Lark Funding: All-or-nothing, HFT, group hedging
▶Lark Funding Forbidden Strategies Rule: One Mistake Bans You Forever — 60s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
Prohibited: all-or-nothing/gambling-style trading (a single trade that could blow the drawdown), HFT, reverse/group hedging across accounts, unauthorized copy/group trading and signal/account-passing, arbitrage/latency EAs, and holding share-CFDs through earnings/dividend releases. Martingale, grid and classic single-account hedging appear permitted.
The gotcha
A Terms/prohibited-strategy violation is a permanent ban from future evaluations — harsher than an ordinary drawdown breach (which just needs a new account).
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 | ["all_or_nothing","HFT","group_hedging","signal_passing","arbitrage"] |
| banOnViolation | true |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle prohibited strategies
Lark Funding's all-or-nothing, hft, group hedging 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 |
| AquaFunded | Tick scalping, HFT, arbitrage, gambling | 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 |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with Lark Funding. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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