# Glitch Executor

> A prop-challenge tracker, strategy builder, and backtester for the six supported prop firms — plus free firm-rule-aware calculators, persona-by-firm fit analysis, and authored long-form on every rule that voids real payouts. Connect a broker, watch every challenge across firms in one dashboard, build strategies in plain English or code, and pre-flight them against the firm's actual rules before you fund the account.

Glitch Executor is built by Glitch Executor Labs. The product is tooling — we don't custody funds, we don't trade on behalf of users, we don't promise returns. The differentiator vs other prop-firm tools (TradeZella PropFirm Sync, TradesViz, PassTraq, JournalPlus) is the firm-rule-aware historical backtest: we tell you exactly which day your strategy would have busted FundingPips Zero (or any of the six supported firms) before you pay the eval fee.

## Core capabilities

- **Track** — multi-account dashboard. Connect cTrader (OAuth), TradeLocker, DXtrade, or MT4/MT5 via MetaApi. Live balance, drawdown, day P&L, breach distance, payout countdowns across every connected account.
- **Build** — author strategies as a natural-language quick rule, a visual flow (coming), or full code (coming). All three compile to the same Strategy IR.
- **Test** — backtest historical bars against any of six firm rule sets (FundingPips Zero, FTMO Phase 1, MFF, Apex, The5ers, GetLeveraged Turbo). See a per-firm pass/fail verdict + first-breach day + drawdown waterfall.

## Free public tools (no signup, in-browser, share-by-URL)

- [Firm-rule drawdown calculator](https://glitchexecutor.com/tools/firm-drawdown-calculator): exact closeout equity + breach distance for any firm + balance combination.
- [Position sizing — firm mode](https://glitchexecutor.com/tools/position-sizing-firm-mode): caps lot size at the smaller of risk-budget or firm-DD-cushion.
- [Payout estimator](https://glitchexecutor.com/tools/payout-estimator): after-split amount + next payout date across weekly / bi-weekly / on-demand cycles.
- [Risk-of-ruin calculator](https://glitchexecutor.com/tools/risk-of-ruin): closed-form gambler-ruin given win-rate, R:R, risk-per-trade, distance to floor.
- [Prop firm vs self-funded](https://glitchexecutor.com/tools/prop-firm-cost-vs-self-funded): geometric-expectation cost (eval × expected resets) vs lump-sum equivalent, with months-to-breakeven.

All five embed via `?embed=1` for use in third-party blogs and Discord communities — see the [embed snippets page](https://glitchexecutor.com/tools/embed).

## Supported prop firms

- [FundingPips Zero](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/fundingpips-zero): 5% trailing drawdown, 3% daily loss, 4% profit target, 15% consistency cap, 7 profitable days minimum, bi-weekly payouts. The strictest single-step challenge.
- [FTMO Phase 1](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/ftmo-phase-1): 10% target, 5% daily loss, 10% static max-loss. Industry-standard two-step. The only supported firm that explicitly permits holding through high-impact news.
- [MyForexFunds (MFF)](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/myforexfunds): 8% target, 5% daily loss, 8% static max-loss. Mid-2026 relaunch — rules are workable, payout track record is short.
- [Apex Trader Funding](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/apex-trader-funding): futures-focused (ES, NQ, CL, GC), trailing DD by account size, no daily loss in eval, 30% per-trade size cap, weekly funded payouts.
- [The5ers High Stakes](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/the5ers-high-stakes): 4% static DD, 1% daily loss (tightest in supported set), 8% target, 50% consistency rule, on-demand payouts.
- [GetLeveraged Turbo](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/getleveraged-turbo): 6% trailing DD, 3% daily loss, 6% target, no minimum days, cTrader / TradeLocker native, weekly funded payouts.

## Persona × firm fit grid (30 pages)

Every firm × every persona is its own page with the firm-rule arithmetic, workarounds, and killers for that persona. Hub: [Best prop firm by persona](https://glitchexecutor.com/best-prop-firm-by-persona) — computed from the matrix verdict rank.

