⚠️ Tick scalping policy – what you need to know
At Fintokei, we support trading styles that reflect real skill and can be reliably executed on live markets.
Tick scalping doesn’t meet those standards.
What is tick scalping?
Tick scalping means opening and closing trades in extremely short time intervals, often under 5 seconds, and usually in high frequency.
These trades are nearly impossible to mirror in real market conditions due to execution delays and slippage.
That’s why we consider them unreliable and prohibited.
📏 How we define tick scalping
Any trade lasting less than 5 seconds falls under our tick scalping definition
It is not allowed to have more than 10% of your total lot volume coming from tick scalping trades if these trades also represent more than 10% of your total traded volume in USD.
The 5-second threshold applies to all Fintokei programs and account sizes: ProTrader (including Slim and Swing), StartTrader and SwiftTrader.
🚨 What happens if you tick scalp?
First detection
The first time more than 10% of your total lot volume and more than 10% of your total volume in USD come from trades lasting less than 5 seconds, you'll receive a warning email explaining the issue and asking for correction. A single short trade is never a breach in itself.If the behavior continues
From the next day, if more than 10% of your lot volume again comes from tick scalping and more than 10% of your total volume in USD also comes from tick scalping, 👉 your account will be breached.
📌 Please note:
This definition is valid for all accounts purchased on or after May 6th 2024 at 00:00 UTC. The 5-second threshold applies from 10 November 2026 to all accounts, including accounts purchased before that date. Each case is reviewed individually, and Fintokei retains the right to apply this rule with reasonable judgment.
Fintokei backs real traders, not tactics that can't survive real execution.
Trade with structure. Trade with purpose. 💼🚀