The Original Prop Firm Challenge

2-Step FTMO Challenge

Our flagship since 2015 and the industry standard. A two-phase Evaluation Process designed to strenghten your discipline.

Start FTMO Challenge Show Objectives

Up to 90%

of your simulated profits
Refundable Fee

after success
Lower Profit Target

in Verification phase

Your 2-Step Path Through the Two Phases

FTMO Challenge

The FTMO Challenge is the first phase. It’s a test of your trading skills with clear, structured rules. Your goal is to show consistent and responsible trading.

Verificaton

Verification is a second phase. You’ll follow the same rules as before, but with a lower Profit Target. This phase is designed to verify consistency.

FTMO Account

After successfully completing the Identity Verification and consenting to the FTMO Account Agreement, you become an FTMO Trader with FTMO Account (2-Step).

Your path to rewards start here

Start FTMO Challenge

Explore the 2-Step Trading Objectives

Here are the Trading Objectives for 2-Step FTMO Challenge. Detailed description can be found here.

Profit Target

10% + 5%

Refund

100%

Reward

Up to 90%

Max Loss

10%

Max Daily Loss

5%

Min Trading Days

4 Days

Trading Period

Unlimited

Choose Your
FTMO Challenge

Complete FTMO’s Trading Objectives to become eligible to gain your demo FTMO Account.

Free Trial

Free Trial for 2-Step

Test if the 2-Step FTMO Challenge fits your strategy with a 14-day Free Trial.

No capital at risk
Trade with simulated capital
Practice your strategy

Start Free Trial

Frequently Asked Questions

Find your answers here!

Before you decide to start an FTMO Challenge, we want to make sure that you understand how the process works and what is expected from you. After you sign up, you can either start the FTMO Challenge: 1‑Step or the FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step right away, or — as we usually recommend — begin with our Free Trial. The Free Trial is a free, simplified version of the FTMO Challenge experience designed for practice purposes. Within the Free Trial, you can test some of our Trading Applications and rece... Read more

To become an FTMO Trader, you must successfully meet the conditions of one of our two products: FTMO Challenge: 1‑Step or FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step. Each product follows a different structure, which is outlined below. FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step The FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step consists of a two-step process. Phase 1: FTMO Challenge A demo account with fictitious capital where you trade according to our Trading Objectives.You will benefit from our proprietary FTMO trading solution with very low commi... Read more

What happens next depends on whether you are participating in theFTMO Challenge: 1‑Step or theFTMO Challenge: 2‑Step, as each product follows a different structure. FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step After you pass all the Trading Objectives in your FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step, you will see a notification in your Account MetriX informing you about your success. At this point, you no longer need to trade on the account, as all Trading Objectives are marked as passed. We will be automatically notified that ... Read more

What is FTMO Challenge: 1‑Step and how does it differ from FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step? FTMO Challenge: 1‑Step is a simplified evaluation product that consists of a single evaluation phase. Unlike FTMO Challenge: 2‑Step, it does not include a separate Verification phase. From the perspective of Trading Objectives, the two products are structured differently. More detailed information about the specific Trading Objectives is available on the Trading Objectives page. The evaluation is completed ... Read more

Australian clients have access to the FTMO Account Swing with up to 1:30 leverage, which uniquely offers no restrictions on news trading or holding trades over the weekend. Should Australian clients meet the criteria as Professional traders they become eligible for the FTMO Account with 1:100 leverage, where specific rules regarding news and weekend trading restrictions are applicable. Only our professional FTMO Traders trading with 1:100 leverage are NOT allowed to execute any new trade or c... Read more

Australian clients holding an FTMO Account Swing are not required to close their positions overnight or during the weekend. However, if you become a professional trader and get a FTMO Account with 1:100 leverage, we require you to close your positions just before the markets close for the weekend or if the rollover (market break) is longer than 2 hours. Our Australian professional FTMO Traders having the FTMO Account with 1:100 leverage must respect the market timings. Every asset class and i... Read more

Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Show all FAQs.