An FTMO EA built for the rules, not for the backtest.
Meet Tier Aurora. It trades gold and the Nasdaq 100 inside FTMO's limits, and the closer your equity gets to the floor, the smaller it trades.
MetaTrader 5, including FTMO US accounts. Install it yourself with the tutorial in your dashboard, or with our team on a call.
Drag the equity. Watch the size.
Your FTMO account, with Tier Aurora's sizing on top.
Inside FTMO's limits.
Illustration of the principle: size follows the distance to the maximum loss and never goes below a quarter of normal; the exact size depends on your risk profile. FTMO limits as published in September 2026. TierAlba is not affiliated with or endorsed by FTMO.
Meet Tier Aurora.
One Expert Advisor, written around prop firm rules from the first line. It reads the limits of your program, trades a few setups a day on gold and the Nasdaq 100, and sizes every position by how much room the account has left.
- Markets
- Gold and the Nasdaq 100
- Platform
- MetaTrader 5, including FTMO US accounts
- Rule presets
- FTMO 2-Step and 1-Step, other firms, or your own rules file
- Position size
- Follows the distance to the maximum loss, down to a quarter of normal
- Daily guard
- Sits inside FTMO's daily loss limit
- Market holidays
- No trading on NYSE holidays, early exit on half days
- Execution monitor
- Pauses the index setups when spreads get too wide for their stops
- One copy per account
- A second instance on the same account refuses to start
Every FTMO rule, and what Tier Aurora does about it.
A challenge is a set of limits with a target attached. Here is each limit as FTMO writes it, next to the way Tier Aurora is allowed to trade because of it.
Maximum daily loss
Equity cannot fall more than 5% below the day's starting balance on the 2-Step, or 3% on the 1-Step. Open positions count. It is the limit that ends most challenges.
Tier AuroraA daily guard sits inside the limit and total open risk is capped, so one bad session cannot reach the floor. It never adds size to win back a loss.
Maximum loss
10% of the initial balance. Fixed on the 2-Step; on the 1-Step it trails up as your balance grows.
Tier AuroraSize follows the cushion: the closer equity gets to the maximum loss, the smaller each position, down to a quarter of normal. The 1-Step's trailing floor is tracked the same way.
Profit target and trading days
2-Step: 10%, then 5% in the Verification, with at least 4 trading days per phase. 1-Step: 10%, with FTMO's Best Day rule.
Tier AuroraThe FTMO presets carry the minimum days and the Best Day rule: on the 1-Step, a strong day is closed before it can pass FTMO's cap.
High-impact news
On standard funded accounts, no new trades in the two minutes around high-impact releases. Rules differ by account type.
Tier AuroraThe FTMO presets include the news and weekend rules for each phase, and the calendar in your dashboard counts down to every high-impact release.
Expert Advisors
Allowed. High frequency trading, latency arbitrage and tick scalping are not, and neither is going past 2,000 server requests a day.
Tier AuroraIt opens a few trades a day, well away from those categories.
Your account is yours
The account is personal. Nobody else may log in and trade it for you.
Tier AuroraIt runs on your own MetaTrader terminal. Whether you install it alone or with us on a call, you type your own password: we never request, receive or store it.
We do not publish a pass rate or a monthly return on this page. Any figure of that kind depends on account size, phase, firm and period, and without those conditions attached it tells you nothing you can use. Trading carries risk and no Expert Advisor can guarantee a result.
Install it yourself, or with the team.
Both routes give you the same Tier Aurora, the same FTMO presets and the same dashboard, and both work on FTMO US accounts.
On your own
For anyone comfortable in MetaTrader. The tutorial in your dashboard walks through every screen.
- Download Tier Aurora and your licence keyBoth are in Expert Advisors, in your dashboard.
- Follow the tutorialStep by step, from attaching the EA to the first check.
- Choose the FTMO preset for your program2-Step or 1-Step, with your phase and account size.
With the team, on a call
We set it up with you and stay available while the challenge runs.
- Choose Book the setup callRight after purchase, in your dashboard.
- Install it together in about 15 minutesOn Zoom. You type your own password.
- We stay with you while it runsDirect support until the challenge is over.
Passing is the sprint. The funded account is the job.
Once you are funded, Tier Manage runs our Expert Advisor on your account until the target you choose. One payment, priced on the account size.
- You keep full access to the account throughout
- Equity and open positions live in your dashboard
- Terms for a missed target are in the refund policy
Where Tier Aurora can run, firm by firm.
Before you buy a challenge, check the firm's FAQ: it must allow Expert Advisors and have MetaTrader 5 available.
FTMO
FundedNext
E8 Markets
FXIFY
BrightFunded
TierAlba is not affiliated with or endorsed by the firms named here.
Questions before you buy.
Does FTMO allow Expert Advisors?
Yes. FTMO allows EAs on MetaTrader, including third-party ones. It prohibits high frequency trading, latency arbitrage, tick scalping and more than 2,000 server requests a day, and it caps the capital a single strategy can run across accounts. Tier Aurora opens a few trades a day, well away from the prohibited categories.
Does Tier Aurora work on the FTMO 1-Step?
Yes. It has an FTMO 1-Step preset with the 3% daily limit, the trailing maximum loss and the Best Day rule built in. You choose the preset for your program when you set it up.
Can I use it from the United States?
Yes. FTMO offers MetaTrader 5 to US traders, and Tier Aurora runs on it. Install it yourself with the tutorial in your dashboard, or with our team on a call.
Do you need my account password?
No, never. If you install Tier Aurora yourself, the password never leaves your hands. On a setup call you type it yourself and MetaTrader masks it: we never request, receive or store it.
Which markets does Tier Aurora trade?
Gold and the Nasdaq 100. It opens a few trades a day and sizes each one by the distance to your maximum loss, so it trades smaller as the account gets closer to the floor.
What happens if the challenge does not pass?
The terms are in our refund policy, which you can read before paying.
Which other prop firms work with it?
Tier Aurora runs on MetaTrader 5, so it also works with firms such as FundedNext, E8 Markets, FXIFY and BrightFunded. Before you buy a challenge, check the firm's FAQ: it must allow Expert Advisors and have MetaTrader 5 available. Tier Aurora has presets for other firms' rules and also accepts a custom rules file.
Start with the rules, not the promise.
Pick the plan that matches your challenge size, or read the full terms first. Both are one click away.
Trading involves a high level of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Past performance does not guarantee future results. TierAlba provides software and services and does not give financial advice.
