Upcomers is designed to support disciplined, responsible trading and long term consistency. To protect that environment, we restrict behaviors that resemble gambling, uncontrolled risk taking, or attempts to bypass risk controls.
Certain behaviors and approaches are considered inconsistent with responsible trading and may be treated as a breach of our rules, including the prohibited strategies described in our Help Center article “What trading strategies are prohibited at Upcomers”.
What we mean by “gambling style behavior”
Gambling style behavior does not mean having losing trades. Losses are a normal part of trading. In this context, “gambling” refers to patterns of trading that show a lack of risk control, excessive exposure, or emotional escalation that can destabilize an account and compromise fair trading conditions.
We monitor for behaviors such as:
1) Excessive margin exposure (overleveraging)
Overleveraging refers to using an excessive portion of available margin, either:
on a single instrument or single trade idea (concentrated exposure), or
across the account overall (total exposure)
This behavior can make the account highly sensitive to normal market volatility, increase liquidation risk and reduce the trader’s ability to manage positions responsibly.
What is expected
Keep a reasonable free margin buffer at all times
Avoid concentrating a disproportionate share of margin into one idea
Avoid operating the account at persistently high margin usage levels
2) Escalating position building (position stacking / averaging behavior)
Position stacking refers to repeatedly adding positions instead of managing risk properly on the original setup.
This commonly happens:
in drawdown, when a trader keeps adding into a losing idea to “average down”
in profit, when FOMO leads to adding entries emotionally and without a clear plan
A high number of simultaneous positions, especially when used to amplify exposure quickly, is typically a sign of impulsive risk escalation rather than structured execution.
What is expected
Maintain controlled, planned position management
Avoid rapid, repetitive adding of positions that increases exposure without clear risk limits
Keep the number of concurrent open trades within reasonable boundaries for stable risk control
Monitoring
These rules are evaluated based on observed trading behavior and exposure patterns. Monitoring may include, among other factors, margin usage levels, concentration of exposure, position build-up behavior and overall account risk profile.
Enforcement and our rights
If we identify behavior consistent with gambling style trading or prohibited strategies, we reserve the right to take protective action to maintain a fair and risk controlled environment.
This may include:
applying account restrictions
reducing leverage
adjusting risk parameters or trading conditions
closing the account
declining a withdrawal request where it is linked to rule breaches or prohibited behavior
Key takeaway
We support active trading and a wide range of legitimate strategies. These rules exist to discourage uncontrolled risk escalation and to promote consistent, professional trading behavior. If you trade with a clear risk plan and responsible exposure, you should have no issues.