Traders are expected to trade in a genuine and professional manner, adhering to risk management and market integrity standards. Below are the prohibited trading practices that will lead to immediate consequences.

1. Copy Trading and Trade Mirroring

Evaluation Accounts

Independent Trading Required

• Each evaluation account must be traded individually, with unique trading strategies.

• Copy trading is strictly prohibited, even between your own Orion Funded evaluation accounts.

• External copy trading software, signal services, or automated mirroring tools are not allowed.

• Coordinating identical trades between multiple evaluation accounts, whether by an individual or a group, is a violation of Orion Funded rules.

Funded Accounts

Limited Copy Trading Allowed

• Copy trading is allowed only between your own Orion Funded funded accounts.

• External copy trading services remain strictly prohibited at all times.

• Copying trades from an evaluation account to a funded account is not allowed.

2. News Trading Restrictions

Evaluation Accounts

No Restrictions

Traders may trade freely during news events while in the evaluation stage.

Funded Accounts

Restricted News Trading

Trading restrictions apply 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a high-impact news event.

🚫 During the restricted time window, traders are not allowed to:

• Open or close any trades (Market Execution or Limit Orders).

• Modify Stop Loss or Take Profit levels.

• Place Buy Stop or Sell Stop orders.

✅ Holding Trades:
Traders can hold positions that were opened at least 10 minutes before the news event.

🔴 Violation Policy:

• If a trade executed within the restricted time window results in profit, the profit will be removed and not counted.

• First and second violations will be warnings with profits removed.

• On the third violation, the account will be breached and no longer eligible for withdrawals.

3. High-Frequency Trading (HFT) and Hyperactivity

Orion Funded does not allow any form of HFT or hyperactivity, as it places excessive strain on servers and disrupts fair market conditions.

🚫 Prohibited HFT practices include:

• Executing an excessive number of trades within milliseconds or seconds.

• Using high-speed algorithms to exploit market inefficiencies.

• Engaging in rapid trade modifications, including frequent Stop Loss or Take Profit adjustments.

🔴 Hyperactivity Rule:

• An account exceeding 200 trades or 2,000 server messages per day will receive a first warning.

• A second violation results in a final warning.

• A third violation will lead to account breach.

4. Quick Strike Trading

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Trading strategies that hold positions for only a few seconds to capitalize on micro price movements.

• Using ultra-fast execution techniques to take advantage of fleeting spreads or market fluctuations.

• Engaging in trading patterns that distort market prices or create artificial demand/supply.

This trading style disrupts market stability and is considered an unfair advantage.

5. Latency Arbitrage & Exploitation of Platform Delays

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Exploiting delays in trade execution to secure risk-free profits.

• Using latency-based trading to capitalize on price discrepancies.

• Taking advantage of technical glitches or server freezes for unfair gains.

Latency trading is considered market manipulation and is a serious violation.

6. Hedging Across Multiple Accounts

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Hedging between two or more Orion Funded accounts.

• Coordinating opposite trades across multiple accounts (group hedging).

• Simultaneously opening buy and sell orders on the same asset across different accounts.

✅ Allowed:

• Hedging within a single account (buy and sell orders placed on the same asset in one account).

Hedging across accounts is a violation that will lead to account suspension.

7. Arbitrage Trading

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Exploiting price differences between platforms to generate risk-free profits.

• Engaging in statistical arbitrage or other latency-based strategies.

• Placing large simultaneous orders across different platforms to manipulate market prices.

Arbitrage disrupts market integrity and will result in a permanent ban.

8. Tick Scalping

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Executing a high number of trades within very short timeframes (milliseconds to seconds).

• Using automated scalping bots to front-run other traders.

• Rapidly entering and canceling orders to create false market activity.

Scalping at an extreme level is considered market manipulation and is strictly prohibited.

9. Grid Trading

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Placing multiple buy and sell orders at different price levels to capitalize on market fluctuations.

• Using a grid strategy that results in artificial market activity.

• Creating excessive exposure through layered orders.

Grid trading is high-risk and can lead to artificial volatility and market instability.

10. Gambling Behavior & One-Sided Betting

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Trading without a structured strategy, relying purely on luck.

• Risking the full daily loss limit in a single trade.

• Taking large, one-sided positions without proper risk management.

Orion Funded supports disciplined trading with proper risk management, not gambling behavior.

🔴 Consequence:
Traders engaging in gambling behavior may face leverage restrictions, risk limits, or account suspension.

11. Account Rolling & Excessive Account Purchases

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Buying multiple evaluation accounts in quick succession with the intent to pass through luck rather than skill.

• Abandoning accounts that are losing while focusing only on those that might pass.

• Using a probability-based approach rather than a structured trading plan.

Orion Funded monitors account purchases and will restrict traders engaging in this behavior.

12. Account Sharing & Device Sharing

🚫 Not Allowed:

• Sharing or reselling Orion Funded accounts with others.

• Trading on the same device with other traders (even family members or friends).

🔴 Consequence:
Account sharing results in immediate termination of all related accounts.

Final Notes

Orion Funded is committed to fair, transparent, and professional trading. All traders must adhere to the rules outlined above. Violations will result in warnings, profit removals, account breaches, or permanent bans.