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Rules: Prohibited Trading Strategies

Updated over 2 months ago

At FundedSeat, we empower you to develop your unique trading approach within our established guidelines and risk requirements. We also strive to provide a structured and fair evaluation process to identify traders who can demonstrate consistent performance and disciplined risk management.


​The following trading practices are not allowed:

  • Gap trading

  • High-frequency trading

  • Server spamming

  • Latency arbitrage

  • Toxic trading flow

  • Hedging, including opposite account trading

  • Long-short arbitrage

  • Reverse arbitrage

  • Server execution abuse

  • Device sharing or third-party account management (including EAs)

  • Bots or any form of automated/algorithmic trading

  • Simultaneous trading of mini and micro futures contracts of the same asset

Violating these rules, whether intentionally or unintentionally, can result in reward denial and account closure. We recommend carefully reviewing and adhering to all trading rules.

Microscalping

Microscalping refers to placing trades aimed at capturing small price movements—often just a few ticks—within a few seconds.

While this strategy is not outright banned, it cannot form the core of your trading approach. We are seeking traders who demonstrate consistency and strategic thinking over time.

Guideline:

At least 50% of your total profit must come from trades held longer than 5 seconds.

Accounts flagged for excessive microscalping will be reviewed manually by our team.

Trade Your Own Account

All trading activity at FundedSeat must be conducted solely by the account holder. The following are strictly prohibited:

  • Team or group trading with other individuals

  • Trading on someone else’s behalf

  • Shared devices (e.g., computers or phones used by multiple traders)

Once you complete a phase of your evaluation, the account must remain under your exclusive control. Any third-party involvement or strategy handoff—before or after funding—will result in disqualification and account closure.

We enforce this to protect the integrity of our platform and ensure that funded accounts reflect the skill of the actual trader being evaluated.

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