MyFundedFutures auto-liquidates all positions at 4:10 PM EST every trading day across every plan. Globex re-opens at 6:00 PM EST, with overnight holding viable on Core, Pro sim, Flex, and Builder but harder on Rapid because of intraday trailing. The 2 percent Price Limit Rule effectively blocks overnight ES, NQ, RTY, and YM exposure regardless of plan.
Quick answer: MFFU overnight rules at a glance
- Universal 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation across all five plans.
- Globex re-opens at 6:00 PM EST after the daily maintenance window.
- Core and Pro sim suit overnight holds because of clean EOD floor.
- Rapid is harder because intraday trailing carries from session peak.
- 2 percent Price Limit Rule effectively blocks ES, NQ, RTY, and YM overnight.
- Holiday early-closes require manual position management.
MyFundedFutures closes all positions at 4:10 PM EST every trading day via automatic liquidation. No exceptions, no plan carve-outs, no manual override. Globex re-opens at 6:00 PM EST, and from there the overnight session is open for new entries. Per-plan drawdown mechanics, the 2 percent Price Limit Rule, and Pro Live's daily loss limit determine whether overnight holding is actually viable for any specific setup.
Short version: Core and Pro on the sim-funded stage work well overnight because the EOD trailing floor locks clean at the 4:10 PM close. Rapid is harder because the intraday trailing floor carries from the session's equity peak into the overnight. The 2 percent Price Limit Rule makes ES, NQ, RTY, and YM effectively untradable overnight regardless of plan. Treasuries, gold, crude, and currencies remain viable across every plan that supports overnight exposure.
The 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation
Universal across all five plans. At 4:10 PM EST every trading day, every open position is closed by the platform. Evaluation, sim-funded, and live-funded stages all carry the same rule with no carve-outs. The 10-minute buffer after the 4:00 PM ET equity close allows time to process end-of-session fills and to account for instruments with slightly different close times. The practical rule is to be flat by 4:10 PM EST or the system closes the position automatically.
On Core and Pro plans, the drawdown floor calculates against cash balance at the 4:10 PM close. Since positions are always flat at that moment, the EOD calculation runs on a known cash number rather than on unrealised P&L. That mechanic is what makes Core and Pro structurally clean for overnight trading: the floor is settled on a stable number at every close, and any overnight excursion runs against that fixed reference until the next 4:10 PM EST settlement.
Per-plan overnight viability
Per-plan overnight matrix
| Plan | Drawdown type | Floor at 4:10 PM | Overnight risk layer | Overnight viability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | 3 percent EOD trailing | Locks on cash balance | Buffer versus locked floor | Good, clean daily reset |
| Rapid | 4 percent intraday trailing | Locks at session equity peak | Gap runs against peak-ratcheted floor | Harder, floor tighter than close |
| Pro (sim) | 3 percent EOD trailing | Locks on cash balance | Buffer versus locked floor, no DLL | Good, same clean EOD mechanic |
| Pro (live) | 3 percent EOD trailing plus DLL | Locks on cash balance | DLL ($700 to $3,000) adds second kill switch | More complex, DLL can trigger at open |
| Flex | 4 percent EOD static | Fixed, not trailing | Move does not change static floor | Moderate, simple fixed ceiling |
| Builder | Fixed buffer ($1,500 or $2,000) | Fixed, not trailing | Same as Flex | Moderate, simple fixed ceiling |
The core distinction is between EOD plans (Core, Pro, Flex, Builder) and intraday Rapid. EOD plans settle the floor on a known cash number at close. Rapid is the exception because its floor is set at the session's equity peak rather than at the closing balance, so overnight exposure starts from a tighter position than the EOD plans. The structural difference is the most consequential factor in plan choice for traders who want overnight holds.
The 6:00 PM EST Globex re-open
After the maintenance break ends at approximately 6:00 PM EST, the Globex overnight session opens for new entries. Any position from 6:00 PM EST onward runs overnight until the next 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation. The 22-hour window between Globex open and next-day liquidation is the operational definition of an overnight position at MFFU, even though the position cannot be carried across the daily maintenance break itself.
