How to pass an FTMO Futures evaluation: the rules and the math
- FTMO Futures sells 2 evaluations: Growth Evaluation and Pro Evaluation.
- Drawdown: both plans trail end of day, stopping at the starting balance.
- Consistency to pass: Growth Evaluation 40% and Pro Evaluation 50%.
- These are FTMO Futures's published rules as of September 25, 2026. FTMO Futures's current help center always governs.
This guide walks through what each FTMO Futures evaluation actually requires, with the numbers worked out at 50K, and what changes once you're funded. It explains the rules and the arithmetic; it doesn't recommend a plan or a strategy.
The evaluations at a glance
| Plan | Target | Max drawdown | Consistency | Daily loss limit | Min days | Max minis / micros |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Evaluation (50K) | $3,000 | $2,000, end of day | 40% | None | — | 5 / 50 |
| Pro Evaluation (50K) | $3,000 | $3,000, end of day | 50% | Fails | — | 5 / 50 |
Every plan and size, with sources, is on the FTMO Futures rules page.
Plan by plan
Growth Evaluation
On a 50K, your floor starts at $48,000 and trails your highest end-of-day balance. It stops rising once it reaches $50,000, your starting balance, which happens the first time your close reaches $52,000. From then on it's fixed.
Your best day can be at most 40% of your total profit. On a $3,000 target that makes $1,200 the biggest day that keeps the target where it is. A $1,700 best day would mean you need $4,250 of total profit ($1,700 ÷ 0.4). It also means you can't pass in fewer than 3 days.
Daily loss limit: no daily loss limit. List price (50K): $119 a month, with no activation fee.
FTMO Futures's own notes on this plan:
- FTMO Futures is in beta (launched Aug 31, 2026); FTMO warns of possible bugs and platform interruptions.
- No daily loss limit during the Growth evaluation.
- If your best day is over 40% of total closed profit, you keep trading until it is 40% or less. You do not fail.
- No minimum trading days; the consistency rule makes 3 days the practical minimum.
- The target counts only with all positions closed; passes are assessed after the trading day ends.
- Flat with no resting orders by 4:10 PM ET (or the market close, if earlier). News trading is allowed.
- No opening new positions within 2% of a CME price limit.
- Monthly subscription. A breached evaluation gets a new account at the next billing date, or immediately with a reset.
Pro Evaluation
On a 50K, your floor starts at $47,000 and trails your highest end-of-day balance. It stops rising once it reaches $50,000, your starting balance, which happens the first time your close reaches $53,000. From then on it's fixed.
Your best day can be at most 50% of your total profit. On a $3,000 target that makes $1,500 the biggest day that keeps the target where it is. A $2,000 best day would mean you need $4,000 of total profit ($2,000 ÷ 0.5). It also means you can't pass in fewer than 2 days.
Daily loss limit: $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 (50K / 100K / 150K); hitting it fails the account. List price (50K): $139 a month, with no activation fee.
FTMO Futures's own notes on this plan:
- FTMO Futures is in beta (launched Aug 31, 2026).
- The daily loss limit is hard and measured from the balance at the start of each trading day; breaching it fails the evaluation.
- If your best day is over 50% of total closed profit, you keep trading until it is 50% or less. You do not fail.
- No minimum trading days; the consistency rule makes 2 days the practical minimum.
- Flat with no resting orders by 4:10 PM ET (or the market close, if earlier). News trading is allowed.
- No opening new positions within 2% of a CME price limit.
The math of the race
Every evaluation is a race: the target up before the drawdown down. At 50K on Growth Evaluation, that's $3,000 before $2,000, so you need 1.5 times the drawdown in profit before losing it once, and while the floor is trailing, your room never exceeds $2,000.
One way traders reason about this is a daily risk budget sized against the room they have. With $2,000 of room, a $500 budget survives four full losing days; a larger one reaches the target sooner but survives fewer. Which balance fits depends on your win rate, average win and loss, and trade count. The pass rate calculator runs your numbers against every FTMO Futures plan, and TradeHarbor's Pass simulator does the same with your real trades.
After you pass
- Growth Sim-Funded: trails end of day, stops at the starting balance; no payout consistency rule in the firm's published rules we track.
- Pro Sim-Funded: trails end of day, stops at the starting balance; no payout consistency rule in the firm's published rules we track.
Payout requirements for each funded plan are on the FTMO Futures rules page.
This guide explains FTMO Futures's published rules and the arithmetic behind them. It isn't trading or financial advice, and it doesn't recommend any firm or strategy. FTMO Futures changes its rules from time to time; check its help center before you buy.