Scaling Plan

Obtaining the FTMO Account does not mean that cooperation between the trader and our project will not develop any further. Quite the contrary, on this page, you will see what the increments principles are. A higher account balance provides the trader with the opportunity to scale up the positions accordingly, while not taking higher risks. Remember, our project has the same goal as you. However, it needs to be understood that traders might face periods when they don’t earn any profits. In general, trading is a risky business and we don’t promise high returns. Note that FTMO provides to its clients demo accounts with virtual capital in all stages of the cooperation. An FTMO Account is connected to our Proprietary Trading Firm’s live trading accounts with real capital where we can generate cash flow. This solution is much administratively easier and gives our company the freedom to actively manage risk in certain markets.

Trading Objective
Maximum Daily Loss
Minimum Equity

Standard
5% of the initial balance
10% of the initial balance

Aggressive
10% of the initial balance
20% of the initial balance

Capital increments on the FTMO Account take place in four-month cycles. For a capital increase, the trader has to gain at least 10 added percentage points in four consecutive trading cycles (i.e., the average of at least 2.5% gain per month). At the same time, at least 2 of these 4 months need to be profitable. It is important that the trader’s account balance needs to be above the initial account balance (in profit) at the time of scale-up. If the trader fulfils this, the initial account balance of the FTMO Account will be increased by 25%. If the balance is below its initial level, the scale-up will be postponed until the account balance is in profit. Along with that, the basis for the calculation of loss limits will change accordingly and the calculation of loss limits does not change (it remains 5% Max Daily Loss/10% Max Loss of the initial account balance after Scale-up). After another 4 months, if the trader satisfies the account growth conditions, along with the ratio of profitable months again, he/she will gain the eligibility of further increase of the demo capital by 25% of the initial account balance of the FTMO Account. Increments of demo capital have no ceiling.

The following table demonstrates a scenario of the account balance and risk parameters development on the FTMO Account in case the trader successfully passed the Evaluation Process with 200k USD initial account balance and fulfils the conditions for capital increments:

Elapsed Time	Initial Balance	Maximum Daily Loss	Maximum Loss
0 months	$200,000	$10,000	$20,000
4 months	$250,000	$12,500	$25,000
8 months	$300,000	$15,000	$30,000
12 months	$350,000	$17,500	$35,000
16 months	$400,000	$20,000	$40,000

As you can see in the table above, in the best possible scenario, already after a year and a third, the trader will have at his/her FTMO Account twice the balance and twice the loss limits (this applies to any starting balance). We believe that this Scaling Plan will encourage traders to trade consistently while not taking unnecessary risks and treat the FTMO Account with longevity in mind. Please note high returns are not guaranteed and trading, in general, is a risky business.

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