Best Prop Firms for Holding Trades Over the Weekend

What weekend holding rules cover

Forex and CFD markets close on Friday evening and reopen on Sunday evening or Monday morning, depending on the time zone. Holding a trade over the weekend means leaving it open across that gap. Some prop firms allow it on every account, some allow it only on a swing account type or with a paid add on, and some require you to close everything before the Friday close. Most futures firms require traders to be flat before each daily close, which rules out weekend positions too. The firms listed above allow weekend holding on at least one program, and the list changes as firms rewrite their rules.

A worked example

Take a made up $50,000 example account with a 4% daily loss limit of $2,000. On Friday afternoon a trader buys 2 lots of EUR/USD, where one standard lot is worth about $10 per pip, with a stop loss 40 pips below entry. The figures are an illustration, not any firm's plan.

The stop was in place and sized for $800, but a stop cannot fill at a price that never traded, so in the second case it filled at the first available price. Because the gap lands at the start of a new trading day, the loss counts against that day's limit before the trader can act. Holding costs add up too: positions held over the daily rollover pay or earn swap, and the charge for the weekend days is usually booked on one night of the week. A position sized for a possible gap, rather than for the stop alone, is less likely to breach the account on a Monday open.

Who this suits

Weekend holding suits swing and position traders whose trades last several days or weeks, traders who work from daily or weekly charts, and traders who cannot close positions late on a Friday in their time zone. It suits traders less well if they use tight stops and large positions, because a gap can turn a small planned loss into a breach.

The trade offs

The main cost is gap risk: the account carries market exposure while no one can trade out of it. Firms that allow weekend holding often balance it elsewhere, for example with a separate swing account type that has a higher fee, lower leverage or a lower profit split. Some allow holding in the evaluation but not on the funded account, or the reverse. Where holding is not allowed, a position left open can be closed automatically before the market shuts or treated as a breach.

How firms differ

Firms differ on whether overnight and weekend holding are treated separately, on which account types allow them, and on whether the permission applies at every stage. Leverage over the weekend, swap rates and the handling of crypto positions also vary. The penalty for holding when it is not allowed ranges from an automatic close to profit removal or loss of the account.

What to check before you buy

• Which account type allows it. Confirm that weekend holding applies to the program you are buying and not only to a swing variant.
• Both stages. Check the rule for the evaluation and for the funded account.
• Daily limit calculation. Find out how the daily limit is measured and how a Monday gap counts against it.
• Costs. Check swap rates and whether the swing account type costs more or pays a lower split.
• Related rules. Read the news trading rules, since accounts that restrict one often restrict the other.

How to compare the firms listed

First confirm the permission on the exact program and stage you would trade. Then compare what it costs: the fee and profit split on the account type that allows holding, the leverage it carries and the swap on your instruments. Check how the daily loss limit is calculated, because a limit reset from the previous day's balance or equity treats a Monday gap differently from one fixed on the starting balance. Finish with the maximum loss type and payout terms. Each firm's profile lists its rules, and the comparison table narrows the field by platform and country.

Weekend and overnight holding rules covers gap risk and swap in more depth, and daily loss limit vs maximum drawdown explains how the two limits are measured. Swing trading vs scalping compares the two styles under prop firm rules, and firms that allow trading through releases are listed under news trading.