A Hard Breach is a serious rule breach that results in immediate account termination. The main trading-rule Hard Breaches are Daily Drawdown breach, Maximum Drawdown breach, and accumulation of five cumulative Strikes.
Hard Breaches are not recoverable dashboard warnings. They override softer consequences.
Example: if an Instant Funding Lite account breaches the 3.0% Daily Drawdown limit, the account closes immediately as a Hard Breach. It does not first become a warning or recoverable metric.
Related Terms: Sections 1.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.20.4
