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General Guidelines/Prohibited Usage

Strategies that are prohibited and rules that you need to follow

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⚖️ Freedom With Responsibility

We encourage trading freedom, allowing clients to operate in their preferred style holding positions during news events, over weekends, and leveraging according to their preferences.

However, we strictly prohibit any activity deemed unethical, exploitative, or non‑replicable under genuine live market conditions. Engaging in such practices may result in:

  • Immediate account termination

  • Forfeiture of targets achieved

  • Disqualification from current or future programs


🚫 Prohibited Practices

The following activities are not allowed under any circumstances:

  • Market manipulation & exploitation

    • Gap trading

    • Arbitrage in any form (latency, price feed, or platform‑based)

    • Exploiting price feed delays, off‑market quotes, or data discrepancies

    • Layering, gridding, spoofing, excessive martingale or coordinated activity between accounts

    • Executing rapid open-and-close trades to capitalize/exploit on short-term price fluctuations, liquidity provider price discrepancies, or other market inefficiencies.

  • Unrealistic or toxic trading methods

    • High‑frequency trading (HFT) or latency‑dependent strategies

    • Tick scalping or ultra‑short‑term execution anomalies

    • News spike scalping within milliseconds of releases

    • Toxic trading flow designed to exploit liquidity providers

  • System abuse & manipulation

    • Server spamming or excessive order generation

    • Server execution abuse or order manipulation

    • Quote stuffing or order placement without execution intent

    • Opening positions during outages or technical malfunctions

  • Risk & behavior violations

    • Hedging between accounts or across firms

    • Excessive margin use (proper margin management should maintain ~50–60% available margin)

    • High‑risk or impulsive “YOLO” trading behavior

    • Strategy switching after assessment (at our discretion)

  • Unauthorized or unethical practices

    • Copy trading or third‑party account management without prior written consent

    • Use of vendor‑promoted strategies designed solely to pass evaluations

    • Insider trading or use of non‑public market‑sensitive information

    • Reliance on guaranteed fills, zero slippage, or execution conditions not possible in live markets

    • Any practice clearly not replicable in legitimate live trading conditions

  • Compliance violations

    • IP address usage must remain consistent with the country and location provided in KYC documents. Mismatches may result in suspension or termination.

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