General Rules

Exploiting Platform Errors

Using technical glitches, price discrepancies, or execution delays to secure risk-free profit.

Account Sharing

Letting another person trade your account, or trading someone else's.

Account Rolling

Buying multiple Challenges to pass by chance rather than skill.

Multi-Order Spam and Coordinated Trading

Placing, cancelling, or coordinating excessive orders to influence price or order flow.

Abusing Slow Data Feed

Exploiting delayed price updates on the trading platform to trade on outdated prices.

Account Flipping and Inconsistent Contract Execution

Maximum-risk activity to grow or blow accounts quickly with no sustainable plan.

Copy & Group Trading

Unauthorized copying or coordinated group trading. Exception: copying between accounts all registered to you.

Micro-Scalping

Repeatedly opening and closing trades within ⁦10⁩ seconds, making up ⁦40%+⁩ of trades or profit.

Spoofing Strategies

Placing large fake orders to mislead supply or demand, then cancelling before execution.

Order Book Shaping / Layering Strategies

Placing fake orders across multiple price levels to create a false impression of market depth.

Bracket Strategies

Ultra-tight brackets or no-slippage conditions to guarantee fills are not possible in real markets.

Grid Trading

Buy/sell orders at fixed intervals designed to inflate activity from volatility.

Wash Trading

Rapidly buying and selling the same contract to boost volume or manipulate price.

Latency Arbitrage

Using speed advantages between platforms to trade ahead of slower feeds.

Reverse Hedge

Opposite positions across accounts to guarantee a win.

Hedging with Correlated Instruments

Hedging across highly correlated instruments to artificially reduce risk.

Gapped or Illiquid Market Trading

Trading during gaps or low liquidity to benefit from abnormal moves.

⁦2%⁩ Price Limit Trading

Opening trades when price is within ⁦2%⁩ of the CME daily limit.