At Tradentry, we are committed to maintaining a fair, transparent, and realistic trading environment for all traders. To protect the integrity of our Evaluation Accounts and Funded Sim Accounts, certain behaviors and trading practices are strictly prohibited.
Why Does Tradentry Enforce Prohibited Conduct?
- Prevent behavior that is unrealistic or unsustainable in live markets.
- Protect the trading environment from rule circumvention, data manipulation, and exploitation.
- Ensure traders succeed based on skill, not system loopholes.
- Maintain fairness for all participants.
How Is Prohibited Conduct Handled?
Prohibited Conduct is not treated like normal evaluation rules. Instead of an automatic failure, Tradentry reviews each case individually.
Depending on severity, actions may include:
- 1A warning
- 2Deletion of the affected trading day
- 3An account reset, free of charge
- 4Delay or denial of a payout
- 5Permanent account closure
🚫 What Tradentry Considers Prohibited Conduct
Unrealistic or Abusive Trading Behavior
- Using strategies designed to exploit errors, price delays, or system weaknesses.
- Trading outside the best bid/best offer, also known as BBO.
- Using slow, external, or manipulated data feeds for unfair advantage.
- Engaging in disruptive practices such as spoofing.
- Taking trades that do not reflect realistic futures market behavior.
Manipulative or Coordinated Trading
- Coordinating trades between multiple accounts or traders.
- Mirroring, hedging, or stacking strategies across accounts to spread or pool risk.
- Using opposite or identical entries simultaneously across multiple accounts.
Use of Unauthorized Tools or Automation
- Using software, AI systems, or algorithmic tools designed to manipulate or improperly automate trades.
- Any form of ultra-high-speed mass order entry designed to game the simulated environment.
Account Stacking
Aggressively trading one account until it fails, then immediately switching to another to repeat the same high-risk behavior. This is strictly prohibited and will result in account action.
Misuse of Platform, Data, or System Bugs
- Attempting to exploit platform bugs, latency, or pricing anomalies.
- Circumventing geographic or technical restrictions.
Uncommercial or Unethical Activity
- Trading on behalf of others.
- Sharing payouts or incentives with third parties under any arrangement.
- Using strategies deemed unrealistic, irresponsible, or non-viable by the Tradentry risk team.
News & Market Limit Behavior
- Intentionally trading into major high-impact news with maximum size to exploit volatility.
- Holding positions within 2% of a product’s lock limit.
General Rule Conflicts
Any action that violates Tradentry’s Terms of Use or Evaluation Account rules.
Important Trading Session Notes
- Products may be traded during their standard electronic trading hours.
- The Daily Loss Limit is a soft breach.
- If Net P&L hits the Daily Loss Limit during a trading session, positions are auto-liquidated.
- Traders are unable to trade until the next session opens.
- This does not count as a rule violation, but is an automatic safety mechanism.