The category benchmark — slow, expensive, and still the one we'd hand a first-time challenger. Full rule breakdown, payout cycle, and verdict after eighteen months on the platform.
Sitewide code on $10K–$200K Challenge accounts. Stacks with the refundable fee return on first payout. One use per email. Verified live this week.
Comparing the real cost of a funded $100K account once you account for failed phases, refunded fees, profit split and the unspoken consistency rules each firm enforces.
Why 5% of the initial balance is the rule that fails most retail traders, and how to design a session-level risk budget that respects it without crippling your edge.
From the €89 entry on the $10K account up to €1,080 on the $200K. Standard, Swing and Aggressive variants compared side by side.
A receipts-and-timestamps walkthrough of a real €4,200 withdrawal — from the in-dashboard request to SEPA arrival 41 hours later.
Lower leverage, weekend and news holding allowed, slightly higher fee. We break down the strategies where the Swing account out-earns the Normal one, and the ones where it doesn't.
The new wave of one-step challenges undercuts FTMO on price by 40% or more. Why we still keep recommending it for traders on their first evaluation.