EAs and bots are a normal part of modern trading. We allow them within clear limits — and draw a firm line at tools designed to exploit prop firms or the simulated environment.
What's an EA vs a bot (our definition)
Expert Advisor (EA) — automation that helps execute your own strategy: entries, exits, trailing stops, alerts. You set the logic. You stay in control.
Bot — automation that trades without your contemporaneous decision per trade: signal-following bots, latency arbitrage bots, AI bots making autonomous decisions
EAs that automate your strategy are generally fine. Bots that replace your decision-making are not.
Allowed
Generally available, commercially purchased EAs used to automate your own legitimate trading strategy
EAs that you personally code or modify
EAs for entries, exits, trailing stops, position sizing
Trade managers, alert systems
Not allowed
Prop-firm exploitation tools (EAs specifically marketed for "passing challenges", DVL/MVL gaming, consistency-rule abuse)
Latency-arbitrage EAs
HFT-style execution exploitation tools
AI bots making autonomous trading decisions without your input
Tick-scalping bots designed to exploit pricing inefficiencies
Bots that replicate signals from another account or service
Product-specific restrictions
Some products further restrict EAs and bots. Always check your Plan Specification for product-specific rules.
How we evaluate
Source and intent of the tool
Whether the strategy reflects genuine market skill or pure exploitation
Behavior consistency across Evaluation and Funded
Pattern analysis across accounts using the same tool
What happens if you breach
Same proportionate ladder as C2:
Warning + trade nullification
Exclusion of bot-driven trades
Suspension
Termination
Permanent ban
Clawback of rewards from prohibited automation
Stick to EAs that automate your strategy, not someone else's signal
If an EA is marketed as "guaranteed prop firm pass" — don't use it
Test EAs on demo first; once on a paid Evaluation, you own the consequences
All activity is on simulated capital
The line is: are you the decision-maker, or is the bot?
If unsure about a specific EA, ask [email protected] before running it