For Traders Review: rules, challenges and payouts

Platforms4

• MT5MT5
• cTradercTrader
• TradeLockerTradeLocker
• For Traders XFor Traders X

The details

Data feed / broker

Liquidity-provider quotes on MT5, cTrader and TradeLocker · For Traders X, the firm's own futures platform, with CME Group market data included

Assets

FXIndicesMetalsEnergyCryptoAgriculture

Instruments

Forex accounts: major and minor pairs, gold and silver, indices, commodities and the top 5 crypto pairs. Crypto accounts: 70+ pairs, 24/7. Futures: ES, NQ, YM, GC, SI, HG, CL, NG and grains on CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT. There is also a prediction-markets beta.

Leverage and limits

Forex challenges: forex 1:125, indices 1:20, commodities 1:40. Master accounts: 1:30, 1:10, 1:10. Fast Static is 1:20, 1:10, 1:10 in both phases; Instant Pro 1:10, 1:5, 1:5. Crypto: BTC and ETH 1:5, others 1:2; Crypto Fast Pro 1:20 on everything. Futures are capped by contracts: 2 minis at $25K, 4 at $50K, 6 at $100K (3 on the $50K Fast Pro).

Commissions

Forex and commodities $3 per lot, indices free, crypto $25 per lot, futures 0.2% per order (minimum $3). Futures market data is included.

Max allocation

$300K$300,000 across all Master and Instant accounts combined, forex, crypto and futures together. There is no limit on challenge accounts.

Legal entity

FT Trading Ltd.

1. 01

   Drawdown Protection: a 2% open loss closes everything

   Strict

   On Fast, Fast Static, Classic, Pay After Pass and forex Instant Master accounts, the system watches the combined floating loss of your open trades in real time. When it reaches 2% of the starting balance, the first time every position is closed at market and the account survives at a 50% split; the second time the account is closed. Closed losses do not count, only open ones.

   Example

   A $50,000 Fast Master account holds three trades whose combined open loss hits $1,000: all are closed and your split drops from 80% to 50%. Hit −$1,000 open again and the account is closed.

2. 02

   Forex and crypto: a trailing floor from your highest balance

   Strict

   The 6% on Fast, Pay After Pass and Crypto Fast, and the 5% or 6% on the Instant accounts, are measured from the highest balance the account has recorded: the floor is that high minus the percentage, never above the starting balance. On Instant accounts it locks at the starting balance after the first reward. Withdrawals count as losses, so taking out all your profit puts you on the floor.

   Example

   A $100,000 Fast starts with a $94,000 floor. At a $103,000 high the floor is 94% of that, $96,820; above about $106,383 it stops at $100,000.

3. 03

   Daily loss: a fixed amount, reset at midnight CET

   Strict

   The daily limit is a fixed share of the starting balance (3% on most accounts, 4% on Classic), reset at 00:00 CE(S)T from the higher of balance or equity at that moment; Fast Static uses balance only. Closed and floating losses both count, and touching it on an open trade is a breach.

   Example

   A $100,000 Classic starts the day with a $103,000 balance and $102,000 equity. The higher figure minus $4,000 gives a $99,000 floor for the day.

4. 04

   Futures: an end-of-day floor and a 3:10 PM CT flatten

   Strict

   The futures maximum loss is a fixed dollar amount that rises with your highest end-of-day balance, never falls on losses, and stops at the starting balance; after the first reward it resets to the starting balance. Trading runs 5:00 PM to 3:10 PM CT, Monday to Friday, and anything still open is closed automatically, so there is no overnight or weekend holding.

   Example

   A $100,000 Futures Fast starts with a $97,500 floor. Close a day at $101,000 and it rises to $98,500; close at $99,500 the next day and it stays; close above $102,500 and it locks at $100,000.

5. 05

   Consistency: no single day may dominate

   Watch out

   Instant and Crypto Instant (15%), Futures Instant (15%), the Pay After Pass Master (20%), the Crypto Fast Pro Master (35%) and the futures Fast challenge (40%) require your best day to be below that share of total profit before you pass or get paid. Go over and you keep trading until it falls back. Other accounts have no consistency rule.

   Example

   On a forex Instant account your best day is $500, so total profit must pass $3,333.33 to meet 15%. Make $600 on a later day and the bar rises to $4,000.

6. 06

   Profitable days: at least 0.5% of the starting balance

   Watch out

   On forex and crypto a profitable day means closed profit of at least 0.5% of the starting balance. Fast, Fast Static and Classic need 3 per phase and before each reward; Crypto Fast 6; the Instant accounts 7. Futures Master accounts need 5, each closing $100, $150 or $200 above the day before. They need not be consecutive.

   Example

   On a $100,000 account a profitable day needs at least $500 closed; a $480 day does not count.

