so traders can take the necessary time to showcase their skills and strategies without feeling pressured by time constraints.
Inactivity
Any trading account that is inactive for 30 consecutive calendar days will be permanently suspended. A trading day is defined as any day when a trader opens or closes a trade. Modifications to stop-loss, take-profit orders, or pending orders do not count as trading days.
2.1 Maximum Trailing Loss
The Maximum EOD Trailing Drawdown is the amount your account's equity or balance can't go below. It is initially set at 3% of the initial balance. This 3% maximum loss trails and gets adjusted to the highest balance reached on each trading day's end. The Maximum Loss Limit is calculated from your account balance at the end of the trading day (EOD balance). The trailing stops when the end-of-day account balance reaches 3% profits. At this point, the drawdown is locked at the initial account balance.
Example 1: If you start with a $100,000 account balance, your max trailing drawdown will be at 3% ($3,000). This means that your account should not go below $97,000 in equity or balance at any given time.
Example 2: Starting Balance $100,000
If your previous day’s E.O.D balance reaches $102,000, your max trailing drawdown for next day will be at $99,000($102,000-3% of Initial Balance: $ 3,000). This means your account should never go below $99,000 in equity or balance at any given time.
However, let's say you close a trade with a $1,000 loss and your E.O.D account balance reaches $101,000, your max trailing drawdown will still be at $99,000($102,000- 3% of Initial Balance: $3,000). This means your account should never go below $99,000 in equity or balance at any given time.
Example 3: Starting Balance $100,000
If your previous day’s E.O.D balance reaches anything above $103,000, i.e., there is a growth of 3% in the account balance due to profits, your max trailing drawdown will be locked in at $100,000(Initial account size), and will stop trailing thereafter. This means now your account should never go below $100,000 in equity or balance at any given time during the entire challenge phase.
Daily Loss Limit
Daily Loss Limit is the maximum amount a trader is allowed to lose in a day. For the Hola Prime Account issued under the Direct Model, this limit is set at 2% of the previous day's closing balance.
The trading rule stipulates that the loss on any day, which is the sum of current floating PnL and total PnL on closed trades, cannot exceed the Maximum Daily Loss Limit. The daily maximum loss is reset every day at 16:00 CT server time.
For Instance: If at the end of day 2, your account’s closing balance is $110,000, then the Daily loss Limit for Day 3 would be $2,200 ($110,000 * 2%) This means your equity on Day 3 can't go below $107,800 (110,000-2% of $110,000).
If your equity goes below $107,800 at any moment on day 3, your account will be closed. If during the day, you make a profit of $7,000, then the loss limit during the day shall be allowed up to ($110,000*2% + $7,000), which will be $9,200.
Another Example: You have a $110,000 trading account. During the day, you realize a significant loss of around $1,000. After this, you initiate another trade. At any given moment, if your running trades exceed the floating loss of $1,200, your account will breach the daily loss limit.
Hence, if your trades (including floating losses) exceed a $2,200 loss within any trading day, you're breaching this rule.
2.2 Profit Target
There is no Profit Target to achieve.
2.3 Minimum Trading Days
There is no requirement for minimum trading days.
2.4 Consistency Requirement
The Consistency score must not exceed 20%. The consistency score is calculated as follows: Consistency Score = (Biggest Winning Day / Current Total Account Profit) × 100. In simple words, it means that the biggest winning day cannot exceed 20% of the total profits made in the account, for all trading platforms. If the score exceeds 20%, the trader must continue trading until the Score is reduced to 20% or lower.
For example, the highest profit earned in a day is $7,500, and the total profit earned so far is $25,000, then the Consistency score = (7500/25000)*100 = 30%. In this case, the trader must keep trading and earn a total profit of at least $37,500 (Additional profit of $12,500), so that the consistency score is brought down to 20%
The Maximum EOD Trailing Drawdown is the amount your account's equity or balance can't go below. It is initially set at 3% of the initial balance. This 3% maximum loss trails and gets adjusted to the highest balance reached on each trading day's end. The Maximum Loss Limit is calculated from your account balance at the end of the trading day (EOD balance). The trailing stops when the end-of-day account balance reaches 3% profits. At this point, the drawdown is locked at the initial account balance.
