At CTI, hedging is not allowed on any of our funding programs.
We want every trader’s performance to reflect their own strategy, risk management, and decision-making. This helps us evaluate traders fairly and consistently.
🔷 What counts as hedging?
Hedging includes:
Opening buy and sell positions on the same symbol at the same time on one or more accounts.
Hedging across multiple CTI accounts.
Coordinated hedging between different traders.
Using EAs or tools that automatically create offsetting trades.
Reverse trading between accounts (one buys while another sells) of the same or different users.
Hedging highly correlated instruments to bypass rules (e.g., EURUSD vs DXY, US30 vs SPX500).
Even if unintentional, these behaviours fall under hedging because they artificially remove risk and can be used to manipulate results across accounts.
🔷 Why is Hedging not allowed?
Our goal is to maintain a fair, transparent, and consistent evaluation environment.
Hedging can distort true performance, create artificial outcomes, and make it difficult to assess a trader’s actual edge.
By keeping the playing field equal for everyone, we protect serious traders and ensure evaluations remain reliable.
🔷 What happens if hedging is detected?
We always aim to work with traders fairly, but we must uphold our rules.
If hedging occurs:
The account may be immediately closed.
Any profits made from hedged activity may be voided.
In severe or repeated cases, the trader may be permanently banned.
Future purchases may be restricted.
We encourage all traders to trade with clarity, transparency, and confidence in their own strategy.
⁉️ Unsure whether something counts as hedging? ⁉️
Feel free to reach out. Our team is always happy to help.