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Each rule says what it is checked from. The trader's read-only login is enough for most; a few need data only the firm's server has.
How much you may lose in a day and overall, and how large a position can be.
Realized loss within one server day, as a share of the balance.
Realized loss in one day may not reach 3% of the balance at the start of the day.
Realized loss from closed trades, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars: a breach on bar closes is certain, one only on bar extremes is reported as undecidable.
“Max Daily Loss 3%” — page
Realized drawdown from the initial balance, or trailing from the highest realized balance.
Realized drawdown may not reach 10% trailing from the highest balance.
Realized drawdown from closed trades and balance operations, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars (certain on closes, undecidable on extremes only).
“Max Loss 10%. The Maximum Loss rule establishes an end-of-day trailing limit (the Maximum Loss Limit) below which your account equity (i.e., Balance + Open Positions P/L ± Swaps – Commissions) cannot drop.” — page
Not restricted here: Risk per position · Lot size limits · Open positions and exposure · Lot size consistency
What you must reach to pass or get paid, how many days it takes, and how often payouts come.
Net realized profit as a share of the starting balance; a pass condition for evaluation phases.
Profit target: 10% of the starting balance.
“Profit Target 10%” — page
No single day may contribute more than this share of the total positive profit.
No single day may contribute more than 50% of the total positive profit.
“Best Day Rule 50%” — page
Not restricted here: Minimum trading days · Payout cycle · Inactivity
Holding times, hedging, weekends, news, hours and instruments.
Opposite positions open at the same time on the same instrument.
No opposite positions on the same instrument at the same time.
Not restricted here: Minimum hold time · Weekend holding · Partial closes · News windows · Trading hours · Instruments · Trade count limits · Stop-loss and take-profit placement
Robots and copiers, other accounts, where you log in from, and the strategies the firm bans.
Trading styles the firm bans outright. Each one is detected from the trade record; a hit is flagged with the evidence, for the firm's decision.
Prohibited: Martingale (size up after a loss), Grid / layering, tick scalping (trades closed within 30 s), Latency arbitrage, Hedge / reverse arbitrage between accounts, Risk escalation after losses.
Martingale, grid, tick scalping, latency arbitrage and risk escalation are read from the account's own trades. Hedge or reverse arbitrage between accounts is confirmed against the other accounts submitted on PropArbiter; from one account alone, outsized one-way bets are the indirect sign.
“Please be mindful of the Forbidden Trading Practices as defined in the FTMO Challenge Terms & Conditions (clause 7.3) and avoid gambling-like behaviour.” — page
Hedging or copying between several accounts at the firm (one trader's accounts or a group). Different from hedging within one account.
No hedging between accounts. No copying of trades between accounts.
Checked against the other accounts the firm submits; the Manager API can list every account of the trader.
“Please note that holding multiple accounts through different registrations is not permitted. If identically traded strategies are detected across multiple FTMO accounts and the total fictitious capital exceeds the maximum capital allocation limit, FTMO reserves the right to suspend the affected acco” — page
Access addresses the reviewer puts on file: resolved to country, network and kind (home, mobile, VPS, proxy) and cross-checked against other accounts.
VPS and datacenter access is allowed. An access address may not be shared with other accounts at the firm.
The registered country comes from the account record; login addresses do not, they come from the firm's server journal or a list the reviewer enters.
“Can I travel or use VPN/VPS?” — page
Not restricted here: Automation and copy trading
Each rule says what it is checked from. The trader's read-only login is enough for most; a few need data only the firm's server has.
How much you may lose in a day and overall, and how large a position can be.
Realized loss within one server day, as a share of the balance.
Realized loss in one day may not reach 3% of the balance at the start of the day.
Realized loss from closed trades, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars: a breach on bar closes is certain, one only on bar extremes is reported as undecidable.
“Max Daily Loss 3%” — page
Realized drawdown from the initial balance, or trailing from the highest realized balance.
