Funded Trading Plus: Weekend & overnight holding
1-Step Express and 2-Step Classic allow overnight and weekend holding. The Instant program does NOT — all trades must be closed by 4:30pm EST Friday, and the system auto-closes open positions.
The gotcha
Instant traders get a hard Friday-afternoon auto-close — don't plan to carry a position over the weekend on Instant.
What happens if you break it
This is a soft breach: the firm typically warns or flags the account rather than voiding it, but repeated or flagrant breaches escalate to termination.
The numbers
| stepPlans | ALLOWED |
| instant | NO_WEEKEND (auto-close Fri 16:30 EST) |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle weekend holding
Funded Trading Plus's weekend & overnight holding is one approach. Here's how the rest of the field treats weekend holding — sorted by how hard a breach hits.
| Firm | Rule | If breached |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Capital Group | Weekend holding | Payout denied |
| Blueberry Futures | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| E8 Markets | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| Finotive Funding | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| FundedNext Futures | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| FunderPro | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| FunderPro Futures | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| Funding Traders | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| FundingPips | Weekend holding | Warning |
| Instant Funding | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| Lark Funding | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
| Lucid Trading | Weekend & overnight holding | Warning |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with Funded Trading Plus. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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