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Platform support checked August 2026

MT5 prop firms,
verified against each firm's own site

Platform line-ups change constantly and support often differs by account type and region. Every firm below states MetaTrader 5 availability on its own official pages — quoted here, with the source linked, so you never take our word for it.

7 firms confirmed EA policies quoted verbatim Every claim linked to source
See the verified firms How to check a firm yourself

Already know you want MT5 and nothing else to decide between? Atmos Funded is the one firm here whose own platform page lists MetaTrader 5 and no other platform. View Challenge Options

Platform context

What MT5 gives a prop trader that MT4 and proprietary platforms don't

If you already run MT5, the platform is a hard filter rather than a preference. Your EAs, custom indicators, templates and order habits are all built against MQL5 and MT5's position model. A firm on a proprietary or browser-only platform doesn't just look different — it asks you to rebuild and re-test everything you have already proven.

Multi-asset by design

Forex, indices, commodities, stocks and futures in one terminal. What you can actually trade is set by the firm's feed, not the platform.

Hedging or netting

MT5 supports both position-accounting models. Which applies is a firm setting — confirm it if your strategy holds opposing positions.

Economic calendar built in

Relevant because firms enforce news windows. Atmos Funded blocks trading two minutes either side of high-impact events.

Depth of Market

Level II data on supported instruments, subject to what the firm's liquidity provider exposes.

Strategy Tester that can prove a rule

Multi-threaded, real-tick, genetic optimisation — enough to demonstrate an EA stays inside a firm's daily and total loss limits.

21 timeframes, 6 order types

More granular than MT4's 9 and 4, which matters most for pending-order and session-based logic.

MT5 vs MT4: platform capabilities

MetaQuotes platform features, not firm-specific offerings.

  • Timeframes
    MT5: 21
    MT4: 9
  • Pending Order Types
    MT5: 6
    MT4: 4
  • Asset Classes
    MT5: Forex, stocks, futures, commodities, options
    MT4: Forex, CFDs (limited)
  • Position Accounting
    MT5: Hedging and netting modes
    MT4: Hedging only
  • Strategy Tester
    MT5: Multi-threaded, real ticks, genetic optimisation
    MT4: Single-threaded, basic
  • Depth of Market
    MT5: Built in
    MT4: No
  • Economic Calendar
    MT5: Built in
    MT4: External only
  • Programming Language
    MT5: MQL5 (object-oriented)
    MT4: MQL4

One practical warning before you shortlist anything: MQL4 Expert Advisors do not run on MT5. MQL5 is object-oriented, the order-handling model differs, and netting accounts behave differently again. Treat a move to MT5 as a rewrite plus a fresh testing cycle, not a port.

Verified, not ranked

Prop firms with MT5 confirmed on their own site

These 7 firms each state MetaTrader 5 availability on their own current official pages. We quote that wording and link the source. Firms we could not confirm are omitted rather than listed with a question mark.

Methodology. Evidence comes only from each firm's own website — platform pages and help-centre articles — never from review sites or affiliate roundups. Cards are ordered as verified, not ranked by payout or any scored judgement. We deliberately publish no pricing, profit split, drawdown or account size figures, because we have not verified them. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy.

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you purchase through one of these links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Our recommendations are based on the factors explained on each page.

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FundingPips

MT5 confirmed on the firm's own site

Traders who want MT5 alongside cTrader and Match-Trader under one account. Read the full forbidden-strategies list before running any automation — we could only confirm the lead-in wording and the copy-trading ban directly.

MT5 availability, in the firm's words
“MT5 is Back at FundingPips – Trade Smarter, Faster & Better!”
Also listed
cTrader, Match-Trader
EA / automation policy
“FundingPips gives you the freedom to trade your way, within clearly defined limits… Forbidden strategies will result in immediate account termination. Copy trading between different users' accounts is strictly prohibited.” source
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The5ers

MT5 confirmed on the firm's own site

MT5 availability is confirmed on The5ers' own site, including a hosted MT5 web terminal. We could not render their EA-policy article live, so treat their automation rules as unverified here and read them yourself before buying.

MT5 availability, in the firm's words
“The5ers Traders Can Keep Using MT5 on Apple Devices – We Cover All Costs”
EA / automation policy
Not specified in our checks — read the firm's current rules page before buying if you trade automated strategies.
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Alpha Capital

MT5 confirmed on the firm's own site

The clearest per-account platform caveat we found: Alpha Capital states MT5 is not among the platforms available to U.S. residents, and that EA functionality is not available on its cTrader, DX Trade or TradeLocker accounts. If you run fully automated strategies rather than assistive tools, read their EA article first.