Realized drawdown may not reach 10% trailing from the highest balance.
Realized drawdown from closed trades and balance operations, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars (certain on closes, undecidable on extremes only).
“Max Loss 10%. The Maximum Loss rule establishes an end-of-day trailing limit (the Maximum Loss Limit) below which your account equity (i.e., Balance + Open Positions P/L ± Swaps – Commissions) cannot drop.” — page
Not restricted here: Risk per position · Lot size limits · Open positions and exposure · Lot size consistency
What you must reach to pass or get paid, how many days it takes, and how often payouts come.
No single day may contribute more than this share of the total positive profit.
No single day may contribute more than 50% of the total positive profit.
“Best Day Rule 50%” — page
Minimum days between payouts and trading days per cycle, from the withdrawals on the account.
Payouts at least 14 days apart.
Not restricted here: Profit target · Minimum trading days · Inactivity
Holding times, hedging, weekends, news, hours and instruments.
Opposite positions open at the same time on the same instrument.
No opposite positions on the same instrument at the same time.
Positions carried across Saturday 00:00 server time.
No position may be held over the weekend (Saturday 00:00 server time).
“Once you become an FTMO Trader and start trading on an FTMO Account, you are required to close your positions shortly before the markets close for the weekend or if the rollover (market break) lasts longer than 2 hours. An exception applies only to Swing accounts.” — page
Entries within a window around economic-calendar events (UTC). Without a synced calendar or listed events the rule reports undecidable.
No entries from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact events on the economic calendar (times in UTC). Events count for a trade only when they concern a currency of the traded symbol (XAUUSD → USD, EURUSD → EUR and USD).
“On the targeted instruments, it is not permitted to open or close any trades, including pending orders (such as Stop Loss or Take Profit), within a time window starting 2 minutes before and ending 2 minutes after the release of selected news announcements. An exception applies only to Swing accounts.” — page
Not restricted here: Minimum hold time · Partial closes · Trading hours · Instruments · Trade count limits · Stop-loss and take-profit placement
Robots and copiers, other accounts, where you log in from, and the strategies the firm bans.
Trading styles the firm bans outright. Each one is detected from the trade record; a hit is flagged with the evidence, for the firm's decision.
Prohibited: Martingale (size up after a loss), Grid / layering, tick scalping (trades closed within 30 s), Latency arbitrage, Hedge / reverse arbitrage between accounts, Risk escalation after losses.
Martingale, grid, tick scalping, latency arbitrage and risk escalation are read from the account's own trades. Hedge or reverse arbitrage between accounts is confirmed against the other accounts submitted on PropArbiter; from one account alone, outsized one-way bets are the indirect sign.
“Please be mindful of the Forbidden Trading Practices as defined in the FTMO Challenge Terms & Conditions (clause 7.3) and avoid gambling-like behaviour.” — page
Hedging or copying between several accounts at the firm (one trader's accounts or a group). Different from hedging within one account.
No hedging between accounts. No copying of trades between accounts.
Checked against the other accounts the firm submits; the Manager API can list every account of the trader.
“Please note that holding multiple accounts through different registrations is not permitted. If identically traded strategies are detected across multiple FTMO accounts and the total fictitious capital exceeds the maximum capital allocation limit, FTMO reserves the right to suspend the affected acco” — page
Access addresses the reviewer puts on file: resolved to country, network and kind (home, mobile, VPS, proxy) and cross-checked against other accounts.
VPS and datacenter access is allowed. An access address may not be shared with other accounts at the firm.
The registered country comes from the account record; login addresses do not, they come from the firm's server journal or a list the reviewer enters.
