l have been with FTMO since 2018 and you guys keep improving your offerings and tools to help us retail trader. It just continues to bring more confidence that me and FTMO we are there for the long term. Thank you so much for this opportunity!! Finally stopped my IT job during COVID this month :)
Hello The10dai, We are happy to hear these words from you. Congratulations on the transition to full-time trading! Not sure if you read comments on our videos, but traders very often ask for traders who have been with us for a while. As we respect everyone's privacy, we never publish anything without written consent and most traders like to keep their privacy. If you wanted to be interviewed about your path with FTMO, please get in touch with us at support@ftmo.com
for the non aggressive account i agree! but for the aggressive account youre gonna have to double your risk from there to 1.5% risk and max daily loss just below their daily limit just in case.because youre trying to get a 20% objective not 10% like the non aggressive accounts
Hi Anna Tz, After the first trade is opened you are entering into the start day of the FTMO Challenge in our 1. phase of FTMO evalutation process which duration is maximum of 30 calendar day. Have a nice day. Best regards Have a nice day
I’m beginning to see a different view of trading after knowing about FTMO, you guys are amazing. Quick question; if I passed the free trial , Does that mean I have a chance of passing the verification challenge if I apply same methods? Or is the evaluation of free trail different from that of funded challenge? Anticipating a quick response. Thank you
Hi Daniel Festus, The Free Trial and FTMO Challenge have the same rules and the same conditions. If your method works, then it works. It does not matter where. Thank you for your question and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
The only problem I have is that I’m a swing trader, I expect some of my trades to work out in a week or sometimes longer, will I be penalized or fail if I’m under the daily loss requirements but not above the profit target for the week or month ? Thankyou for any replys!
risk less and you should be fine. dont risk more than 2% a trade and trade less that 6 instruments. you should be fine. its way easier to day trade and know where youre at. im doing the free trial now to get used to CFD indices and commodities
i think it's fine because you're not entering as you already have a position. Like the dude above me says though you should tend to close it anyway unless you're already quite deep into profits
also lets say the restricted event is GAS? does this mean that its only that instrument as in GAS that all trades must be closed orrr is it all trades around this time? i mean if i have an AUDUSD long on do i need to close it?
@@user-dh7hn9hm8i No its not mate. I emailed F.T.M.O to check this as soon as I was funded. Even if that position was open for days you would violate your account if your stop loss or take profit was hit. This is because a stop loss or take profit is still opening or closing a position.
Hi, that news release part kinda scares me. My trading style is more on scalping so I don't have much time to check the news, what if I'm scalping or currently trading then the news suddenly comes out and we're unaware coz we're busy scalping? That news release part makes me hesitant to join FTMO, is there any way to get around it? Would an aggressive type of account get around that? You also said, even if a trade is negative but it is still floating or not yet closed coz there's a chance it will go our way, is it considered a loss, too, even if it's still floating?
Hi, Question: What if i pas the profit objective before 10 days al according to the rules, do i just have to wait the rest of the days to end and am i than passed? Greetings Jorik
Hi Josh Darling, 2 minutes before and after the restricted news event, you are not allowed to trade any instruments. Thank you for this question and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
Hi Alexander Ilori, You can have an open position during the restricted news event, but be aware that you are violating our rule if your trade executes Take Profit or Stop-Loss. You also cannot open a new position during this restricted period. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
I have a question regarding restrictions of 2 minutes before and after news trading. If I opened an active trade for example 2 hours before the news event, will I have to close my trade before the news occurs? Or can I leave it open since I opened the trade long before the news happened? Thank you
if you ask me, you need to read the terms & conditions more than and make sure u understand before taking this challenge. you need to have a trading strategy built around the FTMO rules or you lose the money way fast than you preempted
Hi Ukaash Dahir, our Muslim traders can configure Sharia-compliant swap-free accounts for trading the Challenge and being funded by FTMO. Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
Hi Carmina Lamit, Yes. The duration of the FTMO Challenge is 30 calendar days. Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask for anything else. Best regards
Hi Ni zal, The lowest FTMO funding account is 10 000 USD. For this one you pay 155EUR. If you successfully pass the evaluation process, you will become FTMO funded trader with 10 00USD initial budget. Everything about this account you can find here in this link: ftmo.com/en/ Feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
Hi Vincent Ejimofor, You are correct. During the restricted news release event, you cannot allow to trigger pending order, stop-loss or take profit. Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask for anything else. Best regards
Hi chan, We do have Indian FTMO Traders, too, of course. We are a global company that operates around the world. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
@@FTMOcom I have one more question . Is there any restrictions for trading strategy .. bcuz sometimes i follow price action and sometimes i use scalping methods as well that's why I asking this .. I hope you will give a clear explanation like previous reply
Hi chan, You can use as many strategies as it suits you best. It is up to you. Just do not use any illegal tactics for trading. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
My only question is if you take and pass a 10000 challenge will I need to pass again if I decide to purchase the 100k challenge? And for every 100k challenge after that ?
Hello Akeem, If you pass 10k Challenge to Verification and then pass the Verification, we will give you a 10k FTMO account to manage. This account can slowly be scaled up as per our Scaling Plan: ftmo.com/en/scaling-plan/, but if you wish to increase your capital faster, you need to purchase another Challenge.
