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, and the prop firm simulator.

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.

you can run algos across multiple accounts in 2 ways:

for each account, you'll need a unique strategy in edgeful with that strategy's specific webhook URL in your TradingView alerts. for example, trading 5 accounts means 5 strategies, each with its own webhook.

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.