AquaFunded: Tick scalping, HFT, arbitrage, gambling
▶AquaFunded Forbidden Strategies: Hidden Rules That Void Accounts — 48s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
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.
What happens if you break it
Breaching this voids the account outright — the evaluation or funded account is terminated and any unrealised profit is forfeited. It's the most severe class of breach.
The numbers
| forbidden | ["tick_scalping","HFT","arbitrage","gambling>80%margin"] |
| allowed | ["hedging_in_account","martingale","no_stop_loss"] |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle prohibited strategies
AquaFunded's tick scalping, hft, arbitrage, gambling is one approach. Here's how the rest of the field treats prohibited strategies — sorted by how hard a breach hits.
| Firm | Rule | If breached |
|---|---|---|
| Apex Trader Funding | No automation, HFT, hedging or exploitation | Voids account |
| ATFunded | HFT, arbitrage, group hedging (pre-pause) | Voids account |
| Atmos Funded | Arbitrage, latency, cross-account hedging | Voids account |
| Audacity Capital | HFT, tick scalping, hedging, martingale, grid | Voids account |
| Blue Guardian | HFT, arbitrage, sub-2-minute scalping | Voids account |
| Blueberry Futures | Hedging, HFT, DCA cap, one-sided bets | Voids account |
| Breakout | Latency exploit, strategy switching, account sharing | Voids account |
| BrightFunded | Hedging rule | Voids account |
| City Traders Imperium | HFT, latency arbitrage, gap exploitation | Voids account |
| Crypto Fund Trader | Reverse-trade rule, HFT, arbitrage, martingale | Voids account |
| Finotive Funding | Hedging, arbitrage, gambling, late-night scalping | Voids account |
| Fintokei | Latency arbitrage, tick scalping, gambling | Voids account |
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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.
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