For example, I have an open position and an event came out, the event went to my opposite direction and hit my SL in a matter of 1 minute or less since it is volatile, in that case the position is closed and the rule is - not to close or open a position 2 mins before or after the news so is that counted as account violation? Thanks
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Hi THE LAW, That is correct. For the free repeat, your profit needs to be positive to get the new FTMO Challenge. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
Hi RoxXxtar FX, You can use any strategy that suits you best. You just need to meet all the Trading Objectives and not use illegal tactics to become the FTMO Trader. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
We do not provide any software that can connect your accounts, but you can choose to merge your accounts together - so if you have 3 accounts with 100 000 USD each, you can merge them into one account with 300 000 USD.
Hello FTMO. So In regards to the challenge that we do in order to get a live trading account, do we get a profit split from the initial challenge or after once you have passed the challenge?
Hi Laid Back Artist, You can receive a profit split only from the FTMO Account, not from FTMO Challenge or Verification. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Do we only need to avoid trading around the news in our home country or anywhere? Or is that we need to avoid trading an index from the country where the news is from during the news event? Thanks!
Hi Faisal Dogar, In the FTMO Challenge and Verification, you can hold trades during news releases. However, you cannot scalp the news or use a straddling method (catching news spikes using stop orders). Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
Hi guys, If I’m doing my challenge and not yet funded by FTMO, do the news restrictions still apply? Also do the news restrictions apply even if I’m not trading the market affected by the news? Eg. Aud news while I’m in a EurUsd trade
If I have a pending order, and this order trigger out in any news impact. Like open an order, or close any open position or SL /TP hits, Does this make me disqualified?
Hi Nazmul haque, If your pending order will be executed 2 minutes before and after the restricted news event, you will violate our trading objective. Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask for anything else. Best regards
Please is it allowed to sign up two different Ftmo accounts with the same name at the same time? Kindly take note that I'm not referring to paying for two different challenges at the same time. I'm referring specifically to going to the Ftmo website as a total beginner and sign up for one Ftmo account and then inside that account, you pay for a challenge. And then immediately sign up for a second account and pay for a second challenge inside the second account. Please Is this scenario allowed by Ftmo?
Hi Joseph daku, We are talking here about two different topics. First, you will choose login credentials to our FTMO Client Area (FTMO internal interface for managing FTMO accounts and much more). Then you have login credentials to each different FTMO Accounts (a trading account with specific allocation) and FTMO accounts (FTMO Challenge, Verification and Free Trial accounts). Therefore, traders have only one login to our Client Area and multiple logins to FTMO accounts in most cases. We hope that now it is much clear for you to understand this. Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
Which CET time one should not trade in FTMO, suppose CET 11:50 pm to 00:10 am -?? I mean not to violate the rule. By the way, where I can get the rules, link, please.
Hi Zia Haider, On the FTMO Account, we require you to close your positions just before the markets close for the weekend or if the rollover (market break) is longer than 2 hours. In other words, to be flat on Friday night CE(S)T - Central European (Summer) Time. Our FTMO Traders must respect the market timings. If there is an overnight rollover of up to two hours on any instrument, it is permitted to keep your positions open; i.e. you don’t need to close your trades just because of this overnight rollover. Every asset class and its respective instruments might have different trading hours that have to be adhered to. Please take a look at our FTMO Calendar, where you can find time convertors and all restricted new events to a specific period. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
Hi Faisal Dogar, You are allowed to trade BTC on Sunday and Saturday because the market is open 24/7. Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
I would like to know the importance of free margin in FTMO trading or as long as one is meeting the requirements (maximum daily loss of 5000usd ) is good to go?
Hi mthobisi Zondo, If I understand your question correctly and feel free to correct me, you ask how we calculate the Max Daily Loss and its relation with the free margin. Well, we are calculating it from your daily equity. This rule can also be called “trader’s daily stop-loss”. According to our rules, this is set as 5% (10% in case of an Aggressive version) from the initial account balance. The rule says that at any moment of the day (CE(S)T - Central European Summer Time), the result of all closed positions in sum with the currently open floating P/Ls (profits/losses) must not hit the determined daily loss limit. The counting formula: Current daily loss = results of closed positions of this day + result of open positions. We do not have any specific trading rules about your free margin. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
I will be in touch soon my leaders. I have laptop and access to unlimited Wi-Fi. My interest for trading started in 2017 but I did not have capital and I was not coping with my undergraduate degree. I have been doing demo accounts since then, I would make a lot of fake money but because I am greedy and wanted to experiment I would incur one or two big losses and blow my entire account. I am certain I can become one of your best traders within few months given that I follow all the rules (eg setting targets, closing portion of the profits along the way, never trade without a stop loss etc). Take care!
1. If a funded trader violates a rule after he had possibly increased the account on profit before the end of the month, will he be eligible for a profit split even though he loses the account halfway on profit.. 2. what happens to the little amount of traders profit he leaves as a buffer or as a means of compounding should he finally violate a rule that strips him off the responsibility of the account. Will ftmo take away the earn profit strategically left on the account as a buffer or it ll be given back to the trader for his sendoff party..?
Hi Jumpman Jxhnsxn, If you violate our Trading Objective except for the profit target, you will fail our evaluation process. If your profit would be positive, you can have a free repeat for the FTMO Challenge. Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
Hey FTMO. if i take the challenge and the daily stop loss hits me once and all other days are clean with other objectives are passed. will it still be counted as failed?
Hi Joel mwebe, If you violate the Trading Objective of Max Daily Loss, you will fail the FTMO Challenge. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
What if I put tp and sl on my order (order before news few hours) , but when those news(non farm,FOMC) make my oreder hit tp OR SL in that 2min before and after news. Is that violate the rules?
