Prop firms
What each prop firm really allows.
Trade-manager EA, copying between your accounts, automated strategy: firms do not file these three uses under the same rule. Here are the rules of 36 prop firms, read on their own pages and checked on September 17, 2026.
- Terminal (trade-manager EA)
- You decide, the EA places and manages the order.
- Copier (between your accounts)
- Copying someone else’s account is forbidden everywhere.
- Automated strategy
- A program decides and places orders on its own.
| Firm | Terminal | Copier | Strategy | Connects to Kara | Max split | Challenge from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FTMO | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | MT4 · MT5 · cTrader | 90% | $79 |
 FundedNext | With conditions | With conditions | With conditions | MT4 · MT5 · cTrader | 95% | $199.99 |
 FundingPips | Allowed | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 · cTrader | 100% | $36 |
 The5ers | To confirm | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 · cTrader | 100% | $39 |
 Alpha Capital Group | With conditions | With conditions | Forbidden | MT5 · cTrader | 80% | $297 |
 E8 Markets | Allowed | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 · cTrader | 100% | $88 |
 Funded Trading Plus | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | MT5 · cTrader | 100% | $89 |
| ThinkCapital | With conditions | With conditions | With conditions | MT5 | 90% | $199 |
| Instant Funding | To confirm | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 · cTrader | 90% | $44 |
 FTUK | Allowed | To confirm | With conditions | MT5 | 80% | $99 |
| Goat Funded Trader | To confirm | With conditions | With conditions | MT5 · cTrader | 100% | $36 |
 Maven Trading | Forbidden | Forbidden | Forbidden | MT5 · cTrader | 80% | $19 |
 BrightFunded | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | MT5 · cTrader | 100% | €97 |
 Blueberry Funded | Allowed | Allowed | With conditions | MT4 · MT5 | 90% | $90 |
 City Traders Imperium | To confirm | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 | 100% | $79 |
| FXIFY | With conditions | With conditions | With conditions | MT4 · MT5 | 90% | $59 |
 FunderPro | To confirm | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 · cTrader | 90% | $69 |
| TopTier Trader | To confirm | With conditions | With conditions | — | 95% | $65 |
 The Trading Pit | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | MT4 · MT5 | 80% | $99 |
 Blue Guardian | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | MT4 · MT5 | 90% | $27 |
 Audacity Capital | To confirm | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 | 95% | $79 |
 AquaFunded | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | — | 100% | $36 |
| Funding Traders | Allowed | Allowed | With conditions | MT5 | 100% | $29 |
| DNA Funded | With conditions | Allowed | With conditions | — | 90% | $49 |
| Lark Funding | Allowed | With conditions | Allowed | cTrader | 90% | $75 |
 Topstep | Allowed | Allowed | With conditions | — | 90% | $49/mo |
 Apex Trader Funding | To confirm | Allowed | Forbidden | Rithmic | 100% | $199 |
| MyFundedFutures | Allowed | Allowed | With conditions | Rithmic | 90% | $77/mo |
 Earn2Trade | To confirm | To confirm | Forbidden | Rithmic | 80% | $150/mo |
| TradeDay | To confirm | With conditions | With conditions | — | — | $125/mo |
 Take Profit Trader | Allowed | Allowed | Forbidden | — | 90% | $150/mo |
| Tradeify | To confirm | Allowed | With conditions | Rithmic | 90% | $99 |
 Elite Trader Funding | To confirm | With conditions | With conditions | Rithmic | 90% | $197/mo |
| Alpha Futures | With conditions | Allowed | Forbidden | — | 90% | $119/mo |
| BluSky Trading | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | Rithmic | 90% | $59/mo |
| Funded Futures Network | To confirm | To confirm | With conditions | — | 90% | $150/mo |
Method
Three uses rather than one “EAs allowed: yes or no”.
The terminal, the copier and running a strategy all go through a program placed on the account, but firms do not treat them the same way: many accept an EA that manages the order you decided and refuse a robot that trades on its own, or accept copying between your accounts but not a commercial EA.
Each level comes from the firm's pages or, failing that, from public reports flagged as such. With conditions: there is a condition to know, such as an EA of your own, prior approval, a paid add-on or a required platform. To confirm: the firm publishes nothing clear-cut.
Kara is not affiliated with any prop firm and earns nothing on their sales. Rules change: read the firm's own before buying a challenge.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Which prop firms allow EAs and automated strategies?
Without particular reservation: FTMO, Funded Trading Plus, BrightFunded, The Trading Pit, Blue Guardian, AquaFunded, Lark Funding, and BluSky Trading. With conditions: FundedNext, FundingPips, The5ers, E8 Markets, ThinkCapital, Instant Funding, FTUK, Goat Funded Trader, Blueberry Funded, City Traders Imperium, FXIFY, FunderPro, TopTier Trader, Audacity Capital, Funding Traders, DNA Funded, Topstep, MyFundedFutures, TradeDay, Tradeify, Elite Trader Funding, and Funded Futures Network. Forbidden: Alpha Capital Group, Maven Trading, Apex Trader Funding, Earn2Trade, Take Profit Trader, and Alpha Futures. Rules checked on September 17, 2026.
Which prop firms allow copying trades between your own accounts?
Without particular reservation: FTMO, FundingPips, The5ers, E8 Markets, Funded Trading Plus, Instant Funding, BrightFunded, Blueberry Funded, City Traders Imperium, FunderPro, The Trading Pit, Blue Guardian, Audacity Capital, AquaFunded, Funding Traders, DNA Funded, Topstep, Apex Trader Funding, MyFundedFutures, Take Profit Trader, Tradeify, Alpha Futures, and BluSky Trading. With conditions: FundedNext, Alpha Capital Group, ThinkCapital, Goat Funded Trader, FXIFY, TopTier Trader, Lark Funding, TradeDay, and Elite Trader Funding. Forbidden: Maven Trading. To confirm: FTUK, Earn2Trade, and Funded Futures Network. Copying someone else's account is forbidden everywhere.
Which prop firms accept a trade-manager EA?
A trade-manager EA places and manages the order you decided. Without particular reservation: FTMO, FundingPips, E8 Markets, Funded Trading Plus, FTUK, BrightFunded, Blueberry Funded, The Trading Pit, Blue Guardian, AquaFunded, Funding Traders, Lark Funding, Topstep, MyFundedFutures, Take Profit Trader, and BluSky Trading. With conditions: FundedNext, Alpha Capital Group, ThinkCapital, FXIFY, DNA Funded, and Alpha Futures. Forbidden: Maven Trading. To confirm: The5ers, Instant Funding, Goat Funded Trader, City Traders Imperium, FunderPro, TopTier Trader, Audacity Capital, Apex Trader Funding, Earn2Trade, TradeDay, Tradeify, Elite Trader Funding, and Funded Futures Network.
Which prop firms work with Kara?
Those that offer MetaTrader 4 or 5, cTrader or Rithmic: FTMO, FundedNext, FundingPips, The5ers, Alpha Capital Group, E8 Markets, Funded Trading Plus, ThinkCapital, Instant Funding, FTUK, Goat Funded Trader, Maven Trading, BrightFunded, Blueberry Funded, City Traders Imperium, FXIFY, FunderPro, The Trading Pit, Blue Guardian, Audacity Capital, Funding Traders, Lark Funding, Apex Trader Funding, MyFundedFutures, Earn2Trade, Tradeify, Elite Trader Funding, and BluSky Trading.
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