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SabioTrade Rules

Everything you need to know before you start. See the main limits, how they work, what happens if you break a rule, and what changes after your first reward

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  • 1 step No deadline
  • 5% Daily Loss*
  • 6% Maximum Trailing Drawdown*
  • 10% Profit Target*
  • 55% Consistency

*These figures apply to Single Accounts only. Intraday Account conditions differ.

Your Account Journey

  1. 01

    Purchase Account

    Choose and purchase your account and start the evaluation.

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  2. 02

    Complete the Evaluation

    Reach the applicable Profit Target on your closed balance while meeting the Consistency Rule, the risk limits, activity requirement, and all other applicable rules.
    Reaching the Profit Target alone does not complete the evaluation.

  3. 03

    Get Verified

    Complete identity verification and the required account checks before receiving your Reward Account.

  4. 04

    Trade on Your Reward Account

    Start trading on your Reward Account and generate profit while following all applicable rules. Rewards are based on eligible profit generated at this stage.

  5. 05

    Request Your Reward

    Once your Reward Account is in profit and all reward requirements are met, close your open positions and submit a reward request in your dashboard. For subsequent rewards, wait 7 days after your last successfully processed reward.

  6. 06

    Receive Your Reward

    After approval, receive your reward through an available payment method. Your Performance Reward Percentage depends on your plan. SabioTrade supports SWIFT bank transfers and crypto payments.

  7. 07

    Keep The Balance

    Continue following all account rules. After your first reward is processed, your equity must not fall below the Sim Balance.

If you violate an applicable rule, the account may be breached. See the rules →

Plan your trades.
Stay within the rules

Estimate the loss from your planned trades and compare it with your selected account’s limits.

Your Trading Plan

These are your settings, not SabioTrade rules.

Loss per trade at stop-loss

$200.00

Potential loss if a single trade hits stop-loss.

Total planned loss at stop-loss

$600.00

Potential loss if all planned trades hit stop-loss.

Your trading rules

Based on your selected account size.

Daily Loss Limit 5%

$1,000.00

Updates daily based on your previous day's closed balance.

Maximum Trailing Drawdown 6%

$18,800.00

Moves up when your closed balance reaches a new high.

Consistency Rule Check – Evaluation Only

If your closed Simulated Profit today is $600, your Daily Profit Threshold leaves $500 of room before your Profit Target would be recalculated.

Your planned risk is below the Daily Loss Limit

$600.00 planned risk out of a $1,000.00 Daily Loss Limit

$400.00 buffer after planned losses

SabioTrade Rules Summary

Here are the main rules to understand before starting your account. The exact conditions can depend on the account or program you choose, so always check the terms that apply to your account.

Rule EvaluationReward AccountHow it is calculated What happens
after a violation?
Profit Target Evaluation Single: initially 10%.
Intraday: initially 12%. Closed profit must meet the current target, including any Consistency Rule adjustment 		Reward Account — How it is calculated Based on the Sim Balance What happens
after a violation? —
Daily Loss Limit Evaluation Single: 5%
Intraday: 4% 		Reward Account Single: 5%
Intraday: 4% 		How it is calculated Based on the previous day's closed balance. The limit is checked against account equity See the full rule → What happens
after a violation? Account breached
Maximum Trailing Drawdown Evaluation Single: 6%
Intraday: 5% 		Reward Account Single: 6%
Intraday: 5% 		How it is calculated Highest closed balance minus the applicable percentage (Single Account 6%, Intraday Account 5%) of the Sim Balance. See the full rule → What happens
after a violation? Account breached
Consistency Evaluation No single trading day should contribute more than 55% of the required Profit Target Reward Account — How it is calculated Based on the sum of all the results of the deals closed within the day and should not exceed 55% of your total Profit Target See the full rule → What happens
after a violation? Profit Target is increased
Inactivity Evaluation Open at least 1 new trade every 30 days Reward Account Open at least 1 new trade every 30 days How it is calculated 30 consecutive days without opening a new trade What happens
after a violation? Account breached
Minimum Trading Days Evaluation No minimum Reward Account No minimum How it is calculated — What happens
after a violation? —
Performance Reward Percentage Evaluation — Reward Account 80% / 90%, depending on plan How it is calculated — What happens
after a violation? —
Rewards Evaluation — Reward Account You can request your first reward once your Reward Account is in profit, your open positions are closed, and all other reward requirements are met. For subsequent rewards, wait 7 days after your last successfully processed reward How it is calculated Subject to performance, activity, and compliance conditions What happens
after a violation? —
After First Reward Evaluation — Reward Account Equity must not fall below the Sim Balance How it is calculated Based on Sim Balance and account equity What happens
after a violation? Account breached
Read full Terms & Conditions →

