YRM Prop enforces specific rules to maintain fair trading conditions, protect account integrity, and ensure long-term sustainability across all programs. While we support a wide range of trading styles, certain practices are prohibited because they introduce excessive risk, manipulation, or unfair advantages.
Violations may result in payout denial, account termination, or permanent bans.
What Is Allowed (Important Updates)
✅ News Trading (Effective February 1st, 2026)
News trading is now fully allowed across all YRM Prop accounts.
Traders may:
Open new positions during news events
Hold positions through economic releases
Trade volatility during high-impact announcements
Important note:
Trading during news can involve higher volatility, slippage, and spreads. These are market conditions outside YRM’s control. Traders are responsible for managing risk appropriately.
✅ Copy Trading & Trade Replication
Copy trading is allowed under the following conditions:
Allowed
Using YRM’s internal copy trading tools
Using external trade copiers to manage your own YRM accounts
Running the same strategy across multiple accounts
Copying trades across firms as long as it is not used for hedging or offsetting risk
Not Allowed
Copy trading used to hedge positions (e.g., long on YRM, short elsewhere)
Coordinated trading between multiple people
Using copy trading to manipulate payout rules, risk limits, or account metrics
Copy trading must be used for strategy execution, not risk neutralization or abuse.
Prohibited Trading Practices
1. News Straddling & Manipulative News Exploits
While news trading is allowed, manipulative news straddling is not.
Prohibited behavior includes:
Placing opposing buy and sell orders simultaneously to trap volatility
Using bracket orders designed to guarantee fills on both sides
Structuring trades purely to exploit simulated fill mechanics
Directional trading during news is allowed. Manipulative structures are not.
2. Improper Hedging
Hedging designed to manipulate risk or performance metrics is prohibited.
Not allowed:
Long and short positions on the same instrument at the same time
Hedging across multiple YRM accounts
Cross-prop hedging (e.g., long at YRM, short at another firm)
All trades must reflect genuine market exposure.
3. Arbitrage Exploits
YRM accounts are not intended for arbitrage strategies.
Prohibited:
Latency arbitrage
Exchange arbitrage on identical instruments
Statistical arbitrage designed to exploit feed or execution differences
4. Algorithmic & High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
Automated trading is restricted unless explicitly approved.
Prohibited behavior:
Sub-second order placement or cancellation
Tick-scalping strategies
Spoofing or layering orders
Latency-driven execution algorithms
Manual, discretionary trading is always permitted.
5. IP Address Irregularities & Location Abuse
We monitor IP usage to prevent fraud and account sharing.
Potentially flagged behavior:
Constant location hopping
Simultaneous logins from different regions
Multiple users accessing the same account
VPNs and VPS tools are allowed, but abuse may result in review.
6. Account Sharing & Collaboration
Accounts are single-user only.
Prohibited:
Sharing login credentials
Allowing others to trade your account
Coordinated trading across multiple people
Each trader is responsible for their own account activity.
Consequences of Violations
Violations may result in:
Immediate account restriction or termination
Denial of payout requests
Permanent ban from YRM Prop programs
Further action in cases of fraud or abuse
Final Notes
YRM Prop supports:
News trading
Copy trading
Multiple account management
A wide range of discretionary trading styles
What we do not support is manipulation, hedging abuse, or system gaming.
If you are ever unsure whether a strategy is permitted, contact support before deploying it.