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FTMO FTMO Challenge (2-Step) 200K rules
Checked on FTMO's own pages on October 24, 2026. Rules change: FTMO's dashboard is the final word.
Phase 1 (FTMO Challenge)
- Profit target
- 10% of the starting balance ($20,000) in profit. source
- Max drawdown
- 10% of the starting balance ($20,000): a static floor that never moves. Touching it at any moment, open trades included, fails the account. source
- Daily loss limit
- 5% of the starting balance ($10,000), measured from the balance at the start of the trading day, open trades included. Hitting it fails the account. source
- Trading day
- The trading day runs midnight to midnight, Prague time. source
- Minimum trading days
- 4 days with a position opened. source
Phase 2 (Verification)
- Profit target
- 5% of the starting balance ($10,000) in profit. source
- Max drawdown
- 10% of the starting balance ($20,000): a static floor that never moves. Touching it at any moment, open trades included, fails the account. source
- Daily loss limit
- 5% of the starting balance ($10,000), measured from the balance at the start of the trading day, open trades included. Hitting it fails the account. source
- Trading day
- The trading day runs midnight to midnight, Prague time. source
- Minimum trading days
- 4 days with a position opened. source
FTMO Account
- Max drawdown
- 10% of the starting balance ($20,000): a static floor that never moves. Touching it at any moment, open trades included, fails the account. source
- Daily loss limit
- 5% of the starting balance ($10,000), measured from the balance at the start of the trading day, open trades included. Hitting it fails the account. source
- Trading day
- The trading day runs midnight to midnight, Prague time. No holding over the weekend. source
- News trading
- No trading from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after: US Fed funds rate decision and statement, FOMC minutes, US Nonfarm Payrolls / unemployment / wages, US CPI, US Advance GDP, Selected EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, NZD and CHF releases (FTMO restricted list), Crude oil inventories. source
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