This policy means you cannot use multiple trading accounts to offset risk by placing opposite or correlated trades across them. The firm considers that a way of manipulating its evaluation or funded-account rules.
Simple examples
Trading setup | Allowed? |
Account 1: Long NQ; Account 2: Short NQ | ❌ No |
Your account: Long ES; another account: Short ES | ❌ No |
Your account: Long ES; another account: Short NQ | ❌ No, because they are correlated |
Same account: Long a mini contract and short its micro equivalent | ✅ According to the policy, yes |
Same account: Long ES and short NQ | ✅ According to the policy, yes |
Different accounts: One long gold, another short gold | ❌ No |
What happens if you hedge?
First offense: You may receive an email warning, and the involved accounts can be closed.
If done in a Buffer or Sim Funded account , you may forfeit the account and any payouts.
Repeated offenses: You may be permanently banned from the firm
What does this mean for you in practice?
You should avoid opening opposing positions across separate accounts, even if:
The accounts belong to different people.
The accounts are with different prop firms.
You trade different but correlated futures contracts, such as ES and NQ.
Your intention is to reduce risk rather than manipulate the evaluation.
This rule applies to All User and Same Household Accounts.