Not all automation is banned Most firms allow personal EAs and ban tools that exploit execution or run identically across many accounts. Usually allowed An EA you wrote or bought for personal use. Trade management tools: trailing stops, partial closes, lot calculators. Alerts and dashboards. Usually forbidden High-frequency trading and latency arbitrage. Martingale and grid — firm dependent, check the terms. Signal copying across traders. Mass-sold bots firing identical trades at the same second. Confirm before you run it Ask support and keep the written answer, and watch the rule change tracker — these clauses change often.
Expert Advisors and Trading Bots: What Prop Firms Actually Allow
What automation is allowed: EAs, martingale, HFT and risk tools — and how to confirm before you run one.