Hi, what about limit orders? I am doing the challenge and I placed a limit before a new release but I noticed it triggered 2:01 minutes after the release, I guess you restrict limits to be triggered during those 2 minutes before and after, so theoretically I dindt violate the rules, did I?
Hello Cristhian, If your order got executed 2:01 after the news release, it would not be a breach even if the rule was applicable on your Challenge (which it is not as per the explanation below). We do not have restrictions built into our system that would restrict executions during this window so it is your responsibility not to have any executions during this time. All prohibitive news are listed in our Economic calendar and we also send email notifications to all our FTMO Traders day ahead to make them aware of the upcoming news. Please note that the rule that you are not allowed to execute any trades on any instrument that is affected by some of the high impact news (which are listed in the blue background in our economic calendar) within the 2 minutes prior to and 2 minutes after the news release does not apply to Challenges and Verifications. This rule only applies to FTMO Accounts. ftmo.com/en/faq/can-i-trade-news/
Hi, On Friday January 22,2021 ftmo economic calendors howed two USD news being restricted but kn forex factor it was listed as low impact news. Should I only follow the economic calendar on ftmo???
Hi Ebenezer Adjei, FTMO Economic Calendar is mostly used for avoiding restricted events and for better risk management during trading periods. Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
I have a question. If i make 2x more than than the daily loss limit. But then loss the daily limit. Can i keep trading or do i still have to wait for the next day?
Hi Gregory. W, Of course you can. You possible funded account from FTMO could be funded up to $300 000. That means, that you can pass 3 FTMO Challenges in the same time each with possible $100 000 of initial capital. Happy to answer. Feel free to ask anything else.
Hello i have a question what if i pass the challenge and become an ftmo funded trader and i blow my funded account (lose 10%) can i do a new challenge and get funded again?
Hi Coconutboy66, Of course that you can. The maximum allocation on FTMO Account can be $400,000. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
Hi guys, for example if I entry a USD pair position on Monday with a proper SL, and I hold it till Friday NFP days and I wait to close the position before midnight, is it possible ? Thanks guy.
Hi M J, There is no violation in trading during a news event. We just say that during those events the market is often highly volatile and unpredictable. Have a nice day.
Even with risk management it is diffixcult, I started the challenge and immeadiatly lost 1.2% of my bankroll, currently I am back up to my initial bankroll with a loss of 6k / 8k.
If you mean the Free Trial, it does not count towards the actual Evalutation Process. If you want to apply for funding, you will have to start the real Challenge.
Hey, when you said you can’t open or close a trade, 2 mins before or 2mins after a restricted news comes out, what about if I was already in a trade for an hour am I able to hold it through the event or do I have to close for the news event and re open again ? Thanks in advance
And also a week day market break is 2 hours long, with a normal account on us30 closes at 9pm and is back open at 11pm can I hold my trade through that period or not ? Thanks in advance
If you are a beginner and you Just passed the challenges, just take smaller risk after.... If you passed the challenges with 2% or 3% risk by trade, then you must take 1% by trade for the whole month... That's was my strategy at the begging.. trading is job... Protect your job...
Hello Oussama, Even if you lose an FTMO Account, it does not have any further implications for our future cooperation. If you pass another Challenge and Verification, we will give you another FTMO Account as per our rules and GTC.
Hi Declan You videos, To avoid any confusion, after a client becomes the FTMO Trader, he/she will be provided with the demo account with virtual funds. The FTMO Account is connected to our Proprietary Trading Firm’s live trading account with real capital. That is where we generate real cash flow. Clients are entitled to 70% of profits generated on the FTMO Account. This solution is much administratively easier and gives our company the freedom to actively manage risk in certain markets. Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again. Best regards
what does max loss: $4,000 mean in the metrix ?, is this the most you can lose in the account in total losses added together, or does it mean its the most you can dip below your starting capital? for example a $100,000 account going down to $96,000 ?
Hi Jae .H, We do believe that you probably meant 10 000USD Max Loss on 100 000USD account. This means that you cannot let your capital go down to more than 5000 USD loss (95 000 USD > ...) Otherwise that would be violation of our Trading Objective, and we would have to terminate our funding partnership. If you meant Max Daily Loss: For example, in a case of the FTMO Challenge with the initial account balance of €40000, the Max Daily Loss limit is €2000. If you happen to lose €1000 in your closed trades, your account must not decline more than €1000 this day. It must also not go -€1000 in your open floating losses. The limit is inclusive of commissions and swaps. Vice versa, if you profit €2000 in one day, then you can afford to lose €4000, but not more than that. Once again, be reminded that your Maximum Daily Loss counts your open trades as well. For example, if in one day, you have closed trades with a loss of €1000 and then you open a new trade that goes into a floating loss of some -€1200 but ends up positive in the end, unfortunately, it is already too late. In one moment, your daily loss was -€2200 on the equity, which is more than the permitted loss of €2000. Feel free to ask anything else Best regards
@@FTMOcom Thanks "We do believe that you probably meant 10 000USD Max Loss on 100 000USD account. This means that you cannot let your capital go down to more than 5000 USD loss (95 000 USD > ...) " ^ If its a 10k max loss then why is a dip of 5k on the capital the most you can have?
