What is Top One Trader's hft, tick scalping, grid, martingale, group hedging rule?

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Top One Trader: HFT, tick scalping, grid, martingale, group hedging

ForbiddenVoids accountHidden ruleVerifiedUpdated Jun 5, 2026

Prohibited: HFT, tick scalping (seconds to ~5 min holds), latency/arbitrage, copy/group trading, cross-account/group hedging (single-account hedging is allowed), grid trading, martingale, third-party 'pass-your-challenge' services, EA masking, gambling/over-leverage (Max Open Lots rule), shared-IP violations and account churning.

The gotcha

Single-account hedging is fine, but hedging across accounts and grid/martingale are banned.

The numbers

forbidden	["HFT","tick_scalping","latency_arbitrage","grid","martingale","group_hedging"]
singleAccountHedge	ALLOWED

Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.

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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with Top One Trader. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.