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Foundation

2026-10

2024

Banned Countries
PK, RU, CU, SD, SO, IR, LB, SY, LY, VN
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus
Headquarters
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56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

CEO
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Revin Zabala

Country
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Cyprus

Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Refund
Limited

No refund after credentials are sent; support may authorize exceptions if no trades were placed. No fee refund for passing is published.

Yes

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

Platforms
DXTrade, MatchTrader, cTrader, PropX
cTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Payout Methods
Rise, Crypto
Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
Card
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency

Every 14 days. One and Two: first payout after 14 days. Instant: first after qualifying profitable days. Signature: 14-day waiting period for each payout. Paid via Rise or crypto; store credit is also available, irrevocable and expires after one year.

On Demand, provided you have met these specific criteria:

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

Signature: maximum 3% of balance per payout.

  • 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)
Minimum Withdrawal

1% of balance on Instant, One and Two; Signature does not publish a specific minimum.

  • 1-Step Nitro X: Must make at least a 3% profit before withdrawal
  • All other accounts: 1% of initial balance
Brokers
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Liquidity Provider

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

Demo Account
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MatchTrader
ID-Passwordpzddx08j7q
TradeLocker
ID-PasswordK8aqkT,YR_gn
cTrader
IDctid8638354Passwordspreadtest
Metatrader 5
ID100003PasswordAemI1#0n0G0ServerFundedTraderMarkets-server
Stop Out Level
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100%

Margin Call Level
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110%

Payout Guarantee
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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.

Forex
50:1
100:1
Metals
50:1
30:1
Energies
5:1
30:1
Indices
10:1
30:1
Crypto
2:1
  • BTC, ETH: 5:1
  • Other crypto: 2:1
Forex

Liquidity-provider commissions vary by instrument and platform; check specifications.

7 / lot
Metals
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7 / lot
Energies
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7 / lot
Indices
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0
Crypto
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0
Swap Free
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Yes

All accounts are swap free

Add-ons
Yes

Payout Protector: +25%. Remove Lock on Payout: +25%, only One and Instant. Optional; table prices exclude 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

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

Static on One, Two and Signature. Instant: trailing on the highest end-of-day balance; retains its pre-payout level unless Remove Lock on Payout is purchased. One also retains its pre-payout level. Instant requires a 5% non-withdrawable buffer.

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

Based on balance; monitor the breach level in the dashboard.

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

Max Allocation
1,000,000

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
Maximum Accounts

No fixed count; the $1 million limit is shared across evaluations, funded accounts and markets.

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Maximum Trading Days

No evaluation deadline; the inactivity limit applies.

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days

Checkout specifies no fixed minimum evaluation days; consistency may require additional days.

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Minimum Profitable Days

Instant: 7 days. One and Two: 4 days with at least 0.25% daily profit. Signature: no specific requirement is published.

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.
Account Reset
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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
Account scaling
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No
Profit Split
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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%

Free Trial
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No
Profit After Breach
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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.
Three Steps
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No
Merge Accounts
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Yes
Monthly Competition
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No
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

The FAQ permits proprietary automation subject to restrictions, but the checkout catalogue flags EAs as disallowed. Obtain written confirmation for the selected plan and platform before using automation.

Yes
Hedging
Limited

Permitted within one account. Coordinated opposing positions across accounts or firms are prohibited.

Yes
Scalping
Limited

Tick harvesting, full porting and sub-minute positions at or near the contract limit are prohibited.

Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
Limited

No universal per-trade percentage is published; gambling, all-in and abuse of margin, leverage or contract limits are prohibited.

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%
Copy Trading
Limited

Only between accounts owned by the same trader. Signals, passing services, group trading and EAs facilitating copy trading are prohibited.

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.

News Trading
Limited

Existing positions may remain open. No opening or closing within 3 minutes before or after high-impact news. Consequences include P&L removal, reduced leverage or account termination.

Yes
Inactivity Rule

Account closes after 30 consecutive days without trading.

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

Consistency Rule
Limited

One: 50% in evaluation and funded. Signature: 50% funded only. Instant: 18%. Two: no consistency rule. The best day cannot exceed that share of total profit; continue trading until compliant.

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.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies

Cross-account arbitrage, latency or pricing-error exploitation, insider trading, front-running, third-party passing strategies and changing strategy between evaluation and funded trading. All-in, gambling and excessive exposure are prohibited. Trading is reviewed before funded account issuance.

  • 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
VPN
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Yes
Requires Stop Loss
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No
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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Yes
Martingale
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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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