Bullish4ex requires every trade to be held open for a minimum of 3 minutes before it is closed.
If a position is closed before 3 minutes have passed since it was opened, this is a hard breach and the account is terminated. This applies to all account types and stages. On Flex, trades under 3 minutes are flagged and reviewed at withdrawal, and can cause a payout to be rejected.
Why this rule exists
This rule prevents high-frequency scalping, latency arbitrage and other ultra-short-duration strategies that do not reflect genuine market risk-taking.
Rule summary
Trade Duration = Trade Close Time - Trade Open Time
- Trade duration under 3 minutes: breach.
- Trade duration of 3 minutes or more: valid trade, no breach.
Examples
- Valid trade: opened at 10:00:00 and closed at 10:03:15. Duration 3 minutes 15 seconds. No breach.
- Breach: opened at 14:20:00 and closed at 14:21:40. Duration 1 minute 40 seconds. Breach.
- Edge case: opened at 09:00:00 and closed at 09:03:00. Duration exactly 3 minutes. Valid, no breach.
Key points
- Applies to all trades on all accounts, in every stage.
- Applies whether the trade closes manually, by Stop-Loss or by Take-Profit. Place your Stop-Loss and Take-Profit far enough that they cannot be hit within 3 minutes.
- Applies regardless of profit or loss on the trade.