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30/1, Kenilworth Court, Sir Augustus Bartolo Street, Ta’Xbiex , Malta

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

Gary Mullen

Revin Zabala

Malta

Cyprus

2023

2024

• Challenge fee credited back after passing and claiming first reward (Classic and One-Phase)
• Pro Challenges are not eligible
• Full refund available for mistaken purchases within 14 days if no trades were placed

Full refund after 3rd payout. Not available for Instant Funding Accounts

• Standard: bi-weekly (14 days) for Challenge and Instant Funded accounts
• "First Reward in 7 Days" add-on available on Classic and One-Phase
• Typically processed within 24 hours on business days (average 8 hours)

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 Infinity: requests any day, including weekends, once eligible.

Infinity Plus: requests any day, including weekends, once eligible. Requests require review and approval; trading pauses during review.

$100 minimum for reward requests on all account types.

• 1-Step Nitro, 2-Step Plus and Instant: 1% of initial balance

1-Step Infinity: minimum request $50; from the second request, 1% of initial balance in new profit above the balance left after the previous payout.

Infinity Plus: minimum request $50; balance must be at least 1% above initial capital to request. No additional new-profit requirement between consecutive requests.

Liquidity Provider

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

100%

110%

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.

• 2-Step Prime: $15,000 per month
• Crypto payouts: $5,000 per transaction (TRC20 USDT only)

1-Step Infinity: payout cap of $250, $500, $750 and $1,000 on $5K, $10K, $20K and $40K accounts. After each payout the balance must stay 2% above the initial balance, rising 2 points every 3 approved payouts; every 15 approved payouts, 30% of that buffer is released.

Infinity Plus: no cap per payout and no mandatory balance buffer. After the first approved payout, the loss floor is the initial balance; a withdrawal must not cause balance or equity to touch that floor.

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:100

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:50

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:30

Instant Account

• 1:30 (1:20 with News Trading Add-On)

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:30

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:10

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:10

Instant Account

• 1:10 (1:5 with News Trading Add-On)

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:5

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:3

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:2

Instant Account

• Not available

Classic & Pro Challenge

• 1:2

One-Phase Challenge

• 1:2

Swing Add-On (all challenges)

• 1:1

Instant Account

• 1:2 (1:1 with News Trading Add-On)

• BTC, ETH: 5:1
• Other crypto: 2:1

All accounts are swap free

• Challenge reset available at any time via dashboard for a fee
• Challenge Upgrade feature available during Phase 1 of Classic and Pro (30% discount on upgrade price)

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 (Funded Phase)

• Reset Limit: One-time only

Instant Standard

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

• First Reward in 7 Days: available on Classic and One-Phase
• 90/10 Profit Split: available on Classic and One-Phase
• No Minimum Trading Days: available on Classic
• Swing Account: available on all challenge types (Classic, One Phase, and Pro)

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

Infinity Plus: upgrade for 1-Step Infinity; removes the mandatory payout buffer, payout caps and additional profit requirement between consecutive requests.

• Achieve 10% profit target each trading month for 3 consecutive months
• Account balance increased by 50%
• Continues until account reaches $5 million

Challenge Accounts

• Fixed percentage of initial balance for the lifetime of the account

Instant Account

• 6% trailing drawdown based on EOD Equity or Balance (whichever is higher)
• Drawdown trails upward with profits until reaching the initial account balance
• Once reaching initial balance, drawdown becomes static and fixed

• Instant, 1-Step: Trailing
• 2-Step: Static

1-Step Infinity and Infinity Plus: static floor during evaluation and until the first approved funded payout. It then moves once to the initial balance and stays there permanently; touching it with balance or equity breaches the account.

• Standard: 80% on all withdrawals
• 90% available via add-on on Classic and One-Phase

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 Infinity

80% on the first four approved payouts, 85% on the fifth and 90% from the sixth

Infinity Plus

80%

Challenge Accounts

• Daily Drawdown calculated on account starting balance at 5 PM EST snapshot
• Equity cannot drop below the allowed daily percentage

Instant Account

• 3% based on EOD Equity or Balance (whichever is higher)
• Measured at 00:00 GMT+3 server time
• Does not reset intraday; resets at start of next trading day

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

1-Step Infinity and Infinity Plus: daily loss allowance is based on initial capital; the daily stop-out resets at 5 PM ET from the higher end-of-day balance or equity.

Evaluations

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

Instant Funding

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

1-Step Infinity: maximum allocation $40,000. Infinity Plus: maximum allocation $20,000. Combined allocation: $60,000.

No maximum time limit to complete the Challenge.

Unlimited

Classic, Pro and One-Phase

• Minimum trading days apply (exact count available on dashboard)
• "No Minimum Trading Days" add-on available on Classic

Instant Program

• 5 profitable simulated trading days required
• Each day must achieve at least +0.5% simulated profit
• Days do not need to be consecutive
• Loss or breakeven days do not count

1-Step Infinity and Infinity Plus: no minimum trading days in evaluation or funded.

• Instant Program requires 5 profitable trading days with at least +0.5% profit each
• Days do not need to be consecutive

1-Step Nitro

• 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.

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.

• Expert Advisors (EAs) and trading bots are permitted
• You must own your EA/bot
• Must not exploit technical inefficiencies or manipulate latency
• Third-party EAs not allowed on Instant unless you own the source code

Permitted only within the same trading account. Hedging across multiple accounts is not allowed.

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.

Instant Account

• Maximum 2% risk per trade idea
• Margin usage must not exceed 80% across all asset classes at any time

Challenge Phase

• No margin cap or maximum lot size enforced

Funded Account

• Margin rules apply

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%

Infinity Plus: no additional risk limits; daily and overall drawdown limits still apply.

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.

Challenge Phases

• Allowed in all challenge types (Classic, Pro, One-Phase)

Funded Accounts

• Only permitted with Swing Add-On

Instant Account

• Restricted by default
• Only allowed with News Trading Add-On
• 2-minute window rule applies (no opening within 2 minutes before/after major news)

• 30 consecutive days without placing or closing a trade results in automatic account failure
• Applies to Challenge, Instant, and Funded Stage accounts
• No refunds or renewals for inactivity breaches

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

Classic Challenge

• Phase 1: No consistency rule
• Phase 2: No consistency rule

One-Phase Challenge

• 40% max daily profit of total

Pro Challenge

• Phase 1: 45%
• Phase 2: 45%

Funded Stages

• No consistency rule

Instant Account

• 15% max daily profit of total

• Rule is equity-based (unrealised profit included)

• Even if account is in loss, the rule still counts towards highest profit day

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

2-Step Plus

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

1-Step Infinity and Infinity Plus: no consistency rule in evaluation or funded.

Challenge and Funded Accounts

• Only allowed with Swing Add-On
• Without Swing Add-On: all trades including crypto must be closed by Friday 16:30 EST

Instant Account

• Overnight and weekend holding allowed by default

• Martingale and grid strategies
• Excessive lot sizing and aggressive loss recovery
• High-frequency trading (HFT)
• Latency arbitrage, scalping arbitrage, and gap exploitation
• Flooding the market with small pip trades
• Intentional weekend/overnight gap exploitation
• Account rolling or lot-sizing techniques to bypass drawdown controls

• 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