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title: "What is Liquidity Abuse?"
description: "Explains liquidity abuse."
url: https://help.finotivefunding.com/en/articles/950-what-is-liquidity-abuse
collection: "Trading Behaviour & Prohibited Strategies"
updated: 2026-11-05
language: en
---

# What is Liquidity Abuse?

Explains liquidity abuse.

Liquidity Abuse means systematically targeting low-liquidity conditions, widened spreads, or execution inefficiencies. A condition may be identified where at least 20% of total realised profit in a review period or Payout Cycle is generated from trades opened and closed within the applicable low-liquidity window.

All global instruments are monitored for 21:59:59 to 23:59:59 UTC. **Related Terms:** Section 7.17 for accounts purchased before the 1st of October the liquidity window remains from 21:59:59 - 01:59:59 UTC for global instruments and 21:59:59 - 00:59:59 UTC time for asian indices. Hang-Seng and Nikkei