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Definition
The official rule says bulk trading is multiple trades opened simultaneously. Its example focuses on simultaneous manual or automated entries that indicate no individual trader is behind the strategy activity.
What does the current rule actually say?
The current Prohibited Trading Practices page, last updated 28 July 2026, applies to evaluation and funded accounts. It defines bulk trading through simultaneity and gives an example involving multiple manual or automated entries opened at the same time.
The same owner says violations can terminate the relationship, block access, withhold refunds or profits and create a permanent ban. That consequence makes the ambiguity material.
What does the page not define?
It does not publish a safe number of orders, minimum time separation, permitted scale-in pattern, exempt bracket structure or automated-order threshold. PTV therefore does not convert the example into an invented rule such as “two trades are safe” or “five trades are banned.”
Is every multi-position strategy prohibited?
The public wording is too broad to certify a universal exception. A trader may have legitimate reasons to scale into a position, split exits or trade different instruments, but the rule does not publish a decision tree for those cases.
That is an evidence boundary, not permission. Ask support about the exact workflow, number of simultaneous orders, automation, instruments and account population.
What evidence should a trader keep?
- The written support answer for the exact workflow.
- EA or copier configuration and source-code ownership.
- Order timestamps, instruments and strategy logic.
- Proof that all accounts and signals belong to the same trader where own-account copying is involved.
These records do not override the agreement, but they reduce ambiguity about what the trader actually did.
How is bulk trading different from copy trading?
Bulk trading is framed around simultaneous entries. Copy trading and coordination are framed around whose strategy or signals are being reproduced. The current own-account FAQ allows copying a trader's own accounts subject to the Bootcamp exception, while external coordination remains prohibited. Both rules can apply to one setup.
Use the prohibited-strategies owner for the full category map.
Which questions should support answer in writing?
How many simultaneous orders are permitted?
The public page does not say.
Does one strategy split across entries count?
The public page does not publish an exception.
Does own-account copying remove bulk-trading risk?
No public source says that one allowance cancels the other rule.
Can an EA place simultaneous orders?
EA use has additional source-code, execution and server-request restrictions. Confirm the complete setup.
The bottom line
The current bulk-trading rule is specific about simultaneity but not about a numeric boundary. Do not fill that gap with forum anecdotes or PTV inference. Save written support evidence before running a multi-order workflow. The The5ers review keeps this uncertainty inside the wider firm decision.
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