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 principles of capital increments are. 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. The FTMO Account is connected to our Proprietary Trading Firm’s live trading account with real capital, where we can generate real trades. 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 months (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 balance needs to be above the initial capital (in profit) during the time of scale-up. If the trader fulfils this, the initial capital of the FTMO Account will be increased by 25%. If the balance is below its initial capital, the scale-up will be postponed until the balance is in profit. Along with that, the basis for the calculation of loss limits will change accordingly and risk parameters will be loosened. After another 4 months, if the trader again satisfies the conditions of appreciation and the ratio of profitable months, he/she will gain the eligibility of further increase of the capital by 25% of the Initial Capital of the FTMO Account. Increments of capital have no ceiling.
The following table demonstrates a scenario of the capital and risk parameters development on the FTMO Account in case the trader successfully passed the evaluation process with 200k USD initial capital and fulfils the conditions for capital increments:
- Elapsed Time
- 0 months
- 4 months
- 8 months
- 12 months
- 16 months
- …
- Capital
- 200,000 USD
- 250,000 USD
- 300,000 USD
- 350,000 USD
- 400,000 USD
- …
- Maximum Daily Loss
- 10,000 USD
- 12,500 USD
- 15,000 USD
- 17,500 USD
- 20,000 USD
- …
- Maximum Loss
- 20,000 USD
- 25,000 USD
- 30,000 USD
- 35,000 USD
- 40,000 USD
- …
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 capital and twice the loss limits (this applies to any starting capital). 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.
