FTMO rules
EAs with limitsThe oldest of the big forex prop firms. A 2-step challenge with a static loss floor, and a 1-step version with a trailing floor and a consistency rule.
Prague, Czech Republic · founded 2015 · MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView · rules checked on ftmo.com on 2026-10-25
EAs and algorithmic trading are allowed if the strategy could be repeated on a live account. Bots that flood the server (over 2,000 requests a day), latency or feed-delay tricks and ultra-fast tools are banned. Third-party EAs are allowed, but an account can be refused if many traders run the same EA.
Source: ftmo.com/en/faq/which-instruments-can-i-trade-and-what-strategies-am-i-allowed-to-use
No restriction during the Challenge and Verification. On a Standard funded account, no orders may fill from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after listed high-impact releases on the affected symbols. Swing accounts are exempt.
Source: ftmo.com/en/faq/can-i-trade-news
Allowed during the Challenge and Verification. On a Standard funded account, positions must be closed before the weekend; Swing accounts may hold.
Source: ftmo.com/en/faq/do-i-have-to-close-my-positions-overnight-or-before-the-weekend
2-Step Challenge
- Profit target
- 10% / 5%
- Daily loss
- 5%
- Max loss
- 10% static
- Minimum trading days
- 4 / 4
- Profit split
- 80–90%
- Leverage (forex)
- 1:100 (Standard), 1:30 (Swing)
- Fee refund
- yes
- Price
- 100K: not listed
How the daily loss is measured. 5% of the initial capital, counted down from the balance at midnight. Equity (including open trades) may not go below that level at any moment of the day. Resets at 00:00 Prague time (CE(S)T).
Max loss. Equity may never fall below 90% of the initial capital. It does not trail.
Payouts and other rules. First reward 14 days after the first trading day, then on request. The fee is refunded with the first reward. No time limit. A trading day is any day with at least one new position.
Source: ftmo.com/en/trading-objectives
1-Step Challenge
- Profit target
- 10%
- Daily loss
- 3%
- Max loss
- 10% trailing end of day
- Minimum trading days
- none
- Profit split
- 90%
- Leverage (forex)
- not stated
- Fee refund
- no
- Price
- 100K: not listed
How the daily loss is measured. 3% of the initial capital, counted down from the balance at midnight; equity may not go below it during the day. Resets at 00:00 Prague time (CE(S)T).
Max loss. Trails the highest end-of-day balance: the floor is (highest end-of-day balance, at least the initial capital) − 10% of initial capital. It only moves up.
Consistency. Your best day may be at most 50% of total profit (accounts ordered from 12 Oct 2026). Going over is not a breach; you keep trading until it drops below 50%.
Payouts and other rules. First reward 14 days after the first trading day, then on request. No minimum trading days and no time limit. The fee is not refunded.
Source: ftmo.com/en/1-step-challenge
Not confirmed on the official site
- Prices per account size are loaded by script on the official pages and could not be read. FTMO advertises the challenge “from €89”.
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