At a glance
Overnight: you can hold positions overnight on every account, in an evaluation and once funded, without an add-on. Swap fees still apply unless your account has the swap-free add-on, which waives swap fees only.
Weekends and market holidays:
During an evaluation, on every product, you can hold positions over the weekend and over market holidays.
On a funded 2-Step, you can also hold positions over the weekend and over market holidays.
On a funded 1-Step, Flash or Instant account, open positions are closed automatically at the platform's Friday close before each weekend, and pending orders are cancelled. Before a market holiday, the same happens 30 minutes before that symbol's holiday close. You cannot open a new position on a closed symbol until it reopens. This is not a breach.
Crypto stays open where the symbol genuinely trades 24/7, on any account: it is not closed at the Friday close and can be held over the weekend.
Key rule: Only funded 1-Step, Flash and Instant accounts are closed before a weekend or a holiday. The weekend close is the platform's Friday close; a holiday close happens 30 minutes before that symbol's own holiday close. Evaluations and funded 2-Step accounts keep their positions open.
When this applies
Account | Overnight on a weekday | Over a weekend | Over a market holiday |
Evaluation (2-Step, 1-Step, Flash) | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed |
Funded 2-Step | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed |
Funded 1-Step or Flash | Allowed | Closed automatically at the Friday close (24/7 crypto stays open) | Closed automatically 30 minutes before each symbol's holiday close (24/7 crypto excepted) |
Instant | Allowed | Closed automatically at the Friday close (24/7 crypto stays open) | Closed automatically 30 minutes before each symbol's holiday close (24/7 crypto excepted) |
Instant is a funded account from day one, so the Friday close applies to an Instant account from its first week.
One Friday close, not one per symbol. The weekend close happens at the platform's Friday close, not at a separate time before each symbol's own close. Holidays are different: a holiday close happens 30 minutes before that symbol's holiday close. Whether a crypto symbol trades 24/7 depends on its trading session, not on its name. If you are not sure when the Friday close is, or whether a symbol trades 24/7, ask us.
Swap fees. Positions held overnight carry swap fees unless your account has the swap-free add-on. That add-on waives swap fees only; on Flash it can be bought only with the payment after a pass and applies only once the account is funded. It does not change whether you may hold a position: overnight holding is allowed on every account without it, and it does not change the weekend and holiday rules. Add-ons are covered in Add-ons: profit split upgrade, Payout On Demand and swap-free.
Worked examples
Example: A funded 1-Step account has a EUR/USD position open on Friday. It is closed automatically at the platform's Friday close, and any pending EUR/USD order is cancelled. The account is not in breach. If you want that exposure after the weekend, you would open a new position once EUR/USD reopens.
Funded 2-Step account, the same EUR/USD position on Friday. It stays open over the weekend. When the market reopens, the price can gap, and the Max Daily Loss and Max Loss apply to that move like any other.
Funded Instant account, a crypto CFD on a symbol that trades 24/7. It is not closed at the Friday close and stays open over the weekend.
1-Step evaluation, gold position open on Friday. It stays open over the weekend. A gap at the reopen counts against the loss limits like any other move.
Any account, position held from Tuesday to Wednesday. Allowed. Swap fees apply unless the account is swap-free.
Consequences and exceptions
The weekend and holiday close is not a breach. It is an automatic close of open positions, not a breach of the account.
Plan your own exit on a funded 1-Step, Flash or Instant account. If you want to choose the price at which a position closes, close it yourself before the automatic close.
Holidays count too, with their own timing. On funded 1-Step, Flash and Instant accounts, positions on a symbol are closed and pending orders cancelled 30 minutes before that symbol's market holiday close.
Gaps where you hold. A position held over a weekend or holiday is exposed to the price when the market reopens, and a gap can reach a loss limit. See What is drawdown, and how do the Max Daily Loss and Max Loss work?.
Swap-free is not a holding permission. You never need it to hold overnight; it only waives the swap fees.
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Next step
If a position was closed when you did not expect it, for example a crypto position on a symbol that trades 24/7, or a position on an evaluation or funded 2-Step account over the weekend: note the account number, the instrument, and the date and time the position closed as shown on your platform (a screenshot helps), then message us in the chat and ask for a person, who checks what happened on your account. Never send your trading password or a login code. Every way to reach us is in How to contact EverFunded support.