To maintain a fair and secure trading environment, Funded Trader Markets applies a set of rules designed to assess disciplined, independent, and risk-managed trading. Violations may result in profit deductions, reward rejection, upgrade denial, account termination, or loss of access depending on the severity of the case.

1. Prohibited Trading Practices

Funded Trader Markets restricts trading behaviour that abuses platform conditions, account structure, or the simulated trading environment instead of demonstrating genuine trading skill:

• High-frequency trading: Trading large volumes of positions at very high speeds is prohibited.
• News scalping: Rapidly opening and closing multiple positions within seconds around high-impact news events is not allowed.
• Arbitrage trading: Reverse arbitrage, latency arbitrage, and other forms of arbitrage trading are strictly prohibited.
• Tick scalping: Opening and closing large position sizes in milliseconds is prohibited because this type of activity cannot be mirrored in live market conditions.
• Group trading: Copying trades from others, coordinating trades, reverse trading with others, or using shared devices across multiple users may result in account termination or reward forfeiture.
• Account management services: Buying or providing account management services, account passing services, or allowing someone else to trade on your behalf is not allowed.

2. News Trading & Trading Bots

Funded Trader Markets allows flexible trading methods, but they must still follow the firm’s fairness and risk rules:

• News trading: Trading during news is allowed across all programs, but traders are expected to manage the higher volatility, spreads, slippage, and execution risk around major events.
• News scalping restriction: Opening and closing multiple positions within seconds around major news events such as FOMC, NFP, or CPI is not allowed.
• Trading bots: Automated trading may be allowed if the strategy is original to the trader and does not violate FTM’s prohibited trading rules.
• Shared bots: Using the same trading bot as another trader at Funded Trader Markets is not allowed.

3. Hedging, Copying & Account Ownership

Funded Trader Markets allows some account flexibility, but traders must operate independently and avoid coordinated or abusive account behaviour:

• Hedging within one account: Hedging is allowed when it is done inside the same account.
• Opposite account hedging: Opening opposing positions across separate accounts is prohibited.
• Overnight hedging: Holding hedged positions overnight is not allowed on Instant Funded Accounts or Evaluation Simulated Funded Accounts.
• Trade copiers: Trade copiers are allowed only when copying the trader’s own trades.
• Copying restrictions: Copying trades from other traders, trade signals, or external groups is not permitted.
• Evaluation to funded copying: Copying trades from an Evaluation account to a Simulated Funded account is strictly prohibited.
• Account access: Only the registered trader may trade the account. Sharing account access or using third-party account management services may lead to termination.

4. Risk Controls & Trading Behaviour

• Consistency rule: Traders must follow the relevant consistency rule for their account type, meaning profits should be generated in a stable and sustainable way rather than relying on one oversized trading day.
• Martingale and layering: Martingale and layering are allowed within a single account, but they must not be used across multiple accounts to manipulate risk or abuse strategy rules.
• Sequential trading: Opening the same pair across multiple accounts outside the permitted timing conditions may make profits from the involved accounts ineligible for performance reward.
• Lot size limits: Traders must follow any lot size limits that apply to their specific account type or program.
• Risk review: Funded Trader Markets may review trading activity and apply action if the behaviour is considered abusive, coordinated, or too risky for its risk management standards.

5. Trading Days, Weekend Holding & Short Trades

• Minimum trading days: Trading day requirements may vary depending on the selected program and account type.
• Overnight and weekend holding: Holding trades overnight and through the weekend is allowed across available programs.
• Partial closes: Partial closes are allowed, but they must not be used only to manipulate the consistency score.
• Partial close overnight rule: If a trader partially closes a position, the remaining volume must be fully closed within the same trading day. Carrying the reduced position into the next trading day may lead to profit deductions.
• Minimum holding time: In the simulated funded phase, profits from trades closed within 1 minute of opening are voided and do not count toward the performance reward.
• Challenge phase short trades: If more than 20% of challenge phase profit comes from trades held under 1 minute, the trader may be required to redo the challenge.

6. IP, KYC & Access Rules

• IP matching: A trader’s trading IP must not match or overlap with another user’s trading IP, dashboard IP, or KYC IP.
• Purchase and KYC location: The country of the IP used during purchase must match the country used for KYC verification.
• VPN/VPS restrictions: Purchases or KYC submissions through VPNs or VPS services are not allowed.
• Trading VPN use: VPN use on the trading platform may be allowed if the IP does not originate from a restricted country.
• Dashboard access: Accessing the dashboard through VPN or VPS is not allowed.
• Household rule: Multiple traders in the same household must be declared to the verification team before trading.

7. Breaches & Enforcement

• Manual and automated reviews: Accounts may be reviewed for prohibited trading, copy trading, group trading, hedging abuse, suspicious IP activity, or simulated environment abuse.
• Profit removal: Certain rule violations, such as short-duration trades or partial close violations, may result in profit deductions without necessarily breaching the account.
• Upgrade denial: Violations during the challenge phase may lead to upgrade denial.
• Reward rejection: Violations on simulated funded or instant funded accounts may result in total reward rejection.
• Account termination: Serious violations such as group trading, account sharing, prohibited copying, arbitrage, HFT, or opposite account hedging may result in account termination.

For the complete and most up-to-date details, see Funded Trader Markets’ official FAQ / Knowledgebase.