What is AquaFunded's tick scalping, hft, arbitrage, gambling rule?

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AquaFunded: Tick scalping, HFT, arbitrage, gambling

ForbiddenVoids accountHidden ruleVerifiedUpdated Jun 5, 2026

Prohibited: tick scalping (trades under ~2 minutes may be classed as such), HFT, arbitrage (latency/reverse/hedge, plus emulators), and gambling defined as margin usage exceeding 80% in a single trade. Notably ALLOWED: hedging within the same account, martingale, and trading without a stop-loss.

The gotcha

AquaFunded is permissive (hedging/martingale/no-SL OK) but classes sub-2-minute trades as tick scalping and >80% single-trade margin as gambling.

The numbers

forbidden	["tick_scalping","HFT","arbitrage","gambling>80%margin"]
allowed	["hedging_in_account","martingale","no_stop_loss"]

Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.

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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with AquaFunded. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.