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▶FTMO Prohibited Strategies: Pass But Still Get Denied — 37s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
Latency/feed arbitrage, tick-scalping that exploits the data feed, reverse/group hedging across accounts or people, and pure 'gambling' all-in trading are forbidden and void the account.
The gotcha
These are the 'too good to be true' edges — they get caught on review and the account is closed with no payout, even if the balance looks great.
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.
| latencyArb | FORBIDDEN |
| feedTickScalp | FORBIDDEN |
| groupHedging | FORBIDDEN |
| gambling | FORBIDDEN |
Source: official tos — official page . Confidence: reported.
FTMO's prohibited strategiesis one approach. Here's how the rest of the field treats hft & latency arbitrage — sorted by how hard a breach hits.
| Firm | Rule | If breached |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Capital Group | Arbitrage, HFT & group trading | Voids account |
| Blueberry Funded | HFT, arbitrage & tick scalping | Voids account |
| BrightFunded | HFT, arbitrage & tick scalping | Voids account |
| E8 Markets | Scalping / HFT cap (50% under 1 minute) | Voids account |
| FundedNext | HFT, latency & manipulation | Voids account |
| FunderPro | HFT & latency arbitrage | Voids account |
| FundingPips | HFT, arbitrage & tick scalping | Voids account |
| Maven Trading | HFT, arbitrage & tick scalping | Voids account |
| The5ers | HFT, tick scalping & arbitrage | Voids account |
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