MT5 availability, in the firm's words
“Our platform currently offers exclusive access to MetaTrader 5, cTrader, DX Trade, and TradeLocker.”
Also listed
cTrader, DX Trade, TradeLocker
EA / automation policy
“Yes, Expert Advisors (EAs) are permitted on our MT5 platform; however, their use is strictly limited to risk management and trade assistance tools. This prohibition includes third-party bots, fully automated strategies, high-frequency trading, and latency arbitrage strategies.” source
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For Traders

MT5 confirmed on the firm's own site

MT5 is tied to Standard accounts; their futures accounts use the proprietary For Traders X platform instead. Their published rules name a 5-second minimum hold time and prohibit HFT, martingale, grid and tick scalping — all of which directly constrain EA design.

MT5 availability, in the firm's words
“Trade on MetaTrader 5, cTrader or TradeLocker — on web, mobile and desktop, powered by real market quotes from our liquidity providers.”
Also listed
cTrader, TradeLocker, For Traders X (futures only)
EA / automation policy
“You are welcome to use Expert Advisors that assist and support your personal trading decisions… The key requirement is that the EA must function in support of your judgment, not in place of it.” source
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Atmos Funded

MT5 confirmed on the firm's own site

The only firm in this set whose own platform page lists MT5 and nothing else — no platform-switching decision to make. Their rules require at least 50% of trades to stay open beyond 2 minutes and block a ±2 minute news window, both of which an EA has to respect.

MT5 availability, in the firm's words
“Atmos Funded offers accounts on the industry-standard MetaTrader platforms. Atmos Funded supports MT5 on desktop, web, and mobile.”
EA / automation policy
“Atmos supports multiple trading styles, from scalping to swing, manual trading to EAs… You can use EAs, swing/intraday strategies. You cannot trade high-impact news ±2 minutes, use disallowed strategies, or violate open risk limits.” source
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Hantec Trader

MT5 confirmed on the firm's own site

One of the few firms whose own help centre says trading bots are allowed outright rather than restricting EAs to assistive tools. They separately prohibit copy and coordinated trading between accounts not owned by the same person.

MT5 availability, in the firm's words
“Hantec Trader allows the use of Expert Advisors (EAs), indicators, and trading bots on supported platforms such as MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5).”
Also listed
MT4
EA / automation policy
“Yes. Hantec Trader allows the use of Expert Advisors (EAs), indicators, and trading bots on supported platforms such as MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5), provided that all usage complies with company trading rules… EAs must be properly configured and reflect a genuine trading strategy.” source
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BrightFunded

MT5 confirmed on the firm's own site

Permits EAs without narrowing them to assistive tools, and allows copy trading between accounts held by the same person. Their own article also confirms VPN/VPS use by the trader is permitted — note that is permission to use one, not a VPS they supply.

MT5 availability, in the firm's words
“At BrightFunded, we have three platforms designed to provide the best experience for our users: DXTrade, cTrader and MT5.”
Also listed
DXTrade, cTrader
EA / automation policy
“Absolutely, at BrightFunded, we allow the use of Expert Advisors (EAs)… while we permit the use of EAs, it's crucial to ensure that their use aligns with our trading conditions and rules… you must still comply with our daily and total loss limits, even when trading with an EA.” source

Platform caveats worth knowing before you pay

  • Region can remove MT5. Alpha Capital states that for U.S. residents the available platforms are cTrader, DX Trade and TradeLocker, and that traders travelling to the U.S. must refrain from using their MT5 accounts while there.
  • Account type can remove MT5. For Traders offers MT5, cTrader and TradeLocker on Standard accounts, while its futures accounts use its own For Traders X platform.
  • Availability is not permanent. FundingPips announced MT5's return under the headline “MT5 is Back” — meaning it had previously gone away. Re-check on the day you buy.
Automation

MT5 access and EA permission are two different questions

This is where MT5 traders lose challenge fees. A firm can offer the platform you want and still forbid the way you use it. Automation policy is the most commonly misreported detail in this niche, so the quotes below are lifted verbatim from each firm's own help centre.

The spectrum, in the firms' own words

Assistive only

Alpha Capital permits EAs on MT5 but states their use is “strictly limited to risk management and trade assistance tools”, and that third-party bots, fully automated strategies, HFT and latency arbitrage result in immediate account closure.

Supporting your judgement

For Traders welcomes EAs that “assist and support your personal trading decisions”, with the requirement that the EA “must function in support of your judgment, not in place of it”.