Hi, wanna ask you, every losses are counting together? even all 3 trades from 3 days trading will close in profit..? if 1st day trade will drop to -250$, but make profit 120, then no trade to the end of day.. 2nd day.. drop -180, but again closed in profit 318.. , 3rd day , drop -398, but profit 56.. so Matrix will show me, total loss -825..? and profit.. 494..?$ So then rest of mount.. I should risk only 175$ (including risk management), when I am then breaking rule of 1%.. per each trade..? to trade much lower Lot sizes..??
Hello, unfortunately it is not possible to pass in 4 days since not all of the Trading Objectives can be met in this time period. Please be reminded, that all of the Trading Objectives are just as important as any other - without passing all of them, you can not proceed further.
Hi Mr Gibbs, Please read this: ftmo.com/en/calendar/ There are answers on everything you have just said. Thank you for your question and feel free to ask anything else. Best regards
Hello Oluwatoyin, In order to enter our evaluation process, you have to order a Challenge. We do not give these out for free, but there are no other fees at all and if you succesfully pass the evaluation, your fee will be refunded with your first profit withdrawal.
FTMO Funding For Serious Traders Thank you for the response. So the free trial is just to have a feel of the platform, right? I’m presently on the free trial and so far, it’s been amazing.
Let’s say I have a 40k account and I win 2k can I lose 4K the same day or if I lose the 2k I violate the daily loss? And if on the same account another day I have a total gain of 10k and I lose 2k will it count as a violation of daily loss even if it is profits I lost?
Hello Matthew: Please read carefuly about Maximum Daily Loss here: ftmo.com/en/#maximum-daily-loss Our system records balance of your account at midnight and compares your account equity throughout the day with the midnight balance. If at any point throughout the day your account equity decreases drops under the midnight balance - Max Daily Loss, your account has breached the Max Daily Loss. Example - You had running profitable trades through the midnight and your midnight equity was 98k but your midnight ballance was at 97k. You would breach the account if the account equity dropped under 92k (assuming normal risk setup strategy)
Hello Neniel, if this was 100 000 USD account, your account would be violated on the second day as you have made a loss of 6000 USD in a single day - meaning that Max Daily Loss limit has been breached.
Hi Moncef Bakir, The duration of FTMO Challenge is 30 days. So, you need to trade only in ten days in 30 day cycle and open a trade with at least 0.01 lot. Happy to answer your question
Basically this whole video was to say have good risk mgmt.
l have been with FTMO since 2018 and you guys keep improving your offerings and tools to help us retail trader. It just continues to bring more confidence that me and FTMO we are there for the long term. Thank you so much for this opportunity!! Finally stopped my IT job during COVID this month :)
Hello The10dai,
We are happy to hear these words from you. Congratulations on the transition to full-time trading! Not sure if you read comments on our videos, but traders very often ask for traders who have been with us for a while. As we respect everyone's privacy, we never publish anything without written consent and most traders like to keep their privacy. If you wanted to be interviewed about your path with FTMO, please get in touch with us at support@ftmo.com
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@@billdiachuck7009 haha shut up
Can I add you somewhere since i have some question about ftmo?
Hi will help me to know how to trade ?
risk 0.25% to 0.50% on each trade and take only trades that follow your plan ! Also would suggest not risking more then 2.5% overall in a day
for the non aggressive account i agree! but for the aggressive account youre gonna have to double your risk from there to 1.5% risk and max daily loss just below their daily limit just in case.because youre trying to get a 20% objective not 10% like the non aggressive accounts
Then it will take half a year to pass challenge
@@yahyasarkar69depends on your analysis and skill level !!
So basically don't bother until you're a good trader ;)
Started a trial today, excited lol
Thank you FTMO! You guys are really changing lives.
It’s very hard to succeed the challenge and maintain the account.....
@@trending1543 Its not, if you know what you re doing it is easy money, I made 2 grand today
Trending I got nothing to prove to you
Education is the key
Money comes after
@@trending1543 if you cant maintain the account dont be a trader
@Anthonyy_vivid poor mindset
Hello FTMO! I am currently trading my first 100k challenge account.. Hoping to pass it within this month!🥰
U passed that challenge?
Great video! thanks for going over these.
When I decide to pay for the challenge do the 30 days start counting immediately or after the first trade is opened?
Hi Anna Tz,
After the first trade is opened you are entering into the start day of the FTMO Challenge in our 1. phase of FTMO evalutation process which duration is maximum of 30 calendar day.
Have a nice day.
Best regards
Have a nice day
I’m beginning to see a different view of trading after knowing about FTMO, you guys are amazing. Quick question; if I passed the free trial , Does that mean I have a chance of passing the verification challenge if I apply same methods? Or is the evaluation of free trail different from that of funded challenge?
Anticipating a quick response. Thank you
Hi Daniel Festus,
The Free Trial and FTMO Challenge have the same rules and the same conditions. If your method works, then it works. It does not matter where.
Thank you for your question and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
Keep it up guys.
Thank you Wali, we are trying to do our best!
Thank you ❤
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So what if I’m in a trade and it draws down $5000 but still open will it auto close? Or does it have to close for it to count?
The only problem I have is that I’m a swing trader, I expect some of my trades to work out in a week or sometimes longer, will I be penalized or fail if I’m under the daily loss requirements but not above the profit target for the week or month ? Thankyou for any replys!
risk less and you should be fine. dont risk more than 2% a trade and trade less that 6 instruments. you should be fine. its way easier to day trade and know where youre at. im doing the free trial now to get used to CFD indices and commodities
Thanks for this video :) .
It is our pleasure.
