Firm profile · as of 29 October 2026
FTMO
What FTMO itself publishes about rules, costs and payouts – every item links to the firm's page, with a date. No rating, no overall score.
- Status
- operating
- Commission for PropCrab
- no, no partner agreement
- Data as of
- not yet checked by a human
Key facts
- Founded
- 2015ftmo.com
- Markets
- Forex/CFD, Futures
- Platforms
- MT4
- MT5
- cTrader
- TradingView
- Instruments
- Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks, Cryptoftmo.com
- Identity check (KYC)
- after passing the evaluation
1-Step and 2-Step: FTMO Identity (KYC/KYB) after all evaluation objectives are met. Instant Account: at the first reward request.
ftmo.com - Paying for the challenge
- Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Revolut Pay, Skrill, Crypto, Bank transfer
PayPal, Skrill and crypto carry a 3% fee; bank transfer in EUR/CZK only.
ftmo.com - Payout methods
- Bank transfer, Card, Skrill, Crypto
Card = Visa Direct / Mastercard Send.
ftmo.com - Refunds
- One-time fee, no subscription. The 2-Step fee is refunded with the first reward; 1-Step and Instant Account fees are not refundable.ftmo.com
- Minimum age
- 18+ftmo.com
Red Flags & Green Flags
Red Flag or Green Flag? Every call follows fixed criteria and shows its source. What our sources cannot answer stays "Unclear". Flags are never added up – there is no score.
- Not met
Is the firm on a regulator's warning list?
Reserve Bank of India (RBI): listing "FTMO (https://ftmo.com/en)" dated 2025-11-19. The Reserve Bank of India's Alert List concerns persons resident in India. For the countries PropCrab covers, it does not change availability (operator decision of 3 November 2026). A listing is not proof of wrongdoing.
rbi.org.in - Unclear
Was there a documented payout stop, sales stop or closure (24 months)?
No such event is documented in our sources. That is not proof there was none.
- Green Flag
Rule changes apply to new purchases only, with a cut-off date; no documented retroactive change in 24 months.
Applies to 1-Step orders from 12 Oct 2026, 09:00 (GMT+3), and to 1-Step accounts merged from that date. Older orders keep the Best Day Rule.
ftmo.com - Green Flag
Rules fully visible without logging in.
Target, daily loss and max loss of every programme on sale are on the firm's public pages.
ftmo.com - Green Flag
Operating company published with name, seat and registration number.
FTMO s.r.o. (CZ), Business ID 031 36 752, Municipal Court in Prague, Section C, Insert 227963.
ftmo.com - Green Flag
Discloses whether accounts are simulated or live.
Per FTMO, all trading (Challenge, Verification, FTMO Account) is simulated with fictitious capital. Rewards are paid in real money. FTMO reserves the right to use FTMO Account data for its own live accounts.
ftmo.com - Green Flag
Country exclusions and KYC timing are visible before buying.
Country list public (74 countries excluded). KYC: 1-Step and 2-Step: FTMO Identity (KYC/KYB) after all evaluation objectives are met. Instant Account: at the first reward request.
ftmo.com - Green Flag
Payouts possible in other ways than crypto.
ftmo.com - Green Flag
Refund terms are public.
One-time fee, no subscription. The 2-Step fee is refunded with the first reward; 1-Step and Instant Account fees are not refundable.
ftmo.com - Unclear
Do the terms carry a date or version?
We do not record the date or version of the terms as a field yet.
The criteria
The criteria come from our transparency check. A Red Flag needs a documented fact – a missing item is never a Red Flag.
Red Flag
- Named on an official regulator warning list (exact name match). A listing is not proof of wrongdoing.
- Documented payout stop, sales stop or closure (firm or group company) in the last 24 months.
- Documented retroactive rule change for accounts already bought, in the last 24 months.
- Rules not fully visible without logging in or buying.
- No operating company with name and seat named in the terms.
Green Flag
- Rules fully visible without logging in.
- Operating company published with name, seat and registration number.
- Terms carry a date or version.
- Rule changes apply to new purchases only, with a cut-off date; no documented retroactive change in 24 months.
- Country exclusions and KYC timing are visible before buying.
- Payouts possible in other ways than crypto.
- Discloses whether accounts are simulated or live.
- Refund terms are public.
We show the firm's age as a fact, not as a flag.
Challenges & rules
The essentials of each programme at a glance. Every rule with its source and date, every account size, older rule versions and the question "I bought on …" are on the programme's own page.
