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# EA / cBot policy

> What each prop firm permits for Expert Advisors, cBots, and other automated trading. Universally banned classes, manual-review tiers, and how Glitch Executor-generated bots map to each firm's policy.

Every supported firm permits automated trading in some form, but the rules differ on which classes of EA / cBot are allowed without prior review. Three universal restrictions hold across the entire supported set; the remaining policy varies firm-by-firm.

## Universal restrictions

These are banned at every firm in the supported set, no exceptions:

1. **Latency arbitrage.** Strategies that exploit price feed lag between the firm's broker and a faster reference quote. Detected on hold-time and entry-pricing signatures.
2. **Tick scalping.** Hold times under 1 second on a sustained basis. Some firms count anything under 15 seconds; conservative interpretation = stay > 30 seconds.
3. **Copy-trade internal.** Running the same EA across multiple accounts at the same firm to amplify a single signal. Detected on order-correlation across accounts.

External copy from a master signal account is generally permitted; internal cross-account copying is not.

## Per-firm policy table

| Firm                | Default policy | Review required               | Notable restrictions                                |
| ------------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| FundingPips Zero    | Permitted      | No prior review               | Standard latency-arb + tick-scalp ban               |
| FTMO Phase 1        | Permitted      | No prior review               | Adds: "news-only" strategies disqualified at payout |
| MyForexFunds        | Permitted      | No prior review               | Same as FTMO post-relaunch                          |
| Apex Trader Funding | Permitted      | Manual review on size-anomaly | Per-trade size cap (30%) is hard rule               |
| The5ers High Stakes | Permitted      | Scalp-class triggers review   | Consistency rule + 50%-share cap                    |
| GetLeveraged Turbo  | Permitted      | No prior review               | Standard restrictions                               |

## How Glitch Executor-generated bots map to policy

Strategies authored on Glitch Executor compile to Strategy IR. From the IR we generate either a cTrader cBot (C#) or an MT4/MT5 EA (MQL4/MQL5). The generation process bakes in firm-specific safety:

* **Hold-time enforcement.** The IR `schedule.minHoldSeconds` parameter defaults to 30 seconds — well clear of every firm's tick-scalp definition.
* **News-blackout filter.** The IR `schedule.newsLockoutMinutes` filters entries around high-impact releases. Default 5 minutes; conservative across all firms. See [news blackouts](/concepts/news-blackouts).
* **Position-size cap.** The IR enforces the firm-mode position-sizing rule (single loss ≤ ⅓ of DD cushion) at order placement, not just at backtest time.

## What's NOT covered by automation

* **Account-sharing detection.** Firms detect operators who run the same EA across two accounts at different firms via order timing + IP. The EA can't fix this — it's an operational discipline.
* **Anomalous payout patterns.** If an EA delivers a 30R day on day 1 followed by 19 zero-trade days, firms manually review. The strategy might be fine; the review is unpredictable.
* **EA code review at high-tier accounts.** Some firms (Apex on \$250k+ accounts) require source-code review. Glitch Executor's generated cBot/EA source is readable and well-commented for this case.

## Workflow

1. Author the strategy as quick-rule, visual flow, or code on Glitch Executor.
2. Run the firm-rule-aware backtest against your target firm.
3. Export to cBot (cTrader) or EA (MQL4/MQL5) with the firm flag set.
4. Deploy via your broker's standard EA-attach flow.
5. Monitor via the Glitch Executor live dashboard for breach-distance + payout countdown.

See related: [strategies](/concepts/strategies), [news blackouts](/concepts/news-blackouts), [broker bridge latency](/concepts/broker-bridge-latency).