What is Trade The Pool's hft, tick scalping, penny stocks, volume cap rule?

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Trade The Pool: HFT, tick scalping, penny stocks, volume cap

ForbiddenVoids accountHidden ruleVerifiedUpdated Jun 5, 2026

Prohibited: HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage/hedge arbitrage, bracketing major news, one-sided bets, account sharing, and EA scalping during rollover. Stocks under $1.50 are blocked. Each opening trade may not exceed 5% of the prior 1-minute candle's volume for that instrument.

The gotcha

The 5%-of-prior-1-minute-candle-volume cap limits aggressive sizing in thin tape, and sub-$1.50 tickers (most penny stocks) are simply unavailable.

The numbers

forbidden	["HFT","tick_scalping","arbitrage","bracketing_news"]
pennyFloorUsd	1.5
volumeCapPct	5

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

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