Prop firms · 13 guides
Prop firm guides for algo traders
Which firms allow bots and EAs, each firm's rules, the consistency and news rules that fail profitable strategies, and how to test a strategy before you pay for a challenge.
Test before you buy a challenge
- Prop firm challenge simulatorReplay a strategy through FTMO, The5ers, Topstep or custom rules from every start date and see the pass rate.Open it
- Consistency rule calculatorCheck your best day against your firm's consistency rule, with presets for the major firms.Open it
- Monte Carlo simulatorSee how deep a drawdown your results could produce before it meets a daily or maximum loss limit.Open it
- Risk of ruin calculatorFind the risk per trade that keeps a losing streak inside the account's drawdown limit.Open it
Which prop firms allow bots and EAs
Where automated trading is allowed, on which accounts, and what to check before you pick a firm.
- Futures and Forex Prop Firms That Allow Algo Trading in 2026: Rules for Bots, EAs and AutomationProp firms that allow algo trading and bots as of November 2026: Topstep (API only), Lucid, Tradeify, FundedNext and FTMO allow them with limits; Apex bans them.Read the guide
- Forex Prop Firms That Allow EAs and Bots (2026): Rules for 10 FirmsWhich forex prop firms allow EAs and trading bots in November 2026: FTMO, The5ers, FundedNext, E8, Alpha Capital, FundingPips, FXIFY and more, with banned practices and platforms.Read the guide
- How to Choose a Prop Firm for Algo Trading Using Your Own Trade DataChoose a prop firm for algo trading by testing your own trade list against each firm's rules: drawdown type, daily loss, consistency, news and payouts.Read the guide
Rules by firm
Each firm's automation rules, dated and linked to the firm's own pages.
- FTMO Algo Trading Rules (2026): What Bots and EAs Can and Can't DoFTMO algo trading rules as of November 2026: EAs are allowed, but HFT, latency exploits, copied trades and over 2,000 server requests a day are not.Read the guide
- FTMO 1-Step vs 2-Step for Algo Traders: Which Suits a Bot?FTMO 1-Step vs 2-Step for algo traders: daily loss, trailing vs static max loss, targets and the best day rule, with worked examples for different bots.Read the guide
- Topstep Algo Trading Rules (2026): Bots, API and AutomationTopstep algo trading rules as of November 2026: bots are allowed through the TopstepX API, but not from a VPS, not on Live Funded accounts and with no HFT.Read the guide
- Does Apex Allow Bots? Apex Trader Funding Automation Rules (2026)Does Apex Trader Funding allow bots, algos or automated trading? Its rules ban automation on every account. What's banned, what trade copiers are allowed, and the alternatives.Read the guide
- Does The5ers Allow EAs? The5ers EA and Algo Trading Rules (2026)The5ers EA rules in 2026: EAs allowed if you own the code, banned practices, news rules, platforms, and which programme suits an algo trader: High Stakes, Hyper Growth or Bootcamp.Read the guide
The rules that fail challenges
Consistency and news rules catch profitable strategies. Here is how each firm defines them.
- Prop Firm Consistency Rules in 2026: How the 40% Best-Day Rule WorksA prop firm consistency rule caps your best day's share of total profit, often at 40% or 50%. Formula, worked examples and a dated per-firm rules table.Read the guide
- Prop Firm News Trading Rules (2026): Which Firms Allow Trading the NewsNews trading rules at FTMO, The5ers, FundedNext, FundingPips, Topstep, Lucid, My Funded Futures, E8 and more: the window, which phase it applies to, and the penalty. Checked 13 November 2026.Read the guide
Passing a challenge
Which strategies suit challenge rules, how to size for them, and how to test before you pay.
- Best Strategy to Pass a Prop Firm Challenge: How to Test Yours Against the RulesThe best strategy to pass a prop firm challenge is one that survives the rules. Which strategy types suit daily loss, trailing drawdown and consistency rules, and how to test yours.Read the guide
- Best Prop Firm Challenge Simulators (2026): Test Whether Your Strategy Would Pass Before You PayWhich tools let you build or backtest a strategy and see if it would pass an FTMO, The5ers or Topstep challenge? 8 prop firm simulators compared on method, firms and price.Read the guide
- Prop Firm Passing EAs and Bots: How to Test One Before You Buy or Run ItProp firm passing EAs and 'challenge passer' bots promise easy funded accounts. What they usually do, which firm rules they break, and how to test one properly first.Read the guide
Prop firm news
- Prop Firm Match affiliate redirect: which prop firms cut ties, and how to buy a challenge safely
- Topstep rule changes in November 2026: profile holds, Micro Bitcoin limits and the AI wording algo traders should read
- Nasdaq 100's worst day since 2020: what the 5 November sell-off means for futures algos and prop accounts
- Prop firm algo rules in 2026: Apex bans automation, Topstep limits bots to its API
Simulate the challenge before you pay for it
Build or describe your strategy in Strategy Lab, then replay it through FTMO, The5ers, Topstep or custom rules from every start date. Free plan, no card needed.