--- title: "Prohibited Trading Rules - Get Funded Now" description: "Exploiting platform errors, latency arbitrage, coordinated trading and account sharing are prohibited on every programme, and what happens if found." url: "https://getfundednow.com/rules/prohibited-trading" language: "en" last_modified: "2026-09-22" publisher: "Get Funded Now (getfundednow.com)" translations: es: "https://getfundednow.com/es/rules/prohibited-trading" pt-BR: "https://getfundednow.com/pt-br/rules/prohibited-trading" fr: "https://getfundednow.com/fr/rules/prohibited-trading" it: "https://getfundednow.com/it/rules/prohibited-trading" de: "https://getfundednow.com/de/rules/prohibited-trading" disclosure: "All trading at Get Funded Now is simulated. 'Funded' means a simulated or virtual account; GFN is not a broker and does not hold client funds." --- Conduct # Prohibited trading, listed plainly. Exploiting platform or pricing errors, latency arbitrage, coordinated trading across accounts or with other traders, third-party passing services and account sharing are prohibited on all three programmes. Consequences run from removed profits to a closed account and an invalidated payout, depending on what is found. [Compare the three programmes →](https://getfundednow.com/challenges) · [Read the full handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) The rule ## What trading is prohibited? Percentages are what the industry publishes. These are the same rules in dollars, worked on a $100,000 simulated account, so there is nothing left to convert. - **Exploiting platform or price errors**: Prohibited - **Latency arbitrage**: Prohibited Trading on a price you know is stale. - **Coordinated group trading**: Prohibited Including opposite sides across accounts. - **Passing services**: Prohibited Paying someone to trade your evaluation. - **Account sharing**: Prohibited One named person per account, including for payouts. - **Consequences**: Up to account closure Removed profits, blocked progression, closed accounts and invalidated payouts, according to what is found. Plan applicability ## Which programmes this rule applies to Our three programmes do not share one rulebook. This table is the part of the page to read before you buy. - **Instant Applies**: All of it From the first trade, because the account is funded from day one. - **1 Step Applies**: All of it Evaluation and funded account alike. - **2 Step Applies**: All of it Both phases and the funded account. Why it exists ## The reasoning, stated plainly These rules are about results that do not come from trading. A profit taken from a mispriced tick or a stale quote is not a strategy the account can be funded on, and the review exists to tell the two apart. One unusual trade is not treated as a pattern - a pattern is. Worked example ## The same rule, as a number A $100,000 simulated account, because that is the size most people are deciding about. ### What a review looks at The question is whether the profit came from a market view. - **One odd fill in six months**: Reviewed, usually fine An isolated event is not a pattern. - **Repeated fills on stale quotes**: Prohibited Latency exploitation. - **Identical trades across many accounts**: Reviewed Examined as coordinated trading. - **A third party trading the account**: Prohibited And the payout would go to the wrong person. If a strategy might sit near one of these lines, ask support before running it. An answer before the evaluation is worth more than an appeal after it. Commonly misread ## What traders get wrong here Every item below has cost somebody an account. They are published for that reason rather than for completeness. “One unusual trade will close my account” It will not. Isolated events are reviewed in context; patterns are what the rules address. “If the platform showed the price, trading it is fair” Trading a price you know to be wrong is exploitation of an error, and it is listed as prohibited. The full cluster ## Every question about this rule The answers our support team works from, each on its own page. - [What trading strategies are prohibited?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-trading-is-prohibited) - Anything designed to exploit the simulated environment rather than demonstrate genuine skill - latency arbitrage, bad-price exploitation, coordinated trading, account sharing and similar. - [What is latency arbitrage?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/what-is-latency-arbitrage) - Latency arbitrage attempts to exploit delays between different price feeds rather than profit from genuine market analysis. - [Can I exploit a price that is obviously wrong?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/can-i-exploit-a-wrong-price) - 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) - 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) - GFN can review trading in context. [Search all questions →](https://getfundednow.com/faq) Related rules ## The rules that sit next to this one - [Can someone else trade my account?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/account-sharing) - No. One named person owns and trades each account, and identity, account and payout details must match. Sharing login details is prohibited in itself. - [Is copy trading allowed?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/copy-trading) - Copying between accounts you own may be permitted. Copying another trader, or letting someone else manage your account, is prohibited. - [What happens when I breach?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/breach-and-what-happens) - A hard breach closes the account and cannot be reversed by a later recovery. A soft breach is corrected rather than fatal. Which is which, by programme. - [Can I hedge?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/hedging) - Hedging inside a single account may be permitted where it is genuine trading. Taking opposite sides across accounts, or with another trader, is prohibited. - [Are expert advisors allowed?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/expert-advisors) - Automated trading is allowed where it is legitimate and follows every rule. Systems built or sold to pass prop-firm evaluations may be prohibited. - [Instant: the full rule sheet](https://getfundednow.com/challenges/instant) - Every objective on the Instant programme, in dollars, at all six account sizes. - [1 Step: the full rule sheet](https://getfundednow.com/challenges/1-step) - Every objective on the 1 Step programme, in dollars, at all six account sizes. - [2 Step: the full rule sheet](https://getfundednow.com/challenges/2-step) - Every objective on the 2 Step programme, in dollars, at all six account sizes. Ready when you are ## Your capital stays yours. The risk is ours. One evaluation fee, no time limits and up to 90% of simulated profits. Pick an account size and your credentials arrive by email within minutes. [Start your challenge →](https://getfundednow.com/challenges) · [Read the rules](https://getfundednow.com/faq) No subscriptions or hidden fees Payouts every 14 days $400,000 max total allocation --- Source: https://getfundednow.com/rules/prohibited-trading Facts about Get Funded Now in one file: https://getfundednow.com/llms.txt