Is Trading Without a Stop Loss Allowed at Funded Guru?

The short answer: there is no rule requiring you to place a stop loss on every trade. However, on Instant Funding accounts the 1% combined risk engine acts as a hard account-level stop – and trading without a stop loss makes it extremely easy to trigger it.

2-Step Challenge

No stop loss requirement. You can trade without one as long as your positions don't breach the daily loss limit (5%) or overall loss limit (10%). Position sizing and risk management are entirely your responsibility.

Instant Funding

No mandatory stop loss per trade. But the 1% combined risk rule changes things significantly. If your total floating loss across all open positions reaches 1% of your current balance, the platform automatically closes every open trade across all symbols and suspends your account immediately. There is no warning.

On a $100,000 account that threshold is $1,000. A single trade moving against you without a stop loss can hit that in seconds. Slippage and commissions count toward the threshold too – keep your exposure comfortably below 1%, not right at it.

The practical reality

On Instant Funding, trading without a stop loss isn't just risky – it's an account-ending mistake waiting to happen. The risk engine doesn't care about your strategy or reasoning. It fires the moment the threshold is crossed.