How Each Rule Is Calculated

Daily Loss Limit

Your Daily Loss Limit is 5% for a Single Account and 4% for an Intraday Account. It is based on your previous day's closed balance, calculated at 00:00 UTC. Results from open positions are not included in that closed balance.

Daily Loss Limit Formula: Single Account

Daily Loss Limit = Previous Day Closed Balance - (Previous Day Closed Balance x 5%)

Daily Loss Limit Formula: Intraday Account

Daily Loss Limit = Previous Day Closed Balance - (Previous Day Closed Balance x 4%)

Example with a $20,000 Single Account:

5% of $20,000 = $1,000

If your previous day's closed balance is $20,000, your Daily Loss Limit is $19,000. This means your equity must not fall below $19,000.

The rule is checked against your current equity, so open positions count.

Common mistake

Trading too close to the official limit and forgetting that open positions can change your equity.

Maximum Trailing Drawdown

The Maximum Trailing Drawdown is 6% for a Single Account and 5% for an Intraday Account. When your closed balance reaches a new high, your drawdown level moves up with it. Your equity must not fall below that level.

Maximum Trailing Drawdown Formula: Single Account

Maximum Trailing Drawdown =
Highwater Mark − (0.06 × Sim Balance)

Maximum Trailing Drawdown Formula: Intraday Account

Maximum Trailing Drawdown =
Highwater Mark − (0.05 × Sim Balance)

Example with a $50,000 account:

If your peak closed balance reaches $53,000, the 6% trailing level would be: $53,000 − ($50,000 × 0.06) = $50,000.

This is the Maximum Trailing Drawdown in this case. It means equity cannot fall below $50,000.

Your account will be breached if equity falls below the applicable drawdown level, even if you have not reached the Daily Loss Limit.

Common mistake

Looking only at the original account balance and forgetting that a trailing limit can move after a new high is reached.

Consistency Rule

Your profit from a single trading day must not exceed 55% of your Profit Target. To help you stay within this limit, we use a Daily Profit Threshold. If you make more than this amount in one day, your Profit Target increases.

Recommended Daily Profit Threshold Formula

Daily Profit Threshold = Profit Target × 55%

Example with a $100,000 account:

Profit Target: 10% = $10,000. Recommended Daily Profit Threshold: $5,500 (55% of $10,000).

If you make more, like $6,850 in one day, the system recalculates your Profit Target: New required Profit Target = $6,850 ÷ 0.55 = $12,454.55

This means you now need to reach $12,454.55 in total to pass the evaluation instead of the original $10,000.

Common mistake

Reaching the Profit Target in one large trading session and assuming the evaluation is automatically passed. That is not the case: the Profit Target is increased.

After Your First Reward

The first reward changes one important part of your account conditions. Keep managing risk after receiving a reward instead of treating it as a new risk budget.

  • $20,000 starting balance
  • $1,500 rewarded
  • $20,000 equity floor

Example: you start with a $20,000 account and receive a $1,500 reward. After that, your equity must not fall below the $20,000 initial balance.

Common mistake

Increasing position sizes immediately after receiving a reward.

Your Daily Loss Limit after a Performance Reward

When a Performance Reward is approved, your Daily Loss Limit is adjusted immediately, even if the Trading Day has not finished. The reward amount is deducted from it, so the reward is not treated as a trading loss and you keep your full Daily Loss Limit percentage (5% for Single Accounts, 4% for Intraday Accounts).

