Trading Rules
Scalping
A style of taking many quick trades for small profits, holding seconds to minutes. Allowed at most futures prop firms, though some restrict sub-second or tick-scalping extremes.
In plain English
Scalpers profit from small moves repeated many times, which makes commissions, fill quality, and daily loss limits their main constraints. Prop firm rules mostly permit scalping, but some ban high-frequency styles that exploit sim fills, such as holding trades for only a few seconds to capture spreads the live market would not give.
If you scalp, check the firm's minimum hold time and micro-scalping language, plus whether the daily loss limit leaves room for your typical string of small losses.
- A scalper takes 30 trades in a session averaging 6 ticks profit on 2 minis, netting about $360 after a $40 in commissions.