“Can I travel or use VPN/VPS?” — page
Not restricted here: Automation and copy trading
Values that change with the level; everything else is as above. The level is chosen when an account is submitted.
| Base | Standard | Swing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend holding | No position may be held over the weekend (Saturday 00:00 server time). | No position may be held over the weekend (Saturday 00:00 server time). | none |
| News windows | No entries from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after listed news events. | No entries from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after listed news events. | none |
| Note | — | Default FTMO Account: close before the weekend and rollovers over 2 h; no trades within 2 minutes of selected news. | Swing account type: no weekend, overnight or news restrictions. |
Each rule says what it is checked from. The trader's read-only login is enough for most; a few need data only the firm's server has.
How much you may lose in a day and overall, and how large a position can be.
Realized loss within one server day, as a share of the balance.
Realized loss in one day may not reach 5% of the balance at the start of the day.
Realized loss from closed trades, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars: a breach on bar closes is certain, one only on bar extremes is reported as undecidable.
“Max Daily Loss 5%” — page
Realized drawdown from the initial balance, or trailing from the highest realized balance.
Realized drawdown may not reach 10% trailing from the highest balance.
Realized drawdown from closed trades and balance operations, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars (certain on closes, undecidable on extremes only).
“Max Loss 10%. The Maximum Loss rule establishes an end-of-day trailing limit (the Maximum Loss Limit) below which your account equity (i.e., Balance + Open Positions P/L ± Swaps – Commissions) cannot drop.” — page
Not restricted here: Risk per position · Lot size limits · Open positions and exposure · Lot size consistency
What you must reach to pass or get paid, how many days it takes, and how often payouts come.
Net realized profit as a share of the starting balance; a pass condition for evaluation phases.
Profit target: 10% of the starting balance.
“Profit Target 10% + 5%” — page
Count of distinct days with at least one entry.
At least 4 distinct trading days with an entry.
“Min Trading Days 4 Days” — page
Not restricted here: Consistency · Payout cycle · Inactivity
Holding times, hedging, weekends, news, hours and instruments.
Opposite positions open at the same time on the same instrument.
No opposite positions on the same instrument at the same time.
Not restricted here: Minimum hold time · Weekend holding · Partial closes · News windows · Trading hours · Instruments · Trade count limits · Stop-loss and take-profit placement
Robots and copiers, other accounts, where you log in from, and the strategies the firm bans.
Trading styles the firm bans outright. Each one is detected from the trade record; a hit is flagged with the evidence, for the firm's decision.
Prohibited: Martingale (size up after a loss), Grid / layering, tick scalping (trades closed within 30 s), Latency arbitrage, Hedge / reverse arbitrage between accounts, Risk escalation after losses.
Martingale, grid, tick scalping, latency arbitrage and risk escalation are read from the account's own trades. Hedge or reverse arbitrage between accounts is confirmed against the other accounts submitted on PropArbiter; from one account alone, outsized one-way bets are the indirect sign.
“Please be mindful of the Forbidden Trading Practices as defined in the FTMO Challenge Terms & Conditions (clause 7.3) and avoid gambling-like behaviour.” — page
Hedging or copying between several accounts at the firm (one trader's accounts or a group). Different from hedging within one account.
No hedging between accounts. No copying of trades between accounts.
Checked against the other accounts the firm submits; the Manager API can list every account of the trader.
“Please note that holding multiple accounts through different registrations is not permitted. If identically traded strategies are detected across multiple FTMO accounts and the total fictitious capital exceeds the maximum capital allocation limit, FTMO reserves the right to suspend the affected acco” — page
Access addresses the reviewer puts on file: resolved to country, network and kind (home, mobile, VPS, proxy) and cross-checked against other accounts.
VPS and datacenter access is allowed. An access address may not be shared with other accounts at the firm.
The registered country comes from the account record; login addresses do not, they come from the firm's server journal or a list the reviewer enters.
“Can I travel or use VPN/VPS?” — page
Not restricted here: Automation and copy trading
Each rule says what it is checked from. The trader's read-only login is enough for most; a few need data only the firm's server has.
How much you may lose in a day and overall, and how large a position can be.
Realized loss within one server day, as a share of the balance.
Realized loss in one day may not reach 5% of the balance at the start of the day.
