--- title: "Prohibited Trading Strategies" description: "" url: https://help.finotivefutures.com/en/articles/56-prohibited-trading-strategies collection: "Trading Rules & Guidelines" updated: 2026-11-06 language: en --- # Prohibited Trading Strategies The table below lists trading strategies and behaviours that are not allowed at Finotive Futures, and the consequences that apply to each.

Strategy or Behaviour	Description	Consequence
Hedging Across Accounts and Platforms	Placing opposing positions across multiple accounts, whether personally owned, held by another trader, or held at another prop firm, with the intent to offset or negate market risk.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
Latency Arbitrage and Feed Error Exploitation	Exploiting delays in price updates between systems or data feeds to trade ahead of a price that has already moved in the real market, or knowingly profiting from mispriced quotes, feed errors, or data discrepancies, regardless of whether the fill is later corrected.	Immediate account termination. All profits generated through such activity are forfeited and any pending payout is rejected.
Spread and Exchange Arbitrage	Exploiting price differences for the same asset across different exchanges or platforms by simultaneously buying on one and selling on another to lock in a risk-free outcome without genuine market exposure.	Immediate account termination. All profits generated through such activity are forfeited and any pending payout is rejected.
Account Sharing and Trading on Behalf of Others	Allowing another person to access or operate your account, or operating another trader's account for any reason under any circumstance.	Immediate termination of all accounts associated with both parties. All profits and pending payouts are forfeited without appeal.
Device Sharing Between Traders	Two or more traders accessing their respective accounts from the same physical device, whether a computer, tablet, or mobile phone.	Immediate termination of all accounts associated with both parties. All profits and pending payouts are forfeited without appeal.
IP Address Changes and Suspicious Location Activity	Frequent or unexplained IP address changes, use of VPNs or proxies, or account access from multiple unrecognised locations that raise identity or security concerns.	Enhanced KYC verification is triggered immediately. Account is placed under review and trading activity may be restricted until identity is confirmed to the satisfaction of the compliance team.
Coordinated and Group Trading	Coordinating trade entries, exits, or directions with any other person across separate accounts, whether through shared signals, private communication, shared environments, or any form of linked execution.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
Copying Another Trader's Positions	Replicating another trader's positions manually or through copy trading services, mirror tools, or external EAs sourcing signals from another Finotive Futures account.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
Market Manipulation and Deception	Spoofing, layering, price manipulation, fraudulent order entry, or any conduct designed to distort market prices, create false impressions of supply and demand, or deceive other market participants.	Immediate account termination. All profits and pending payouts are forfeited. Cases of serious manipulation may be reported to relevant regulatory bodies.
Order Queue Manipulation	Placing multiple identical limit orders at the same price level with the intent to inflate apparent queue priority or secure preferential execution, then cancelling the excess orders once a fill is obtained.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
Volume Inflation	Executing an abnormally high number of trades or entering oversized positions during periods of negligible price movement with the primary intent of manufacturing paper profit figures rather than expressing a genuine market view.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
Artificial Trades to Satisfy Requirements	Placing token, undersized, or otherwise meaningless trades solely to register an active trading day or satisfy minimum day requirements without genuine market participation or intent.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
High-Frequency and Algorithmic Exploitation	Using HFT systems, tick scalpers, bulk order automation, or any algorithmic tool designed to exploit execution speed advantages, platform inefficiencies, or simulated fill conditions, rather than to express a genuine directional market view.	Immediate account termination. All profits and pending payouts are forfeited.
Non-Viable Strategies	Running any strategy that depends on guaranteed fills at bid or ask, zero slippage, or any other execution condition that does not and cannot exist in a live futures market environment.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
Gambling Behaviour and Account Rolling	Placing oversized positions without any clear risk rationale, executing all-or-nothing trades designed to breach or profit in a single session, or repeatedly purchasing evaluation accounts with aggressive exposure in the expectation that one will eventually produce a payout.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
News Straddling Around Tier 1 Data Releases	Entering a straddling position in the seconds immediately surrounding a scheduled Tier 1 economic data release, such as Non-Farm Payrolls, FOMC rate decisions, or CPI announcements.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.
Gap and Illiquid Market Trading	Initiating positions specifically to capture price gaps from market closures, weekend re-openings, or abnormally wide spread conditions during off-hours where the fills obtained would not be available under normal market liquidity.	Goes to manual review by our Risk and Compliance team first. This can result in a warning, profit removal, payout denial, account suspension, evaluation failure, funded account termination, or a permanent platform ban.