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title: "What is latency arbitrage? - Get Funded Now"
description: "Latency arbitrage attempts to exploit delays between different price feeds rather than profit from genuine market analysis."
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# What is latency arbitrage?

Latency arbitrage attempts to exploit delays between different price feeds rather than profit from genuine market analysis.

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## The full answer

Latency arbitrage attempts to exploit delays between different price feeds rather than profit from genuine market analysis.

This is prohibited.

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## Explained in full

- [Prohibited Trading Rules](https://getfundednow.com/rules/prohibited-trading) - The rule, explained - Exploiting platform errors, latency arbitrage, coordinated trading and account sharing are prohibited on every programme, and what happens if found.
- [Scalping Rules](https://getfundednow.com/rules/scalping) - The rule, explained - Scalping is allowed on every GFN programme, with one condition: each trade must stay open for at least 2 minutes. Latency exploitation is prohibited.

## Terms used in this answer

[Latency arbitrage](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/latency-arbitrage)

## Related questions

- [What trading strategies are prohibited?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-trading-is-prohibited) - Trading rules - Anything designed to exploit the simulated environment rather than demonstrate genuine skill - latency arbitrage, bad-price exploitation, coordinated trading, account sharing and similar.
- [Can I exploit a price that is obviously wrong?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/can-i-exploit-a-wrong-price) - Trading rules - No. Knowingly taking advantage of stale, delayed or erroneous pricing is prohibited.
- [What happens if GFN identifies prohibited trading?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-happens-if-gfn-finds-prohibited-trading) - Trading rules - GFN may review the account, restrict trading, reject progression, reject payouts, terminate affected accounts or take other action permitted under the Terms & Conditions.
- [Will one unusual trade automatically get me banned?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/will-one-unusual-trade-ban-me) - Trading rules - GFN can review trading in context.

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