FTMO Review: Fees, Rules and Payout Mechanics

95% profit split (Stellar), 15% profit share during challenge, news trading allowed in evaluation, 24hr payout guarantee

Scale to $4M, 100% split at top tier, 10 year track record, 4.8 Trustpilot

Fully configurable parameters, up to 100% split, multi asset coverage, on demand payouts

Pick FTMO if you weight track record, regulated broker infrastructure and the absence of a consistency rule above all else. Pick FundedNext if you want a higher headline split (up to ninety five percent), unrestricted news trading and twenty four hour payout processing, and you can accept a younger firm with a forty percent consistency rule.

Pick FTMO if longevity, regulated execution and operational maturity matter most. Pick FundingPips if you want lower fees, a higher cap on the profit split and faster onboarding, accepting that the firm has roughly four years of operating history versus FTMO's ten.

Pick FTMO if you want a single, well-understood product with the largest payout history. Pick The5ers if you want a smaller starting account (from $2.5K), the option of a 1, 2 or 3-step path, and a profit split that scales toward 100 percent through the funded programme.

Pick Apex if you want US futures market access through Tradovate or Rithmic, one-time fees and the largest payout track record in the futures space. Pick FTMO if you want forex, indices, metals and crypto through MT4, MT5 or cTrader, with the longest payout history in that category.

Pick FTMO for the longest verifiable payout history and OANDA-backed infrastructure. Pick E8 Markets for its wider evaluation catalogue and higher headline split ceiling.

Pick FTMO if you want the industry benchmark for track record and a single well-understood ruleset. Pick FXIFY if you want per-purchase configurability and on-demand payouts.

Pick FTMO if you want MT4, MT5 or cTrader access to forex, indices and metals, or a 1 to 2 days first payout window fits your cashflow. Pick Topstep if you want US futures on Rithmic or Tradovate rather than spot FX, or the "49/month entry fee at the 100K tier changes your break-even maths. Neither firm is objectively better; the wrong one is the firm whose rules you will forget under pressure.

Pick FTMO if you want MT4, MT5 or cTrader access to forex, indices and metals, or a static 10% drawdown gives you a fixed floor to plan against. Pick My Funded Futures if you want US futures on Rithmic or Tradovate rather than spot FX, or the ~"07/month entry fee at the 100K tier changes your break-even maths. Traders who plan to hold overnight or through news should read the specific policy on each firm's site before committing capital.

Pick Alpha Futures if you want US futures on Rithmic or Tradovate rather than spot FX, or the "65 one-time entry fee at the 100K tier changes your break-even maths. Pick FTMO if you want MT4, MT5 or cTrader access to forex, indices and metals, or trading without a consistency rule matches how you actually size positions. The realistic decision comes down to which of the two rule sets you will still respect after a losing week.

Pick FTMO if you want MT4, MT5 or cTrader access to forex, indices and metals, or trading without a consistency rule matches how you actually size positions. Pick Tradeify if you want US futures on Rithmic or Tradovate rather than spot FX, or the ~"39/month entry fee at the 100K tier changes your break-even maths. Traders who plan to hold overnight or through news should read the specific policy on each firm's site before committing capital.

Pick Earn2Trade if you want US futures on Rithmic or Tradovate rather than spot FX, or the ~"50/month (TCP100) entry fee at the 100K tier changes your break-even maths. Pick FTMO if you want MT4, MT5 or cTrader access to forex, indices and metals, or the ninety percent headline split materially affects your annual take. Traders who plan to hold overnight or through news should read the specific policy on each firm's site before committing capital.