Market Masters prohibited and restricted strategies
Market Masters has specific prohibited and restricted behaviors designed to protect execution integrity.
Prohibited
Delayed arbitrage is prohibited.
Hedging is prohibited.
Restricted
News trading is restricted within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after high impact news.
Maximum exposure is limited to 1 lot per every 2,500 of account balance.
Example: a 25,000 balance account has a maximum exposure of 10 lots.
Allowed
Weekend holding is allowed.
What is considered execution abuse
Market Masters is built for scalable execution. Any strategy that exploits pricing delays, technology gaps, or execution vulnerabilities is not allowed.
Execution abuse includes
Latency or delayed arbitrage
Attempting to profit from internet or platform delays
Taking advantage of incorrect quotes
Any abusive or bad faith execution behavior
Examples
Sniping and quote exploitation
Pip hunting behavior
Execution exploit patterns designed to take technological or informational advantage
If execution abuse is detected, trades may be corrected or revoked and the account may face restrictions to protect execution integrity.
Copy trading policy in Market Masters
Copy trading may be allowed only with prior approval.
Approval is granted only if the Risk Team can verify the activity is your own strategy and is not tied to:
Third party signals
Group copying
Syndicated trade patterns
Any unapproved copy trading activity may result in restrictions or account action to protect execution integrity.
EAs and automated trading policy in Market Masters
EAs and automated trading may be allowed only with prior approval.
Approval is granted only if the Risk Team can verify the automation is your own strategy and does not create execution integrity issues or system abuse risks.
If automated order flow creates execution integrity issues or system abuse risks, automated trading may be restricted or disabled.