Trade The Pool: HFT, tick scalping, penny stocks, volume cap
▶Trade The Pool Forbidden Strategies Rule: One Trade Voids Account — 41s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
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.
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 | ["HFT","tick_scalping","arbitrage","bracketing_news"] |
| pennyFloorUsd | 1.5 |
| volumeCapPct | 5 |
Source: official tos — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle prohibited strategies
Trade The Pool's hft, tick scalping, penny stocks, volume cap 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 Trade The Pool. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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