Overview
PropShopTrader requires traders to remain active. If an account has no trading activity for 7 consecutive calendar days, that account is marked Inactive and automatically failed.
This policy applies per individual account, not at the profile level.
Each account must show its own activity. A trade on one account does not keep your other accounts active.
Flip trades placed solely to satisfy the inactivity requirement do not count as legitimate trading activity. Read the full flip trade policy here.
What Counts as Activity
To keep an account active you must:
Log in to Tickblaze, and
Execute at least one trade on that specific account within any 7-day period
Trading activity should reflect genuine participation and normal use of the account.
A trade placed primarily to reset the inactivity timer, rather than as a genuine trading decision, is a flip trade. Flip trades do not satisfy the activity requirement, and the day they were placed still counts toward your inactivity total.
For example, opening a position and closing it seconds later, at a size well outside your normal risk, simply so the account registers a trade, may be treated as a flip trade.
đ For the full definition, how flip trades are identified, and what does and does not qualify, see: What is a flip trade and why doesn't it count as activity?
The 7-day window runs on consecutive calendar days, not trading days. Weekends and market holidays are included in the count.
What Happens if an Account Becomes Inactive
If no activity occurs on an account for 7 consecutive calendar days:
The account is marked Inactive
The account is failed
No refunds are issued
This is final. A deactivated account cannot be reactivated, reset or replaced. Resets are no longer available on our current infrastructure.
When This Rule Applies
The inactivity timer applies where:
You purchased an account but never logged in (7 days from purchase)
You logged in but never placed a trade (7 days from first login)
You previously traded on the account but stopped for 7 consecutive days
Notifications
Two notifications are sent:
5-Day Warning - sent when an account reaches 5 days without an executed trade, giving you 2 days to act
Deactivation Notice - sent when the account is deactivated on day 7
Notifications are sent per account, so you will receive a separate email for each affected account.
How the Day Is Counted
Our system runs a daily inactivity check based on trading activity recorded up to 5:00 PM EST, which is when the trading day closes.
If no executed trade is recorded on an account by 5:00 PM EST, that day is counted toward the account's inactivity total.
Notification emails are generated and sent later the same evening, once the daily check has completed.
Important: because the daily check runs at 5:00 PM EST, a trade executed after 5:00 PM EST is counted toward the following day, not the current one. If you are close to your deadline, place your trade before 5:00 PM EST to be certain it is captured in that day's check.
âPlease note: these notifications are a courtesy to help you keep your accounts active. Responsibility for maintaining activity rests with the trader, and the Inactivity Policy applies whether or not a notification is received. Because flip trades are assessed on review, a flip trade may suppress your 5-day warning. The absence of a warning does not mean an account is in good standing.
How to Stay Active
Log in and place at least one executed trade on each account every 7 days, before 5:00 PM EST.
Your trades should represent genuine trading activity. Flip trades do not count as legitimate trading activity and will not stop an account from being failed. What counts as a flip trade.
Example: If you have 5 accounts, you need activity on all five within a 7-day window. A trade on one account will not keep the other four active.
Plan around weekends. Because the window counts calendar days, a weekend consumes two of your seven. If your last trade was on a Friday, you have until the following Friday, but only about five market days inside that window. We recommend not leaving it to the final day.
Why This Changed
Our inactivity window was updated from 30 days to 7 days, and moved from profile level to account level, as part of our transition to new infrastructure following our partnership with PropAccount. The full announcement is available here.