DCA & Position Stacking Limits
We allow you to scale into trades (Dollar Cost Averaging), but we also limit how many times you can “stack” into the same idea. This keeps trading behavior controlled and prevents excessive, high-frequency averaging down.
This is a behavior rule that applies independently of account size.
The DCA / Stacking Rule
You may enter the same instrument, same direction up to 3 times total for a single trade idea:
1 initial entry
Up to 2 additional adds (DCA entries)
This 3-entry limit is the same for:
$50,000 accounts
$100,000 accounts
$150,000 accounts
Even if your total contracts are under your Max Contracts limit, a 4th entry into the same instrument/direction for the same idea is considered stacking behavior and is not allowed.
Examples
Example 1 – Rule respected (100K account)
Plan max contracts: 6 minis
Trader does:
Buy 2 ES → add 2 ES → add 2 ES
Result:
3 entries total, 6 minis → ✅ Within DCA rule and ✅ within max contracts
Example 2 – DCA behavior violation (any account size)
Trader does:
Buy 1 ES → add 1 ES → add 1 ES → add 1 ES
Result:
4 separate entries in the same direction on ES → ❌ violates DCA rule, even if total minis are still under the contract cap
Example 3 – Contract violation despite OK DCA (50K account)
50K account max: 2 minis
Trader does:
Buy 1 ES → add 1 ES → add 1 ES
Result:
3 entries (OK for DCA), but 3 minis open when the max allowed is 2 → ❌ breaches Max Contracts rule
Why this rule exists
The 3-entry limit is there to:
Prevent uncontrolled “spray and pray” averaging behavior
Keep trade data cleaner and more consistent for risk management
Still allow planned scaling in without turning trades into a grid/martingale pattern
You must always respect both:
DCA & Position Stacking Limits (max 3 entries per idea), and
Max Contracts by Account Size (2 / 6 / 9 minis or 20 / 60 / 60 micros).