What are the Restricted/Prohibited Trading Strategies?

C7 Funding maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward any activity that manipulates the market, exploits the platform, or violates fair trading principles. These practices undermine the integrity of our trading environment and are strictly prohibited. All traders agree to our Terms of Service (TOS) upon registration and are responsible for understanding these guidelines. Violations may result in penalties, including account termination and a permanent ban from all C7 Funding services.

1. High-Frequency Trading (HFT):

HFT, characterized by the use of sophisticated EAs and high-speed networks to execute an excessive number of trades in milliseconds, is prohibited. HFT can distort market prices, create artificial demand/supply, and destabilize markets. Such activity puts undue strain on our servers.

• Consequences: Warnings for hyperactivity may escalate to account suspension if combined with or followed by HFT. Extreme or repeated HFT causing server strain may result in immediate account suspension.

2. Quick Strike Method:

The Quick Strike Method, an ultra-fast trading strategy exploiting brief market movements with high trade volume and short holding periods, is prohibited. This practice can exacerbate market volatility and create artificial price movements, compromising platform integrity.

3. Latency Trading:

Latency trading, which exploits delayed market data or trade execution delays for guaranteed profits, is strictly prohibited. This unethical practice undermines fair and transparent trading.

4. Unauthorized Copy Trading:

Copy trading is permitted from accounts owned by the same individual. Copying trades between accounts not owned by the same individual (including relatives, family, or friends) is strictly prohibited.

5. Unauthorized Hedging:

Hedging is allowed within the same account. Hedging across multiple accounts is prohibited. Trading behavior that risks the full or close to the daily loss limit in one trade will be suspected as a multi-platform hedge with C7 Funding. This is not considered a legitimate trading strategy.

6. Arbitrage Trading:

Any form of arbitrage trading, which exploits price discrepancies or time lags across different markets for risk-free profits, is strictly prohibited. Arbitrage can distort market prices and destabilize markets.

7. Tick Scalping:

Tick scalping, a strategy profiting from small price fluctuations with high trade volume, is restricted due to its potential for market manipulation.

8. Grid Trading:

Grid trading, which involves placing multiple buy and sell orders at various price levels, is prohibited due to its potential for market manipulation and increased risk.

9. Gambling Behavior:

Impulsive, chance-driven trading without proper analysis or risk management is prohibited. Taking excessive risk, such as risking the full or close to the daily loss limit, is considered gambling behavior.

• Consequences: Restrictions may include reduced leverage, lot size limits, reduced margin utilization, a 1% risk limit on all trades, and account termination. Profit deduction may occur for trades violating these rules.

10. Account Rolling:

Purchasing multiple accounts to place high-risk trades without a trading plan is prohibited. C7 Funding encourages disciplined, strategic growth, not system exploitation.

11. One-Sided Betting:

Taking positions in only one direction without considering market conditions or analysis is restricted due to its speculative nature and potential for significant losses.

12. Hyperactivity:

Excessive trading activity, including frequent order modifications (TP/SL adjustments, limit order updates), is restricted to prevent platform slowdowns. Exceeding 200 trades or 2,000 server messages (including order modifications) in a single day may result in warnings and ultimately account closure. 15,000 messages in a day will lead to immediate account disabling. Warnings are cumulative across accounts. Extreme hyperactivity causing server strain may lead to immediate account suspension.

13. Platform or Data Freezing Exploitation:

Using any unfair advantage, such as exploiting platform or data freezing due to demo server errors, is strictly prohibited.

14. Guarantee of Profit During Low Liquidity:

Using strategies that guarantee profits during low-liquidity market conditions (e.g., the transition from U.S. to Asian sessions) is prohibited due to its potential for market manipulation.

15. Account/Device Sharing:

Sharing C7 Funding accounts or devices with other individuals is strictly prohibited due to security, fairness, and compliance concerns.