How do I prevent account sharing and paid passing services?

Quick answer

Prohibit third-party trading in your terms, verify identity before payouts, compare trading behaviour between evaluation and funded stages, watch for login patterns from different places, and rotate credentials when sharing is suspected. Paid passing services often show sudden style changes between phases.

Detailed answer

Warning signs:

  • Trading style changes abruptly after passing.
  • Logins from distant locations close together.
  • Several unrelated accounts with the same trading pattern.
  • Traders who cannot explain their own trades in a review call.

Controls:

  • Terms: only the verified holder may trade.
  • KYC before payout, matched to the account holder.
  • Review calls for large payouts.
  • Credential rotation: a new password on the funded account.

On PropExecutor the funded account is a new account with its own password, and rotation ends all live sessions, so access granted during evaluation does not automatically carry over.

Example

An evaluation was traded with small positions and long holding times; the funded account suddenly trades large positions within seconds of news. That change in style, combined with logins from a new location, justifies a review call before the first payout.

Keep a record of each review call and what was asked.

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