FTMO Challenge 2-Step
2-StepForex/CFD
As of 29 October 2026 – 5 November 2026
- Account sizes
- USD 10K–200K5 sizes
- List price
- EUR 89 – EUR 1,080
- Cost per 1,000 of buffer
- EUR 54.00 / 1,000 USD – EUR 100.00 / 1,000 USD
Rules for purchases from today
- Profit target phase 1
- 10 %
- Daily loss · Phase 1
- 5 %
- Maximum loss · Phase 1
- 10 % · static
- Profit split
- 80 %, up to 90 %
- First payout
- 14 days
FTMO Challenge 1-Step
1-StepForex/CFD
As of 29 October 2026 – 5 November 2026
- Account sizes
- USD 10K–200K5 sizes
- List price
- EUR 79 – EUR 999
- Cost per 1,000 of buffer
- EUR 49.90 / 1,000 USD – EUR 79.60 / 1,000 USD
Rules for purchases from today
- Profit target phase 1
- 10 %
- Daily loss · Phase 1
- 3 %
- Maximum loss · Phase 1
- 10 % · trailing (end of day)
- Profit split
- 90 %
- First payout
- 14 days
FTMO Instant Account
Instant (no evaluation)Forex/CFD
As of 29 October 2026 – 5 November 2026
- Account sizes
- USD 5K–100K5 sizes
- List price
- EUR 169 – EUR 2,999
- Cost per 1,000 of buffer
- EUR 299.60 / 1,000 USD – EUR 339.00 / 1,000 USD
Rules for purchases from today
- Daily loss
- 3 %
- Maximum loss
- 10 % · trailing (closed balance)
- Profit split
- 90 %
- First payout
- 14 days
Promotions
2 active promotions per the firm's website. Final price per 1,000 of buffer, to compare with the list price above.
The firm's public promotion
FTMO Challenge 1-Step
FTMO promotion: 1-Step Challenge 100K for EUR 399 instead of EUR 499.
- Code
- No code
- Final price
- EUR 399per the firm
- Final price per 1,000 of buffer
- EUR 39.90 / 1,000 USD
- List price per 1,000 of buffer
- EUR 49.90 / 1,000 USD
The firm names no end date
From the source of 03 Nov 2026 · not checked at checkout
Details and source: FTMO Challenge 1-StepThe firm's public promotion
FTMO Challenge 2-Step
FTMO promotion: 2-Step Challenge 100K (Standard account) for EUR 439 instead of EUR 540.
- Code
- No code
- Final price
- EUR 439per the firm
- Final price per 1,000 of buffer
- EUR 43.90 / 1,000 USD
- List price per 1,000 of buffer
- EUR 54.00 / 1,000 USD
The firm names no end date
From the source of 03 Nov 2026 · not checked at checkout
Details and source: FTMO Challenge 2-Step
Availability by residence
Know before you click whether you may buy at all. Per the firm; the country list can change.
| Residence | Per the firm |
|---|---|
| Switzerland (CH) | accepted ftmo.com |
| Germany (DE) | accepted ftmo.com |
| Austria (AT) | accepted ftmo.com |
| United States (US) | via another entity US clients via the affiliated site ftmo.oanda.com. ftmo.com |
| United Kingdom (GB) | accepted ftmo.com |
Countries excluded per the firm: 74 · Show list
Afghanistan, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua & Barbuda, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Myanmar (Burma), Nauru, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, St Barthélemy, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Also excluded: the Ukrainian regions Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. Iran, Syria, Myanmar: exception for nationals with EEA residence and an EEA bank account. USA and Australia via affiliated entities.
ftmo.comDirect link to the firm
Paid challenge on a simulated account · the fee is usually lost when a rule is broken · firms are generally not supervised · CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage.
Companies & supervision
Who sells you the challenge? A supervised group company does not make the challenge itself supervised.
FTMO s.r.o.
- Role:
- Operator
- Seat:
- Purkyňova 2121/3, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
- Register:
- Business ID 031 36 752, Municipal Court in Prague, Section C, Insert 227963
- Supervision:
- no supervision named
FTMO Evaluation Global s.r.o.
- Role:
- Operator
- Seat:
- Purkyňova 2121/3, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
- Register:
- Business ID 092 13 651, Municipal Court in Prague, Section C, Insert 332660
- Supervision:
- no supervision named
FTMO Trading Global s.r.o.
- Role:
- Operator
- Seat:
- Purkyňova 2121/3, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
- Register:
- Business ID 094 18 415, Municipal Court in Prague, Section C, Insert 335283
- Supervision:
- no supervision named
JV Prop Corporation
- Role:
- Affiliated company
- Seat:
- 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA
- Supervision:
- no supervision named
The imprint does not state each company's role; US clients are served via ftmo.oanda.com.
ftmo.comWarnings and events
Documented events and rule changes, newest first.
Rule change
1-Step: Consistency rule (best day ≤ 50% of total profit including losing days) replaces the Best Day Rule for new orders.
ftmo.comRule change
0.7% conversion adjustment on realised P&L in a foreign currency announced (terms change).
ftmo.comSales pause
According to Finance Magnates on 18 February 2024, FTMO stopped onboarding new clients from the US: registrations from US IP addresses could not be completed. According to the report, existing US clients' accounts were neither closed nor refunded; MT4 and MT5 were no longer available to US clients, whose accounts were to move to DXtrade.
financemagnates.com
Regulator warning lists
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (IN) · «FTMO (https://ftmo.com/en)» · 19 November 2025rbi.org.in
The Reserve Bank of India's Alert List concerns persons resident in India. For the countries PropCrab covers, it does not change availability (operator decision of 3 November 2026). A listing is not proof of wrongdoing. rbi.org.in
On our warning list
Graveyard entries related to this firm:
- OANDA Prop Trader (Rebrand, 2 March 2026): According to Finance Magnates on 2 March 2026, OANDA Prop Trader's clients move to the FTMO Group.
