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Prop firm EA trading guides
Independent, trademark-safe guides for passing FTMO, FundedNext, MyForexFunds, and The Funded Trader challenges with an Expert Advisor. Every page lists current rules, EAs that fit the rule envelope, risk settings, and the most common failure modes that disqualify accounts.
Prop firms
Firm-specific pages with rules, EA suitability, and pass strategy.
FTMO — rules, suitable EAs, and the pass strategy
FTMO is the largest established prop firm, paying 80-90% profit splits on funded accounts up to $200,000. EA trading is explicitly permitted. The two-step evaluation requires 8% then 5% profit while staying under a 5% daily-loss limit and 10% overall-loss limit, over a minimum 4 trading days. The EA archetypes that pass FTMO reliably: low-frequency trend or breakout strategies at 0.5% per-trade risk with a strict news filter — never aggressive scalping or grid/martingale.
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FundedNext — rules, suitable EAs, and the pass strategy
FundedNext is the most aggressive challenger to FTMO in the 2026 prop firm market, offering 90% profit splits, weekly payouts, and multiple challenge models including an instant 'Express' funded account. EA trading is fully permitted across all FundedNext models. The flexible rule structure (Standard, Express, Stellar) lets traders pick the model that matches their EA's profile — Standard for slow-and-steady EAs, Express for traders who want instant funding without an evaluation.
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MyForexFunds — historical context and replacement firms
MyForexFunds (MFF) was a major prop firm operating 2020-2023. The firm was shut down in August 2023 following enforcement actions by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), with funds frozen and payouts halted. Most MFF traders moved to FTMO, FundedNext, or The Funded Trader. This page documents the historical context and explains how to evaluate the reliability of any prop firm before depositing.
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The Funded Trader — rules, suitable EAs, and the pass strategy
The Funded Trader (TFT) is a values-driven prop firm offering four challenge models — Standard, Royal, Knight, and Rapid — with 80-90% profit splits and weekly payouts. EA trading is permitted across all models. TFT's main differentiation is the Royal challenge's relaxed daily-loss rule (no daily loss limit on Royal, only overall drawdown) which suits higher-variance EAs poorly fit for FTMO. Account sizes $10k-$400k available.
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Cross-cutting topics
Aggregate guides covering risk rules, pass strategy, and scaling plans across multiple firms.
Best EAs for prop firms — cross-firm aggregate guide
The Expert Advisors that reliably pass prop firm challenges share five characteristics: low signal frequency (1-5 trades per day), conservative per-trade risk (0.5%), strict news filter, no weekend exposure, and predictable daily P&L distribution under 3% standard deviation. Trend-followers and breakout strategies fit this envelope; scalpers and grid/martingale strategies do not. The right EA for prop firms is boring by retail-trading standards — and that's the whole point.
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Risk rules explained — DD, daily loss, profit target
Prop firm risk rules boil down to four numbers: profit target (8-10%), maximum daily loss (5% of starting-of-day equity), maximum overall loss (10% of initial deposit, sometimes trailing the highest equity), and minimum trading days (4-5 across the evaluation). Each rule has subtle measurement details — 'daily' means broker's trading-day cutoff (5pm NY), 'overall' may be static or trailing, 'minimum trading days' requires at least one closed trade per day. Understanding the measurement details is what separates passing traders from failing ones.
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Pass-the-challenge strategy guide for EA traders
Passing a prop firm challenge with an EA is a 90-day process across five phases: (1) pick the right firm for your EA archetype, (2) configure the EA conservatively (0.5% per-trade risk, strict news filter, no weekend exposure), (3) pre-validate on a 30-day demo of the firm's actual broker, (4) execute the challenge with zero manual intervention and daily monitoring, (5) protect the funded account by maintaining the same conservative configuration that earned it. Pass rates rise from industry-average 7% to 25-40% with disciplined execution of all five phases.
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Scaling plans compared — how funded accounts grow
Major prop firms scale funded account capital after consistent profitability — typically 10-25% capital increase per scaling round, awarded every 3-6 months of sustained profitability without rule violations. FTMO doubles accounts up to $2M lifetime cap; FundedNext scales by 25% per 4 profitable months without an explicit cap; TFT scales 25% per quarter to maximum $1M. The scaling path turns a $50k starter into $200k-500k within 18-24 months for disciplined funded traders.
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Need help configuring an EA for your prop firm challenge?
Each of the EASY Bots ships with a "prop-firm-safe" preset that halves the default risk-per-trade and enables the strict news filter. Start with a free demo before paying the challenge fee.
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