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Headquarters

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

Bahnhofstrasse 21, 6300, Zug, Switzerland

CEO

Revin Zabala

Alan Sanchez

Country

Cyprus

Switzerland

Foundation

2024

2022

Banned Countries
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus
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Assets
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Brokers

Liquidity Provider

Proveedor de liquidez, Bybit
Refund
Yes

Full refund after 3rd payout. Not available for Instant Funding Accounts and 1-step Nitro X Accounts

No
Payout Fee

5% processing fee on crypto payouts (covers blockchain costs, liquidity swaps, and infrastructure). Only TRC20 USDT supported for crypto payouts.

5% processing fee on crypto payouts. Only TRC20 USDT supported.

Platforms
cTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, ByBit
Demo Account
MatchTrader
ID-Passwordpzddx08j7q
TradeLocker
ID-PasswordK8aqkT,YR_gn
cTrader
IDctid8638354Passwordspreadtest
Metatrader 5
ID100003PasswordAemI1#0n0G0ServerFundedTraderMarkets-server
Metatrader 5
ID123456Password7cZy-gEoServerRLCrates-Live
Match Trader
ID-PasswordDemoCFT1
Stop Out Level

100%

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Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Margin Call Level

110%

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Payout Frequency

On Demand, provided you have met these specific criteria:

  • Consistency Rule
  • Minimum Payout Amount of 1% of Initial Balance (Before-Split)
  • Minimum Trading Days

1-Phase and 2-Phase: after at least 15 traded days or every 30 calendar days; the Weekly Payout add-on reduces this to 7 traded days. Break: on demand with no minimum traded days after passing, paying the activation fee and meeting the 40% consistency rule. Instant: Withdrawal & Upgrade at 10% profit with no minimum days; earlier withdrawals follow the standard conditions.

Payout Guarantee

The 24-hour payout guarantee ensures that you are eligible to receive your full payout within 24 business hours of your payout request. If Funded Trader Markets fail to meet this time frame, they will double the requested payout and issue a free account of the same size. This guarantee is only applicable for payouts up to $1000.

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Crypto Weekend Trading
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Yes
Maximum Withdrawal
  • 2-Step Prime: $15,000 per month
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $5,000 per account and request, and required to leave a buffer of 50% of the profits
  • Crypto payouts: $5,000 per transaction (TRC20 USDT only)

$5,000 per transaction (crypto)

Minimum Withdrawal
  • 1-Step Nitro X: Must make at least a 3% profit before withdrawal
  • All other accounts: 1% of initial balance
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Forex
100:1
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
Metals
30:1
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
Energies
30:1
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 30:1
Indices
30:1
  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 20:1
Crypto
  • BTC, ETH: 5:1
  • Other crypto: 2:1
  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: Advance accounts 100:1; Student accounts 5:1.
  • Bybit evaluations: up to 100:1, depending on the instrument and the limits available on Bybit.
Stocks
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  • Advance accounts: 100:1
  • Student accounts: 5:1
Forex
7 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
7 / lot
0.001%
Energies
7 / lot
0.001%
Indices
0
0.01%
Crypto
0
0.065%
Stocks
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0.004%
Commission-Free Option
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No
Swap Free
Yes

All accounts are swap free

No
Account Reset

A reset gives a trader who has violated their account rules (such as exceeding the Daily or Overall Loss Limit) the ability to restore the account to its original starting balance paying a fee, and begin trading again.

1-Step Nitro X (Evaluation Phase)

  • Reset Limit: Unlimited
  • Reset Window: Within 30 days of the original purchase date

1-Step Nitro and 1-Step Nitro X (Funded Phase)

  • Reset Limit: One-time only

Instant Standard

  • Reset Limit: One-time only
  • Reset Window: Within 24 hours after the breach

If your final-stage account is suspended, you can request a reset within 30 days as long as:

  • Every trade had a stop-loss.
  • No trade lost more than 2%.

2-Phase (size -> reset)

  • $5,000 -> $180
  • $10,000 -> $345
  • $25,000 -> $760
  • $50,000 -> $1,140
  • $100,000 -> $1,880
  • $200,000 -> $3,620

1-Phase (size -> reset)

  • $5,000 -> $198
  • $10,000 -> $380
  • $25,000 -> $840
  • $50,000 -> $1,255
  • $100,000 -> $2,079
  • $200,000 -> $3,980
Add-ons
Yes

90% Profit Split (2-Step Plus): It has no cost on money but Shield Risk Protocol will apply now on evaluation phase as well

Yes

1-Phase: Weekly Payout (+20%) and 90% Profit Split (+20%). 2-Phase: Weekly Payout (+20%), 90% Profit Split (+20%), 6% Daily Drawdown (+15%) and 12% Maximum Drawdown (+25%).

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Only Instant account can be scaled. Request a withdrawal after 10% profit to double the size of your account up to a max of $1,280,000.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Instant, 1-Step: Trailing
  • 2-Step: Static
  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: 2 Phases and Instant use a static maximum loss; 1 Phase uses trailing drawdown.
  • Bybit: 1-Phase and Break use a balance-based trailing loss limit that locks at the initial balance after sufficient profit. 2-Phase, Ascend and Instant use fixed maximum-loss limits.

Exact limits are shown in each challenge.

