What is an inactivity rule?
Quick answer
An inactivity rule ends or flags an account that has not traded for a set number of days, for example 30. It clears abandoned accounts, keeps funded accounts active, and replaces a hard time limit with a softer requirement. The period and the consequence should be stated clearly.
Detailed answer
Why firms use it:
- Abandoned evaluations clutter records and reporting.
- Funded accounts should be traded, not held as options.
- It encourages engagement without a deadline.
Points to define:
- What counts as activity: opening a trade, usually.
- The number of days.
- Whether you warn the trader before it applies.
PropExecutor's inactivity breach rule ends an account that has not traded for a set number of days. It is the one rule checked by a clock (an hourly sweep) rather than on price ticks, because inactivity has no event to trigger it.
Example
With a 30-day inactivity rule, an account whose last trade was opened on 1 March breaches on 31 March if no trade has been opened since. Logging in without trading does not count.
Warn first
A reminder email a week before the limit costs nothing and avoids complaints.
Publish the number of days on the rules page.
PropExecutor team · Updated
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