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Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

London, United Kingdom

Simon Massey

Saint Lucia

United Kingdom

2026

2021

Gooey Trade (technology provider)

Prime 1 Step and Prime 2 Step only: the fee is refunded in full once the account has been funded for 30 days and is in profit. Edge and Instant have no refund.

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).

No fixed fee published. Any processing or network fee is shown before you confirm; bank and network charges are paid by the trader.

First payout on demand once funded (on Instant, after the first trade). Then every 7 days; every 14 on Instant Go.

• 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.

No guaranteed time: the payout policy neither promises nor estimates one. Every request gets an automatic receipt and every payout a verifiable certificate.

Only with the Weekend Holding add-on. Without it, crypto positions are also closed at 4:45 PM New York time on Friday.

At most $2,000 per account in any 7 days; the rest stays on the account for the next request.

Edge 1 Step and Prime 1 Step: 1% of the starting balance, at most $100. Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: no minimum. Instant: 1% of the starting balance. Crypto payouts: at least $100.

• 1-Step Express / Instant: $50
• 2-Step Classic: 1% of the initial balance
• Activation Accounts: $50 after reaching the 3% payout-eligibility threshold

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

• 1-Step Express, Instant and Activation Accounts: 1:30
• 2-Step Classic: 1:50

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

• Commodities (metals): 1:30
• Gold & Silver: 1:20

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

Edge 1 Step, Edge 2 Step and Prime 2 Step: 1:100. Prime 1 Step: 1:50. Instant Pro: 1:33. Instant Go: 1:25.

Edge and Instant: $5 per lot round turn. Prime: $4.

Edge and Instant: $6 per lot round turn. Prime: $5.

Edge and Instant: 0.06% of the trade value, round turn. Prime: 0.045%.

Paid add-on with a fixed price per size, from $9 (2.5K) to $146 (200K). Reviewed if profit comes mainly from positions held through the rollover.

Voluntary evaluation reset with no open positions: a new account at 20% off the current price. After a breach, a paid restart for 7 days. Funded accounts can buy a reset while under 10% of the max loss has been used.

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

Weekend Holding (20% of the fee) and Swap-Free (fixed price per size). Bought with the account and non-refundable.

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

Automatic 90-day cycles: +30% size (up to 680K; 340K on Instant) and +5 split points. They require 50 trades, 12% net (1 Step), 10% (2 Step) or 15% (Instant), 2 of 3 profitable months (all 3 on Instant and Prime), no trade above 7.5% of profit (5% on Instant and Prime) and no warning.

• 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.

Static on every plan: the floor stays fixed below the starting balance and is measured on equity, floating loss included. Touching it ends the account.

• 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

Edge rises 5 points per scaling cycle up to 95%; Instant Pro up to 90%; Instant Go up to 85%. Prime moves to 100% after 30 days funded and does not rise with scaling. Each strike pays the next payout at 10%.

• 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.

One free Edge 1 Step 100K for 14 days under the paid rules, after KYC approval. It never funds or pays out; passing it gives a 20% code valid for 30 days.

Measured from the previous day's closing balance (5 PM New York), floating loss included. Touching it ends the account.

• 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

$1.5M per person across all CFD and futures accounts.

• 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

One user per person, with as many accounts as the $1.5M limit allows. Up to 5 accounts per order, with a 10% to 25% bundle discount.

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.

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.

No time limit in the evaluation or once funded.

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

Profitable day: a close at +0.5% of the account size. To pass, 3 on 1 Step and 2 per phase on 2 Step. Before each payout: 3 (1 Step), 2 (2 Step), 5 (Instant Go) and none on Instant Pro.

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.

Activation fee due only after passing, with no payment deadline:

• 25K: $179
• 50K: $299
• 100K: $489
• 200K: $969

Activation Accounts cost $4 to start on every available account size. If the challenge is not passed, no further fee is charged.

Only EAs the trader developed and controls, and can explain and show running. Bought, rented or subscription bots are prohibited.

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.

Hiding your location with a VPN, proxy or remote desktop is prohibited and triggers a new identity check. Your own EA on a VPS is allowed if disclosed.

Within one account, yes. Prohibited across accounts, yours or others', and against other firms or brokers.

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

Yes. Once funded, trades under 120 seconds may make at most 20% of profit from the tenth closed trade; above that, payouts pause until it is back under. Not measured in the evaluation.

Grid and martingale strategies that add exposure into losses are prohibited.

Max. Exposure: open notional may not exceed 5,000% of the balance at 2.5K down to 1,000% at 200K. Funded accounts also have a max floating loss per trade. Each gives a warning that, if the account is in profit, resets it to the starting balance; the second ends the account. Instant: max 1.5% floating loss per symbol.

• 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.

Only to copy your own trading: between your own CFD accounts or from your own master account at another broker or firm. Signals and third-party accounts are prohibited.

Allowed at every stage. Straddling is prohibited: opposite or offsetting positions on the same or correlated instruments within 15 minutes of a red or amber release; the risk desk reviews it.

30 days without a closed trade ends the account.

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

No best-day rule. A single trade may not exceed 60% of profit; if it does, payouts pause until it is back under. On funded Prime, every 7 days the trade count and volume per instrument must stay within ±25% of the average, or the account moves to a standard funded account.

• 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

Only with the add-on. Without it, positions are closed at 4:45 PM New York time on Friday: the first time is a warning, the second ends the account.

• 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

Latency or price-error arbitrage, hedging across accounts or firms, coordinated trading, third-party management, bought bots, gap exploitation, grid and martingale, doubling size after a loss the same day, swap-free abuse and churning accounts. At most 20% of profit may come from the 21:00 to 22:59 UTC window.

• Arbitrage
• Grid trading
• Tick scalping
• Abuse of demo trading conditions
• Account management / passing services
• Hedging across multiple accounts