Prop firm profile

FTUK

FTUK is a global instant funding prop firm with Flex funded forex accounts for only $9. Start trading today with no stoplosses and payouts on demand.

Trading rules · updated 2026-09-03 12:33 UTC · rules imported and verified by PropArbiter

How to read this page

  1. Pick your account type: each type has its own complete rule set, and some types have levels.
  2. The key numbers come first. Every rule below shows the firm's own sentence and a link to the page it came from.
  3. The badge on each rule says what an independent review can check from a read-only login.

Key numbers

Profit targetnone
Max daily loss5%
Max loss6% trailing
Min trading daysnone
Consistency20%
Payouts—

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.

Loss limits

How much you may lose in a day and overall, and how large a position can be.

Applies

Maximum daily lossRead-only login

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.

“Funded Daily Drawdown: 5%.” — page
Applies

Maximum drawdownRead-only login

Realized drawdown from the initial balance, or trailing from the highest realized balance.

Realized drawdown may not reach 6% 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).

“Funded Trailing Drawdown: 6%.” — page
Applies

Risk per positionRead-only login

Distance to stop loss times contract size and lots, as a share of the starting balance.

At most 2% of the starting balance at risk per position at the stop loss. Positions of the same direction on one instrument opened within 10 minutes count as one trade idea; their risk is summed. An opposite trade on the instrument ends the idea. No trade idea may close with a realized loss above 2% of the balance it started from.

Stop distance and realized loss come from history; a fired floating-loss protector shows as a stop-out exit in the trade record.

“Account Protector (Max Floating Loss) | -2%” — page

Not restricted here: Lot size limits · Open positions and exposure · Lot size consistency

Targets, days and payouts

What you must reach to pass or get paid, how many days it takes, and how often payouts come.

Applies

ConsistencyRead-only login

No single day may contribute more than this share of the total positive profit.

No single day may contribute more than 20% of the total positive profit.

“Consistency Score | <20%” — page
Applies

InactivityRead-only login

Longest gap without a trade, including up to the review.

No more than 30 days without a trade.

“We ask that a trader places and closes a trade at least once every 30 days. Failure to do so will result in an automatic hard breach.” — page

Not restricted here: Profit target · Minimum trading days · Payout cycle

How you may trade

Holding times, hedging, weekends, news, hours and instruments.

Applies

Minimum hold timeRead-only login

Trades closed faster than the minimum. A tolerated share can be set.

Trades must stay open at least 30 seconds.

“Grid trading or High-Frequency Trading (HFT), defined as opening and closing trades within 30 seconds.” — page
Applies

Weekend holdingRead-only login

Positions carried across Saturday 00:00 server time.

Positions may be held over the weekend.

“Funded Weekend Holding: Allowed.” — page
Applies

Partial closesRead-only login

Closing a position in parts: whether it is allowed, and whether the remainder must be closed within the same trading day.

Positions may be closed in parts intraday; the remainder must be closed within the same trading day (no overnight remainder).

Read from the position's closing deals in the account history: every partial close with its time and volume.

“Partial closing of positions is allowed intraday on Instant Funding or Flex challenge accounts as long as the total position is then closed within the same trading day. If a trader wishes to hold a position overnight, the entire position must remain open.” — page

Not restricted here: Hedging · News windows · Trading hours · Instruments · Trade count limits · Stop-loss and take-profit placement

Automation, accounts and access

Robots and copiers, other accounts, where you log in from, and the strategies the firm bans.

Applies

Prohibited strategiesRead-only login

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.

“Martingale, Tick scalping, Reverse arbitrage trading, Latency arbitrage trading, Hedge arbitrage trading, Grid trading or High-Frequency Trading (HFT), defined as opening and closing trades within 30 seconds.” — page
Applies

Across accountsRead-only login, partly

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.

“Engaging in activities such as copy trading or hedging across multiple user accounts.” — page
Applies

Access addressesRead-only login, partly

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. Not accepted from: Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Vietnam, Yemen, Tunisia.

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.

“Below is the current list of restricted countries.” — page

Not restricted here: Automation and copy trading

Firm-specific checks

Conditions no generic rule family covers, written as code in this firm's engine.

Applies

FTUK · stop loss within 60 seconds (Lightning funded)Read-only login

Every position on a Lightning funded account must carry a stop loss placed within 60 seconds of opening.

The entry deal records the stop that was on the order when it filled; a stop added afterwards is visible at close but not the second it was placed.

Applies

FTUK · positions within 30 minutes count as one (Account Protector)Read-only login

Same instrument and direction opened within 30 minutes are one position; their combined loss may not exceed the Account Protector limit.

Other conditions

Profit Share
Up to 80%
Leverage
30:1
Stop Loss
Not Mandatory
Partial trade closing
No
Maximum Accounts
Up to 3 forex accounts and 3 futures accounts
Copy Trading
Permitted from personal accounts, not between FTUK accounts
Trading Day Definition
24-hour period (10pm UTC - 9:59pm UTC) with at least 0.5% profit
Payout Methods
RiseWorks for payouts above $500, Crypto for below $500
Payout Approval Time
24-48 working hours
Free Account Payout Cap
$500 USD per month

Values by level

Values that change with the level; everything else is as above. The level is chosen when an account is submitted.

Base Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Consistency20% 20% 20% 30% 30% 30% 40%
Profit ShareUp to 80% 65% 70% 75% 80% 85% 90%

Reviews are judged by a deterministic engine against this version. Changes apply going forward only; every version stays on record.

All firms