Average trade duration under 60s: which brokers still welcome that
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2026 10:25 am
Quick reality check for scalpers whose average hold is under a minute.
Some brokers are fine with it. Some quietly widen, reject, or “review” accounts that look like HFT noise. I’d rather know the policy before I optimize an M1 playbook.
What I’m trying to map
1. Stated scalping policy vs what actually happens after 2–4 weeks of sub-60s trades
2. Typical reject / requote behavior on market orders in London open
3. Whether hedging / opposite positions / rapid BE moves trigger flags
4. Any minimum stop distance / freeze level that makes sub-60s math impossible
My current filter
• If I can’t modify SL to BE when tape is fast, the broker fails the use-case — even if the website says “scalping allowed.”
• If average trade is 20–40s, I care more about reject rate + slippage p95 than about a 0.0 spread screenshot.
Drop your broker + roughly how short your average trade is (no account numbers). Curious which names still treat sub-60s as normal retail flow in 2026.
Not financial advice — execution discussion.
Some brokers are fine with it. Some quietly widen, reject, or “review” accounts that look like HFT noise. I’d rather know the policy before I optimize an M1 playbook.
What I’m trying to map
1. Stated scalping policy vs what actually happens after 2–4 weeks of sub-60s trades
2. Typical reject / requote behavior on market orders in London open
3. Whether hedging / opposite positions / rapid BE moves trigger flags
4. Any minimum stop distance / freeze level that makes sub-60s math impossible
My current filter
• If I can’t modify SL to BE when tape is fast, the broker fails the use-case — even if the website says “scalping allowed.”
• If average trade is 20–40s, I care more about reject rate + slippage p95 than about a 0.0 spread screenshot.
Drop your broker + roughly how short your average trade is (no account numbers). Curious which names still treat sub-60s as normal retail flow in 2026.
Not financial advice — execution discussion.