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FTMO FTMO
NYS Markets NYS Markets
FTMO 7.8 Get Started
NYS Markets 6.9 Get Started
Overview
Asset Type CFD CFD
Country Czech Republic Saint Lucia
Established Jan 2015 Jan 2015
Technology Proprietary White-Label
Platforms cTrader, MT5, MT4 Trading View, Match Trader, MT5
Trading Rules
Profit Split Up to 90% Best 80% (scales up to 100%)
Daily Drawdown Maximum Daily Loss Amount, which is 5% of the Initial Simulated Capital (2-Step) or 3% (1-Step) Instant: 3% daily / 5% trailing. Step 1: 3% daily / 6% max. Step 2: 5% daily / 10% max.
Payout Frequency - Weekly
Funded traders receive weekly payouts, processed within 24 hours
Direct Path to Funded ✗ No ✗ No
Reviews & Reputation
Review Count 0 reviews 0 reviews
Avg. Rating No ratings yet No ratings yet
Pros & Cons
Main Benefits
  • Up to 90% of your simulated profits as a reward, accounts up to $200,000 FTMO Account, established 2015 with 3.5M+ customers worldwide, MT4 MT5 cTrader supported, 100% refund of initial fee on first reward (2-Step), Prague-based with $500M+ paid in rewards
  • Three programs (Instant, 1-Step, 2-Step). Up to $150,000 simulated capital. 80% profit split scaling to 100%. Weekly payouts within 24h. Available in 190+ countries. MT5, Match Trader and TradingView. NYS Academy education + Smart Journal + NYS GPT. Premium Programme scaling to $2M. Spin & Trade reward feature.
Main Drawbacks
  • All accounts we provide to our clients are demo accounts with fictitious funds and any trading is in a simulated environment only; prices charged in EUR; 2-Step Verification phase required before reaching FTMO Account
  • Instant program enforces 15% consistency rule and 1% max open risk. 2-Step required reaching 8% then 5% with tight risk caps. Founders/UBO not publicly listed. Saint Lucia tech entity (NYS Markets Ltd) + Hong Kong operator (NYS Corp Limited) — offshore structure, unregulated.
Offers & Promo Codes
Active Offers No offers No offers

Challenge Details

FTMO Challenges

10 challenges
Price Account Size Step Profit Target Max Daily Loss Max Drawdown Profit Split Activation Fee
$79
EUR one-time 		$10K 1 Step P1: 10%
 P1: 3%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount (1-Step)
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
 90% None
$89
EUR one-time 		$10K 2 Steps P1: 10%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount
P2: 5%
Verification phase
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
P2: 10% Maximum Loss
 Up to 90% None
$199
EUR one-time 		$25K 1 Step P1: 10%
 P1: 3%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount (1-Step)
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
 90% None
$250
EUR one-time 		$25K 2 Steps P1: 10%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount
P2: 5%
Verification phase
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
P2: 10% Maximum Loss
 Up to 90% None
$319
EUR one-time 		$50K 1 Step P1: 10%
 P1: 3%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount (1-Step)
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
 90% None
$345
EUR one-time 		$50K 2 Steps P1: 10%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount
P2: 5%
Verification phase
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
P2: 10% Maximum Loss
 Up to 90% None
$540 $439
EUR one-time (popular tier, on sale) 		$100K 2 Steps P1: 10%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount
P2: 5%
Verification phase
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
P2: 10% Maximum Loss
 Up to 90% None
$499
EUR one-time (popular tier) 		$100K 1 Step P1: 10%
 P1: 3%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount (1-Step)
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
 90% None
$999
EUR one-time 		$200K 1 Step P1: 10%
 P1: 3%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount (1-Step)
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
 90% None
$1080
EUR one-time 		$200K 2 Steps P1: 10%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss Amount
P2: 5%
Verification phase
P1: 10% Maximum Loss
P2: 10% Maximum Loss
 Up to 90% None

NYS Markets Challenges

6 challenges
Price Account Size Step Profit Target Max Daily Loss Max Drawdown Profit Split Activation Fee
$36 $5K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P2: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% (scales up to 100%) None
$79 $10K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P2: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% (scales up to 100%) None
$149 $20K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P2: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% (scales up to 100%) None
$299 $50K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P2: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% (scales up to 100%) None
$529 $100K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P2: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% (scales up to 100%) None
$749 $150K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P2: 5%
Maximum Daily Loss 5%
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% (scales up to 100%) None
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