Overnight liquidity is product-specific. Treasury futures (ZB, ZN) trade actively around the clock. Gold (GC) attracts Asian demand that keeps liquidity reasonable from 8:00 PM to midnight EST. Crude oil (CL) and natural gas (NG) pick up at the European open, with NG gapping on storage and weather news. Equity index futures (ES, NQ, RTY, YM) are active during the 2:00 to 4:00 AM EST window but blocked from MFFU trading by the 2 percent Price Limit Rule covered below.
The 2 percent Price Limit Rule
MFFU bars trading on any product within 2 percent of its CME daily price limit. The major equity index futures (ES, NQ, RTY, YM and micro equivalents MES, MNQ, M2K, MYM) carry a 5 percent overnight price limit from CME. Because MFFU restricts trading when within 2 percent of that limit, the practical effect is that ES and NQ are effectively always in the restricted zone during overnight hours under normal market conditions. The price limit rule is the single biggest constraint on overnight strategy fit at MFFU.
If an overnight strategy requires equity index exposure, MFFU is the wrong firm for that approach. Topstep does not allow overnight on its Funded Account at all, which arrives at the same practical outcome through a different mechanism. Lucid Trading permits continuous holds with no equivalent rule, which makes it the cleaner choice for ES and NQ overnight setups. MFFU's advantage for overnight traders is in fixed income, metals, energy, and currencies rather than equity index futures.
Viable overnight instruments
Instrument suitability
| Instrument | Why viable | Overnight risk note |
|---|---|---|
| ZB (30Y Treasury) | High CME limit, rarely restricted | Moves on Fed commentary |
| ZN (10Y Treasury) | Same structure as ZB | Lower vol than ZB |
| GC (Gold) | $75 per ounce limit (~3.3 percent at $2,300) | Geopolitical gaps |
| SI (Silver) | Higher relative limit | More volatile than GC |
| CL (Crude Oil) | About 14 percent daily limit at $70 per barrel | Storage data gaps |
| NG (Natural Gas) | High limit | Weather and storage gaps can be violent |
| 6E (Euro FX) | No price limit restriction | Active during European session, tight spreads |
ES, NQ, RTY, YM and their micro versions are not viable overnight at MFFU due to the 2 percent Price Limit Rule. The pattern affects swing strategies tied to overnight gaps on US equity indices most directly. Bid-ask spreads on viable instruments widen outside active windows, which matters for position sizing and exit liquidity if a trade runs against the position during the thinnest overnight hours.
Holiday early-close mechanics
On US market holidays, CME Globex closes early, typically at 1:00 PM EST for equity index futures and at adjusted times for other products. MFFU's 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation is calibrated for standard trading days. If a holiday early-close occurs before 4:10 PM EST, the auto-liquidation may not fire on schedule. Traders are responsible for manually closing all positions before the holiday early close.
Failing to close before a holiday early-close can be treated as a rule breach. Always check the MFFU help center for specific holiday-close timing before any US market holiday rather than assuming the auto-liquidation will save you. The pattern is one of the more dangerous compliance scenarios at MFFU because the trader-firm interface assumes the platform's auto-liquidation is the safety net, but on holidays the safety net moves earlier than the platform expects.
Pro Live and the daily loss limit
On Pro Live, a daily loss limit applies in addition to the EOD trailing drawdown. The DLL ranges from $700 on $50K live to $3,000 on $150K live. An adverse overnight gap that triggers the DLL closes the session for the day regardless of EOD floor headroom. Overnight position sizing on Pro Live must therefore satisfy two separate constraints: the DLL and the EOD trailing floor.
A $750 adverse open on a single ZB overnight position on a $50K Pro Live account triggers the DLL before the EOD floor is ever a factor. The same position on sim-funded Pro carries no DLL and only consumes EOD floor headroom. The transition from sim-funded to live-funded therefore changes the overnight risk math materially, and traders who plan to scale Pro to the $100,000 cumulative payout cap should rehearse overnight sizing under DLL conditions before the live transition.
