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Latency Arbitrage Prohibition

This policy is placed to protect the platform’s integrity and ensure that all traders are evaluated based on strategy, skill, and discipline

Updated over 2 weeks ago

At OnlyFundsFX, we are committed to maintaining a fair, transparent, and stable trading environment for all participants. As part of our risk control framework, especially within the Algorithmic Affair account type, we strictly prohibit the use of latency arbitrage strategies.


What Is Latency Arbitrage?

Latency arbitrage is a strategy that attempts to exploit pricing discrepancies that occur due to delays in market data feeds between brokers, platforms, or liquidity providers.

These strategies often involve:

  • Using ultra-fast systems or colocation services to detect price mismatches

  • Placing trades on slower platforms before prices adjust

  • Capitalizing on milliseconds of delay between price discovery and execution

⚠️ This type of trading does not reflect genuine market strategy or skill—it exploits infrastructure.


🚫 Prohibited Use of Latency Arbitrage

Latency arbitrage is strictly forbidden on all OnlyFundsFX accounts, including Algorithmic Affair. This applies to:

  • Manual or automated strategies that react to stale price data

  • Use of delayed market feeds to front-run prices

  • Bot activity designed to act faster than our internal price synchronization


💬 Need Strategy Validation?

If you're unsure whether your EA or system could trigger this policy, contact our team before deploying it. Reach out at support@onlyfundsfx.com or via Live Chat, and we’ll help you stay compliant.

Trade smart. Trade sustainably. Trade the OnlyFundsFX way. ✅

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