FTMO — 1-Step Challenge

Single-phase evaluation with tighter daily loss limits and a trailing drawdown — faster to funded, but less room for error.

Evaluation

Rule	Value
Profit Target	10%
Max Daily Loss	3%
Max Loss	10% (trailing)
Drawdown Type	Trailing — end-of-day trailing using highest preceding balance
Min Trading Days	None
Max Trading Period	Unlimited
Consistency Rule	50% — best trading day cannot exceed 50% of total positive days’ profit
News Trading	Allowed during evaluation

Funded Account

Rule	Value
Profit Target	None
Max Daily Loss	3%
Max Loss	10% (trailing)
Profit Split	80% (up to 90% with scaling)
Payout Cycle	14 days (bi-weekly)
News Trading	Restricted on Standard accounts — no new positions 2 min before to 2 min after high-impact news. Allowed on Swing accounts.

Account Sizes

Account Size	Profit Target	Daily Loss Floor	Max Loss Floor (initial)
$10,000	$11,000	$9,700	$9,000
$25,000	$27,500	$24,250	$22,500
$50,000	$55,000	$48,500	$45,000
$100,000	$110,000	$97,000	$90,000
$200,000	$220,000	$194,000	$180,000

Max loss floor trails upward at end-of-day. The values shown are the starting floors before any profit is made.

Key differences vs 2-Step

• One phase instead of two — pass once, get funded. No verification step.
• Tighter daily loss — 3% vs 5%. This is the biggest practical constraint. On a $100K account you can only lose $3,000 in a single day instead of $5,000.
• Trailing drawdown — the max loss trails with your highest balance (end-of-day). In the 2-Step it’s static. This means your safety buffer shrinks as you profit.
• 50% consistency rule — your best trading day cannot exceed 50% of your total profit from all positive days. The 2-Step has no consistency rule at all.
• No minimum trading days — you could theoretically pass in a single day if you spread your profit evenly enough to satisfy consistency. The 2-Step requires at least 4 days per phase.

Consistency is soft, not hard. The 50% best-day rule is not an immediate violation — it just means you need to keep trading until additional profitable days bring your best day below 50% of total positive-day profit. It’s tracked in Account MetriX.

Daily loss calculation: The 3% max daily loss resets at midnight CE(S)T. It includes both realized P&L and floating (unrealized) P&L for that day, using the higher of your opening balance or equity at the start of the trading day.

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Updated: Jun 25, 2026