Example 1: If you start with a $100,000 account balance, your max trailing drawdown will be at 3% ($3,000). This means that your account should not go below $97,000 in equity or balance at any given time.
Example 2: Starting Balance $100,000
If your previous day’s E.O.D balance reaches $102,000, your max trailing drawdown for next day will be at $99,000($102,000-3% of Initial Balance: $ 3,000). This means your account should never go below $99,000 in equity or balance at any given time.
However, let's say you close a trade with a $1,000 loss and your E.O.D account balance reaches $101,000, your max trailing drawdown will still be at $99,000($102,000- 3% of Initial Balance: $3,000). This means your account should never go below $99,000 in equity or balance at any given time.
Example 3: Starting Balance $100,000
If your previous day’s E.O.D balance reaches anything above $103,000, i.e., there is a growth of 3% in the account balance due to profits, your max trailing drawdown will be locked in at $100,000(Initial account size), and will stop trailing thereafter. This means now your account should never go below $100,000 in equity or balance at any given time during the entire challenge phase.
Daily Loss Limit
Daily Loss Limit is the maximum amount a trader is allowed to lose in a day. For the Hola Prime Account issued under the Direct Model, this limit is set at 2% of the previous day's closing balance.
The trading rule stipulates that the loss on any day, which is the sum of current floating PnL and total PnL on closed trades, cannot exceed the Maximum Daily Loss Limit. The daily maximum loss is reset every day at 16:00 CT server time.
For Instance: If at the end of day 2, your account’s closing balance is $110,000, then the Daily loss Limit for Day 3 would be $2,200 ($110,000 * 2%) This means your equity on Day 3 can't go below $107,800 (110,000-2% of $110,000).
If your equity goes below $107,800 at any moment on day 3, your account will be closed. If during the day, you make a profit of $7,000, then the loss limit during the day shall be allowed up to ($110,000*2% + $7,000), which will be $9,200.
Another Example: You have a $110,000 trading account. During the day, you realize a significant loss of around $1,000. After this, you initiate another trade. At any given moment, if your running trades exceed the floating loss of $1,200, your account will breach the daily loss limit.
Hence, if your trades (including floating losses) exceed a $2,200 loss within any trading day, you're breaching this rule.
2.2 Profit Target
There is no Profit Target to achieve.
2.3 Minimum Trading Days
There is no requirement for minimum trading days.
2.4 Consistency Requirement
The Consistency score must not exceed 20%. The consistency score is calculated as follows: Consistency Score = (Biggest Winning Day / Current Total Account Profit) × 100. In simple words, it means that the biggest winning day cannot exceed 20% of the total profits made in the account, for all trading platforms. If the score exceeds 20%, the trader must continue trading until the Score is reduced to 20% or lower.
For example, the highest profit earned in a day is $7,500, and the total profit earned so far is $25,000, then the Consistency score = (7500/25000)*100 = 30%. In this case, the trader must keep trading and earn a total profit of at least $37,500 (Additional profit of $12,500), so that the consistency score is brought down to 20%
3. News and Swing Trading
3.1 News TradingNews trading is not allowed in Hola Prime Account issued under the Direct Model. Traders can hold trades at any time but are not allowed to execute (open or close) any trade on the instruments affected by high-impact news, during the window of 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the release of such news. Please note that the execution of trades includes market execution as well as pending orders, including Stop Loss and Take Profit orders.
You are allowed to hold trades on the affected instruments opened 5 minutes prior to the news release. If your Stop Loss or Take Profit is activated during this window of 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after, it will be taken as a violation of the Hola Prime Agreement and Breach of this rule will lead to account closure. However, other non-targeted instruments (affected by low and medium-impact news) can be traded normally during news hours.
3.2 Overnight Holding
Overnight holding of positions is not permitted; all trades must be closed before 3:30 PM CT Monday through Friday, 30 minutes before the daily CME Break. It remains the trader's responsibility to close the positions by 3:28 PM CT. Otherwise, our Risk Management Team will begin closing positions at 3:28 PM CT.
