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FTMO

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Trading since 2015 · Forex & CFD

Checked today
32Weak
Refer Score
Weak. Best on years operating, weakest on cost to get funded.
How we scored this
SignalWeightThis firmPoints
How fast they pay24%No data—
Trader ratings18%No data—
Rule transparency15%No data—
Years operating15%11.07.5
Regulated broker behind it12%No data—
Cost to get funded11%79.00.0
Open complaints5%0.02.5

Signals with no data are excluded rather than scored as zero, so a firm is not punished for something we have not collected yet. Full methodology.

The short version

How fast they payNot tracked yet
Cheapest way in€79
Biggest account$200k
Your share of profitsup to 90%
What traders rate themFewer than 20 reviews

Routes to funding

2 ways to get an account with FTMO — 1 of them measures loss on a trailing basis.

  1. 2-Step FTMO Challenge

    2 phases$10K – $200K

    Their flagship since 2015. Two phases and a higher daily loss allowance, a static maximum loss, and the fee back in full when you pass. From €89.

    Profit target
    10% then 5%
    Daily loss
    5%
    Max loss
    10% static
    Your split
    90%
    Min profitable days
    4
    Leverage
    —
    Time limit
    Unlimited
    Payouts
    Fee refunded 100% on success
    Consistency rule: No Best Day Rule on this route. Available as Standard or Swing.

  2. 1-Step FTMO Challenge

    1 phase$10K – $200K

    One phase and no minimum trading days, paid for three ways: the maximum loss trails your end-of-day balance, a Best Day Rule applies, and the fee is not refunded. Standard accounts only, no Swing. From €79.

    Profit target
    10%
    Daily loss
    3%
    Max loss
    10% trailing
    Your split
    90%
    Min profitable days
    —
    Leverage
    —
    Time limit
    Unlimited
    Payouts
    No fee refund on this route
    Trailing drawdown — the limit follows your equity up and does not come back downConsistency rule: Best Day Rule 50%: your best day may not be more than half of your total profit from profitable days.

Read from ftmo.com. Prices vary by account size and are left blank until we have verified each one.

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Countries blocked

No country list published by this firm that we could find. That is not the same as there being none — read their terms before paying, particularly if you are somewhere covered by international sanctions.

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The rules they do not put on the pricing page

5 terms that can cost you an account or a payout after you have already paid — 2 of them close the account outright. Every one is quoted from the firm’s own pages.

  1. 01Closes the accountChallenge and funded

    Do not log in from the US, even on a VPN

    VPS and VPN use is generally allowed, with one exception: traders travelling to the United States should not log in to MetaTrader or cTrader from there, and should not set a VPN location to the US. It is a platform licensing restriction, not a trading rule, and it is easy to trip by accident.

    Platformftmo.com
  2. 02Closes the accountChallenge and funded

    Both routes say 10% max loss; only one of them means the same thing

    On the 2-Step the 10% maximum loss is STATIC — measured from your starting balance and fixed. On the 1-Step it is END-OF-DAY TRAILING: each day the limit is set to your highest previous midnight balance minus 10%, so it ratchets upward with your profits and never comes back down. Two accounts advertising the same number can fail in completely different ways, and the comparison table is the only place FTMO puts them side by side.

    Drawdownftmo.com
  3. 03Blocks the payoutChallenge and funded

    The Best Day Rule can hold up your pass or your payout

    On the 1-Step, your Best Day may not represent more than 50% of your Positive Days’ Profit — the sum of closed profit and loss across all profitable days. Importantly FTMO state that exceeding it is NOT a breach: the account survives, but you have to keep trading and generating profit until the best day falls back to 50% or less before you can pass or be paid. One outsized winning day therefore delays you rather than ending you. The 2-Step has no Best Day Rule at all.

    Consistencyftmo.com
  4. 04Judgement callChallenge and funded

    Risk is judged per trade idea, and judged by a person

    FTMO recommends keeping risk to about 1% per trade idea, with roughly 1–1.5% of the initial balance as the maximum it advises. This is guidance rather than an automatic cut-off — there is no threshold that closes the account by itself. What matters is that FTMO monitors activity and can intervene where it judges the behaviour excessive or gambling-like, and that it assesses a trade IDEA rather than individual tickets. Splitting one oversized bet across several positions does not make it several small ones.

    Risk per tradeftmo.com
  5. 05Judgement callOnce funded

    On the 1-Step, taking a payout resets your loss limit downward

    Their own wording: the trailing limit can only increase, never decrease — but when a Reward is withdrawn and a new FTMO Account is provided, the Maximum Loss Limit fully resets, returning the first-day limit to 90% of the initial capital. A trader who has built a cushion of profit gives that cushion up by taking money out.

    Payoutftmo.com

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