Traders are expected to act ethically and avoid manipulating order execution or exploiting market conditions in a way that would be impossible in real-world scenarios.
Prohibited Practices
Simultaneous Limit Orders at Same Price
Sending multiple orders at the same level to force fill priority or better queue execution.
Gapped or Illiquid Market Exploitation
Placing trades during low liquidity with the intent of being filled at exaggerated prices.
Bracket Manipulation
Using extremely tight bracket orders to create artificial profitability based on unrealistic fills.
Absence of Slippage Abuse
Simulated environments often don't model slippage. Using this fact to force high-frequency fills that wouldn't occur in live trading is prohibited.
Trading During Tier 1 Economic Events
No new trades may be opened within 5 minutes before and after the release of Tier 1 data.
You may hold trades opened earlier, but you may not modify stop-loss or take-profit levels during the 10-minute blackout window.
Hedging
Hedging — defined as holding offsetting positions in correlated instruments simultaneously (for example, being long in one futures contract while short in another closely correlated contract) — is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, taking opposing positions in highly correlated markets such as:
Long ES (E-mini S&P 500) while short NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100)
Long CL (Crude Oil) while short QM (Mini Crude Oil)
Long 6E (Euro FX) while short DX (US Dollar Index)
Such activity undermines the integrity of risk management within funded accounts and can create artificial trading behaviors that do not align with the objectives of our program.
Traders found engaging in hedging may face immediate account review, removal from the program, forfeiture of any pending payouts, and disqualification from future participation.
Gambling or Random Trade Behavior
Any trading behavior resembling gambling, random execution, or intentionally reckless decision-making is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to:
Placing trades without a defined strategy, risk management plan, or technical rationale.
Repeatedly opening and closing trades at random intervals to "test luck" or force payout cycles.
Overleveraging or revenge trading with disregard for drawdown limits.
Risking more than 2% of the account balance on a single trade idea, whether through large position sizing, excessive scaling, or pyramiding without justification.
Such actions are considered intentional account abuse and violate the principles of skill-based, consistent trading.
Violations of this policy will lead to immediate account termination and forfeiture of all rewards.
Violations of these policies constitute intentional manipulation and will result in account suspension or disqualification from payouts.
If you have any concerns, please contact us via live chat or send an email to support@hyperticks.com