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Can You Hold Trades Overnight or Over the Weekend at a Prop Firm?
Overnight holding and weekend holding are two different rules, and a prop firm can allow one while forbidding the other. Before you pay for an account, you need to check both, in the firm's own words, not a review site's summary.
Ordane accounts operate on simulated capital. No live funds are traded and no deposits are accepted. Clause P-2 of the Ordane Rulebook v1.0 requires that declaration. This article compares where named firms stand today, explains why gap risk splits the two rules, and states Ordane's own position straight from its closed list.
Overnight and weekend holding are two different rules
The 45-word answer, quotable as written
Overnight and weekend holding is allowed at Ordane. It is not on the R-6 closed list, and what is not listed is not a violation.
Why gap risk splits the two
The split comes down to when you can respond. An overnight position still sits in a market that reopens within hours, often the same night. A weekend position sits through two full days when no order can be worked. FTMO explains that because forex liquidity can be at minimum levels over the weekend, the risk of a gap forming, and with it a larger-than-usual loss, is much higher (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026). That is why a firm comfortable with an overnight trade may still force everything flat before Friday's close. Two positions, two risk profiles, two rules.
How a firm enforces an end-of-day or pre-weekend flat
Auto-close at a stated server time
Some firms do not ask you to close, they close for you. Topstep requires all positions to be closed by 3:10 PM CT every weekday; it is a day-trading program and open positions are automatically cancelled at that time in the firm's Central Time zone (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026). Because Topstep does not permit holding positions from one session to the next, neither overnight nor weekend holding is allowed on its accounts (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026). MyFundedFutures runs a similar automated flat: its Permitted Times to Trade page states that positions will be closed for the trader during regular trading days at 4:10 PM EST (MyFundedFutures, retrieved July 28, 2026).
Flatten-before-weekend rules
Other firms let you hold overnight but draw the line at the weekend. On live FTMO Accounts, Standard account holders are required to close positions shortly before the markets close for the weekend, or if the rollover, the market break, lasts longer than 2 hours (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026). That restriction does not apply during the Evaluation Process, regardless of the account type; it applies only once a trader is on a live FTMO Account (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026). FTMO's Swing account type is different again: it has no restriction on holding positions overnight, longer than 2 hours after market close, or over the weekend, unlike the Standard account type (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026).
Why the server timezone matters
Every one of those deadlines is stated in the firm's timezone, not yours. Topstep's 3:10 PM cutoff is Central Time (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026), and MyFundedFutures closes at 4:10 PM Eastern (MyFundedFutures, retrieved July 28, 2026). If you trade from London or Sao Paulo, convert the cutoff to your own clock before you place a trade you intend to hold, because the auto-close fires on the server's schedule, not on yours. This is where traders get caught: the position closes while they are away from the screen. Find the exact time and timezone in the firm's own rules before you need it, not after.
Where named firms stand on overnight and weekend carry
The table below reads each firm's own live documentation, retrieved July 28, 2026. These policies change and often differ by account type and instrument, so treat this as a snapshot with a 90-day shelf life and re-check each firm's page before you pay. Where one firm is as permissive as any other, that is stated plainly, so this table is not a disguised sales pitch: Top One Trader, below, allows both overnight and weekend holding, the same answer Ordane gives in the next section.
| Firm | Overnight holding | Weekend holding | Auto-close time and timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topstep | Not allowed (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026) | Not allowed (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026) | 3:10 PM CT every weekday (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026) |
| FTMO | Allowed on Swing; restricted on live Standard; no restriction during the Evaluation (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026) | Allowed on Swing; Standard must close before the weekend (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026) | No fixed daily auto-close; Standard closes before the weekend or a rollover over 2 hours (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026) |
| MyFundedFutures | None carried; positions closed daily (MyFundedFutures, retrieved July 28, 2026) | None carried; positions closed daily (MyFundedFutures, retrieved July 28, 2026) | 4:10 PM EST on regular trading days (MyFundedFutures, retrieved July 28, 2026) |
| Top One Trader | Allowed (Top One Trader, retrieved July 28, 2026) | Allowed on 1-step-flash and 2-step-pro; add-on required for Instant Funding (Top One Trader, retrieved July 28, 2026) | Not stated on the two pages cited |
| E8 Markets | Not found in E8 Markets' own documentation | Not found in E8 Markets' own documentation | Not found in E8 Markets' own documentation |
Sources, each the firm's own live page retrieved July 28, 2026: Topstep's help-center trading page, FTMO's overnight-and-weekend FAQ plus its Swing account page, MyFundedFutures' Permitted Times to Trade page, and Top One Trader's overnight and weekend help articles. All three E8 Markets cells are left empty because E8's own help center was unreachable at the retrieval date, and this article does not fill a competitor's policy from a review site or from memory. Top One Trader's auto-close cell is blank because its overnight and weekend pages state no fixed daily close time.
