FTMO
CFDOverview
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Firm Name
FTMO
- Established
January 2015
- Location
Czech Republic
- Instrument Types
CFD
- Programs
1-Step (Standard), 2-Steps (Standard & Swing)
- Account Sizes
$10,000 – $200,000
- AU Traders
Via VRGK entity at ftmo.com/au/
- US Traders
Via affiliated entity at ftmo.oanda.com
BROKER & PLATFORM
- Broker
Institutional Liquidity Provider
- Platforms
cTrader, DXTrade, MT4, MT5
PAYMENT & PAYOUT METHODS
- Payment Methods
Apple Pay, Bank Transfer, Credit/Debit Card, Crypto, Google Pay, Nuvei, PayPal, Skrill
- Payout Methods
Bank Transfer, Crypto, Mastercard, Skrill, Visa Direct
- Minimum Withdrawal
None
- Transaction Fees
- ›$20 Bank Wire
- ›$50 Crypto
INSTRUMENTS & ASSETS
- Assets
FX, Energy, Crypto, Indices, Metals, Stocks
Challenges & pricing
| Account | Price | Phase 1 | Phase 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | €89.00 | 10% | 5% |
| $25,000 | €250.00 | 10% | 5% |
| $50,000 | €345.00 | 10% | 5% |
| $100,000 | €439.00 €540.00 | 10% | 5% |
| $200,000 | €1,080.00 | 10% | 5% |
Rules & conditions
LEVERAGE
- Leverage by Asset & Program
- FX: 1:100 (Standard & 1-Step)Indices: 1:50Metals: 1:30Energy: 1:30Crypto: 1:3Stocks: 1:3
Note: Swing accounts have lower leverage (FX 1:30, Indices 1:15, Metals/Energy 1:10, Crypto/Stocks 1:1)
COMMISSIONS
- FX
$5/lot
- Indices
$0
- Energy
$0
- Metals
0.0014%/volume
- Crypto
0.0650%/volume
- Stocks
0.0040%/volume
CONSISTENCY RULES
- 1-Step Standard (Best Day Rule)
- Eval & Funded: no single trading day >50% of total profit
FIRM RULES
- Min Trading Days
- 2-Step Standard & Swing4 days (eval), none (funded)1-Step Standard: None
- News Trading
Swing (eval & funded): allowed. Standard eval: allowed. Standard funded: not allowed within 2 min before/after high-impact news.
- Weekend Trades (Standard Funded)
Holding trades over weekend or market rollover >2h prohibited
- Capital Allocation
FTMO Trader: $400K max per strategy per person. Prime: $600K. Supreme Prime: $1M. Exceeding = suspension.
- Third-Party Trading
Account must not be traded by any third party
- Position Sizes
Significantly larger/different position sizes vs other trades prohibited
- Risk Guidance
1%–1.5% of initial balance per trade recommended. Exceeding may trigger monitoring/warnings.
- Copy Trading
Allowed from own accounts only. Copying other traders strictly prohibited. Must respect $400K allocation limit.
- Expert Advisors (EAs)
Third-party EAs strictly prohibited
- Inactivity Rule
≥1 trade every 30 days. Can freeze account 7 days–6 months to avoid termination.
- Multiple Profiles
Opening multiple profile accounts prohibited
- Prohibited Practices
Overleveraging, overexposure, one-sided bets, account rolling
SCALING PLAN
- Requirements
Min 4-month cycle, ≥10% total net profit, ≥2 rewards processed, positive balance at scale-up
- Benefit
25% account size increase per cycle. Rewards upgraded to 90%. $2M scale-up cap.
- Premium Programme
ftmo.com/en/premium-programme/
GENERAL CHALLENGE PARAMETERS
- 2-Step Profit Target Phase 1
10%
- 2-Step Profit Target Phase 2
5%
- 1-Step Profit Target
10%
- 1-Step Best Day Rule
No single day >50% of total profit
- Min Trading Days (2-Step)
4 days (eval)
- Min Trading Days (1-Step)
None
- Profit Split (2-Step)
80%
- Profit Split (1-Step)
90%
Payouts
PAYOUT POLICY
- Profit Split (2-Step)
80%
- Profit Split (1-Step)
90%
- Payout Cycle
14 days
- Min Withdrawal
None
- Transaction Fees
- ›$20 Bank Wire
- ›$50 Crypto
Restricted countries
RESTRICTED COUNTRIES
- Restricted Countries
Afghanistan, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cook Islands, Crimea, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Donetsk/Luhansk, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Zaporizhzhia