3.3 Weekend Holding
Holding trades over the weekends is not allowed and is considered a hard breach. Trading resumes each day at 5:00 PM CT Monday to Friday and after the weekend on Sunday at 5:00 PM CT, unless a CME holiday is observed.
Ensure all trades are closed before 3:30 PM CT on Friday, or they will be automatically closed by the system, and the account will be terminated. Once closed, these accounts cannot be reopened or reset.
Note 3.2 & 3.3: Some futures contracts(Mostly agricultural) close prior to 3:30 PM CT. For such instruments, positions must be closed before their respective market close.
Example Trading Hours:
- CBOT
Commodities ( Corn, Wheat & Soybeans, etc.):
- Sunday–Monday: 7:00 PM – 7:45 AM CT
- Monday–Friday: 8:30 AM – 1:20 PM CT
- CME
Agricultural Products (Live Cattle, Lean Hogs):
- Monday–Friday: 8:30 AM – 1:05 PM CT
4. Maximum Position Size
The Maximum Position Size refers to the highest total number of contracts you are permitted to hold open at any moment across all instruments. For example, with a Maximum Position Size of 5, you could open a long position of 3 contracts of E-mini S&P (ES) and a short position of 2 contracts of Gold (GC) simultaneously.The table below shows the Contract Size based on the account size:
| Account Size | Maximum Position Size |
| $25K | 1/10 Contracts |
| $50K | 3/30 Contracts |
| $100K | 6/60 Contracts |
| $150K | 9/90 Contract |
5. Trading
5.1. Trading Platform
You can choose among the best trading platforms- Rithmic-Rtrader Pro, Quantower and Hola
Prime Project X.
5.2 Tradable instrument
You can trade Future contracts such as Equity Index, Currency, Energy Futures, Agricultural,
and Cryptocurrency Futures on all our trading platforms.
6. Rewards- Hola Prime Account
6.1 RewardsThe trader can request a reward with a 90% profit split every 5 calendar days after the first executed trade on your Hola Prime Direct Account.
The trader is entitled to a reward after they fulfill all the payout conditions as follows:
Consistency Requirement
The Consistency score must not exceed 20%. The consistency score is calculated as follows: Consistency Score = (Biggest Winning Day / Current Total Account Profit) × 100. In simple words, it means that the biggest winning day cannot exceed 20% of the total profits made in the account, for all trading platforms. If the score exceeds 20%, the trader must continue trading until the Score is reduced to 20% or lower.
For example, the highest profit earned in a day is $7,500, and the total profit earned so far is $25,000, then the Consistency score = (7500/25000)*100% = 30%. In this case, the trader must keep trading and earn a total profit of at least $37,500 (Additional profit of $7,500), so that the consistency score is brought down to 20%
5 Winning Days of $200
The trader must achieve at least 5 profitable trading days (non-consecutive), each with a Net PNL of $200(or more), to request a reward in their Hola Prime Account. If this condition is not met, the trader must continue trading until they have achieved 5 profitable days.
The trader must complete five new winning trading days starting from the date of the first trade executed after the most recent payout is processed in the account to become eligible for the next payout. This requirement applies to every payout request.
Pay-out Amount
Minimum Payout Request is $125. A trader can raise a maximum of $3,000 per account. After receiving 7 payouts per account, the trader may request for up to 100% of profits as a reward.
Important Note: Once a payout request is processed, the Maximum Loss Limit will automatically reset to the starting account balance, meaning the trader must ensure that the account balance does not reach or fall below the starting account balance.
6.2 Payout Method
The following are the payout methods available:- Bank Wire & Cryptocurrencies- The minimum amount is $125 (excluding the firm’s share), with no fees from our end. Rise- Minimum amount is $500. There is a flat fee of $25.
7. Maximum Hola Prime Account Allocation
Hola Prime Accounts : There is no limit on the no. of challenges that can be purchased by a trader. However, the maximum total capital allocation across all funded Hola Prime Accounts (whether obtained through challenges or direct accounts) is capped at $500,000.
Live Accounts : Maximum number of Live Accounts per user is 1.Please note that Live Accounts are not the same as Hola Prime (funded) accounts. Please read more about Live Accounts here.