Alpha Ticks vs Take Profit Trader on TradersPost
Alpha Ticks and Take Profit Trader differ on 2 of 18 points TradersPost compares: automated trading and copy trading.
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Automated trading
Conditional
“The use of AI, bots, and other automated trading mechanisms is strictly prohibited across all account types." / "Semi-Automated Trading...is permissible under the condition that the user manually places, monitors, and manages the trade." Same parent rules. "VPS is permitted...however the use of VPN attempting to hide or change your IP address is not.”
Not allowed
Set by the firm
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Copy trading
Not allowed
Set by the firm
Allowed
Set by the firm
Automation and copy trading rules are set by each firm and can change. Rules recorded May 21, 2026; confirm the current policy with the firm before you connect.
Alpha Ticks rules from help.alpha-futures.com.
Take Profit Trader rules from takeprofittraderhelp.zendesk.com.
Same on both 16
- Short selling
- Market orders
- Limit orders
- Stop orders
- Trailing stops
- Bracket orders
- Stop limit orders
- Day orders
- Good till canceled orders
- Immediate or cancel orders
- Fill or kill orders
- Trailing stop attached to entry
- Modify open orders
- Paper accounts
- Platform: Tradovate
- Authentication: OAuth
Link to this comparison /compare/prop-firms/alpha-ticks-vs-take-profit-trader
Worth knowing about each
Alpha Ticks
- Platform
- Tradovate
- Automated trading
- Conditional
- Copy trading
- Not allowed
Take Profit Trader
- Platform
- Tradovate
- Automated trading
- Not allowed
- Copy trading
- Allowed