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What trading strategies are prohibited?

Updated over a week ago

At VANTIR, we uphold the integrity of our platform and maintain a strict policy against any form of trading activity that exploits our systems or deviates from real market behavior. Such practices violate our Terms & Conditions and will lead to immediate disqualification from our challenges.

Below are examples of prohibited trading strategies:

  1. High-Frequency Trading (HFT) & Quick Strike Methods

    • Ultra-fast execution with excessive order volumes

    • Exploiting micro-price movements within milliseconds/seconds

    • These practices cause artificial volatility and place unnecessary strain on the server.

  2. Arbitrage & Latency Exploitation

    • Taking advantage of price discrepancies between brokers/platforms

    • Using execution delays or outdated market data to secure guaranteed profits.

  3. Martingale, Grid & Averaging Down

    • Increasing trade sizes progressively to recover losses

    • Building grid orders to exploit small price fluctuations

    • These strategies create unsustainable risk exposure and violate risk management principles.

  4. Tick Scalping & Hyperactivity

    • Trading based on minimal price movements with an excessive number of orders

    • Constantly modifying orders, generating thousands of server messages per day

    • Accounts exceeding specified thresholds for order activity may be flagged or terminated.

  5. Hedging Across Multiple Accounts

    • Opening opposite trades across different accounts to eliminate risk

    • Hedging is only allowed within the same account. Group hedging across accounts will result in immediate termination.

  6. Copy Trading / Signal Services

    • Using external copy trading tools or paid signal services to replicate trades without personal analysis or judgment.

  7. Gambling Behavior

    • Excessive use of margin (e.g., risking 70% or more of the account balance on a single trade)

    • Placing “all-in” trades near the daily loss limit

    • These practices reflect gambling, not professional trading.

  8. Account Rolling

    • Purchasing multiple challenges and intentionally sacrificing certain accounts while focusing on others

    • This is considered gambling and does not represent professional trading behavior.

  9. Exploiting Platform Bugs or Server Freezes

    • Using technical errors, freezing, or data delays on demo servers for an unfair profit advantage.

  10. Low-Liquidity Manipulation

    • Exploiting low liquidity periods (e.g., during "dead zones" between trading sessions) to guarantee order fills or avoid losses.

  11. Account or Device Sharing

    • Sharing login details, trading on behalf of others, or using the same device for multiple traders

    • Strictly prohibited for compliance and security reasons.

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