Prop firm EAs with built-in drawdown guards
A challenge ends the moment you break a daily loss or maximum drawdown limit, so even a profitable EA can fail one. Every EA in this category lets you set hard daily and overall loss limits that close trades and stop the EA at the level you set, below your firm’s limit.
Prop firm EAs are on the way
We are preparing the first tools for this category. Until then, browse everything in the shop or size your next trade with the free calculators.
How to run an EA on a prop firm account
- Read your firm's current rules. Many firms ban high-frequency trading, latency arbitrage and tick scalping, and some restrict news trading or one EA across many accounts.
- Set the guards below the limit. If the daily loss limit is 5%, set the EA's daily guard to about 4% to leave room for slippage and open-trade swings.
- Match how your firm measures loss. Some count from the day's starting balance, others from equity including open trades; set the guard to the same basis.
- Size for passing, not for speed. Lower risk per trade gives the EA room to recover from a losing run.
- Rehearse on demo. Run the EA on a demo with the same leverage and symbols before the paid challenge.
Work out today's floor with the prop firm drawdown calculator.
Prop firm EA FAQ
Do prop firms allow EAs?
Most large firms allow EAs within their trading rules, but each firm's list of banned strategies differs and changes. Read the current terms, not only the FAQ.
What is a daily drawdown guard?
A setting that closes open trades and stops the EA for the day once losses reach the limit you set.
Can I use the same EA on several funded accounts?
Check with your firm first: some treat identical trades across many accounts as banned copy trading.
Will an EA pass a challenge for me?
No tool can promise that. It can follow your risk rules exactly; the market decides the rest.