Realized loss from closed trades, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars: a breach on bar closes is certain, one only on bar extremes is reported as undecidable.
“Max Daily Loss 5%” — page
Realized drawdown from the initial balance, or trailing from the highest realized balance.
Realized drawdown may not reach 10% trailing from the highest balance.
Realized drawdown from closed trades and balance operations, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars (certain on closes, undecidable on extremes only).
“Max Loss 10%. The Maximum Loss rule establishes an end-of-day trailing limit (the Maximum Loss Limit) below which your account equity (i.e., Balance + Open Positions P/L ± Swaps – Commissions) cannot drop.” — page
Not restricted here: Risk per position · Lot size limits · Open positions and exposure · Lot size consistency
What you must reach to pass or get paid, how many days it takes, and how often payouts come.
Net realized profit as a share of the starting balance; a pass condition for evaluation phases.
Profit target: 5% of the starting balance.
“Profit Target 10% + 5%” — page
Count of distinct days with at least one entry.
At least 4 distinct trading days with an entry.
“Min Trading Days 4 Days” — page
Not restricted here: Consistency · Payout cycle · Inactivity
Holding times, hedging, weekends, news, hours and instruments.
Opposite positions open at the same time on the same instrument.
No opposite positions on the same instrument at the same time.
Not restricted here: Minimum hold time · Weekend holding · Partial closes · News windows · Trading hours · Instruments · Trade count limits · Stop-loss and take-profit placement
Robots and copiers, other accounts, where you log in from, and the strategies the firm bans.
Trading styles the firm bans outright. Each one is detected from the trade record; a hit is flagged with the evidence, for the firm's decision.
Prohibited: Martingale (size up after a loss), Grid / layering, tick scalping (trades closed within 30 s), Latency arbitrage, Hedge / reverse arbitrage between accounts, Risk escalation after losses.
Martingale, grid, tick scalping, latency arbitrage and risk escalation are read from the account's own trades. Hedge or reverse arbitrage between accounts is confirmed against the other accounts submitted on PropArbiter; from one account alone, outsized one-way bets are the indirect sign.
“Please be mindful of the Forbidden Trading Practices as defined in the FTMO Challenge Terms & Conditions (clause 7.3) and avoid gambling-like behaviour.” — page
Hedging or copying between several accounts at the firm (one trader's accounts or a group). Different from hedging within one account.
No hedging between accounts. No copying of trades between accounts.
Checked against the other accounts the firm submits; the Manager API can list every account of the trader.
“Please note that holding multiple accounts through different registrations is not permitted. If identically traded strategies are detected across multiple FTMO accounts and the total fictitious capital exceeds the maximum capital allocation limit, FTMO reserves the right to suspend the affected acco” — page
Access addresses the reviewer puts on file: resolved to country, network and kind (home, mobile, VPS, proxy) and cross-checked against other accounts.
VPS and datacenter access is allowed. An access address may not be shared with other accounts at the firm.
The registered country comes from the account record; login addresses do not, they come from the firm's server journal or a list the reviewer enters.
“Can I travel or use VPN/VPS?” — page
Not restricted here: Automation and copy trading
Each rule says what it is checked from. The trader's read-only login is enough for most; a few need data only the firm's server has.
How much you may lose in a day and overall, and how large a position can be.
Realized loss within one server day, as a share of the balance.
Realized loss in one day may not reach 5% of the balance at the start of the day.
Realized loss from closed trades, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars: a breach on bar closes is certain, one only on bar extremes is reported as undecidable.
“Max Daily Loss 5%” — page
Realized drawdown from the initial balance, or trailing from the highest realized balance.
Realized drawdown may not reach 10% trailing from the highest balance.
Realized drawdown from closed trades and balance operations, plus the floating equity path rebuilt from the broker's 1-minute bars (certain on closes, undecidable on extremes only).