Permitted within the risk rules

BrightFunded allows EAs while stressing you “must still comply with our daily and total loss limits, even when trading with an EA”. Atmos Funded lists EAs as permitted, and unapproved proprietary arbitrage or HFT EAs as prohibited.

Bots allowed outright

Hantec Trader's help centre states it “allows the use of Expert Advisors (EAs), indicators, and trading bots” on MT4 and MT5, provided usage complies with company trading rules and reflects a genuine strategy.

Read those four together and the point is obvious: an EA that is entirely compliant at one MT5 firm is grounds for account closure at another. Match the firm to how your automation actually behaves, not to the platform badge.

Comparing automation rules side by side?Read each firm's quoted policy

What constrains EA design

Restrictions drawn from the published rules of the firms listed on this page. They are not universal — check which apply to the firm you are buying from.

  • Fully automated strategies where a firm limits EAs to assistive tools
  • High-frequency trading, and strategies that breach minimum hold times
  • Tick scalping and latency arbitrage between feeds
  • Martingale and grid position sizing, where explicitly named
  • Copy trading between accounts not owned by the same person
  • Running an identical EA across accounts held by different traders
  • Trading inside a firm's high-impact news window

Minimum hold times are the clause most likely to break an existing EA. For Traders requires every position to be held at least 5 seconds; Atmos Funded requires at least 50% of trades to stay open beyond 2 minutes. Neither is visible from a platform page.

Do it yourself

How to verify a firm's MT5 offering before you buy

This is the same process behind every card above. It takes about ten minutes per firm and it is the only way to be current, because platform line-ups change without notice.

A reader who never clicks a single link on this page should still leave able to check any prop firm in the market, including ones we have not covered.

  1. 01Find the firm's own platform pageA platforms page or a help-centre article named something like 'which platforms do you support'. Marketing pages go stale; help centres are usually maintained.
  2. 02Check MT5 against your intended account typePlatform availability can be scoped to a tier or a region. Alpha Capital excludes MT5 for U.S. residents; For Traders puts futures accounts on its own platform.
  3. 03Open the EA and automation article separatelyAsk whether EAs are permitted at all, whether they must be assistive rather than fully automated, and whether third-party bots count differently.
  4. 04Read the prohibited-strategies list in fullMinimum hold times, HFT definitions, tick scalping, martingale, grid and latency arbitrage clauses all constrain how an EA can be written.
  5. 05Check copy-trading and multi-account rulesRunning one EA across several accounts is treated as coordinated trading by several firms — including ones that otherwise permit copy trading for a single owner.
  6. 06Confirm symbols, execution and hostingSymbol suffixes and naming break EAs that hard-code instrument strings. Also confirm whether hedging or netting applies, and assume you host your own VPS.
  7. 07Record the date you checkedPlatform line-ups change without announcement. A screenshot of the firm's own page on the day you bought is worth having if a dispute arises.
Platform choice

MT5 or cTrader: what actually differs for an automated trader

Several firms on this page offer both, so the choice is real rather than academic. The honest framing is migration cost, not which platform is “better”.

  • Automation language
    MT5: MQL5 Expert Advisors, with a long-established marketplace and codebase
    cTrader: C# cBots written against the cTrader Automate API
  • Position accounting
    MT5: Hedging or netting, set per account by the firm
    cTrader: Hedging
  • Backtesting
    MT5: Built-in Strategy Tester with multi-threaded and genetic optimisation
    cTrader: Built-in backtesting and optimisation within cTrader Automate
  • Migration cost
    MT5: MQL4 strategies need rewriting; MQL5 skills transfer across firms
    cTrader: Moving from MQL5 means rewriting in C#
  • Charting and depth
    MT5: 21 timeframes, Depth of Market on supported instruments
    cTrader: Level II depth and a deeper native drawing toolset

The practical read: if your strategies are already written in MQL5, the cost of switching is a full rewrite in C# plus re-testing — which is why platform support is a hard filter rather than a preference. If you have nothing built yet, the platform matters far less than the firm's automation rules, and you should choose on those instead.

Why MT5 traders filter on the platform

What you keep by staying on MT5

Your existing MQL5 stays yours

The strongest argument for filtering on MT5 is not the platform's feature list — it's that your tested EAs, indicators and templates move with you instead of being rebuilt.

Multi-asset in one terminal

MT5 was built to carry forex, indices, commodities, stocks and futures in a single workspace, so symbol coverage depends on the firm's feed rather than the platform.

Strategy Tester with real ticks

Multi-threaded backtesting with genetic optimisation is native, which matters when you need to prove an EA respects a firm's drawdown rules before paying for a challenge.

