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Often no or only with restrictions. Grid and martingale strategies stack positions as price moves against them, which conflicts with drawdown and consistency rules even when the strategy is profitable. Firms that permit grid/martingale usually limit grid spacing, max position count or total exposure. Many firms ban these strategies outright — read the restricted-strategy list before using one in a challenge.

Sometimes — some firms allow it, others require all positions to be closed before the weekend and a third group penalises weekend exposure with reduced leverage or extra drawdown. Read the firm's weekend rule before deploying any strategy that opens positions late on Friday. Gap risk also applies; spreads and slippage can increase at the Sunday open.

Usually yes, but with conditions. Many firms set minimum holding times (e.g. trades must be open for at least 30 seconds), restrict latency-arbitrage and HFT strategies and disallow opening and closing within the spread. Scalping bots and manual scalpers should check the firm's specific timing rules, broker spreads and execution model before paying for a challenge.

Sometimes — many prop firms restrict trading within a window (often 2 to 5 minutes) before and after tier-1 news releases, while others ban news trading entirely. Restricted news lists vary by firm and account size. A bot or strategy that places trades around scheduled news must include a news filter that matches the firm's exact restricted-event list and window.

Yes, if the prop firm explicitly allows automated trading for the challenge or funded account in question. The cBot must also comply with the firm's drawdown, daily loss, news, weekend, consistency and restricted-strategy rules. Test the bot on a demo account under identical rule settings before risking a paid challenge — successful backtesting does not prove the bot will pass a rule-bound evaluation.

Sometimes, but copy trading is one of the most frequently restricted features on prop accounts. Many firms ban account mirroring, third-party signal copying and cross-account copying even when manual trading is allowed. Always check the firm's rule page first; Store's prop firm filters flag firms that have published copy-trading rules, but the final source of truth is the firm itself.

Usually yes, since indicators are analytical tools that do not place trades on their own. Restrictions are uncommon but possible — some firms limit external tools, third-party signals or account-sharing setups. Note that Store custom indicators run on cTrader Windows and Mac only, so confirm your challenge supports the desktop apps before relying on them.

A reset fee buys another attempt at a failed challenge phase, usually at a discount to the original challenge price. An activation fee is sometimes charged once the trader passes evaluation to convert into a funded-style account; some firms refund it on first payout. Compare both together with the challenge price to see the real cost of getting funded, including retries.

Payouts work through a profit split between the firm and the trader, paid after a minimum trading period or profit threshold. Common splits range from 70:30 to 90:10 (trader:firm), sometimes improving after successful payout cycles. Payouts may require minimum trading days, consistency compliance or a withdrawal request window. Read the payout schedule before assuming "100% withdrawable" applies to your first profit.

Choose a prop firm in this order: rule fit, platform support, then price. For cTrader users the decisive checks are whether the firm offers cTrader accounts, the drawdown model (static, trailing, end-of-day, intraday), the daily loss limit, payout terms, consistency rules, news and weekend rules and whether cBots or copy trading are allowed. A cheaper challenge is not cheaper if its rules conflict with how your strategy actually trades.

A consistency rule caps how much of total profit can come from a single day or a single trade. The aim is to prevent traders from passing a challenge through one oversized high-risk session. A rule like "no more than 30% of total profit from one day" forces a trader to distribute returns across multiple days, which usually means controlling daily lot size and avoiding revenge trading after losses.

A 1-step challenge is a single-phase evaluation where the trader must hit a profit target while staying inside risk rules — drawdown, daily loss, consistency, news and weekend rules. Pass the phase and the firm issues a funded-style account; fail any rule and the challenge ends. 1-step is faster than 2-step but typically attaches stricter risk rules or lower profit splits to balance the speed.

A 2-step challenge splits the evaluation into two consecutive phases — usually phase 1 with a higher profit target and phase 2 with a lower one — both inside the same drawdown and risk rules. Passing both yields a funded-style account. 2-step is slower but often comes with more flexible risk rules or higher profit splits than 1-step versions from the same firm.

A funded account is a trading account financed by a prop firm — the trader manages it under firm-defined risk rules and shares profits according to the profit split. Funded does not mean unconditional capital; failing the firm's drawdown, daily loss or consistency rules typically ends the relationship. The path to a funded account is normally an evaluation (challenge) or instant funding.

