At Global4EX, we are committed to maintaining a fair, transparent, and sustainable trading environment.
Any behavior or strategy that exploits technical vulnerabilities, bypasses real market risk, or does not represent genuine trading skill is strictly prohibited.
Accounts engaging in prohibited practices may be terminated immediately, particularly during the funded stage, without prior notice.
🔁 Reverse Arbitrage
What It Is
Reverse arbitrage involves exploiting price discrepancies caused by execution delays or data lag between platforms or correlated instruments, rather than legitimate market inefficiencies.
The trader acts on information that has not yet updated on one platform, creating an artificial, low-risk edge.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Distorts fair evaluation
• Exploits platform latency instead of market analysis
• Undermines equal trading conditions
Example
Buying an asset on Global4EX before a price update appears, while simultaneously selling it on another platform where the new price is already reflected.
🔄 Hedging Between Accounts
What It Is
Opening opposing positions on the same instrument across multiple accounts, even if all accounts belong to the same trader.
Hedging within a single account may be allowed.
Hedging between accounts is strictly prohibited.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Guarantees profit on at least one account
• Eliminates real market risk
• Prevents accurate performance evaluation
Example
Opening a long EUR/USD trade on one Global4EX account and a short EUR/USD trade on another.
⚡ Tick Scalping
What It Is
Tick scalping involves opening and closing trades within seconds to capture extremely small price movements (usually 1–3 pips), often using automation or ultra-fast execution.
Global4EX Rule
• Tick scalping is strictly prohibited on all funded accounts
Hard Breach Condition
• If any 3 trades are held for less than 10 seconds within a 1-hour period, this is treated as a hard breach violation.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Exploits execution timing
• Overloads trading infrastructure
• Does not reflect meaningful analysis or proper risk management
📚 Trade Layering
What It Is
Trade layering refers to opening multiple trades in a way that increases exposure instead of managing risk through controlled and structured entries.
Global4EX Rule (Funded Stage)
• Opening 1 trade is allowed
• Opening a second trade within 10 minutes of the first trade’s opening time is a violation and will result in account termination during final review (even if the first trade was closed)
• HFT Funded Stage accounts: A maximum of 2 layers open at the same time is allowed
• HFT Funded Stage accounts: Opening a 3rd layer at any time results in account failure, even if each entry was separated by 10 minutes or more
Hard Breach Condition
• If a second trade is opened before a full 10-minute window has passed from the opening time of the previous trade, the account is considered failed (trade closure does not reset the 10-minute window).
• For HFT Funded Stage accounts, opening a third concurrent layer triggers an immediate breach, regardless of timing gaps.
• The window is locked to your registration date and applies to all your trades, regardless of when each trade is placed.
• HFT account 3-layer cap is not affected by this date and continues to apply.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Creates concentrated and unmanaged exposure
• Mimics aggressive scaling or grid-like behavior
• Undermines disciplined risk management
Example
Opening one trade, then opening another trade within 10 minutes of the first trade’s opening time—even if the first trade was closed—results in a violation and termination during final review.
For HFT Funded Stage accounts, opening a third layer (even with 10-minute gaps) results in account failure.
⏱️ Minimum Trade Duration Rule (3 Minutes) – Global4EX
At Global4EX, every trade must remain open for at least **3 minutes (180 seconds) before it can be closed. This rule applies to All Funded Stage Accounts and covers all trading instruments. If a trade is closed **before completing the 3-minute holding period, it will be considered a rule violation. For example, opening a trade at 10:00:00 and closing it at 10:02:30 would trigger a violation, while closing it at 10:03:00 or later is allowed. This rule helps prevent tick scalping, latency exploitation, and ultra-high-frequency trading, ensuring that all trading reflects genuine strategy and fair market participation.
🤖 Abusive Autotrading
What It Is
Using Expert Advisors (EAs), bots, or algorithms in a way that exploits latency, execution gaps, or system limitations rather than executing genuine trading logic.
Automation itself may be allowed, but becomes abusive when designed to exploit infrastructure.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Bypasses real decision-making
• Exploits system mechanics
• Does not represent genuine trading skill
Example
An EA placing dozens of trades per minute to profit from server lag or micro price delays.
🚀 High-Frequency Trading (HFT) Bots
What It Is
Automated systems executing large volumes of trades at extremely high speeds, often within milliseconds.
Global4EX Rule
• Not Allowed on HFT Funded Accounts
• Not Allowed on HFT Instant Funded Accounts
Any use of HFT bots on funded accounts results in immediate account termination.
⏱️ Latency Trading
What It Is
Trading based on milliseconds of delay between price feeds or platforms.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Generates artificial profits
• Destabilizes platform operations
• Violates fairness principles
Example
Entering a trade after observing a price movement on another feed before it updates on Global4EX.
📉 Martingale & Grid Strategies
What They Are
Martingale:
Increasing position size after losses to recover drawdown with one winning trade.
Grid:
Placing buy and sell orders at fixed intervals without directional bias or structured risk control.
Why They’re Prohibited
• Create uncontrolled exposure
• Lead to extreme drawdowns
• Lack sustainable risk management
🔄 Hyperactive Trading
What It Is
Excessive execution, modification, or cancellation of trades in short timeframes without a clear analytical basis.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Overloads infrastructure
• Mimics robotic behavior
• Not representative of professional trading
👥 Account Sharing
What It Is
Allowing third parties to trade your account, using challenge-passing services, or copying trades from unauthorized sources.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Violates KYC/AML requirements
• Compromises account integrity
• Undermines individual evaluation
🛠️ Exploiting Technical Errors
What It Is
Taking advantage of platform issues such as:
• Price freezes
• Execution glitches
• Incorrect spreads
• Delayed market data
🎲 Gambling (Trading Without Strategy)
What It Is
Impulsive or emotional trading without analysis, including revenge trading, random entries, or excessive leverage.
🔁 Account Rolling
What It Is
Buying multiple accounts and applying extreme risk strategies until one succeeds by chance, while abandoning failed accounts.
📝 Final Explanation
These rules exist to ensure that Global4EX evaluates real trading skill, not technical exploitation, abusive automation, or risk-free manipulation.
Strict compliance is mandatory at all times.
Violations may result in profit removal, account termination, or permanent disqualification.
🌙 Overnight Holding
What It Is
Holding any trade position across the UTC calendar day boundary — where a trade is opened on one day and closed on a different day.
Why It Is Prohibited
Overnight holding exposes accounts to uncontrolled gap risk and is inconsistent with intraday trading discipline expected at Global4EX.
Rule
• All trades must be opened and closed within the same UTC calendar day (00:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC)
• A trade opened on Monday and closed on Tuesday is an overnight holding violation
• This rule applies to all Global4EX account types
• Any overnight holding violation will result in withdrawal rejection