Automated trading, will your broker even allow them if they are succesful?

Based strictly in a theoretical world.....

Say i have a 100% automated, mechanical EA that generates consistant profits month after month with no discretion whatsoever...

Would the broker you trade it with not realise that you have an automated EA doing all the work while taking money from them all along?

If the broker can see your SL and TP limits beforehand, does that mean they can also have access to the rules and indicators of the EA you're using? Surely its gotta flag up on their system if you're making consistant profits that if it works for you then it would probably work for them also....And if they hijacked your EA and traded it with some SERIOUS money then isn't there the possibility that it could effect the market in such a way that it would render your automated EA useless to begin with?

If the above is the case then aren't automated systems - no matter how successfull in backtesting and forward testing etc - completetly useless if they can be manipulated and "stolen" by other people/brokers?

Or am i just being paranoid??

Who knows? I know one thing, I sure as hell would not send a profitable EA to metaquotes for their 'trading completion'. I think brokers are already making enough $$$ without going to the trouble of back engineering strategies.

If it is not agressive scalping playing on gaining 3-5 pips with 10+ lots, there is no reason why a broker would prevent you to use it.

The longer you stay on the market, the more commission they get

It is another story with scalping where order are not systematically sent to the market

PS : you are not in the correct forum !!!

I don't think that all forex brokers are really out to get you. Sure, for small lots they will keep them in house and trade against you, or against other small players, but I really doubt they'll just can you for making money. If you're making money, then they'll stop betting against you, and move on to the next newbie who just deposited $5k into their account.