Minimum Trade Holding Time

GenzProp requires every trade to be held open for a minimum of 3 minutes before it is closed.

If a position is closed before 3 minutes have passed since it was opened, this is treated as a rule breach.

Why this rule exists

This rule is in place to prevent high-frequency scalping, latency arbitrage, and other ultra-short-duration trading strategies that do not reflect genuine market risk-taking.

Rule summary

Trade Duration = trade close time − trade open time

• If trade duration is less than 3 minutes → breach
• If trade duration is 3 minutes or more → valid trade, no breach

Examples

Example 1 — valid trade. Opened 10:00:00, closed 10:03:15. Duration 3 minutes 15 seconds → valid.

Example 2 — breach case. Opened 14:20:00, closed 14:21:40. Duration 1 minute 40 seconds → breach.

Example 3 — edge case. Opened 09:00:00, closed 09:03:00. Duration exactly 3 minutes → valid.

Key points

• Applies to all trades on the account, in every phase and stage.
• Minimum holding time: 3 minutes.
• Closing a trade earlier than 3 minutes is flagged as a breach.
• Applies regardless of profit or loss on the trade.