FTMO: EAs & automated trading
▶FTMO Automated Trading Rules: Which EAs Are Banned — 34s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
Expert Advisors and algorithmic strategies are allowed for your own trading. What's prohibited is using EAs that exploit the platform (latency/feed arbitrage, tick-scalping the feed) or sharing/managing other people's accounts.
The gotcha
A profitable EA is fine; an EA whose edge is the firm's price feed or simulation lag gets the account voided as gaming the system.
What happens if you break it
This is a soft breach: the firm typically warns or flags the account rather than voiding it, but repeated or flagrant breaches escalate to termination.
The numbers
| eas | ALLOWED |
| platformExploitEas | FORBIDDEN |
Source: official tos — official page . Confidence: reported.
How other prop firms handle eas & algos
FTMO's eas & automated trading is one approach. Here's how the rest of the field treats eas & algos — sorted by how hard a breach hits.
| Firm | Rule | If breached |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Capital Group | Expert Advisors | Voids account |
| AquaFunded | EAs & copy trading | Voids account |
| ATFunded | EAs & copy trading (pre-pause) | Voids account |
| Atmos Funded | EAs & copy trading | Voids account |
| Audacity Capital | EAs & copy trading | Voids account |
| Blue Guardian | EAs & copy trading | Voids account |
| Blueberry Funded | EAs, copy trading & hedging | Voids account |
| Blueberry Futures | Automation & copy trading | Voids account |
| Breakout | Bots & copy trading | Voids account |
| BrightFunded | EAs & copy trading | Voids account |
| City Traders Imperium | EAs & copy trading | Voids account |
| Crypto Fund Trader | EAs & copy trading | Voids account |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with FTMO. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 4, 2026.
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