Is there anything that would disqualify me from joining the Premium Programme? (2024)

FAQs

Which countries are not allowed to join FTMO? ›

Due to business decisions based on risk management considerations, FTMO does not provide services to clients in Afghanistan, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, the Republic of Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cuba, ...

FTMO just banned US citizens: USA update – January 2024: Since the establishment of our company, our goal has been to provide top-quality services for our clients. Unfortunately, at present, we are not able to do that in the United States due to specific conditions in the market segment there.

Besides the standard eligibility conditions, you should not have any past or prevailing conflict of interest with FTMO, or engagement in the Forbidden Trading Practices, as laid out in the Terms & Conditions (clause 5.4).

There is estimated to be a 90% fail rate of traders that take the FTMO challenge. The reason behind this is due to traders chasing the profit target with a time restriction in place. A trader doesnt know when a winning streak might occur, or when they may take a string of drawdowns.

In the case of the United States of America, FTMO does not accept clients in Louisiana, South Carolina, Montana, Arkansas, and Delaware. FTMO also does not accept clients – legal persons, who are company trusts.

FunderPro: FunderPro is the most popular alternative to FTMO. It has a similar two-step challenge process, but the requirements are slightly more lenient. For example, the FunderPro Challenge requires a 10% profit target in 30 days, while the FTMO Challenge requires a 12% profit target.

The reason for this is quite simple - capital requirements. While a broker has to have around $100,000 - $500,000 of locked capital to obtain one of the European licenses, NFA requires quite an enormous amount of capital to be able to operate in the US - 20 million dollars.

During the FTMO Challenge & Verification, you can ignore the rule of not trading in the window of 2 mins before to 2 minutes after the specific releases. We don't enforce it as we want to make it easier for you to pass the evaluation process.

The unlimited trading period is here! The 30 or 60 calendar days to complete the Evaluation Process are gone. Free repeats and 14-day extensions are also no longer needed because traders trying an FTMO Challenge and a Verification don't have to watch whether they can make 10% in 30 days or 5% in 60 days.

Even though FTMO Traders trade with fictitious capital only, they are entitled to obtain a reward in the form of real money if they can generate “profit” on an FTMO Account.

Is it safe to use FTMO? ›

Having successfully operated since 2015, we provided thousands of clients with their FTMO Accounts, and in total, we have paid out over $160 million. We've also been featured in Forbes and awarded by Deloitte and EY multiple times.

When you lose an FTMO challenge, you won't actually be losing something except for the fee amount that you paid for the challenge. However, you won't be able to continue with the challenge and your eligibility would be lost.

The two MetaTrader apps were banned on Apple's App Store in 2022 for their alleged use by fraudsters targeting the US citizens and residents.

These restricted countries include Russia, Burma (Myanmar), Iran, Sudan, Syria, North Korea, Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, the Central African Republic, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.

Although the Funding Pips' CEO said that it has active US clients, its website now shows the US, the UAE, and Vietnam as three restricted countries.