Change log
4 documented changes, newest first.
FTMO Challenge 1-Step
1-Step: Consistency rule (best day ≤ 50% of total profit including losing days) replaces the Best Day Rule for new orders.
What changed
Consistency rule
- Before
- Best Day Rule: best day ≤ 50% of positive days' profit
- New
- Consistency: best day ≤ 50% of total profit (losing days included)
- Applies to:
- new purchases
- Grandfathering:
- Applies to 1-Step orders from 12 Oct 2026, 09:00 (GMT+3), and to 1-Step accounts merged from that date. Older orders keep the Best Day Rule.
Source
- Trading Update 8 Oct 2026 (ftmo.com) (opens in a new tab) · read on 29 October 2026
Firm-wide
0.7% conversion adjustment on realised P&L in a foreign currency announced (terms change).
Source
- Trading Update 28 Jul 2026 (ftmo.com) (opens in a new tab) · read on 29 October 2026
Firm-wide
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (IN) lists "FTMO (https://ftmo.com/en)" on its warning list.
exact name match · checked on 3 November 2026
The Reserve Bank of India's Alert List concerns persons resident in India. For the countries PropCrab covers, it does not change availability (operator decision of 3 November 2026). A listing is not proof of wrongdoing.
A listing is not proof of wrongdoing.
Source
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (rbi.org.in) (opens in a new tab) · read on 3 November 2026
Firm-wide
According to Finance Magnates on 18 February 2024, FTMO stopped onboarding new clients from the US: registrations from US IP addresses could not be completed. According to the report, existing US clients' accounts were neither closed nor refunded; MT4 and MT5 were no longer available to US clients, whose accounts were to move to DXtrade.
source is a third party (press or regulator), not the firm.
Data gaps
We looked for these and did not find them on the firm's pages, or could not fetch them automatically. So they show as "–", never as 0.
Cadence after the first reward not stated unambiguously on the fetched pages.
programs.*.funded.payoutFrequency
Checked: ftmo.com
FTMO Futures (futures.ftmo.com) not captured yet.
programs.ftmo-futures
Only USD account sizes are recorded; FTMO also offers EUR, GBP, CZK, CAD, CHF and AUD sizes.
variants (other account currencies)
No correction to this profile so far. Go to the corrections log
Are FTMO accounts simulated?
Simulated account. Per FTMO, all trading (Challenge, Verification, FTMO Account) is simulated with fictitious capital. Rewards are paid in real money. FTMO reserves the right to use FTMO Account data for its own live accounts. Per the firm, as of 29 October 2026.
Can I use FTMO from Switzerland, Germany or Austria?
Switzerland: accepted; Germany: accepted; Austria: accepted. Per the firm, as of 29 October 2026.
Do I get the FTMO fee back?
One-time fee, no subscription. The 2-Step fee is refunded with the first reward; 1-Step and Instant Account fees are not refundable. Per the firm, as of 29 October 2026.
What is the profit split at FTMO?
FTMO Challenge 2-Step: 80 % – 90 %; FTMO Challenge 1-Step: 90 %; FTMO Instant Account: 90 %. "Funded" means here what the firm itself states below. Per the firm, as of 29 October 2026.
All sources
Every page an item on this profile comes from. Fetched and re-checked on the dates shown.
- Finance Magnates: FTMO Halts US Client Acquisition amid MetaQuotes Crackdown (18.02.2024)financemagnates.com · press ·
- FTMO home (pricing widget)ftmo.com · website ·
- About FTMOftmo.com · website ·
- Trading Update 28 Jul 2026ftmo.com · website ·
- Trading Update 8 Oct 2026ftmo.com · website ·
- Comparison Tableftmo.com · website ·
- How do I withdraw my reward?ftmo.com · FAQ ·
- Is the entry fee refunded?ftmo.com · FAQ ·
- ftmo.com/en/faq/what-fees-do-you-charge-and-are-they-recurrentftmo.com · FAQ ·
- ftmo.com/en/faq/what-is-ftmo-identity-and-when-do-i-complete-itftmo.com · FAQ ·
- ftmo.com/en/faq/what-payment-methods-are-availableftmo.com · FAQ ·
- ftmo.com/en/faq/which-instruments-can-i-trade-and-what-strategies-am-i-allowed-to-useftmo.com · FAQ ·
- ftmo.com/en/faq/which-platforms-can-i-use-for-tradingftmo.com · FAQ ·
- Who can join FTMO?ftmo.com · FAQ ·
- Imprintftmo.com · website ·
- Trading Objectivesftmo.com · website ·
The sources of a programme's full rules, every size and its older versions are on its own page:
Trader reviews
Reviews of FTMO by readers, read before publication. Self-reported, not verified.
How many reviews are approved is always up to date on the firm's review page.