Pass the evaluation. Keep the account.
Prop firms don't blow up because the strategy was bad. They blow up because risk drifted by half a percent on a Friday afternoon. iQntX enforces your prop-firm constraints at the Risk Gate, journals every decision for the evaluation board, and refuses to trade through Tier-1 news without permission.
The prop firm trader's problem
Prop firm rules are not exotic risk management — they are the same risk discipline a real fund has, ported to a retail evaluation. The numbers are tight (3% daily, 5–10% trailing), the audit is enforced, and a single bad Friday ends your funded account.
The problem is that most prop firm operators are trading discretionarily under stress. The setup looks good. The drawdown is small. The position size feels right. And then the daily limit ticks over by 0.4% and the account is gone.
iQntX solves this by encoding the prop firm's rules at the Risk Gate — so they are enforced on every single trade, not after the fact.
The four constraints iQntX enforces
| Constraint | Enforced by | Default | Configurable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily drawdown | Risk Gate + watchdog | 3% | Yes |
| Trailing drawdown | Risk Gate + watchdog | 5% | Yes |
| Max position size | Risk Gate | Risk-per-trade-based | Yes |
| News blackout | News Agent | 30/60 min Tier-1 | Yes |
| Weekend hold | CEO | Close-all Friday | Yes |
| Consistency | Risk Gate | None | Yes (per-day profit cap) |
Configuration lives in a single JSON file (config/prop.json) the operator edits during setup. The Risk Gate reads it on every wake-up; changes are picked up without restart.
What happens when you approach the daily limit
The Risk Gate watches realized + open P/L every cycle. As you approach the daily DD:
- At 50% of cap — Risk Gate emits a soft warning (L1). Stance hint to CEO.
- At 70% of cap — Strategy bank narrows to tier 1–2 only. New setups must clear higher confidence threshold.
- At 85% of cap — Stance flips to DEFENSIVE automatically. Size is cut to 30%.
- At 95% of cap — Open positions begin closing pre-emptively to avoid breaching.
- At 100% of cap — LOCKDOWN. All positions closed. EA refuses new trades until the prop firm's reset window passes.
No surprises. No "the bot just kept going." Every step is journaled.
The audit trail evaluators love
When a prop firm asks "why did you take this trade?", most operators have nothing but a screenshot. iQntX has:
- The journal entry — markdown file under
context/journal/<date>/<time>-<symbol>-<setup>.mdexplaining the setup, the agent that proposed it, the stance, the gate decisions, and the FactChecker/DoubleChecker signatures. - The agent_messages row — the full message bus thread from idea → proposal → veto/sign → execution.
- The report — the daily report (auto-generated by the Intelligence Department) summarizing every decision and outcome.
Hand any of these to an evaluator. They are not bot logs — they are decision narratives.
What iQntX won't do for you
It won't:
- Trade exotic instruments your prop firm prohibits.
- Use leverage above your firm's permitted multiplier.
- Hold positions through the weekend if your firm prohibits it.
- Trade through Tier-1 news without explicit operator override.
- Lie to your evaluator (the journal is reproducible).
If your prop firm's policy is "no automated trading at all" — iQntX is not for you. Read your firm's policy and confirm before signing up.
Setup for a prop firm operator
- Install iQntX on a Windows VPS in your broker's preferred region.
- Run
iqntx setup --profile propto load prop defaults. - Edit
config/prop.jsonto match your firm's exact rules. - Run
iqntx admin statusto confirm the Risk Gate is loaded. - Attach the EA to your prop account's chart.
- Watch the first hour from the journal. Adjust if needed.
Most prop operators run a single MT5 chart per account, with iQntX trading 4–8 instruments concurrently. Position sizing is risk-per-trade, so total exposure across instruments stays within the configured cap.
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Frequently asked questions
Don't see your question? Email hello@iqntx.com — we'll add it.
Will iQntX violate my prop firm's rules?
Not if you configure the Risk Gate correctly. iQntX is designed to encode your prop firm's rules — daily DD, trailing DD, position-size caps, news blackouts, weekend hold prohibition — into the Risk Gate so they are enforced at the per-trade level. You remain responsible for confirming the configuration matches your firm's rule book.
Which prop firms is iQntX compatible with?
Any prop firm that allows automated trading on MT5. That includes most of the large evaluators — FTMO, MyForexFunds, FundedNext, The5ers, Topstep (where MT5 is offered), and dozens of smaller shops. You are responsible for checking your firm's automated-trading policy.
How does iQntX handle the evaluation phase vs the funded phase?
Both phases use the same Risk Gate, but with different parameters. Evaluation typically uses a tighter daily DD and a stricter strategy bank. Funded relaxes slightly but keeps the same audit trail. The Self-Optimizer reviews evaluation performance nightly and pre-tunes parameters for the funded transition.
What happens when I hit the daily DD limit?
The Risk Gate auto-flips stance to LOCKDOWN. All open positions are closed at market (if the limit is hit by drawdown rather than realized loss, the system pre-emptively closes to avoid breaching). The EA refuses new trades until next session. The operator is paged.
Can I prove to my prop firm that I followed the rules?
Yes. The markdown journal under context/journal/ contains every decision — why it was made, why it was vetoed, why a stance changed. Combined with the agent_journal table in Postgres, you have a complete audit trail you can hand to an evaluator. No more 'the bot just did it' arguments.
Does the system respect weekend-hold prohibitions?
Yes. The CEO agent owns weekend behavior. By default it closes all positions before market close on Friday and refuses new trades after the configured cutoff. Some prop firms allow weekend holds with extra capital requirements; the Risk Gate can be configured to comply.
What about the consistency rule?
Prop firms increasingly enforce a 'consistency rule' (no single day can account for >50% of total profit). The Risk Gate can enforce a per-day max profit cap that auto-flips stance to DEFENSIVE once exceeded — refusing aggressive setups until the next session even if Macro is RISK_ON.
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