At Global4EX, we are committed to maintaining a fair, transparent, and sustainable trading environment during the HFT Challenge Phase.
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 during the challenge stage may be disqualified immediately.
🔁 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.
🤖 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 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 HFT Challenge Rule
• Allowed:
o HFT bots are allowed only on HFT accounts during the challenge stage
⏱️ 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
Example
Doubling position size after every loss until a single win recovers all losses.
🔄 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
Example
Placing hundreds of trades or thousands of order modifications in a single day without strategy justification.
👥 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
Example
Hiring another person to trade your account, resulting in inconsistent IPs and behavior patterns.
🛠️ Exploiting Technical Errors
What It Is
Taking advantage of platform issues such as:
• Price freezes
• Execution glitches
• Incorrect spreads
• Delayed market data
Why It’s Prohibited
• Does not reflect real trading ability
• Undermines platform trust
Example
Opening trades during a known price freeze to profit from delayed updates.
🎲 Gambling (Trading Without Strategy)
What It Is
Impulsive or emotional trading without analysis, including revenge trading, random entries, or excessive leverage.
Why It’s Prohibited
Global4EX promotes disciplined, professional trading — not chance-based behavior.
Example
Opening an oversized position without a stop loss after losses, hoping to recover by luck.
🔁 Account Rolling
What It Is
Buying multiple accounts and applying extreme risk strategies until one succeeds by chance, while abandoning failed accounts.
Why It’s Prohibited
• Turns trading into a probability game
• Rewards luck instead of consistency
Example
Repeatedly purchasing new accounts after losses and applying reckless strategies until one passes.
📝 Final Explanation
These rules exist to ensure that the Global4EX HFT Challenge Phase evaluates genuine trading skill, disciplined execution, and real market risk.
Any strategy that:
• Eliminates genuine market risk
• Exploits infrastructure weaknesses
• Bypasses fair evaluation
is incompatible with the HFT Challenge.
🌙 Overnight Holding Rule
Traders are not permitted to hold trades overnight. All positions must be opened and closed within the same trading day (based on UTC calendar day).
• A trade opened on one UTC calendar day must be closed before 00:00 UTC of the next day
• Any trade held across the daily UTC boundary is considered an overnight hold violation
• Overnight holding violations will result in withdrawal rejection
• This rule applies to all Global4EX account types
Strict compliance is mandatory. Violations may result in immediate challenge failure or permanent disqualification from Global4EX programs.