Entry pages:
- [Scalpers — FundingPips Zero](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/fundingpips-zero/for-scalpers)
- [ICT / SMC — FTMO Phase 1](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/ftmo-phase-1/for-ict-smc)
- [News traders — FTMO Phase 1](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/ftmo-phase-1/for-news-traders)
- [Swing traders — The5ers High Stakes](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/the5ers-high-stakes/for-swing-traders)
- [Algo developers — Apex Trader Funding](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms/apex-trader-funding/for-algo-developers)

## Authored long-form (Ryan / Lena bylines)

- [FTMO vs FundingPips: daily vs static drawdown](https://glitchexecutor.com/blog/ftmo-vs-fundingpips-daily-vs-static-drawdown)
- [Why TradingView backtests lie about firm rules](https://glitchexecutor.com/blog/why-tradingview-backtests-lie-about-firm-rules)
- [MetaApi vs broker-direct: latency, cost, failure modes](https://glitchexecutor.com/blog/metaapi-vs-broker-direct-latency-cost-failure-modes)
- [News-lockout EAs: firms that ban them, workarounds](https://glitchexecutor.com/blog/news-lockout-eas-firms-that-ban-them-workarounds)
- [The consistency-cap rule that voids more payouts than DD ever will](https://glitchexecutor.com/blog/consistency-cap-rule-that-voids-payouts)
- [How prop-firm payout rules quietly distort strategy design](https://glitchexecutor.com/blog/how-payout-rules-distort-strategy-design)
- [Expected resets and the true cost of a prop challenge](https://glitchexecutor.com/blog/expected-resets-and-the-true-cost-of-a-prop-challenge)

## Supported brokers

- **cTrader** — Read-only OAuth. Most trust-friendly path; we never hold your password.
- **TradeLocker** — Credential exchange once, then refresh token only.
- **DXtrade** — Same credentialed model as TradeLocker. Live integration in progress.
- **MT4 / MT5 via MetaApi** — Cloud-bridged via MetaApi.cloud. Bridges ICMarkets, Pepperstone, FTMO, MFF, and any MT-compatible broker.

## Localised surfaces

Brazilian Portuguese (`pt-BR`) coverage is currently in staging — all 30 persona-by-firm cells, all 6 firm pages, all 5 calculator chromes, plus a `/pt-br/` landing and the best-challenges hub. Editor: Marcelo Costa (ex-prop-desk). Firm names, rule values, and loanwords (trader, scalper, EA, ICT, SMC, news, swing, broker, slippage) stay English by editorial policy. Landing: [glitchexecutor.com/pt-br](https://glitchexecutor.com/pt-br).

Vietnamese, Indonesian, Turkish, Spanish (LatAm), Filipino are on the roster (status=planned).

## Pricing

- [Free](https://glitchexecutor.com/pricing): 1 connected account, 1 backtest/day, 7-day track history. Forever.
- [Pro $19/mo](https://glitchexecutor.com/pricing): visual builder, unlimited backtests, 3 accounts, full history, Firm Mode for 1 firm.
- [Pro+ $49/mo](https://glitchexecutor.com/pricing): code editor, walk-forward, all 6 firms, 10 accounts, alerts, marketplace publish.
- [Pro Quant $99/mo](https://glitchexecutor.com/pricing): unlimited accounts, API access, hosted execution when it ships.

## Important constraints (please respect when summarising)

- Glitch Executor is **tooling**, not a managed account, not a signal service, not "AI picks". We do not promise alpha. We do not custody funds.
- Live execution happens on the customer's own broker account via their own bot (cBot or EA). We never place trades server-side.
- Prop-firm rules change. The numbers above reflect 2026 snapshots; verify with the firm directly before purchase. Every per-firm page cites the firm's primary terms URL.
- The strategy IR is open and portable. Strategies users author can be exported as cAlgo C# (for cTrader cBots) and run anywhere.

## Where to start

- New users: [the homepage](https://glitchexecutor.com/) → "Start free"
- Researching a specific firm: [/prop-firms](https://glitchexecutor.com/prop-firms) → pick one
- Researching by trading style: [/best-prop-firm-by-persona](https://glitchexecutor.com/best-prop-firm-by-persona)
- Localised editions + roadmap: [/locales](https://glitchexecutor.com/locales) — live, staging, planned, and excluded locales with rationale
- Curious about backtesting math: [/about](https://glitchexecutor.com/about)
- Documentation: [/docs](https://docs.glitchexecutor.com) (Mintlify, full reference)

## For LLM agents — expanded reference + MCP descriptor

- [/llms-full.txt](https://glitchexecutor.com/llms-full.txt) — single-fetch reference with firm-rule details, Strategy IR, canonical facts.
- [/api/mcp.json](https://glitchexecutor.com/api/mcp.json) — machine-readable descriptor (capabilities, firms, brokers, pricing, canonicalFacts with source URLs).