Pro Live DLL by account size
| Account size | Daily loss limit |
|---|---|
| $50K live | $700 |
| $100K live | $2,000 |
| $150K live | $3,000 |
my experience on Core and Pro overnight
I have traded MFFU for three years across Core and Pro accounts with $20,000 plus in cumulative payouts. The forced daily flat at 4:10 PM EST took adjustment, because coming from setups where overnight holds were truly continuous, having a hard daily reset required a different workflow. On Core, the most frequent overnight holds are ZB, ZN, and GC. The 2 percent Price Limit Rule on ES and NQ is not theoretical, and it has blocked planned overnight setups.
Once a trader internalises that equity index overnight trading is off the table at MFFU, the friction with the rule disappears and the instrument set that is actually available becomes the working framework. The EOD drawdown mechanic on Core is genuinely advantageous for overnight traders because at the 4:10 PM close the floor is known precisely and the available buffer for the overnight session is unambiguous. Rapid does not deliver the same clarity because the floor reflects the intraday equity peak rather than the close.
Comparison with peer firms
Overnight policy across firms
| Firm | Overnight policy | Equity index overnight | Fixed income and metals |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFFU | Allowed (6 PM to 4:10 PM next day), daily flat required | Effectively barred (2 percent Price Limit Rule) | Viable, ZB, ZN, GC, CL |
| Topstep | Not allowed on Funded Account, flat at session end | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Apex Trader Funding | Permitted on most accounts | Permitted | Viable |
| Lucid Trading | Continuous hold allowed, drawdown tracks through session | Allowed, no 2 percent Price Limit Rule | Viable |
MFFU is more permissive than Topstep for overnight strategies, but only where the 2 percent Price Limit Rule does not apply. For equity index swings, Topstep's no-overnight rule and MFFU's price-limit restriction arrive at nearly the same practical outcome. Traders running fixed-income, metals, energy, or currency overnight setups can use MFFU productively. Traders whose edge requires ES or NQ overnight exposure should look at Lucid Trading or Apex Trader Funding for that piece of their strategy.
Practical overnight workflow
The cleanest MFFU overnight workflow combines four habits. Calculate the buffer at 4:10 PM EST before opening any overnight position, where buffer equals closing cash balance minus current drawdown floor. Open overnight only if the buffer exceeds the expected maximum adverse gap on the chosen instrument. On ZB or ZN a $600 buffer is usually enough to absorb a normal overnight move. On CL or NG, where overnight gaps can be $400 to $800 on a single contract, a tighter buffer is high-risk.
Never open an overnight position heading into a scheduled Tier 1 economic release the following morning. The pre-news flat rule applies during overnight sessions as well as during the main session, and being long ZB into a 6:00 AM EST European release or short CL into a 10:30 AM EIA report is the kind of overnight pattern that generates both rule breach risk and adverse-gap risk simultaneously. Treat the news calendar as a constraint on overnight entries, not just as a session-time consideration.
Bottom line
MFFU overnight holding works inside a defined structure. Universal 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation, Globex re-opens at 6:00 PM EST, and any position opened from there runs until the next daily close. Core and Pro on sim-funded are the plans best suited for overnight strategies because the EOD trailing floor locks on a known cash balance with a clean buffer calculation every session. Rapid is harder because the intraday trailing floor carries from the session's equity peak. The 2 percent Price Limit Rule effectively bars ES, NQ, RTY, and YM overnight regardless of plan, and if your overnight strategy requires equity index exposure, look elsewhere for that piece.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does MyFundedFutures allow overnight holding? Yes, with a mandatory daily reset. All open positions auto-liquidate at 4:10 PM EST. Globex re-opens at approximately 6:00 PM EST, and positions opened from there run overnight until the next 4:10 PM EST close. Overnight is permitted on all plans, with per-plan drawdown mechanics determining how risky it is for any specific strategy.
What is the MFFU 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation? A firm-enforced flat at 4:10 PM EST Monday through Friday across all plans and stages. There is no manual override. If you are in a position at 4:10 PM, the platform closes it via market order. The rule applies on evaluation, sim-funded, and live-funded accounts uniformly across the five plans.
When can I open overnight positions at MFFU? From approximately 6:00 PM EST when Globex re-opens after the maintenance break. Positions from 6:00 PM EST onward run through the overnight session until the next 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation. The most active period of the overnight session for US equity futures is typically the European session open between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM EST.
