The following activities are prohibited:
Latency arbitrage or platform exploits — exploiting pricing errors, delays, or system glitches
Insider trading — using non-public or privileged information
Front-running — trading ahead of orders placed elsewhere
Hedging, Grid trading or Cross-account arbitrage — You cannot hold simultaneous long and short positions in the same instrument to offset risk. This includes:
1.Holding both long and short positions in the same cryptocurrency pair (e.g., going long BTC on one account and short BTC on another) 2.Cross-account hedging between multiple Frontline accounts 3.Group trading or hedging between accounts owned by different users
Market manipulation — any form of spoofing, layering, or wash trading
Account sharing — sharing login credentials, trading on behalf of others, or multiple users trading from the same household/device/IP
"Pass my funded" services — using third-party strategies or services marketed to pass prop firm evaluations
Strategy switching — using one strategy to pass evaluation, then switching to a materially different approach on your funded account
Unreplicable strategies — trading patterns that can't reasonably be executed in live markets (e.g., relying on extreme leverage that would trigger auto-deleveraging, or creating massive unrealized P&L swings)
News trading is allowed, but exercise caution around major releases (CPI, NFP, FOMC) as volatility can cause unexpected losses.