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Prohibited Trading Practices

Published by HyperFunding Risk & ComplianceUpdated 2026

Engaging in Prohibited Trading practices will result in termination from the program, account forfeiture, and potential loss of fees and gains.

Prohibited Strategies & Activities

  • Latency & Pricing Arbitrage: Exploiting latency or pricing errors in platforms/data feeds provided by liquidity providers or exchanges.
  • Insider Trading: Utilizing non-public or insider information.
  • Front-Running: Front-running trades placed elsewhere.
  • Liquidity Relationship Abuse: Trading in ways that jeopardize relationships with liquidity providers or risk trade cancellations.
  • Third-Party Pass Services: Using third-party "pass-your-challenge" strategies, off-the-shelf bots, or passing services.
  • Strategy Inconsistency: Utilizing one strategy to pass an assessment and a completely different strategy in the funded account.
  • Account Arbitrage: Attempting to arbitrage assessment or funded accounts against external accounts or across multiple accounts with the Company.
  • No Gambling Permitted: Utilizing excessive leverage to open oversized positions in hopes of passing via a single price swing.
  • News Trading Violations: Opening positions within 3 minutes before or after high-impact news events on CFD programs.
  • CME Rule Compliance: All Futures trading must adhere strictly to CME Group exchange regulations.