summary: edgeful algos work with prop firm accounts and across multiple accounts and brokers. here's what you need to know about compatibility, automation rules, multi-account setup, copier vs direct signals, self-hedging risk, and the prop firm simulator.

single source of truth for compatibility: broker and prop firm support changes over time, so we maintain one dated compatibility matrix. see which broker accounts work with edgeful algo automation? for the current, verified list. check it before you connect; the guidance below explains how to run prop firm and multi-account setups.

edgeful's automation works with Tradovate, NinjaTrader (brokerage), and ProjectX. many prop firms run their challenge and funded accounts on one of these platforms.

for the full list of supported and unsupported brokers, see which broker accounts work with edgeful algo automation?

don't see your broker? you can still use edgeful by manually executing trades. set up TradingView alerts for entry, stop-loss, and take-profit levels, then execute them manually on your broker's platform.

if your prop firm clears through Tradovate or uses ProjectX as its infrastructure, you can connect it the same way as a standard account. to find out which infrastructure your prop firm uses, check their FAQ or contact their support team directly. look for the platform name they use for trade execution. that's the connection point.

Rithmic-based prop firms (including Apex Trader Funding) can't be automated. TradingView's brokerage integration doesn't connect to Rithmic directly. you can still use all of edgeful's algo tools for backtesting and analysis, but you'll place trades manually. for the full list of supported and unsupported brokers, see which broker accounts work with edgeful algo automation?

even if your prop firm uses a supported broker, you still need to confirm that automated trading is permitted under their challenge or funded account rules.

prop firm policies vary significantly. some permit fully automated trading with no restrictions. some allow automation but prohibit trading within the first few minutes of the session, which affects ORB setups specifically. some require manual execution only.

the right move is to read their terms of service and, if it's not clear, contact their support team directly before running automated strategies on a live challenge account. edgeful doesn't make specific recommendations on which prop firms to use or guarantee compatibility with any firm's current rules — policies change, and you're responsible for staying within your firm's guidelines.

the rule of thumb: 1 broker account = 1 strategy in edgeful = 1 webhook URL. multiple algos running on the same account share that one webhook URL via separate TradingView alerts.

there's no cap. one all access subscription ($299/mo) lets you connect and automate as many broker accounts as you want — 1 prop firm PA, 5 of them, a personal account running alongside them, whatever your setup looks like. the subscription unlocks the automation feature; it doesn't meter how many accounts you run through it.

the only thing that scales with account count is setup: each account needs its own strategy in edgeful and its own webhook URL (see the table below). so 5 Tradovate PAs all running the same algo = 5 strategies and 5 webhook URLs, all under the one $299 subscription.

one caveat on Apex specifically. Apex funded accounts run on Rithmic, and Rithmic can't be automated through edgeful at all — so "how many Apex PAs can I automate per subscription" doesn't really apply. you can use the algos for backtesting and analysis on an Apex account, but you'll place the trades by hand. Tradovate and ProjectX (Topstep / TopstepX) PAs automate normally, with no per-subscription limit on how many you connect. details in which broker accounts work with edgeful algo automation?

you can run algos across multiple accounts in 2 ways:

either way, each account gets its own strategy in edgeful, and each strategy generates its own unique webhook URL.

find your setup in this table. it tells you exactly how many strategies, webhook URLs, and TradingView alerts you'll need.

name your strategies clearly when you have several ("Apex Live 01," "Tradovate SIM," "Topstep Funded NQ") so you don't paste the wrong webhook URL into the wrong TradingView alert. that mistake routes trades to the wrong account, which is the most expensive multi-account error to make.

edgeful doesn't use a trade copier. there's no master account that the others mirror. each account runs on direct signals: its own strategy, its own webhook URL, and its own TradingView alert that fires independently. when the alert fires, the order routes straight to that account.

that distinction matters when you're deciding how to run several accounts:

for most members, direct signals is the cleaner setup: the per-account alerts are a one-time build, and you avoid the copy-delay and shared-fate risk of a copier.

watch this one if you run the same algo across multiple prop accounts, or run both directions at once. when several accounts fire the same signal they all take the same side, and that's fine. the risk is when accounts end up holding opposite positions at the same time:

two reasons this matters. first, opposite positions offset. you pay spread and commission on both sides for little net exposure, which rarely helps. second, and more important: many prop firms prohibit hedging (holding opposing positions across accounts, or self-hedging within one), and breaking that rule can fail a challenge or void a funded account. some firms (Lucid among them) treat cross-account hedging as a hard violation.

before you run multi-account or multi-direction setups, read your firm's rules on hedging and opposite positions, and double-check each strategy's direction filter and webhook so you're not accidentally short on one account and long on another. edgeful doesn't enforce a firm's hedging rules for you — staying inside them is on you.

Topstep X: supported via ProjectX API. check your prop firm's rules on algo usage before you start. note that Topstep requires continuous contracts for both backtesting and live trading.

NinjaTrader: automation is supported. connect your NinjaTrader brokerage account directly in edgeful. both platforms let you automate across multiple brokers by creating separate strategies for each account, each linked to its own webhook.

prop firm challenges typically have drawdown rules that your algo needs to stay within: either a fixed drawdown limit, a trailing drawdown, or both.

edgeful's algos include a max loss per day setting that you can configure in your strategy. setting this to a level below your firm's daily drawdown limit is one way to add a safeguard, but understand that this is a soft limit based on your strategy parameters, not a guaranteed hard stop.

the most reliable way to evaluate your settings before going live is the prop firm simulator in the algo analyzer. upload your TradingView backtest data, set your firm's drawdown and profit target rules, and the simulator will show you how your algo would have performed against those constraints historically. this is the right step before running any challenge, not after.

each of those steps matters. skipping the simulator before a live challenge is the most common thing members regret.