Minimum Trading Days

The minimum-trading-days requirement sets a floor on how many separate days you must trade to satisfy a phase or payout condition. Each qualifying day usually needs at least one opened position, and some firms add qualifiers such as a minimum lot size, a minimum holding time, or that the trade be more than a token "ping" to count. The rule pairs naturally with consistency requirements: together they push you toward a repeatable process and away from one-shot luck. Note that many firms have moved away from maximum-time limits, so the pressure is increasingly about trading enough distinct days rather than racing a clock. Exact counts and what makes a day "count" are firm-specific.

In plain English — A minimum-trading-days rule requires you to place trades on at least a set number of distinct days before you can pass a phase or request a payout. A "trading day" usually means a day on which you opened at least one position (sometimes a minimum size or duration applies). The rule exists to ensure results come from a real process, not a single session.

With a 5-minimum-trading-days rule, even if you hit your $8,000 profit target on day two, you must trade on at least five separate days before the phase counts as passed.