A prop challenge is an evaluation where a trader must hit a profit target while staying inside risk rules — drawdown, daily loss limit, consistency, news, weekend and platform restrictions. Pass the evaluation and the firm issues a funded-style account with a profit split. The profit target is rarely the hardest part; the risk rules and consistency requirements are where most attempts fail.

A daily loss limit caps how much an account can lose within a single trading day, measured by equity or realised P&L depending on the firm. Hit the daily limit and the account is breached or trading is suspended until the next day. The limit is usually a percentage of the starting balance and is separate from the overall max drawdown.

End-of-day drawdown is calculated using the account balance at session close, not intraday equity. Floating losses during the day do not breach the rule as long as positions are closed at a smaller loss or in profit by end of session. This favours strategies that hold through volatility; it punishes strategies that fail to close positions before the cut-off.

Instant funding skips the evaluation and gives the trader an account with profit-share terms after payment. Pricing is higher relative to challenge fees, drawdown rules are typically tighter and payouts may have minimum-day or consistency requirements before the first withdrawal. Instant funding suits experienced traders who would otherwise pay multiple challenge fees; it is not a shortcut for skipping risk control.

Intraday drawdown applies the loss limit to live equity throughout the session, not only at session close. A spike in floating loss can breach the account even if the trader would have recovered later. Bots and manual scalpers should size positions assuming the worst intraday move, not the closing P&L.

Max drawdown is the absolute or percentage loss limit for the life of the account or challenge — exceed it and the account is breached. Max drawdown can be static (from start balance) or trailing (following equity highs), which radically changes the strategy's room to recover from drawdown periods. Always read which model the firm uses before paying.

A profit split is the percentage of trading profits the trader keeps from a funded account, with the remainder going to the prop firm. An 80:20 split means the trader keeps 80% of profits; 90:10 keeps 90%. Higher splits look attractive but should be read alongside drawdown rules, payout schedule and challenge cost — a firm with a strict drawdown and 90% split can be harder to profit from than one with a flexible drawdown and 75%.

Static drawdown is a fixed-dollar loss limit measured from the starting balance — once equity falls below the threshold, the account is breached. Static drawdown is the most predictable model because the limit does not move with profits. Some firms combine it with daily loss limits, so trailing-style intraday losses can still breach the account before total drawdown is hit.

Trailing drawdown is a loss limit that follows account equity or balance upward as the account grows. Profits raise the limit, so the absolute distance from the current high to the breach line stays close. This is stricter than static drawdown because a winning account has less room for future losses. Grid, martingale and high-leverage strategies are particularly vulnerable.

The most useful Store tools for prop traders are position-size calculators, daily loss and drawdown monitors, equity-stop plugins, session and news filters, trade journals and risk-controlled cBots that pause when limits are hit. The goal is rule compliance, not just signals. No tool can pass a challenge on its own — they reduce the chance of avoidable rule breaches.

Some prop firms allow cBots in their cTrader challenges, but permissions vary by firm and account phase. A cBot can be technically compatible with cTrader and still breach a prop rule by exceeding daily loss, holding through restricted news windows, mirroring positions or running grid/martingale logic. Filter for cBot-friendly firms in Store, then verify the strategy type against the firm's official rule page.

Some prop firms allow EA trading, but it is rarely unconditional. Firms commonly exclude grid, martingale, latency arbitrage, account mirroring, third-party copy trading, high-frequency strategies and trading around scheduled news. Read the firm's restricted-strategy list before deploying any automation and test the EA or bot on a demo account under the same rule set.

A prop firm supports cTrader when it officially offers cTrader accounts for its challenges or funded products. Generic "platforms available" lists are not enough — verify the cTrader account is provisioned for the specific challenge type, phase and region you need. Use Store's prop firm filter to shortlist cTrader-enabled firms, then read their rule pages before paying for a challenge.

A prop firm supports TradingView when its official platform list includes a TradingView workflow for the challenge or account you choose. TradingView support may mean charting, broker-style connection or webhook order entry, depending on the firm. It does not automatically authorise Pine strategies, alert-driven automation or copy trading — those are governed by the firm's separate rules.

Verification (some firms call it phase 2 or the funded-account stage) often applies slightly different rules — lower profit target, same drawdown, same consistency. A trader who scaled up risk to pass the challenge phase quickly can over-size and breach drawdown during verification on the smaller target. Treat both phases as one strategy with the same risk settings, not two separate sprints.