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The original modern prop firm (since 2015), $500M+ paid out. Famously lenient — news trading, weekend holding and EAs are all allowed. The traps are the 1-Step's trailing max-loss and its Best-Day consistency rule, plus a daily limit that resets at midnight Central European Time, not yours.
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A fresh wave of social discussion around FTMO reflects a broader question the funded trading sector keeps revisiting: what does a credible, established firm actually look like in 2025.
Aug 3, 2026
Traders on X and Reddit are openly discussing why they cut risk per trade during a live FTMO challenge, and the reasoning is more deliberate than it might first appear.
Jul 22, 2026
Eightcap has integrated its simulated trading challenges into TradingView, the second major firm to do so after FTMO, pointing to a distribution shift in how prop programs reach traders.
Jul 16, 2026
With industry pass rates estimated at 8-15%, the total spend across multiple challenge attempts can climb fast, and most traders never run the numbers first.
Jul 13, 2026
Trader chatter on X and Reddit is surfacing a common blind spot: FTMO's 30% daily profit cap can void a payout even when every loss limit is respected.
Jul 5, 2026
With dozens of funded-account programs available, traders who start with their own edge and work backward to firm structure tend to make more durable choices.
Jul 2, 2026
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