Rules

North journey rules

North's trading rules are designed to maintain consistency, discipline, and risk protection throughout the journey. They apply to the one-step journey and also to NTF Funding. Within these criteria, traders may operate with the strategy that best fits their profile.

Summary

North's journey was designed for traders looking for a more direct path, with a one-step evaluation path and access to NTF Funding when eligible. In the one-step journey, you trade for 60 days, or 45 days with an eligible add-on, while North evaluates risk control, positive result, consistency, and rule compliance. NTF Funding is the continuation of the journey for eligible traders, with compensation according to the program criteria.

Operating environment

North's journey uses Tickmill and MetaTrader 5, connected to Trader Station through North True Funding Connection.

one-step journey

Trade 60 days, or 45 with an add-on, finish positive, complete at least 8 trades, and keep 30% consistency with 4% daily DD and 6% total DD.

NTF Funding

After the one-step journey, NTF Funding can start with 6% or 8% total DD, depending on the period reading.

Withdrawals and rewards

The standard reward split is 80%, can reach 90%, and the first withdrawal can happen after 30 days with a $20 minimum.

1. How the one-step journey works

The one-step journey reads risk profile, consistency, and operational fit.

Entry happens through the contracted program inside North's funding model.

The one-step journey is not a classic eliminatory stage. It reads risk profile, consistency, and fit.

The one-step journey lasts 60 days, or 45 days with an eligible add-on.

The period must end positive.

At least 8 recorded trades are required.

Minimum consistency is 30%.

Daily DD is static at 4% and total DD is static at 6%.

If the one-step journey is breached, restart applies only to this stage.

2. How we define the DD for NTF Funding

At the end of the one-step journey, North compares period profit with the maximum DD considered.

Fit formula

period profit ÷ max DD = fit index

When the trader produces at least twice what they risked, North can release more DD to work with. learn more

Index equal to or above 2

When period profit divided by the maximum DD considered results in 2 or more, NTF Funding is fitted with 8% total DD.

Index below 2

When period profit divided by the maximum DD considered results below 2, NTF Funding is fitted with 6% total DD.

3. NTF Funding rules

NTF Funding continues the journey for eligible traders, with compensation according to the program criteria.

After a positive one-step journey, the journey may continue to NTF Funding when the trader becomes eligible.

Activation happens in the same North journey flow.

The NTF Funding fit depends on the operational reading made during the one-step journey.

Minimum 30% consistency

The 30% consistency rule still looks at the weight of the best day against the total period profit.

NTF Funding can start with 6% or 8% total DD.

North does not require a buffer or extra cushion.

If NTF Funding is breached, a new program is required.

4. North True Funding Connection, Tickmill, and MetaTrader 5

North's journey depends on the official environment and the correct connection between account, platform, and Trader Station.

Using Tickmill and MetaTrader 5 is mandatory inside the North journey.

The official EA is North True Funding Connection.

Activation and operation depend on correct use of the EA.

The EA must stay active within the maximum 5-day window.

Trader Station updates whenever the EA is enabled in MetaTrader 5.

Any attempt to breach, bypass, tamper with, or interfere with the EA results in a ban.

5. Specific rules for demo and live accounts

Demo and live accounts do not work exactly the same day to day, so this section avoids practical confusion.

On demo, if the trader does not place one order inside each 5-day window, Tickmill may close the account.

If demo closes for inactivity, the trader loses the related program.

The same closure-by-inactivity dynamic does not apply in the same way to live accounts.

To activate the program on live, the current minimum reference is $1,000.

The MT5 account balance does not need to match the purchased program value. For demo accounts, the minimum balance is US$ 200; for live accounts, the minimum balance is US$ 1,000. As long as the minimum for the chosen account type is respected, the trader may use a higher balance according to the strategy. The current program balance is calculated by North based on the percentage result generated in the linked MT5 account.

If your MT5 account expires for an operational reason not related to inactivity, or if you need to change accounts for a permitted strategic reason, request it inside the Station control center under Quick actions > Change MT5 account. This change does not erase history, restart the one-step journey, or replace the program rules review.

As a reference, North recommends more than $10,000 in demo capital.

Weekend and news trading are allowed when they respect the journey rules.

Bots, EAs, and automations are allowed when they do not interfere with the official EA.

Stop loss is not mandatory, but risk management must remain consistent with the profile shown.

6. Rewards and withdrawals

The reward and withdrawal policy preserves clarity, predictability, and internal review.

The standard reward split is 80% and can reach 90% with an eligible add-on.

The first withdrawal can happen 30 days after NTF Funding is activated.

Withdrawal requests require a minimum balance of $20.

Every withdrawal goes through an internal automatic review. Payment time is up to 48 hours.

Windows follow the contracted program conditions, with 30 days without add-on and 7 days with one when applicable.

North does not add an extra withdrawal fee.

7. How we calculate the reward

Reward calculation applies the achieved percentage to the purchased program balance.

Base formula

achieved percentage × purchased program balance

In Trader Station, the values already appear converted automatically.

How we calculate the reward

The reward uses the percentage actually achieved in the demo or live account and applies it to the purchased program balance.

Practical example

If the trader makes 5% and the purchased program balance is $50,000, the reward base calculation uses 5% of $50,000.

8. Operating environment and compliance

North's clarity depends on separating the journey, technology, and responsibility limits correctly.

Strategies that are not allowed

North allows operational freedom, including news, weekends, bots, EAs, automations, and trading without stop loss. That freedom does not include manipulative practices or artificial structures. learn more

Collusion, artificial coordination, price manipulation, or combined use of accounts and related IPs is not compatible with the journey.

Ultra-short scalping in batches may be treated as a restricted practice when trades last less than 3 minutes and this dynamic starts to concentrate more than 30% of total profit.

It is not allowed to use another trader's strategy, a commercialized structure, or a ready-made automation to hide the real operational profile.

Automation, bots, and EAs are allowed, but not for manipulation, execution abuse, or distortion.

It is not allowed to access or use another client's account without permission.

Arbitrage, hedging between separate accounts, group reverse trading, and mirrored copy trading may be treated as a breach.

Multiple accounts with different registration data and high-frequency trading are not compatible with the journey's integrity.

Overleveraging, overexposure, or unilateral betting with 85% or more of margin in a single asset falls outside the accepted standard.

The journey takes place in a simulated environment whenever the program is linked to a demo account.

North is not a broker and does not place orders on behalf of the client.

Payments are not a deposit and not an investment.

Tickmill and MetaTrader 5 make up the official operating environment of the North journey.

North does not control spread, slippage, opening hours, MetaTrader 5 maintenance, or other technical conditions.

Weekend trading is allowed within the program rules.

News trading is allowed within the program rules.

Bots, EAs, and automations are allowed when they do not interfere with the official EA.

Stop loss is not mandatory, but risk management must remain consistent with the profile shown.

North may review activity, consistency, fit, and compliance whenever needed.

Final reading

North's rules exist to make the journey predictable, organize the one-step journey risk reading, fit the NTF Funding correctly inside the journey, formalize the required official operating environment, and make clear that progression depends on discipline, consistency, and compliance.