For MetaTrader 4 & 5 · forex and CFD
Does FTMO allow Expert Advisors and trading journals?
What FTMO’s public rules say about EAs and third-party access, what that means for a journal, and a ready message to ask their support.
For forex and CFD traders on their own broker account or prop challenges. Upload last month’s report and see it in a minute — or connect the terminal once and forget about it.
- Read-only
- Never places trades
- No password
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What the firm says
Expert Advisors are allowed; third-party access to the account is not.
Platforms: MT4 · MT5 · cTrader · DXtrade · Checked 2026-10-24 · Source ↗
- Allowed
A read-only EA in your own terminal
Like our connector: it runs in your MetaTrader, only reads the history and never trades.
- Not allowed
A service that logs in to your account
With your investor password, from someone else’s servers.
- Ask the firm
The platform’s official read API
Reading through an API the platform publishes.
What to do
You can connect the read-only connector: every deal arrives in the journal by itself.
How to export a report · Connector source and checksums · Daily loss limit calculator
A message for FTMO support
Copy it into their chat or email. Add your account number.
Hello! I would like to use a read-only Expert Advisor on my FTMO account to send my trade history to my trading journal. It only reads the account history; it never places, modifies or closes orders. Its source code and checksums are public: https://www.setupnik.com/connect/metatrader. Is it allowed on my account (number: ______)? Thank you!
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