Hello I want to ask. Are floating losses that end in profit also included in the daily loss recording?
What if the trade hits tp or sl set during there news release?
I was about to ask the same...but the missing '?' could make a quick reader to jump ur question.
i think it's fine because you're not entering as you already have a position. Like the dude above me says though you should tend to close it anyway unless you're already quite deep into profits
also lets say the restricted event is GAS? does this mean that its only that instrument as in GAS that all trades must be closed orrr is it all trades around this time? i mean if i have an AUDUSD long on do i need to close it?
@@user-dh7hn9hm8i No its not mate. I emailed F.T.M.O to check this as soon as I was funded. Even if that position was open for days you would violate your account if your stop loss or take profit was hit. This is because a stop loss or take profit is still opening or closing a position.
I am funded trader so answer on your question if that happened you lose your account
Great info. I'm in US. Time diff definately a factor. Thank you.
thanks for reaching out. love the video
Hi, that news release part kinda scares me. My trading style is more on scalping so I don't have much time to check the news, what if I'm scalping or currently trading then the news suddenly comes out and we're unaware coz we're busy scalping? That news release part makes me hesitant to join FTMO, is there any way to get around it? Would an aggressive type of account get around that? You also said, even if a trade is negative but it is still floating or not yet closed coz there's a chance it will go our way, is it considered a loss, too, even if it's still floating?
Hi, Question: What if i pas the profit objective before 10 days al according to the rules, do i just have to wait the rest of the days to end and am i than passed? Greetings Jorik
Thank you
Nice info for trader progress
This is a good feature :) Good UX team!
i should have watched this video before i started mine last month :'(
This Big mustache must be destructing lol just kidding.... Good company keep up the good work!
some information are not updated
Do you have to close all open trades before every news??
Hi Josh Darling,
2 minutes before and after the restricted news event, you are not allowed to trade any instruments.
Thank you for this question and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
@@FTMOcom oh ok, so u can leave existing trades open??
Quite confusing but quick question do I need to close all my positions before a major news event.
Hi Alexander Ilori,
You can have an open position during the restricted news event, but be aware that you are violating our rule if your trade executes Take Profit or Stop-Loss. You also cannot open a new position during this restricted period.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
I have a question regarding restrictions of 2 minutes before and after news trading. If I opened an active trade for example 2 hours before the news event, will I have to close my trade before the news occurs? Or can I leave it open since I opened the trade long before the news happened?
Thank you
Very good question!!
Hi Moua! Please reach out to our support that is available at support@ftmo.com and ask for the specific explanation. They will kindly help you.
FTMO is restricted in my country.
Can i get funded account after logging in with vpn or proxysite?
if you ask me, you need to read the terms & conditions more than and make sure u understand before taking this challenge. you need to have a trading strategy built around the FTMO rules or you lose the money way fast than you preempted
Question?
Is it possible FTMO to offer swap Free accounts
Hi Ukaash Dahir,
our Muslim traders can configure Sharia-compliant swap-free accounts for trading the Challenge and being funded by FTMO.
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
Do we have to send invoice everytime we get a payout?
I don’t see us30 beinging able to be traded on the free trail your broker don’t do it just wondering thanks
Wait, can I use any broker of choice?
hi are weekends included in the 30days challenge?
Hi Carmina Lamit,
Yes. The duration of the FTMO Challenge is 30 calendar days.
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask for anything else.
Best regards
@@FTMOcom darnn
Question: do we have to have a $10,000 account to enter the FTMO challenge?
Hi Ni zal,
The lowest FTMO funding account is 10 000 USD. For this one you pay 155EUR. If you successfully pass the evaluation process, you will become FTMO funded trader with 10 00USD initial budget. Everything about this account you can find here in this link: ftmo.com/en/
Feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
Do you get your profits you made during the challenge?
@@fredthomas1187 no its done on a demo account
If a news event triggers a pending order, stoploss or takeprofit within 2 minutes of it's release, will that count as violation?
Hi Vincent Ejimofor,
You are correct. During the restricted news release event, you cannot allow to trigger pending order, stop-loss or take profit.
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask for anything else.
Best regards
Do you keep the profits you mde during the challenge?
Hi Fred,
No, you do not because it is a demo account.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
are you allowed to close trades in ftmo challenge?????
Hi, does the DXY macro economic news event rule as per calendar, affect towards CFD trading? US30, S&P500, NAS100 and DAX?
Is your service available in INDIA ?
Hi chan,
We do have Indian FTMO Traders, too, of course. We are a global company that operates around the world.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
@@FTMOcom I have one more question . Is there any restrictions for trading strategy .. bcuz sometimes i follow price action and sometimes i use scalping methods as well that's why I asking this ..
I hope you will give a clear explanation like previous reply
Hi chan,
You can use as many strategies as it suits you best. It is up to you. Just do not use any illegal tactics for trading.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
@@FTMOcomSure.. thank for your reply ❤️
My only question is if you take and pass a 10000 challenge will I need to pass again if I decide to purchase the 100k challenge? And for every 100k challenge after that ?
Hello Akeem,
If you pass 10k Challenge to Verification and then pass the Verification, we will give you a 10k FTMO account to manage. This account can slowly be scaled up as per our Scaling Plan: ftmo.com/en/scaling-plan/, but if you wish to increase your capital faster, you need to purchase another Challenge.