Profit Split

Instant Standard, Instant Pro

  • 1st payout: 50%
  • 2nd payout: 60%
  • 3rd payout: 70%
  • 4th payout and next: 80%

Instant Plus

80%

2-Step Plus

70% (up to 90% with 2-Step Plus add-on)

1-Step Nitro

90% for the first $10,000 and 80% after that

1-Step Nitro X

100%

  • Instant: 50% at the starting level, then 60%, 70%, 80% and 90% as the account scales.
  • 1 Phase and 2 Phases: 80% in the Final Stage, with an optional 90% add-on.
  • Break: 80% in the Final Stage.
Free Trial
No
No
Profit After Breach

If your Simulated Funded account with Funded Trader Markets is in profit but has been breached, you may still qualify for a withdrawal with a 50% split, provided the following conditions are met:

  • Stop Loss Usage: Every trade had an SL in place.
  • Loss Limits: No single position incurred a loss exceeding 1% of the account's initial balance.

If your final-stage account is suspended with virtual profits, you can still receive up to 50% in performance rewards if:

  • Every trade had a stop-loss.
  • No single trade lost more than 2%.
  • You traded for at least 15 days.
Daily Drawdown

Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark

  • CFT Platform and MetaTrader: 2 Phases, 1 Phase, Instant and Ascend use balance-based daily drawdown.
  • Bybit: daily drawdown is calculated from equity using the account balance at 00:05 UTC. Break accounts do not have a separate daily-loss limit.

Exact limits are shown in each challenge.

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation

Evaluations

  • 2-Step Plus: $200,000
  • 1-Step Nitro: $300,000
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $150,000

Instant Funding

  • Instant Standard: $100,000
  • Instant Pro: $100,000
  • Instant Plus: $100,000

Standard Final Stage allocation is capped at $300,000. Instant accounts are separate and can scale to $1,280,000. Break and Ascend accounts also have separate allocation limits.

Merge Accounts
Yes
No
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days
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  • 1-Phase, 2-Phase and Break: no minimum trading days to pass the evaluation.
  • Instant: no evaluation phase and no minimum days.
  • Ascend: 5 trading days in evaluation.
Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days

1-Step Nitro / 1-Step Nitro X

  • Evaluation: no minimum days.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.

2-Step Plus

  • Evaluation: 3 minimum days per phase.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit.

Instant Standard / Pro / Plus

  • Payout eligibility: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.
  • Instant Pro: trading-day requirement can be removed with a checkout add-on.
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Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Limited

Expert Advisors and automation are allowed when used for normal trading. EAs designed for high-frequency trading, tick scalping, arbitrage, reverse trading or exploitation are prohibited.

VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
Yes
No
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Limited

Normal scalping is allowed. Tick scalping, high-frequency trading and latency exploitation are prohibited.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
Yes

Martingale and layering are allowed per account (increasing position size after a loss, or opening multiple positions in the same direction at different price levels). Running these strategies across multiple accounts simultaneously is prohibited and counts as abusive behavior.

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Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Shield Risk Protocol

Maximum Floating Loss Limits

  • Instant Plus, 2-Step Plus: Maximum floating loss = 1% of account balance

Breach Consequences

  • Breach it once = 80% profit split drops to 50%
  • Breach it repeatedly = payout share reduces permanently to 40%, 30% and finally 20%
Yes

Simulated profit is capped at $10,000 per trading day and per trade. Trades closed in parts or opened together as one strategy may be treated as a single trade.

Copy Trading
Yes

Built-in Copy Trading lets traders link their own FTM accounts and mirror trades, including from Evaluation to Funded phases. Available across supported platforms. Account sharing and group trading remain prohibited.

Limited

Copy trading is allowed under the firm's general rules. Break evaluations may be copied only between the same trader's own Break accounts. Copy trading is prohibited in Break Final Stage and between different traders, third parties or coordinated accounts.

News Trading
Yes
Yes

Ascend

During the two minutes before and after high-impact news or market open, traders must not open or add new positions, nor increase or combine their maximum theoretical loss beyond 2% of the account's initial balance.

Inactivity Rule

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

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Consistency Rule
Yes

Instant (all)

  • If a single day's profit is more than 20% of your total profit in the Instant Funding Account, you have to keep trading until the best day profit is less than 20% of the total profit.

1-Step Nitro

50% on evaluation phase and 45% on funded phase

1-Step Nitro X

25% on funded phase

2-Step Plus

No consistency rule on evaluation. No consistency rule on funded phase.

Limited

Only Break Final Stage accounts apply a consistency rule: no single trading day may represent more than 40% of total profits. It is checked only when requesting a payout and does not breach the account.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes

Crypto futures trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and positions may remain open overnight and over weekends.

Prohibited Strategies
  • Using Manipulative Software or Techniques
  • Non-Standard Trading Practices
  • Using External or Slow Data Feeds
  • Exploiting Service Errors
  • Manipulative Trading
  • Hedging Across Accounts
  • Account Management Services
  • Group Trading
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • News Scalping
  • Arbitrage Trading
  • Multi-Account Reverse Trading
  • Tick Scalping
  • Internal Reverse Trading
  • Group Hedging
  • Account Management Services
  • Account Sharing

High-frequency trading, tick scalping, latency or price-feed exploitation, arbitrage, gambling or all-in trading, abusive hedging, reverse trading across accounts and coordinated trading are prohibited. On Bybit, unauthorized deposits into the subaccount, modifying or disconnecting the API, spot trading, options and non-USDT pairs are also prohibited.

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