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Headquarters

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

CEO

Daniela Egli

Revin Zabala

Country

Liechtenstein

Cyprus

Foundation

2022

2024

Banned Countries
Burundi, Cuba, Iran, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), South Sudan, Sudan, Syria
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
Orbex, Tickmill

Liquidity Provider

Refund
Yes

Challenge fee refunded after the first reward for accounts purchased before 29 April 2026, or after the third reward for accounts purchased from that date.

Yes

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

Payout Fee

1%

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

Platforms
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5, cTrader
cTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Stop Out Level

100%

100%

Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
ApplePay, GooglePay, PerfectMoney, Neteller, Skrill, Card, Transfer, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency

14 days

On Demand, provided you have met these specific criteria:

  • Consistency Rule
  • Minimum Payout Amount of 1% of Initial Balance (Before-Split)
  • Minimum Trading Days
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
No data
Maximum Withdrawal
  • Instant Earning Account: the lower of $2,500 or 50% of total realized profit per reward. Minimum payout $200, every 14 days. From the second reward onward, any profit above $0 since the last request qualifies.
  • 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

$100

  • 1-Step Nitro X: Must make at least a 3% profit before withdrawal
  • All other accounts: 1% of initial balance
Demo Account
No data
MatchTrader
ID-Passwordpzddx08j7q
TradeLocker
ID-PasswordK8aqkT,YR_gn
cTrader
IDctid8638354Passwordspreadtest
Metatrader 5
ID100003PasswordAemI1#0n0G0ServerFundedTraderMarkets-server
Margin Call Level
No data

110%

Payout Guarantee
No data

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
15:1
30:1
Energies
15:1
30:1
Indices
10:1
30:1
Stocks
2:1
No data
Crypto
2:1
  • BTC, ETH: 5:1
  • Other crypto: 2:1
Forex
5 / lot
7 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
7 / lot
Energies
5 / lot
7 / lot
Indices
5 / lot
0
Stocks
20%
No data
Crypto
0.2%
0
Commission-Free Option
No
No data
Swap Free
No
Yes

All accounts are swap free

Add-ons
No
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
Account scaling
Yes

Balance increases by 25% after at least 2 active months, 2 rewards and total profit of at least 10% of the initial balance. Every fourth scale-up uses the new balance as its base.

No
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

Static except for 1-Phase $100K/$200K and 2-Phase $100K accounts purchased from 29 April 2026: those trail on end-of-day balance until the starting balance.

  • Instant Earning Account: trailing on the highest balance. The limit stops moving once it reaches the starting balance.
  • Instant, 1-Step: Trailing
  • 2-Step: Static
Profit Split

80%

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
No
No
Daily Drawdown

Calculated from the previous day's closing balance and updated daily at 16:15 CT.

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

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
400,000

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
Merge Accounts
No
Yes
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days

3 profitable days of at least 0.5% of the initial balance each; applies to Challenge and Earning.

  • Instant Earning Account: 5 trading days minimum, with no profitable-day requirement.

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
No data

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
Profit After Breach
No data

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 Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes
VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
Yes
No
Scalping
Yes

Allowed on CFD Prime, including trades under one minute. High-frequency trading is prohibited.

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
No
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.

Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Risk per trade idea is capped at 1.5% of initial balance on 1-Phase $100K/$200K. Where the margin rule applies, margin used per trade idea is capped at 40% of initial balance.

  • Instant Earning Account: total risk from all open positions on the same symbol may not exceed 1% of the starting balance.
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

Allowed only between accounts owned by the same trader, including an external account you own. Third-party copying and shared 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
Yes

News trading is allowed except for the $100,000 and $200,000 accounts, in which case it is not allowed to open traders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news releases

Yes
Inactivity Rule

21 consecutive days without placing a trade.

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

Consistency Rule
Limited

For 1-Phase $100K/$200K accounts created from 6 July 2026, the best day may not exceed 50% of positive-days profit. It applies in Challenge and Earning; exceeding it requires more profit, not a breach.

  • Instant Earning Account: the best day may not exceed 30% of total profit before requesting a payout.
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
Limited

Instant Earning Account: positions can be held over the weekend on most instruments, but gold, oil and crypto must be closed before the weekend break.

Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • Grid, martingale and similar high-risk strategies
  • High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedging-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
  • Gap trading
  • Overleveraging, overexposure, one-sided bets and hyperactivity
  • 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
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