Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about the evaluation, funding and payouts. Still unsure about something? Our support team answers within minutes.
What is NEXUS Trading Capital?
Nexus Trading Capital is a proprietary trading company offering Traders access to different trading programs designed to evaluate trading performance, risk management and consistency.
Traders can choose between NEXUS Two-Step, NEXUS One-Step and NEXUS Instant, each with its own account parameters and trading conditions.
What is the difference between NEXUS Instant, One-Step and Two-Step?
Each program is designed for a different trading approach.
NEXUS Two-Step requires Traders to complete two evaluation phases, with an 8% Profit Target in Phase 1 and 5% in Phase 2, a 5% Daily Drawdown and 10% Overall Drawdown.
NEXUS One-Step requires one evaluation phase with a 10% Profit Target, 3% Daily Drawdown and 6% Overall Drawdown.
NEXUS Instant provides access to a funded account without a traditional evaluation phase, with a 2% Daily Drawdown and 6% Overall Drawdown.
Each program also has specific consistency and trading restrictions.
Can I trade during high-impact news?
News trading rules depend on the selected program.
NEXUS Two-Step and One-Step:
News trading is permitted, but Traders may not open or manually close positions 15 minutes before or 15 minutes after a High-Impact US economic news release affecting the relevant instrument.
NEXUS Instant:
Trading around High-Impact economic news events is prohibited, including events outside the United States.
Positions opened before a restricted period may remain open. Pre-existing Stop Loss and Take Profit orders may remain active and may be triggered automatically during restricted periods.
Are EAs, scalping and copy trading allowed?
Yes, subject to the applicable Trading Rules.
EAs and automated trading: permitted, provided they do not exploit latency, pricing errors, technical issues or other prohibited conditions.
Scalping: legitimate scalping is permitted. However, Tick Scalping and Quick Strike trading are prohibited.
Copy trading: copy trading between accounts belonging to the same verified Trader may be permitted. Copy trading between accounts belonging to different individuals is prohibited unless expressly authorized by Nexus.
What trading strategies are prohibited?
Nexus prohibits trading practices designed to exploit the trading environment or gain an unfair advantage rather than demonstrate legitimate trading performance.
Prohibited practices include, but are not limited to:
- Martingale;
- Tick Scalping;
- Quick Strike;
- One-Sided Betting;
- Latency Arbitrage;
- Price-Feed Exploitation;
- Platform or Server Exploitation;
- Cross-Account Arbitrage;
- Coordinated Cross-Account Trading;
- Account Sharing;
- Third-Party Trading;
Unauthorized Account Management.
Layering is additionally prohibited on NEXUS Instant accounts.
When can I request my payout?
The first payout request may be submitted after 14 calendar days from the start of the funded account, provided all applicable payout requirements have been satisfied.
After the first eligible payout, subsequent payout requests may be submitted every 14 calendar days.
All payouts remain subject to the applicable consistency requirements, account parameters, verification procedures and Trading Rules.
What happens if I violate a Nexus rule?
Any breach of the Nexus Trading Rules may result in enforcement action.
Depending on the nature, severity, frequency and circumstances of the violation, Nexus may reject a pending payout, place the account under review, issue a warning, suspend or restrict the account, terminate the account or terminate the Trader's participation in the program.
In extraordinary cases involving serious misconduct, fraud, abuse or deliberate circumvention of Nexus Rules, the Trader may be permanently banned from using Nexus services or opening additional accounts.
Not every violation automatically results in termination. Nexus evaluates the circumstances and available evidence when determining the appropriate action.
What is the Consistency Rule?
The Consistency Rule is designed to encourage Traders to generate profits through consistent trading rather than relying on a single unusually large profitable day.
NEXUS Instant: the largest profitable Trading Day may not represent more than 15% of total accumulated profit when evaluated for payout eligibility.
NEXUS One-Step: the largest profitable Trading Day may not represent more than 30% of total accumulated profit when evaluated for passing the evaluation or applicable payout eligibility.
If the limit is exceeded, the Trader does not automatically breach the account. Instead, additional qualifying profit may be required until the applicable consistency ratio is satisfied.
NEXUS Two-Step: no consistency requirement currently applies unless otherwise stated for a specific program.
What are the Daily and Overall Drawdown limits?
The limits depend on the selected program:
Program
Daily Drawdown
Overall Drawdown
NEXUS Two-Step
5%
10%
NEXUS One-Step
3%
6%
NEXUS Instant
2%
6%
Drawdown calculations may include realized and unrealized P&L, commissions and swaps.
Reaching or exceeding the applicable drawdown limit may result in an account breach.
Are Stop Loss and Take Profit mandatory?
Yes, for specific programs.
NEXUS Instant: Stop Loss and Take Profit are mandatory.
NEXUS One-Step: Stop Loss and Take Profit are mandatory.
NEXUS Two-Step: Stop Loss and Take Profit are not mandatory unless otherwise specified by the applicable program.
Where Stop Loss and Take Profit are mandatory, they must be attached to the position when it is opened and remain active while the position is open.
Can I hold positions overnight or over the weekend?
Overnight and weekend trading may be permitted depending on the applicable program and instrument.
Where permitted, Traders remain responsible for managing the risks associated with:
- market closures;
- weekend gaps;
- spreads;
- swaps;
- reduced liquidity;
- increased volatility.
Any program-specific restrictions will be clearly stated in the applicable Trading Rules or account conditions.
Can I have multiple Nexus accounts?
Multiple Nexus accounts may be permitted subject to the applicable maximum allocation and account ownership rules.
Traders may not use multiple accounts to conduct prohibited practices such as:
coordinated hedging;
cross-account arbitrage;
opposite-position trading;
circumventing account restrictions;
transferring trading activity between different individuals.
Copy trading between accounts belonging to the same verified Trader may be permitted, subject to the applicable program conditions.
All accounts must remain under the control of their verified owner.
