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# Prohibited Trading Practices

### Consistency of the trading strategy

You must use the same strategy during the challenge and funding phases. It is not allowed:

* To use one strategy to pass the challenge and then switch to another
* Example: Expert Advisor during the challenge and manual trading after funding

### System exploitation and market manipulation

The following practices are strictly prohibited:

* **Exploitation of system errors:** Profiting from pricing errors or platform errors
* **Latency arbitrage:** Exploiting delays in price transmission
* **Insider trading:** Using non-public information
* **Front-running:** Profiting from upcoming client orders or internal information

Violations will result in immediate account suspension and exclusion from our platform.

### Broker relationships and compliance

Trading activities that are prohibited:

* That could jeopardize the relationship between Core Funded and our broker
* Lead to canceled trades
* Cause regulatory issues for the broker

### High-risk and gambling practices

#### All-or-nothing trading

Executing extremely risky trades where a single trade could lead to the total loss of the account is prohibited.

#### Gambling definition at Core Funded

Considered gambling are:

* More than 50% of trades with a holding time under one minute
* Trading without an identifiable strategy or market analysis

#### One-sided bets

The following speculative practices are prohibited:

* **Aggressive position scaling:** Excessively adding to profitable trades or averaging down losing trades outside reasonable risk limits
* **Multiple positions on losing trades:** Opening three or more positions on a losing trade
* **Excessive margin usage:** Using more than 50% of available margin
  * Example: A 2-lot position on XAUUSD already requires over 50% of the margin limit in a $50,000 account
* **Unhedged position scaling:** Adding multiple positions without hedging earlier trades (e.g., stop-loss at break-even)

*Note: Our risk management team may grant exceptions after individual analysis of trading behavior.*

### Abuse of the trading environment

Abuse of our synthetic trading environment includes:

* Consistently executing large-volume trades without an identifiable strategy
* Ignoring basic market analysis and risk management
* Providing implausible trading data

#### Consequences of abuse:

1. **First warning:** Written reprimand
2. **Second violation:** Temporary trading restrictions
3. **Severe violations:** Account suspension or termination

### Detection and consequences

If Core Funded detects prohibited trading practices:

* Your participation may be terminated immediately
* All paid fees will be forfeited
* All trading activities will be reviewed before issuing a funded account
* If violations are found, the account will be closed and all profits confiscated

### Fair play and transparency

These rules serve to protect all participants and ensure a fair trading environment. Core Funded reserves the right to review trading activities at any time and take appropriate action in case of violations.

If you have questions about the trading rules, contact our support team at <support@corefunded.io>.


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