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Headquarters

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

London, United Kingdom

CEO

Revin Zabala

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Country

Cyprus

United Kingdom

Foundation

2024

2021

Banned Countries
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus
Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Myanmar, Ukraine (Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya), Pakistan, Vietnam
Assets
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Provider

Gooey Trade (technology provider)

Refund
Yes

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

Yes

Refund available within 14 days if no trades have been placed. Evaluation fee refund also available upon reaching 10% profit on the FT+ Trader simulated live account (not applicable to Master or Prestige programs).

Payout Fee

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

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Platforms
cTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5, DXTrade, MatchTrader, cTrader
Demo Account
MatchTrader
ID-Passwordpzddx08j7q
TradeLocker
ID-PasswordK8aqkT,YR_gn
cTrader
IDctid8638354Passwordspreadtest
Metatrader 5
ID100003PasswordAemI1#0n0G0ServerFundedTraderMarkets-server
MatchTrader
IDdemo+FTP@fundedtradingplus.comPasswordFTPNewPW2023!F$
DXTrade
IDLogin: 502906PasswordFTPNewPW2023!F$
cTrader
IDdemo@fundedtradingplus.comPasswordFTPNewPW2023!F$
Stop Out Level

100%

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Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto
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-Step Express: first withdrawal from day 1, then every 7 days. Minimum $50.
  • 2-Step Classic: first withdrawal 10 days after funded account creation, then every 10 days. Minimum 1% of initial balance.
  • Instant: first withdrawal from day 1, then every 7 days. Minimum $50.
  • Activation Accounts: every 10 trading days. Requires at least 3% simulated profit and 25% payout consistency. Minimum withdrawal $50.
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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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)
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Minimum Withdrawal
  • 1-Step Nitro X: Must make at least a 3% profit before withdrawal
  • All other accounts: 1% of initial balance
  • 1-Step Express / Instant: $50
  • 2-Step Classic: 1% of the initial balance
  • Activation Accounts: $50 after reaching the 3% payout-eligibility threshold
Forex
100:1
  • 1-Step Express, Instant and Activation Accounts: 1:30
  • 2-Step Classic: 1:50
Metals
30:1
  • Commodities (metals): 1:30
  • Gold & Silver: 1:20
Energies
30:1
5:1
Indices
30:1
20:1
Crypto
  • BTC, ETH: 5:1
  • Other crypto: 2:1
2:1
Forex
7 / lot
7 / lot
Metals
7 / lot
7 / lot
Energies
7 / lot
7 / lot
Indices
0
0
Crypto
0
0
Swap Free
Yes

All accounts are swap free

Yes
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

Available for breached or failed evaluations at a discounted price. Not available for simulated live accounts.

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

Profit split upgrade add-ons available at checkout (e.g., start with 90/10 split).

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Limited
  • 1-Step Express: 10% scaling target
  • 2-Step Classic: 20% scaling target; requires 50% consistency, one successful withdrawal and an account active for at least two months
  • Instant: 10% scaling target
  • Activation Accounts: no scaling plan

Eligible programs can scale up to a $2,500,000 starting balance, with a maximum of $5,000,000 after scaling. Requests are subject to risk review and require no open trades.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Instant, 1-Step: Trailing
  • 2-Step: Static
  • 1-Step Express: 6% relative trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance
  • 2-Step Classic: 8% static drawdown
  • Instant: 6% relative trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance
  • Activation Accounts challenge: 6% static maximum drawdown
  • Activation Accounts funded: 6% trailing maximum drawdown; locks at the initial balance
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%

  • 1-Step Express, 2-Step Classic and Instant: start at 80%; eligible accounts can scale to 90% at 20% profit and 100% at 30% profit. An optional add-on can start the account at 90%.
  • Activation Accounts: fixed 80% profit split; it does not increase over time.
Free Trial
No
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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.
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Daily Drawdown

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

  • 1-Step Express: 4%, balance based
  • 2-Step Classic: 4%, balance based
  • Instant: 6%, balance based
  • Activation Accounts challenge: 4%, balance based
  • Activation Accounts funded: 3%, balance based
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
  • 1-Step Express, 2-Step Classic and Instant: scaling up to a $2,500,000 starting balance, with a $5,000,000 maximum after scaling
  • Activation Accounts: maximum $250,000 combined activated capital
Merge Accounts
Yes
Yes

Only untraded simulated live accounts can be merged. Maximum merged account size is $200,000 (or $100,000 if the program doesn't offer $200K). Not applicable to 2-Step Classic.

Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

No time limit on any program. Accounts must have at least 1 trade (open and close) every 30 days to remain active.

Monthly Competition
No
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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.

No minimum trading days requirement on any program. Account must be active within any 30-day calendar period (at least one trade opened and closed) or it will be hard-breached for inactivity.

Maximum Accounts
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Activation Accounts: up to 10 activations per month and a maximum of 5 activated accounts at the same time, subject to the $250,000 combined limit. There is no limit on challenges purchased or passed.

Funded Phase Pricing Model
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Activation fee due only after passing, with no payment deadline:

  • 25K: $179
  • 50K: $299
  • 100K: $489
  • 200K: $969
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model
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Activation Accounts cost $4 to start on every available account size. If the challenge is not passed, no further fee is charged.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes

EAs, Algos and Bots are allowed. Must not be used for copy trading or hedging across accounts. EAs may be requested for review upon evaluation pass. FT+ does not provide support for third-party EAs.

VPN
Yes
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Hedging
Yes
Limited

Hedging is allowed on the same account (opposing positions on the same instrument). Hedging across multiple accounts is strictly prohibited.

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
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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
  • Symbol Loss Limit (2-Step Classic): Maximum loss per single symbol per day, based on balance at 16:59 EST. Hard breach rule.
  • Margin utilization review triggers at milestones (evaluation passes, scaling requests, withdrawals). Not a hard limit but triggers manual risk team review.
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.

No
News Trading
Yes
Yes
Inactivity Rule

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

30 days. At least 1 trade (open and close) required every 30 days. Warning email sent 7 days before breach.

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
  • 1-Step Express: no consistency rule
  • 2-Step Classic: 35% during evaluation and 50% when funded; also applies a 3% Symbol Loss Limit
  • Instant: no consistency rule
  • Activation Accounts challenge: no consistency rule
  • Activation Accounts funded: 25%, checked only when requesting a payout; it does not breach the account
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited
  • 1-Step Express: allowed
  • 2-Step Classic: allowed
  • Instant: not allowed; trades are automatically closed at 4:30 PM EST on Friday
  • Activation Accounts: allowed during both challenge and funded phases
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
  • Arbitrage
  • Grid trading
  • Tick scalping
  • Abuse of demo trading conditions
  • Account management / passing services
  • Hedging across multiple accounts
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