@@FTMOcom ok
@@FTMOcom Another thing will u still be able to trade the 10k account if you have a 100k account
what happens when I end the challenge in profit without violating any rule, and not meeting the profit target
For example, I have an open position and an event came out, the event went to my opposite direction and hit my SL in a matter of 1 minute or less since it is volatile, in that case the position is closed and the rule is - not to close or open a position 2 mins before or after the news so is that counted as account violation?
Thanks
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So say I don’t meet the profit target by the end of the challenge date and I don’t violate any of the other rules, I get to start over for free right?
Hi THE LAW,
That is correct. For the free repeat, your profit needs to be positive to get the new FTMO Challenge.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
So if the strategy involves hedging, is it directly against the rules?
Hi RoxXxtar FX,
You can use any strategy that suits you best. You just need to meet all the Trading Objectives and not use illegal tactics to become the FTMO Trader.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
If a trader has multiple accounts does FTMO have any trade copy utility to run same trade in multiple accounts.
We do not provide any software that can connect your accounts, but you can choose to merge your accounts together - so if you have 3 accounts with 100 000 USD each, you can merge them into one account with 300 000 USD.
@@FTMOcom Thank you
Great company ,great management ❤️
We are glad that you like us!
Hello FTMO. So In regards to the challenge that we do in order to get a live trading account, do we get a profit split from the initial challenge or after once you have passed the challenge?
Hi Laid Back Artist,
You can receive a profit split only from the FTMO Account, not from FTMO Challenge or Verification.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Do we only need to avoid trading around the news in our home country or anywhere? Or is that we need to avoid trading an index from the country where the news is from during the news event? Thanks!
Can i close trade during news event in ftmo challenge?
Hi Faisal Dogar,
In the FTMO Challenge and Verification, you can hold trades during news releases. However, you cannot scalp the news or use a straddling method (catching news spikes using stop orders).
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
can I hold my trade overnight
Hi guys,
If I’m doing my challenge and not yet funded by FTMO, do the news restrictions still apply? Also do the news restrictions apply even if I’m not trading the market affected by the news?
Eg. Aud news while I’m in a EurUsd trade
If I have a pending order, and this order trigger out in any news impact. Like open an order, or close any open position or SL /TP hits,
Does this make me disqualified?
Hi Nazmul haque,
If your pending order will be executed 2 minutes before and after the restricted news event, you will violate our trading objective.
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask for anything else.
Best regards
Hi FTMO
Please is it allowed to sign up two different Ftmo accounts with the same name at the same time? Kindly take note that I'm not referring to paying for two different challenges at the same time.
I'm referring specifically to going to the Ftmo website as a total beginner and sign up for one Ftmo account and then inside that account, you pay for a challenge. And then immediately sign up for a second account and pay for a second challenge inside the second account.
Please Is this scenario allowed by Ftmo?
Hi Joseph daku,
We are talking here about two different topics. First, you will choose login credentials to our FTMO Client Area (FTMO internal interface for managing FTMO accounts and much more). Then you have login credentials to each different FTMO Accounts (a trading account with specific allocation) and FTMO accounts (FTMO Challenge, Verification and Free Trial accounts). Therefore, traders have only one login to our Client Area and multiple logins to FTMO accounts in most cases.
We hope that now it is much clear for you to understand this.
Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
Thank you for your response.
Please is it possible for one user to register and own two different client area ?
Which CET time one should not trade in FTMO, suppose CET 11:50 pm to 00:10 am -?? I mean not to violate the rule. By the way, where I can get the rules, link, please.
Hi Zia Haider,
On the FTMO Account, we require you to close your positions just before the markets close for the weekend or if the rollover (market break) is longer than 2 hours. In other words, to be flat on Friday night CE(S)T - Central European (Summer) Time. Our FTMO Traders must respect the market timings. If there is an overnight rollover of up to two hours on any instrument, it is permitted to keep your positions open; i.e. you don’t need to close your trades just because of this overnight rollover. Every asset class and its respective instruments might have different trading hours that have to be adhered to.
Please take a look at our FTMO Calendar, where you can find time convertors and all restricted new events to a specific period.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
Can you trade US30 on FTMO? Maybe its obvious
Hi vultur311,
Yes, you can trade US30 with FTMO.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
so what time zone should i add on my client area?
Can I swing on my free trial account
Can i trade on Saturday Sunday on BTC on FTMO challenge?
Hi Faisal Dogar,
You are allowed to trade BTC on Sunday and Saturday because the market is open 24/7.
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
@@FTMOcom can i trade btc on ftmo real account? or which news event is restricted for btc?
@@faisaldogar6072 wondering the same thing
No max limitations on profits?
Hi Neniel,
None at all.
I would like to know the importance of free margin in FTMO trading or as long as one is meeting the requirements (maximum daily loss of 5000usd ) is good to go?
Hi mthobisi Zondo,
If I understand your question correctly and feel free to correct me, you ask how we calculate the Max Daily Loss and its relation with the free margin. Well, we are calculating it from your daily equity. This rule can also be called “trader’s daily stop-loss”. According to our rules, this is set as 5% (10% in case of an Aggressive version) from the initial account balance. The rule says that at any moment of the day (CE(S)T - Central European Summer Time), the result of all closed positions in sum with the currently open floating P/Ls (profits/losses) must not hit the determined daily loss limit. The counting formula:
Current daily loss = results of closed positions of this day + result of open positions.