“Max Loss 10%. The Maximum Loss rule establishes an end-of-day trailing limit (the Maximum Loss Limit) below which your account equity (i.e., Balance + Open Positions P/L ± Swaps – Commissions) cannot drop.” — page
Not restricted here: Risk per position · Lot size limits · Open positions and exposure · Lot size consistency
What you must reach to pass or get paid, how many days it takes, and how often payouts come.
Minimum days between payouts and trading days per cycle, from the withdrawals on the account.
Payouts at least 14 days apart.
Not restricted here: Profit target · Minimum trading days · Consistency · Inactivity
Holding times, hedging, weekends, news, hours and instruments.
Opposite positions open at the same time on the same instrument.
No opposite positions on the same instrument at the same time.
Positions carried across Saturday 00:00 server time.
No position may be held over the weekend (Saturday 00:00 server time).
“Once you become an FTMO Trader and start trading on an FTMO Account, you are required to close your positions shortly before the markets close for the weekend or if the rollover (market break) lasts longer than 2 hours. An exception applies only to Swing accounts.” — page
Entries within a window around economic-calendar events (UTC). Without a synced calendar or listed events the rule reports undecidable.
No entries from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact events on the economic calendar (times in UTC). Events count for a trade only when they concern a currency of the traded symbol (XAUUSD → USD, EURUSD → EUR and USD).
“On the targeted instruments, it is not permitted to open or close any trades, including pending orders (such as Stop Loss or Take Profit), within a time window starting 2 minutes before and ending 2 minutes after the release of selected news announcements. An exception applies only to Swing accounts.” — page
Not restricted here: Minimum hold time · Partial closes · Trading hours · Instruments · Trade count limits · Stop-loss and take-profit placement
Robots and copiers, other accounts, where you log in from, and the strategies the firm bans.
Trading styles the firm bans outright. Each one is detected from the trade record; a hit is flagged with the evidence, for the firm's decision.
Prohibited: Martingale (size up after a loss), Grid / layering, tick scalping (trades closed within 30 s), Latency arbitrage, Hedge / reverse arbitrage between accounts, Risk escalation after losses.
Martingale, grid, tick scalping, latency arbitrage and risk escalation are read from the account's own trades. Hedge or reverse arbitrage between accounts is confirmed against the other accounts submitted on PropArbiter; from one account alone, outsized one-way bets are the indirect sign.
“Please be mindful of the Forbidden Trading Practices as defined in the FTMO Challenge Terms & Conditions (clause 7.3) and avoid gambling-like behaviour.” — page
Hedging or copying between several accounts at the firm (one trader's accounts or a group). Different from hedging within one account.
No hedging between accounts. No copying of trades between accounts.
Checked against the other accounts the firm submits; the Manager API can list every account of the trader.
“Please note that holding multiple accounts through different registrations is not permitted. If identically traded strategies are detected across multiple FTMO accounts and the total fictitious capital exceeds the maximum capital allocation limit, FTMO reserves the right to suspend the affected acco” — page
Access addresses the reviewer puts on file: resolved to country, network and kind (home, mobile, VPS, proxy) and cross-checked against other accounts.
VPS and datacenter access is allowed. An access address may not be shared with other accounts at the firm.
The registered country comes from the account record; login addresses do not, they come from the firm's server journal or a list the reviewer enters.
“Can I travel or use VPN/VPS?” — page
Not restricted here: Automation and copy trading
Values that change with the level; everything else is as above. The level is chosen when an account is submitted.
| Base | Standard | Swing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend holding | No position may be held over the weekend (Saturday 00:00 server time). | No position may be held over the weekend (Saturday 00:00 server time). | none |
| News windows | No entries from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after listed news events. | No entries from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after listed news events. | none |
| Note | — | Default FTMO Account: close before the weekend and rollovers over 2 h; no trades within 2 minutes of selected news. | Swing account type: no weekend, overnight or news restrictions. |
Reviews are judged by a deterministic engine against this version. Changes apply going forward only; every version stays on record.