How does overnight holding interact with Core and Pro drawdown? On Core and Pro the EOD trailing floor locks at 4:10 PM EST on the cash balance at close. An overnight position opened at 6:00 PM EST runs against that locked floor until the next close. An adverse overnight gap reduces equity but does not reset the floor until end of the next session.
How does overnight holding interact with Rapid drawdown? Rapid's intraday trailing ratchets in real time on every equity high during the session. At 4:10 PM EST, the trail locks at wherever the session peak set it. Overnight exposure opens against that tighter-than-close floor, making Rapid materially harder for overnight strategies than Core or Pro.
What is the 2 percent Price Limit Rule? MFFU bars trading when within 2 percent of a product's CME daily price limit. ES, NQ, RTY, and YM carry a 5 percent overnight limit, meaning MFFU restricts them unless price has moved more than 3 percent from the prior close overnight. Under normal conditions that never happens, making these products effectively barred overnight.
Which instruments work for overnight trading at MFFU? ZB, ZN, GC, SI, CL, NG, and 6E. These carry higher CME daily price limits relative to normal overnight ranges and do not face the same restriction as equity index futures. Treasury futures and currencies are the most consistently liquid overnight options at MFFU.
What happens on holiday early-close days? MFFU's 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation may not fire if CME closes early before that time. You are responsible for manually closing all positions before the holiday early close. Failing to do so can be treated as a rule breach. Check the MFFU help center before every US market holiday.
Does Pro Live have different overnight rules than Pro sim-funded? Yes. Sim-funded Pro has no daily loss limit, with only the 3 percent EOD trailing drawdown applying. Live-funded Pro adds a DLL of $700 to $3,000 by account size, which can trigger on an adverse overnight gap before the EOD floor becomes relevant.
Can I hold positions through the weekend at MFFU? No. The 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation fires on Fridays. Globex re-opens Sunday at approximately 6:00 PM EST, and any Sunday position is a new position rather than a carryover from Friday. MFFU does not support weekend holds on any plan.
Is there a fee for holding positions overnight at MFFU? MFFU does not charge an overnight-specific fee. The 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation forces all positions flat every day, so there is no continuous overnight position in the traditional sense. Standard CME futures have overnight margin requirements and roll schedules, but MFFU does not add a surcharge for trading during overnight Globex hours.
How does MFFU overnight compare to Topstep? Topstep does not allow overnight holding on the Funded Account at all. MFFU allows overnight positions on Core, Pro, Flex, and Builder, making MFFU more permissive for swing and overnight strategies. The practical limitation at MFFU is the 2 percent Price Limit Rule, which effectively removes ES, NQ, RTY, and YM from the overnight tradable universe.
What is the safest overnight approach at MFFU on Core? Calculate your buffer at 4:10 PM EST before opening any overnight position. Buffer equals closing cash balance minus current drawdown floor. Open overnight only if the buffer exceeds the expected maximum adverse gap on your instrument. Never open into a scheduled Tier 1 economic release the following morning.
Does MFFU restrict news trading during overnight sessions? Yes. MFFU's news trading restrictions apply during overnight sessions as well as the main session. If you are holding an overnight position and there is a Tier 1 release during the overnight or early morning, the news rule applies and you must be flat before the restricted window. Typically two minutes before the scheduled release.
Do Flex and Builder have the same overnight rules as Core? Functionally yes for the 4:10 PM EST auto-liquidation, but the drawdown structures differ. Flex uses a 4 percent EOD static drawdown rather than trailing, and Builder uses fixed buffers of $1,500 or $2,000. The fixed-structure plans are simpler to size around overnight because the floor never moves, but the total drawdown room is finite and does not expand with profit.
What is the maximum overnight position size at MFFU? Position size limits are set by plan size rather than by overnight rule, with the contract scaling determined by the funded account specifications. For overnight specifically, size should be reduced from the maximum to account for gap risk and the absence of intraday stop-loss management during sleep hours. A common heuristic is half the maximum intraday position for an overnight hold.
