Prop Firm Trading articles
A funded-account challenge turns one bad session into a failed evaluation, so the rulebook matters more than the strategy.
These posts cover the two drawdown limits firms enforce at the same time and how they interact, why most failures are daily-drawdown breaches in the first week rather than broken strategies, and which clauses decide whether an automated copier is permitted on your account at all. Firms revise terms without announcing it, so read your own firm's current version before trusting a number from any blog post, mine included. The mechanic that does the work is a cap that halts trading without asking you: what a daily loss limit is.
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Does FTMO Allow Copy Trading?
FTMO permits copying between your own accounts and bans decisions that come from someone else. The exact wording, quoted and dated, for MT4 and MT5.
Does The5ers Allow Copy Trading?
The5ers allows copying your own accounts and bans copying anyone else's signals. Their published wording, quoted and dated, and what it rules out.
Why Prop Firm Traders Fail, and What a Loss Cap Must Do
Most challenges end on a daily drawdown breach, not on strategy. The rules as the firms write them, and what an automated cap has to do.
Running an Automated Copier on a Prop Firm Challenge: What the Rules Allow
Most prop firms permit copy trading and automation with conditions. Here are the six rule categories that decide whether your setup is compliant, and how to check yours.