7. 07

   News: no new forex Master trades within 5 minutes

   Watch out

   Forex challenges may trade news freely. Forex Master and Instant accounts may not open new trades from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after high-impact news; profit from trades opened in that 10-minute window is not counted (no violation). Trades opened at least 5 minutes earlier may be held, and their profit counts even if closed inside the window. Crypto and futures are unrestricted.

   Example

   NFP is released at 14:30 CEST. A EURUSD trade opened at 14:22 may be held; one opened at 14:27 earns nothing even if it wins.

8. 08

   Banned strategies and the code of conduct

   Watch out

   Every trade must be held at least 5 seconds. Grid, martingale, tick scalping, HFT, autonomous bots, cross-account hedging, copying in from outside, and group or signal trading are banned, and making more than 70% of the target from one trade or same-direction trades on one symbol counts as gambling. Filing a chargeback, posting negative or misleading statements, or publishing your correspondence with the firm without permission ends the relationship permanently.

9. 09

   Inactivity: 30, 14 or 7 days

   Good to know

   Forex Fast, Fast Static, Classic, Pay After Pass and Crypto Fast: 30 days; every Instant account and the futures challenge: 7 days; futures Master: 14 days. Counted from your last closed trade, so opening alone does not reset it, and token 0.01-lot trades do not count as meaningful.

Trading styles

• News trading

  With conditions

  Free in challenges, crypto and futures; forex Master and Instant accounts may not open new trades within 5 minutes of high-impact news.

• EAs / bots

  With conditions

  Only as decision support (alerts, position sizing, partial management); anything that opens or closes trades on its own is a banned bot.

• Copy trading

  With conditions

  Only outward, from your For Traders account to your own external accounts; copying in is banned.

• Hedging

  With conditions

  Hedging across accounts is banned.

• Holding overnight

  With conditions

  Yes on forex and crypto; futures are closed out at 3:10 PM CT daily.

• Holding over the weekend

  With conditions

  Yes on all forex and crypto accounts; not on futures.

• Scalping

  With conditions

  Allowed with a 5-second minimum hold; tick scalping and HFT are banned.

1. 01 · First payout

   Fast, Fast Static, Classic and Crypto Fast: after a 14-day cycle with the required profitable days and at least $100 profit. Pay After Pass: on demand once you clear the 3% buffer. Instant accounts: after a 14-day cycle with 7 profitable days, consistency and the 3% buffer. Futures: on demand once profitable days and buffer are met. KYC and the contract come just before the first reward.

2. 02 · After that

   Every 14 days or on demand, by program. The risk team reviews within 48 business hours and credits your For Traders wallet; miss that and the reward is paid at a 100% split, unless a verification call is requested. Wallet withdrawals usually go out within hours on working days.

3. 03 · Profit split

   80% on most programs; Classic can be bought at 70% or 90%; Instant and Crypto Instant start at 70% and rise 5% per reward to 90%; Instant Pro starts at 60% and rises 10% per reward; Crypto Fast Pro 90%.

Minimum

$100 of profit per reward (3% of the starting balance on Instant Pro); $100 minimum to withdraw from the wallet.

Caps

Forex and crypto: $15,000 per reward (Crypto Fast Pro steps 3%, 5%, 10% of balance). Futures Fast $800/$1,500/$2,500; Futures Instant $1,500/$3,000/$4,500; Fast Pro $1,200 for the first four, then up to $10,000 on the 5th before the account closes.

Payout methods

• Rise Pay (bank transfer, crypto, local methods)
• Crypto transfer

Before you can request

• KYC and the contract before the first reward; a verification call is mandatory if the risk team asks.
• Wallet withdrawal fees: $100–$399 by crypto for $25; $400 and up by Rise for $50. Wallet funds can also buy new challenges.
• Trailing floors count withdrawals as losses; on Instant and futures accounts the floor locks or resets to the starting balance after the first reward, so leave a buffer.
• No fee is refunded, including the Pay After Pass entry fee.

What we read

1. 01Challenges and price list
2. 02Our Rules (all programs)
3. 03Pay After Pass
4. 04Promo codes
5. 05Restricted countries
6. 06Drawdown Protection
7. 07Trailing Max Drawdown (forex, crypto)
8. 08Trailing Max Drawdown EOD (futures)
9. 09Daily Drawdown
10. 10FAST account (forex)
11. 11CLASSIC account (forex)
12. 12PAY AFTER PASS account (forex)
13. 13INSTANT account (forex)
14. 14INSTANT PRO account (forex)
15. 15FAST account (futures)
16. 16Reward policy, futures
17. 17Market hours, futures
18. 18New withdrawal system
19. 19What is forbidden
20. 20Max allocation
21. 21Terms and Conditions

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