What is FTMO's prohibited strategies rule?

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. Watch out: 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.

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FTMO: Prohibited strategies

ForbiddenVoids accountReportedUpdated Jun 4, 2026

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.

The numbers

latencyArb	FORBIDDEN
feedTickScalp	FORBIDDEN
groupHedging	FORBIDDEN
gambling	FORBIDDEN

Source: official tos — official page . Confidence: reported.

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