We do not have any specific trading rules about your free margin.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
I will be in touch soon my leaders. I have laptop and access to unlimited Wi-Fi. My interest for trading started in 2017 but I did not have capital and I was not coping with my undergraduate degree. I have been doing demo accounts since then, I would make a lot of fake money but because I am greedy and wanted to experiment I would incur one or two big losses and blow my entire account. I am certain I can become one of your best traders within few months given that I follow all the rules (eg setting targets, closing portion of the profits along the way, never trade without a stop loss etc). Take care!
1. If a funded trader violates a rule after he had possibly increased the account on profit before the end of the month, will he be eligible for a profit split even though he loses the account halfway on profit..
2. what happens to the little amount of traders profit he leaves as a buffer or as a means of compounding should he finally violate a rule that strips him off the responsibility of the account. Will ftmo take away the earn profit strategically left on the account as a buffer or it ll be given back to the trader for his sendoff party..?
I want to know too
what happens if you violate 1 of the rules, such as the daily loss limit on a particular day, does it mean you have failed?
Hi Jumpman Jxhnsxn,
If you violate our Trading Objective except for the profit target, you will fail our evaluation process. If your profit would be positive, you can have a free repeat for the FTMO Challenge.
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
Hey FTMO. if i take the challenge and the daily stop loss hits me once and all other days are clean with other objectives are passed. will it still be counted as failed?
Hi Joel mwebe,
If you violate the Trading Objective of Max Daily Loss, you will fail the FTMO Challenge.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Any use ninja trader platform?
What if I put tp and sl on my order (order before news few hours) , but when those news(non farm,FOMC) make my oreder hit tp OR SL in that 2min before and after news. Is that violate the rules?
That would still count as a violation as SL or TP or any kind of pending order essentially just close or open positions.
Hi, what about limit orders? I am doing the challenge and I placed a limit before a new release but I noticed it triggered 2:01 minutes after the release, I guess you restrict limits to be triggered during those 2 minutes before and after, so theoretically I dindt violate the rules, did I?
Hello Cristhian,
If your order got executed 2:01 after the news release, it would not be a breach even if the rule was applicable on your Challenge (which it is not as per the explanation below). We do not have restrictions built into our system that would restrict executions during this window so it is your responsibility not to have any executions during this time. All prohibitive news are listed in our Economic calendar and we also send email notifications to all our FTMO Traders day ahead to make them aware of the upcoming news.
Please note that the rule that you are not allowed to execute any trades on any instrument that is affected by some of the high impact news (which are listed in the blue background in our economic calendar) within the 2 minutes prior to and 2 minutes after the news release does not apply to Challenges and Verifications. This rule only applies to FTMO Accounts. ftmo.com/en/faq/can-i-trade-news/
Hi,
On Friday January 22,2021 ftmo economic calendors howed two USD news being restricted but kn forex factor it was listed as low impact news. Should I only follow the economic calendar on ftmo???
Also, it it possible to the the economic calender show in my time zone. Eastern standard time?
Hi Ebenezer Adjei,
FTMO Economic Calendar is mostly used for avoiding restricted events and for better risk management during trading periods.
Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
I have a question. If i make 2x more than than the daily loss limit. But then loss the daily limit. Can i keep trading or do i still have to wait for the next day?
I wanted to know ? Is it possible to pass two FTMO challenge at the same time ?
Hi Gregory. W,
Of course you can. You possible funded account from FTMO could be funded up to $300 000. That means, that you can pass 3 FTMO Challenges in the same time each with possible $100 000 of initial capital.
Happy to answer.
Feel free to ask anything else.
Can I hold my trades overnight as a funded trader?
Hello i have a question what if i pass the challenge and become an ftmo funded trader and i blow my funded account (lose 10%) can i do a new challenge and get funded again?
Hi Coconutboy66,
Of course that you can. The maximum allocation on FTMO Account can be $400,000.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
Hi guys, for example if I entry a USD pair position on Monday with a proper SL, and I hold it till Friday NFP days and I wait to close the position before midnight, is it possible ? Thanks guy.
sounds good
Regarding news does same rules apply to swing traders ?because mostly News such as NFP etc.. dont affect trader's that trade bigger time frames
If i am already in a trade during a news event and my profit target is hit is it still a violation ?
Hi M J,
There is no violation in trading during a news event. We just say that during those events the market is often highly volatile and unpredictable.
Have a nice day.
Even with risk management it is diffixcult, I started the challenge and immeadiatly lost 1.2% of my bankroll, currently I am back up to my initial bankroll with a loss of 6k / 8k.
Can you become FTMO trader and at the same you have a day job?
Thanks so much for this video am about to start the challenge, pls if i may ask do my Demo trade count for the challenge? and what next after the Demo
If you mean the Free Trial, it does not count towards the actual Evalutation Process. If you want to apply for funding, you will have to start the real Challenge.
why not just have a timezone setting, set to the trader's residing country...?
Hey, when you said you can’t open or close a trade, 2 mins before or 2mins after a restricted news comes out, what about if I was already in a trade for an hour am I able to hold it through the event or do I have to close for the news event and re open again ?
Thanks in advance
And also a week day market break is 2 hours long, with a normal account on us30 closes at 9pm and is back open at 11pm can I hold my trade through that period or not ? Thanks in advance
If you are a beginner and you Just passed the challenges, just take smaller risk after.... If you passed the challenges with 2% or 3% risk by trade, then you must take 1% by trade for the whole month... That's was my strategy at the begging.. trading is job... Protect your job...
need an information please if you fail can you pass the challenge again?