Formula: Single Account

Daily Loss Limit after a Performance Reward = Previous Day Closed Balance − Performance Reward amount − (Previous Day Closed Balance × 5%)

Formula: Intraday Account

Daily Loss Limit after a Performance Reward = Previous Day Closed Balance − Performance Reward amount − (Previous Day Closed Balance × 4%)

Example (Single Account)

Previous day's closed balance: $735,000
Daily Loss Limit at 5%: $36,750
Approved Performance Reward: $20,000

$735,000 − $20,000 − $36,750 = $678,250

Your adjusted Daily Loss Limit is $678,250. The $20,000 Performance Reward does not count toward your Daily Loss Limit percentage.

At the start of the next Trading Day (00:00 UTC), the Daily Loss Limit is calculated as usual from your new closed balance.

Violations

What Happens If You Break a Rule?

The consequence depends on the rule you break and your account stage.

  • Daily Loss Limit or Maximum Trailing Drawdown: the account is breached.
  • Inactivity (30 days without opening a new trade): the account is breached.
  • Consistency Rule: your Profit Target is increased. You then need to reach the new target on the following days while keeping your daily profit within 55% of it.
Read full Terms & Conditions →

What You Can and Cannot Do

You can use standard trading approaches as long as they follow the applicable account rules.

Allowed
  • News trading
  • Overnight positions
  • Weekend positions where permitted by the account
  • Multiple instruments
  • Manual/discretionary trading
  • EAs and algorithms (to detect signals and entry/exit points only)
Not allowed
  • High-frequency trading (HFT)
  • Hedging / cross-account hedging
  • Mirror or copy trading
  • Arbitrage or exploitation of pricing/technical errors
  • All-in trading: using 80% or more of the available margin on a single position
  • Bots, copiers, or API trading without written permission

What About Scalping?

Scalping is not automatically a violation. What matters is how the strategy is used.
Extremely aggressive, random, or gambling-like trading can violate the rules.

Rules in Practice

Rules are easier to understand when you can see how they work in life.

36%

of Traders Pass the Evaluation*

Results depend on each trader's decisions, risk management, and ability to follow the applicable rules.

*Based on SabioTrade internal data for all Evaluation Accounts since launch. Past results do not guarantee future results.

SabioTrade Performance Reward certificate

Completed

your reward

$36,778.52

On Ultimate plan with a simulated balance of $200,000

Request submitted

March 2, 2026 8:10 AM

SabioTrade Performance Reward certificate

Completed

your reward

€7,167.26

On Ultimate plan with a simulated balance of $200,000

Request submitted

March 4, 2026 8:12 PM

SabioTrade Performance Reward certificate

Completed

your reward

€8,434.90

On Prime plan with a simulated balance of $650,000

Request submitted

March 11, 2026 4:38 PM

Need Help?

If you have a question about a specific rule or account condition, contact SabioTrade support.

Email
support@sabiotrade.com
Discord
@sabiotrade_support
Telegram
@sabiosupportteam
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Floating losses count toward both the Daily Loss Limit and Maximum Trailing Drawdown. Both limits are continuously checked against your account equity, which is your closed balance plus any unrealized profit or loss from open positions.See Daily Loss Limit →See Maximum Trailing Drawdown →

Yes, news trading is allowed under the applicable standard conditions.See Allowed Trading →

Reaching the Profit Target alone does not mean you have passed. You must also meet the Consistency Rule, stay within the Daily Loss Limit and Maximum Trailing Drawdown, and meet the activity requirement.See Consistency Rule →

Trading may be considered gambling or excessive risk when it is extremely aggressive, random, or lacks a controlled risk plan. The current threshold is using 80% or more of the available margin on a single position.See Prohibited Strategies →

Depending on the payment method, rewards can be instant or may take up to 5 business days. SabioTrade supports SWIFT bank transfers and crypto payments.

No. SabioTrade does not support MT4, MT5, or any other external trading platform. To participate in SabioTrade, you must trade on our proprietary trading platform.

If you do not open any new trades for 30 days, your account will be breached. Positions that are already open do not count as activity.

No. The Consistency Rule applies only during the evaluation.

No. The evaluation fee is not refunded when you receive a reward.

Yes. SabioTrade is available in the US.

You can find the complete legal conditions in the SabioTrade Terms & Conditions.Read the Terms & Conditions →