Tradeify: Microscalping hold-time, hedging, error exploitation
▶Tradeify Hold-Time Rules: Silent Payout Denial Explained — 45s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
Prohibited: exploiting platform/pricing/latency errors, HFT, and running a mini + a micro on the same product simultaneously (treated as hedging). Hold-time rule: on funded accounts, >50% of trades AND >50% of profit must come from trades held longer than 10 seconds (eval: ≥50% of profit from trades held >5 seconds). Scalping above those thresholds, DCA within a plan, flipping and news trading are allowed.
The gotcha
Failing the hold-time rule denies your payout (it doesn't fail the eval), and mini+micro on the same product is an easy accidental hedging breach.
What happens if you break it
Breaching this doesn't necessarily close the account, but it can disqualify the payout you were trading toward — you keep trading, the profit doesn't get paid.
The numbers
| funded | >50% trades & profit held >10s |
| eval | ≥50% profit held >5s |
| miniPlusMicro | HEDGING_FORBIDDEN |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle prohibited strategies
Tradeify's microscalping hold-time, hedging, error exploitation 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 Tradeify. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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