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Prohibited Trading Practices

Practices that exploit the simulated environment or break the spirit of the program.

We want a fair market for everyone. Some practices give an unfair edge, exploit the simulated environment, or break the spirit of the program — they are not allowed on Evaluation or Funded accounts.

Market & execution abuse

  • Exploiting pricing errors, latency, server delays, or quote glitches

  • Using external data feeds, alternative price sources, or signal services to gain timing advantage

  • Tick scalping, latency arbitrage, or any HFT-style strategy designed to exploit execution

  • Use of AI tools, scripts, or technology built to manipulate quotes, spreads, or fills

Coordinated & multi-account abuse

  • Coordinated trading across multiple accounts (yours or with others) — same trades, opposite trades, or hedged exposure split across accounts

  • Arbitrage between your accounts, or between your account and a third party's account

  • Account cycling, one-sided betting, or martingale-style overleveraging designed to game the evaluation

Strategy switching

  • Passing Evaluation with one strategy and trading a materially different strategy on Funded

  • Your Funded behavior should reasonably reflect what you did on Evaluation

Gap & event abuse

  • Holding or opening positions specifically to capture weekend/market-closure gaps (no new entries in the final window before scheduled closures of 2 hours or more)

  • News trading violations on Funded (see C1)

Program & infrastructure abuse

  • Strategies designed to exploit Add-Ons, Reward Buffer, Recognition Tier, or any benefit program

  • Account sharing, third-party trading on your account, or giving login credentials to anyone

  • Shared VPS, public computers, or trading environments shared with other NEOMAAA Funded participants

  • VPN/proxy use to disguise location or circumvent restrictions

What happens if you breach

Proportionate ladder based on severity and intent:

  1. Warning + trade nullification

  2. Exclusion of affected trades from results

  3. Account suspension pending review

  4. Termination of account

  5. Permanent ban from NEOMAAA Funded

  6. Clawback of rewards obtained through prohibited activity

    • All activity is on simulated capital

    • We monitor continuously and review flagged accounts

    • If you're unsure whether something is allowed, ask [email protected] before you trade it

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