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Firm details	FTMO
Market	Forex
Country	Czech Republic
Operating status	Not confirmed
CEO	Otakar Šuffner
Founded	2015-01
Maximum allocation	$400K
Allocation conditions	$400,000 total capital across accounts and products per trader or strategy before scaling. Eligible Premium Programme benefits may increase this limit; separate product exposure and account-count limits also apply.
Platforms	MT4, MT5, cTrader, DXtrade, TradingView
Broker / data provider	Simulated trading supported by liquidity-provider feeds. FTMO states it is not a broker and does not accept client deposits.
Assets	FX, Metals, Indices, Energy, Crypto, Other Commodities, Stocks
Leverage / contract limits	Reference Standard CFD limits: FX 1:100; metals, indices and energy 1:50. Swing and regional accounts differ.
Commissions	Reference listing: FX $5 per lot; metals 0.0014% of volume; crypto 0.0650%; stocks 0.0040%. Check contract specifications.
Rating	4.8 / 5 (Trustpilot)
Lowest challenge fee	€79.00 EUR
Available account sizes	Not listed
Challenge types	2-Step
Listed profit splits	Up to 90%
Profit targets	Not listed
Maximum drawdown	Not listed
Daily loss limits	Not listed
Payment methods	Bank wire, Debit / credit card, PayPal, Revolut Pay, Cryptocurrency, Skrill
Payout methods	Bank wire, Visa Direct / Mastercard Send, Skrill, Cryptocurrency, FTMO Points (non-cash purchase credits)
Consistency rules	For FTMO 1-Step accounts initiated from orders created on or after October 12, 2026, or merged on or after that date, the best day must not exceed 50% of total profit. Older accounts may use the legacy Best Day Rule. Consult the Trading Objectives for the exact account.
Copy trading	Third-party account management is prohibited; the registered trader must operate the account.
Expert advisors / EAs	EAs may be used subject to live-replicable trading and allocation limits. Shared third-party strategies and server hyperactivity can trigger review.
News trading	Standard funded CFDs restrict execution on affected instruments within two minutes either side of selected releases. Evaluation and 2-Step Swing have different permissions.
Weekend holding	2-Step Swing permits weekend holding. Standard funded accounts restrict weekends and market breaks longer than two hours; evaluation permissions differ.
Inactivity rules	Not listed
Prohibited strategies	Third-party trading and materially inconsistent position sizing are prohibited.
Payout policy	CFD rewards can be requested from day 14 after the first trade, with all positions closed. The 2-Step base reward share is 80%, increasing to 90% under qualifying scaling or Premium conditions. The 1-Step reward share is 90%. FTMO Points are purchase credits, not withdrawable cash; Futures has a separate payout policy.
Country eligibility	Afghanistan, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Vatican City, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niger, Niue, Papua New Guinea, 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, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Sahara. Additional nationality/sanctions exclusions apply, including North Korea. Iran, Syria and Myanmar have conditional EEA-residency/traditional-bank exceptions. Ukrainian restrictions concern specified regions, not the whole country. US and Australian clients use separate affiliated services; Futures has a separate eligibility policy. Consult the complete official policy.
Research notes	Field additions are linked to dated sources. Earlier account examples remain dated reference snapshots, not current checkout quotes. Research pass: 2026-10-16. Still unconfirmed: inactivity. Unconfirmed fields are not evidence of permission or zero fees.

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Firm details

FTMO

Market

Forex

Country

Czech Republic

Operating status

Not confirmed

CEO

Otakar Šuffner

Founded

2015-01

Maximum allocation

$400K

Allocation conditions

$400,000 total capital across accounts and products per trader or strategy before scaling. Eligible Premium Programme benefits may increase this limit; separate product exposure and account-count limits also apply.

Platforms

MT4, MT5, cTrader, DXtrade, TradingView

Broker / data provider

Simulated trading supported by liquidity-provider feeds. FTMO states it is not a broker and does not accept client deposits.

Assets

FX, Metals, Indices, Energy, Crypto, Other Commodities, Stocks

Leverage / contract limits

Reference Standard CFD limits: FX 1:100; metals, indices and energy 1:50. Swing and regional accounts differ.

Commissions

Reference listing: FX $5 per lot; metals 0.0014% of volume; crypto 0.0650%; stocks 0.0040%. Check contract specifications.

Rating

4.8 / 5 (Trustpilot)

Lowest challenge fee

€79.00 EUR

Available account sizes

Not listed

Challenge types

2-Step

Listed profit splits

Up to 90%

Profit targets

Not listed

Maximum drawdown

Not listed

Daily loss limits

Not listed

Payment methods

Bank wire, Debit / credit card, PayPal, Revolut Pay, Cryptocurrency, Skrill

Payout methods

Bank wire, Visa Direct / Mastercard Send, Skrill, Cryptocurrency, FTMO Points (non-cash purchase credits)

Consistency rules

For FTMO 1-Step accounts initiated from orders created on or after October 12, 2026, or merged on or after that date, the best day must not exceed 50% of total profit. Older accounts may use the legacy Best Day Rule. Consult the Trading Objectives for the exact account.

Copy trading

Third-party account management is prohibited; the registered trader must operate the account.

Expert advisors / EAs

EAs may be used subject to live-replicable trading and allocation limits. Shared third-party strategies and server hyperactivity can trigger review.

News trading

Standard funded CFDs restrict execution on affected instruments within two minutes either side of selected releases. Evaluation and 2-Step Swing have different permissions.

Weekend holding

2-Step Swing permits weekend holding. Standard funded accounts restrict weekends and market breaks longer than two hours; evaluation permissions differ.

Inactivity rules

Not listed

Prohibited strategies

Third-party trading and materially inconsistent position sizing are prohibited.

Payout policy

CFD rewards can be requested from day 14 after the first trade, with all positions closed. The 2-Step base reward share is 80%, increasing to 90% under qualifying scaling or Premium conditions. The 1-Step reward share is 90%. FTMO Points are purchase credits, not withdrawable cash; Futures has a separate payout policy.

Country eligibility

Afghanistan, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Vatican City, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niger, Niue, Papua New Guinea, 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, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Sahara. Additional nationality/sanctions exclusions apply, including North Korea. Iran, Syria and Myanmar have conditional EEA-residency/traditional-bank exceptions. Ukrainian restrictions concern specified regions, not the whole country. US and Australian clients use separate affiliated services; Futures has a separate eligibility policy. Consult the complete official policy.

Research notes

Field additions are linked to dated sources. Earlier account examples remain dated reference snapshots, not current checkout quotes. Research pass: 2026-10-16. Still unconfirmed: inactivity. Unconfirmed fields are not evidence of permission or zero fees.