What is allowed and what is not
Genuine scalping based on your own analysis is allowed. Prohibited: tick scalping or high-frequency strategies that abuse the simulated environment, exploiting price-feed latency or platform errors, and copying or hedging trades across accounts of different people.
Costs matter more when you scalp
On a 5-pip target, a 1-pip spread and commission take a large share of the profit. Scalp the most liquid instruments (EURUSD, GBPUSD, gold, NAS100) during their most active sessions, when spreads are tightest.
- Include spread + commission in your risk-reward calculation.
- Avoid scalping in the minutes right after a major release, when spreads widen.
- Keep a daily trade limit: over-trading is the main risk for scalpers.