Hello Oussama,
Even if you lose an FTMO Account, it does not have any further implications for our future cooperation. If you pass another Challenge and Verification, we will give you another FTMO Account as per our rules and GTC.
Power
If you pass FTMO, do you get to keep the funded account as the money is yours?
Hi Declan You videos,
To avoid any confusion, after a client becomes the FTMO Trader, he/she will be provided with the demo account with virtual funds. The FTMO Account is connected to our Proprietary Trading Firm’s live trading account with real capital. That is where we generate real cash flow. Clients are entitled to 70% of profits generated on the FTMO Account. This solution is much administratively easier and gives our company the freedom to actively manage risk in certain markets.
Thank you for your question, and do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards
what does max loss: $4,000 mean in the metrix ?, is this the most you can lose in the account in total losses added together, or does it mean its the most you can dip below your starting capital? for example a $100,000 account going down to $96,000 ?
Hi Jae .H,
We do believe that you probably meant 10 000USD Max Loss on 100 000USD account. This means that you cannot let your capital go down to more than 5000 USD loss (95 000 USD > ...) Otherwise that would be violation of our Trading Objective, and we would have to terminate our funding partnership.
If you meant Max Daily Loss: For example, in a case of the FTMO Challenge with the initial account balance of €40000, the Max Daily Loss limit is €2000. If you happen to lose €1000 in your closed trades, your account must not decline more than €1000 this day. It must also not go -€1000 in your open floating losses. The limit is inclusive of commissions and swaps. Vice versa, if you profit €2000 in one day, then you can afford to lose €4000, but not more than that. Once again, be reminded that your Maximum Daily Loss counts your open trades as well. For example, if in one day, you have closed trades with a loss of €1000 and then you open a new trade that goes into a floating loss of some -€1200 but ends up positive in the end, unfortunately, it is already too late. In one moment, your daily loss was -€2200 on the equity, which is more than the permitted loss of €2000.
Feel free to ask anything else
Best regards
@@FTMOcom Thanks
"We do believe that you probably meant 10 000USD Max Loss on 100 000USD account. This means that you cannot let your capital go down to more than 5000 USD loss (95 000 USD > ...) "
^ If its a 10k max loss then why is a dip of 5k on the capital the most you can have?
There is a difference between Max Daily Loss and Max Loss. More information on our website here: ftmo.com/en/#maximum-daily-loss
Hi, wanna ask you, every losses are counting together? even all 3 trades from 3 days trading will close in profit..? if 1st day trade will drop to -250$, but make profit 120, then no trade to the end of day.. 2nd day.. drop -180, but again closed in profit 318.. , 3rd day , drop -398, but profit 56.. so Matrix will show me, total loss -825..? and profit.. 494..?$ So then rest of mount.. I should risk only 175$ (including risk management), when I am then breaking rule of 1%.. per each trade..? to trade much lower Lot sizes..??
I passed the first step in 4days do i still have to wait for the 10days minimum?
Hello, unfortunately it is not possible to pass in 4 days since not all of the Trading Objectives can be met in this time period. Please be reminded, that all of the Trading Objectives are just as important as any other - without passing all of them, you can not proceed further.
It sounded like you said a trader also could NOT close a position in the window of news announcements. Is that correct? If so, why??
Hi Mr Gibbs,
Please read this: ftmo.com/en/calendar/
There are answers on everything you have just said.
Thank you for your question and feel free to ask anything else.
Best regards
Please I would like to ask if the FREE challenge also counts for me in taking the paid challenge? Please I’m sort of confused. Well done.
Yh u gotta pay for the challenge after u pass it .thats when the verification is free
Hello Oluwatoyin,
In order to enter our evaluation process, you have to order a Challenge. We do not give these out for free, but there are no other fees at all and if you succesfully pass the evaluation, your fee will be refunded with your first profit withdrawal.
FTMO Funding For Serious Traders Thank you for the response. So the free trial is just to have a feel of the platform, right? I’m presently on the free trial and so far, it’s been amazing.
Let’s say I have a 40k account and I win 2k can I lose 4K the same day or if I lose the 2k I violate the daily loss?
And if on the same account another day I have a total gain of 10k and I lose 2k will it count as a violation of daily loss even if it is profits I lost?
Hello Matthew: Please read carefuly about Maximum Daily Loss here: ftmo.com/en/#maximum-daily-loss
Our system records balance of your account at midnight and compares your account equity throughout the day with the midnight balance. If at any point throughout the day your account equity decreases drops under the midnight balance - Max Daily Loss, your account has breached the Max Daily Loss.
Example - You had running profitable trades through the midnight and your midnight equity was 98k but your midnight ballance was at 97k. You would breach the account if the account equity dropped under 92k (assuming normal risk setup strategy)
is it true that ftmo isnt regulated?
where did you hear that
Example: day 1 i won 3k usd and second day i lost 6k usd. I will be terminated from trading? Or i will have 2k usd more to loss before get terminated?
Hello Neniel, if this was 100 000 USD account, your account would be violated on the second day as you have made a loss of 6000 USD in a single day - meaning that Max Daily Loss limit has been breached.
Please add the option to withdraw profits through cryptocurrencies
Do we have to open trades everyday for the duration of the challenge?
Hi Moncef Bakir,
The duration of FTMO Challenge is 30 days. So, you need to trade only in ten days in 30 day cycle and open a trade with at least 0.01 lot.
Happy to answer your question
@@FTMOcom hi, does market closing time count in the 30 days?