Maven Trading: Scalping cap, martingale, gambling & hedging
▶Maven Trading Banned Strategies: Rules That Void Both Accounts — 47s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
Banned: excessive scalping (holding 50%+ of trades for under a minute), martingale (five positions opened simultaneously in drawdown on the same pair), gambling (5+ positions inside a losing trade), grid/gap trading, exclusive/reverse/group hedging, 'all-in' trades with no stop, and ~50+ lots on a $100k (high-risk gambling).
The gotcha
The '50% of trades under a minute' rule can catch legitimate fast scalpers, and cross-account hedging breaches BOTH accounts.
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
| subMinuteCapPct | 50 |
| martingale | FORBIDDEN |
| hedging | FORBIDDEN |
| maxLotsPer100k | 50 |
Source: official tos — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle prohibited strategies
Maven Trading's scalping cap, martingale, gambling & 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 Maven Trading. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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