How Ordane handles overnight and weekend holding
Ordane's answer is a single position you can verify, not a promise. Overnight and weekend holding is allowed at Ordane. It is not on the R-6 closed list, and what is not listed is not a violation. That position is published on the ordanemarkets.com specification sheet and rests on clause R-6 of Ordane Rulebook v1.0.
The reasoning matters more than the permission, because it is what makes the permission checkable. Ordane's prohibited-practice list is closed. Clause R-6 names six practices: latency, reverse or hedge arbitrage; high-frequency or bulk automated exploitation; copy trading between Ordane accounts; straddling news releases with paired opposing orders; platform or data-feed exploitation; and gap abuse. If a behavior is not listed in that section, it is not a violation. Discretion is not a rule. That text is clause R-6 of the Ordane Rulebook v1.0. Overnight and weekend carry appears nowhere on that list, so a reader can confirm the absence of the restriction in a public, numbered document rather than trust a claim. Apply the same reasoning only after reading R-6 for yourself, because "not listed, so allowed" is valid here yet easy to over-apply to a behavior the list does cover, such as gap abuse.
Permission is not a reason to hold
Allowed is not the same as wise. A weekend gap can move price past your stop before the order can fill. The SEC's investor bulletin states that the stop price is not the guaranteed execution price for a stop order; once the stop price is reached the order becomes a market order, and in a fast-moving market the execution price can deviate significantly from the stop price (SEC Investor.gov, retrieved July 28, 2026). Over a weekend that risk grows, because with forex liquidity at minimum levels the chance of a gap forming, and with it a larger-than-usual loss, is much higher (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026). The discipline is plain: hold only a position that can survive the worst realistic Monday gap before you can act, and size it for that gap, not for the calm you see on Friday afternoon. A rulebook's permission is not the market's protection.
Questions traders ask about holding positions
Can you hold a position overnight on a prop firm?
It depends on the firm and account type. Topstep does not permit holding positions from one session to the next, so overnight holding is not allowed there (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026). Top One Trader allows holding positions overnight (Top One Trader, retrieved July 28, 2026). At Ordane, overnight and weekend holding is allowed because it is not on the R-6 closed list, and what is not listed is not a violation.
Can you hold a position over the weekend?
It varies by firm and account type. FTMO's Standard live accounts must close positions shortly before the weekend, or once a rollover market break passes two hours (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026), while FTMO's Swing account type carries no such restriction (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026). Top One Trader allows weekend holding on its 1-step-flash and 2-step-pro accounts, with an add-on required for Instant Funding (Top One Trader, retrieved July 28, 2026).
What is the difference between overnight and weekend holding?
Overnight holding carries a position into the next trading session, which usually reopens within hours. Weekend holding carries it across the Friday-to-Monday gap, two full days when no order can be worked and price can reopen far from where it closed. Gap risk is why a firm can permit overnight holding while banning weekend holding, or the reverse.
Which prop firms allow weekend holding?
Among the firms checked here as of July 28, 2026, FTMO's Swing account type (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026) and Top One Trader (Top One Trader, retrieved July 28, 2026) allow weekend holding, and Ordane allows it because the practice is absent from its R-6 closed list. Topstep does not allow weekend holding (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026), and FTMO's Standard live account requires a close before the weekend (FTMO, retrieved July 28, 2026).
Does a prop firm auto-close positions at end of day?
Some firms do. Topstep automatically cancels open positions at 3:10 PM Central Time every weekday (Topstep, retrieved July 28, 2026), and MyFundedFutures closes positions for the trader at 4:10 PM Eastern Time on regular trading days (MyFundedFutures, retrieved July 28, 2026). The cutoff is set in the firm's own timezone, not the trader's, so convert it before holding a trade you cannot watch.
Sources
- Topstep Help Center, on all positions being closed by 3:10 PM CT every weekday and Topstep not permitting holding positions from one session to the next. help.topstep.com Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- FTMO, on Standard live account holders being required to close positions before the weekend or a rollover longer than 2 hours, a restriction that does not apply during the Evaluation Process. ftmo.com Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- FTMO, on the Swing account type having no restriction on holding positions overnight or over the weekend, unlike the Standard account type. ftmo.com Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- MyFundedFutures, Permitted Times to Trade, on positions being closed for the trader during regular trading days at 4:10 PM EST. help.myfundedfutures.com Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- Top One Trader, on being free to hold positions over the weekend on 1-step-flash and 2-step-pro accounts, with an add-on required for Instant Funding. help.toponetrader.com Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- Top One Trader, on being free to hold positions overnight. help.toponetrader.com Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Investor.gov, on the stop price not being the guaranteed execution price for a stop order, which becomes a market order once the stop price is reached. investor.gov Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- FTMO, on forex liquidity being at minimum levels over the weekend, raising the risk of a gap forming and a larger-than-usual loss. ftmo.com Retrieved July 28, 2026.