To maintain a fair and transparent trading environment, the following trading strategies and behaviors are strictly prohibited. Any violation may result in account suspension, forfeiture of profits, or termination from the program.
1. Arbitrage Trading
Engaging in arbitrage by exploiting price discrepancies or technical glitches across different platforms or exchanges is strictly prohibited. This includes latency arbitrage, triangular arbitrage, and any method used to gain unfair advantage from price mismatches.
2. High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
The use of algorithms or automated systems to execute an extremely high volume of trades within milliseconds to capitalize on minor price movements is not allowed.
3. Bracketing Strategy
Placing simultaneous buy and sell pending orders just above and below the current market price before major economic events is considered an unfair trading practice and is prohibited.
4. Martingale Strategy
Doubling trade sizes after a loss to recover previous losses poses excessive risk and is not permitted. This includes any form of exponentially increasing trade sizes.
5. Grid Trading
Placing multiple buy and sell orders at fixed intervals around a central price level to take advantage of market volatility is prohibited.
6. Excessive Risk
Traders are not allowed to add new positions while in drawdown as a way to recover losses. Risk must be managed appropriately within the account parameters.
7. Exploiting System Errors
Taking advantage of technical glitches, price feed errors, or platform malfunctions to generate profits before the error is corrected is considered unethical and is strictly forbidden.
8. Trade Coordination & Copy Trading
Engaging in coordinated trading across multiple accounts, including signal sharing and copy trading, is not allowed. Each trader must operate independently without mirroring or replicating trades from other accounts.
9. One-Sided Bets
Consistently placing long or short trades on a single asset without proper market analysis or risk management is not permitted. Trading should be based on sound strategies, not blind speculation.
10. Use of Expert Advisors (EAs) & Automated Trading
The use of any form of Expert Advisors (EAs), copy traders, or automated trade execution tools is strictly prohibited. This includes scripts, calculators, and AI-generated trading strategies.
11. Tick Scalping
Entering and exiting trades within seconds to capitalize on minor price fluctuations is not allowed. All positions must be held for a minimum of two minutes before closing. Any profits made below two minutes will be removed and may result in payout rejection.
12. Hedge Trading
Simultaneously opening buy and sell positions on the same currency pair to exploit temporary pricing inefficiencies is prohibited.
13. Risking Daily Loss Limit
Trading behavior that involves risking the full daily loss limit on a single trade or set of layered trades is considered reverse arbitrage.
Speedy accounts: Maximum risk allowed is 3% per day.
Pro accounts: Maximum risk allowed is 5% per day.
14. Account Sharing & Reselling
Selling, sharing, or transferring access to a funded account to another individual or entity is strictly prohibited. Only the registered trader is permitted to trade on their account.
15. Toxic Trading Behavior
Reckless risk-taking, impulsive trading, and strategies that disregard fundamental risk management principles are not tolerated.
Trading Activity Monitoring
TraderScale employs a third-party professional dealing team that reviews all trading activity at time of payout to identify and enforce these rules. Any violations may result in immediate action, including account closure and forfeiture of profits.
By participating in the TraderScale program, traders agree to abide by these rules and maintain responsible trading practices.