Prop Firm Rules Comparison

Of the 127 prop firms where we have verified an automation policy, 84 allow EAs or algorithmic trading and 43 prohibit them. Use the "Allows EAs / bots" filter on this page to see the full list. Firms that permit automation often still ban latency arbitrage, tick scalping and copy-trading across multiple funded accounts, so check the individual firm page for the exact wording.

Of the 143 prop firms with a verified news policy, 109 allow trading through high-impact news and 34 restrict it. Restrictions are usually a time window (commonly two to five minutes either side of a red-folder release) rather than a total ban, and many firms apply the rule only during the evaluation.

Of the 94 prop firms with a verified copy-trading policy, 39 allow it and 55 do not. Where copy trading is allowed it is normally limited to your own accounts at the same firm. Mirroring another trader's signals, or copying across firms, is treated as account management and is a common cause of a denied payout.

74 of 95 firms with a verified policy allow overnight holding, and 82 of 131 allow positions to stay open over the weekend. Futures firms are the most likely to close you out before the weekend session; forex and CFD firms are more likely to permit it. This matters most for swing traders, since a flat-by-Friday rule can force an exit at a loss.

11 of the 48 firms with a verified policy require a stop-loss on every position, while 37 leave it to the trader. A mandatory stop is a risk-management rule rather than a penalty, but it does rule out strategies that manage risk by position size or hedging alone.

Because we will not guess. "Not stated" means we have not yet verified that rule against the firm's own published terms, and "Not disclosed" means the firm does not publish it at all. Neither is the same as "not allowed". We would rather show you a gap than a plausible-looking value that turns out to be wrong when your payout is on the line.