Economic calendar in-platform

Useful specifically because several firms on this page enforce a news window — Atmos Funded blocks trading within two minutes either side of high-impact events.

Hedging or netting

MT5 supports both position-accounting models. Which one you get is set by the firm, so confirm it if your strategy depends on holding opposing positions.

Documented rules to check against

Every firm listed here publishes its platform and automation policy in a help centre you can read before buying. That is the standard to hold a firm to.

Other platforms

Not committed to MT5?

Platform is a hard filter, so it makes no sense to push MT5 on a trader who runs something else. These sister sites apply the same verification approach to other platforms.

cTrader Prop FirmsFor traders who want cTrader's charting, Level II depth and C# cBots instead of MQL5.TradeLocker Prop FirmsBrowser-first firms where no desktop terminal or EA install is involved.Tradovate Trader HubFutures-side routing and Tradovate-native order handling.Rithmic Prop FirmsFirms routing on Rithmic infrastructure for futures execution.
FAQ

MT5 prop firms — frequently asked questions

How do you decide which firms appear on this page?+
A firm is only listed here if MetaTrader 5 availability is stated on the firm's own current official website — its platform page or help centre — not on a review blog or affiliate roundup. We quote that wording on each card and link to the page so you can check it yourself. Firms we could not confirm are left off entirely rather than shown as 'not specified', because MT5 support is this site's whole criterion.
Why does platform support change so often?+
Prop firms license their platforms from technology providers, and those relationships change. Firms have added and removed MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradeLocker, Match-Trader, DXtrade and proprietary platforms repeatedly. One firm on this page, FundingPips, titled its own announcement 'MT5 is Back' — which tells you the platform had previously been unavailable there. Always re-check before you pay.
Does MT5 support mean my Expert Advisor is allowed?+
No, and this is the single most common mistake. Platform availability and automation permission are separate policies. Alpha Capital, for example, permits EAs on MT5 but states their use is 'strictly limited to risk management and trade assistance tools' and that fully automated strategies result in immediate account closure. For Traders welcomes EAs that 'support your personal trading decisions' rather than replace them. Hantec Trader's help centre allows trading bots outright. Same platform, materially different rules.
Can MT5 availability differ between account types at the same firm?+
Yes. Alpha Capital states that for U.S. residents the available platforms are cTrader, DX Trade and TradeLocker, and that traders travelling to the U.S. must refrain from using their MT5 accounts while there. For Traders offers MT5 on Standard accounts, while its futures accounts use its own For Traders X platform. For the other firms listed here we could not confirm any per-account breakdown from their own pages.
What's actually different about MT5 versus MT4 for prop trading?+
MT5 is a separate platform, not an upgrade. It offers 21 timeframes against MT4's 9, six pending order types against four, both hedging and netting position accounting, a built-in economic calendar, Depth of Market, and a multi-threaded Strategy Tester supporting genetic optimisation. It is programmed in MQL5, which is object-oriented — MQL4 Expert Advisors do not run on MT5 without being rewritten.
Will my existing MQL4 EA work on an MT5 prop account?+
Not directly. MQL5 is a different language with a different order-handling model, and MT5's position-based accounting behaves differently from MT4's order-based model, particularly in netting mode. Budget for a rewrite and a fresh round of testing rather than assuming a port.
Do these firms provide a VPS?+
None of the firms listed here states on the pages we checked that it provides or supplies a VPS. BrightFunded confirms that using a VPN or VPS is permitted, and Alpha Capital addresses VPS use in the context of its IP rule — but permission to use one is not the same as one being provided. Assume you are hosting your own unless a firm tells you otherwise in writing.
How should I verify a firm's platform offering myself?+
Go to the firm's own site, not a comparison page. Look for a platforms page or a help-centre article titled something like 'which platforms do you support'. Check whether MT5 is named alongside the account type you intend to buy, then separately open the firm's EA, prohibited-strategies and copy-trading articles. Note the date you checked. If a firm's platform list only appears in marketing copy and never in its rules or help centre, treat that as a signal to ask support in writing before paying.
Next step

Shortlist on platform, then decide on the rules

MT5 availability gets a firm onto your list. Its automation policy is what decides whether your strategy survives the challenge. Open the firms whose quoted rules match how you actually trade.

FundingPipsThe5ersAlpha CapitalFor TradersAtmos FundedHantec TraderBrightFunded

Listed alphabetically as verified, not ranked. We publish no pricing, profit split or drawdown figures because we have not verified them — read each firm's current terms on its own site before purchasing.

MT5 confirmed on Atmos Funded's own site

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