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Firm Trust Score

A 0–100 score built from a firm's real Trustpilot reputation, how long it's actually been operating as a futures prop firm specifically, and a checklist of the rule types that most often catch traders off guard — account stacking, flipping, windfall clauses, news-trading blackouts, and more. Picked by firm, since some of these are firm-wide policies, not tied to one specific account.

Whole firms only, not individual accounts — some rules can still vary by which account you pick, noted below.

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AquaFutures
3.9(546)
Mixed2 high-severity flags

Real caution flags turned up in our research — read the checklist below carefully before buying.

Reputation31 / 40

Based on a real Trustpilot rating of 3.9/5.

Rule safety7 / 40

Found: account stacking, copy trading & ea (bot) rules, group trading / signal copying, arbitrage trading, mandatory stop-loss / risk rules, minimum trade duration / anti-microscalping.

Years in operation4 / 20

Founded in 2024 — about 2 years in operation.

Rule flags

High / discretionary Common / moderate

Only rule categories we've actually confirmed apply to this firm show up here — an empty list means nothing's been confirmed yet, not that the firm has a clean bill of health.

  • Account stackingAppliesHigh severity

    Explicitly named and banned as "Account Rolling / Account Stacking": repeatedly purchasing evaluations or funded accounts while using extremely aggressive risk exposure, expecting one to eventually produce a large payout — including cycling through new accounts after hitting Maximum Loss Limits, buying excessive numbers of accounts at once, or keeping large numbers of backup accounts purely for replacement.

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  • Copy trading & EA (bot) rulesAppliesModerate severity

    Fully automated systems, unattended algorithms, trading bots, and AI-driven execution are banned outright across every account type. Semi-automated tools (charting/alerts/trade management) are allowed only while the trader remains actively present and managing the position themselves.

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  • Group trading / signal copyingAppliesModerate severity

    Copy trading or coordinated execution between unrelated traders is explicitly prohibited, particularly where intended to guarantee outcomes or manipulate funded performance.

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  • Arbitrage tradingAppliesModerate severity

    Latency arbitrage systems are explicitly named and banned, alongside other automated execution-speed exploitation.

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  • Mandatory stop-loss / risk rulesAppliesHighest severity — discretionary

    Prohibits trading without stop losses while exposing the account to excessive risk, repeatedly using maximum leverage without a structured strategy, and "all-or-nothing" trades — framed explicitly as gambling behavior rather than legitimate trading.

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  • Minimum trade duration / anti-microscalpingAppliesModerate severity

    At least 50% of all closed trades must be held longer than 1 minute, and at least 50% of total profit must come from trades held longer than 1 minute — an explicit anti-microscalping rule. Also requires an average risk/reward ratio above 0.3RR across overall trading activity.

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This score is assembled from our own research and is only as good as what we've confirmed so far — it updates automatically as more of a firm's rules get verified. Always check the firm's own terms before buying.