ThelabbehindtheEA.
Two specialised Expert Advisors, one for prop-firm challenges and one for your own account. Fully hosted, drawdown-aware, and built around the rules that actually end challenges.
- 0%
- pass rate · Cat B Safe
- 0/38
- loss-limit breaches · Cat B
- 0 days
- median time to pass · Cat B
- 24/5
- hosted & maintained
MT5 Strategy Tester, 38 monthly Phase 1 starts per mode. Historical backtest, not a guarantee of future results.
Built for the account you actually have.
A challenge and a personal account are different problems. So we built two different EAs, not one bot with a slider.
Pass the challenge.
Inside the rules.
Gold and index strategies with Safe and Fast presets, and drawdown guards set to your firm's exact numbers. It stops trading the moment your target is hit.
- Ready-to-load presets per rule profile
- Daily & overall drawdown guards
- Target lock at your profit target
- Sizing that adapts to drawdown room
- XAUUSD · USTEC · DE30
- Prop Firm Playbook included
Your capital.
Compounding by design.
A separate proprietary EA for your own trading account. Position size scales with your balance, so the strategy grows with the account and steps down when it shrinks.
- Built-in compounding
- Gold & index strategies
- Risk management built in
- Hosting & maintenance included
- Setup guidance
- Use on personal accounts
From checkout to live in four steps.
No VPS to rent, no MetaTrader settings to learn, no laptop left running overnight.
Choose your plan
Pick an edition and term. Pay securely through our checkout partner.
Onboard with us
Share the MT5 account you want automated and your firm's rules. We confirm compatibility.
We deploy & configure
The EA goes live on our servers with the right preset and guards for your rules.
Watch from your phone
Follow every trade in the MT5 app. Hosting, restarts and maintenance are on us.
Challenges end on rules, not on trades.
Most failed challenges break a drawdown rule, not the strategy. So the guardrails come first.
Drawdown guards, set to your firm's numbers
Daily and overall loss limits are enforced by the EA itself, with a buffer before the firm's hard line.
Target lock
Hit the target, and trading stops. No giving it back.
Adaptive sizing
Less drawdown room left means smaller positions, automatically.
Defined stop loss
Every position goes in with a stop. Risk is known before entry.
What it never does
As set out in the product specification. No hidden recovery tricks.
228 simulated challenges. Every number shown.
38 monthly Phase 1 starts per rule profile and preset, run in the MT5 Strategy Tester. Drag the chart to explore.
| Profile | Mode | Pass | Breach | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A8% / 5% | Safe | 68% | 1/38 | 16d |
| A8% / 5% | Fast | 68% | 3/38 | 12.5d |
| B10% / 20% | Safe | 89% | 0/38 | 3d |
| B10% / 20% | Fast | 87% | 0/38 | 3d |
| C10% / 8% | Safe | 74% | 0/38 | 13.5d |
| C10% / 8% | Fast | 76% | 2/38 | 8d |
Pass rate and breaches are separate metrics: a start that neither passed nor breached by day 60 is counted as not passed. Historical backtest results do not guarantee future performance.
Typically 8% target · 5% max loss · daily drawdown
For strict daily and overall drawdown rules.
Typically 10% target · 20% max loss · no daily limit
Our strongest tested profile.
Typically 10% target · 8% max loss · daily rules vary
For intermediate max-loss profiles.
Categories are shorthand, not universal rule definitions. Always verify your firm's current drawdown type, daily loss, news, instrument and EA rules before buying a challenge.
Size that follows the balance.
Built-in compounding means each position is sized from your current balance and risk setting. As the account grows, so does the position; after a drawdown, it steps back down. The surface on the right is that rule, drawn in 3D.Compounding magnifies losses as well as gains. It is a sizing rule, not a promise of growth.
One subscription. Everything included.
EA access, server hosting, maintenance and support in every plan. Prices in USD.
- 3 simultaneous EA instances
- 1 month EA access
- Server hosting & maintenance
- Prop Firm Playbook
- Use with supported prop firms
- 5% referral commission
- Live chat & email support
- 5 simultaneous EA instances
- 6 months EA access
- Server hosting & maintenance
- Prop Firm Playbook
- Use with supported prop firms
- 6% referral commission
- Live chat, WhatsApp, Telegram & email
- 7 simultaneous EA instances
- 12 months EA access
- Server hosting & maintenance
- Prop Firm Playbook
- Use with supported prop firms
- 8% referral commission
- Priority support
- 30-minute consultation every month
Secure checkout by Bachs. All sales are final; see our No-Refund Policy. Challenge fees are paid to your prop firm separately and are not included.
Straight answers, no fine print.
A subscription to a CitadeLab Expert Advisor (EA) for MetaTrader 5, run on a server we host and maintain. Prop Firm plans include the Prop Firm Playbook and a set number of simultaneous EA instances (one instance = one MT5 account running the EA). You are buying software access and a managed service, not a trading account, a signal or an investment product.
Trade smarter.
Build bigger.
Pick your edition, check out in a minute, and let the lab handle the servers, presets and guardrails.