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A star rating is the easiest thing on the internet to fake, so we don't lead with it. Here's the sourced evidence on FTMO — weighting the signals that are hard to fake (longevity, independent audits, on-chain proof, regulated ownership, shutdown history) over reviews. We take no money from any firm.
the evidence
Each signal is tagged verifiable (checkable against a regulator, blockchain, audit or public record) or self-reported. We don't invent a score — just the evidence and an overall read.
Operating since 2015 across 140 countries — one of the longest continuous records in the industry.
Cumulative payout totals ($200M–$500M+ cited) are self-reported; no independent audit (the industry norm).
Clean — no regulatory action or shutdown in 10+ years.
1–2 business-day payouts, no withdrawal fee.
Trustpilot 4.8 across 40,000+ reviews — corroborated by the long track record.
the rules that block payouts
consistency: Best Day rule: your best day must not exceed 50% of your Positive Days' Profit — 1-Step Challenge and 1-Step FTMO Account only; the 2-Step track has none. Exceeding it is NOT a breach: it gates passing/payout until you dilute it with more profitable days.
prohibited: Bans exploiting price/delay errors, latency & arbitrage tools, manipulative trades between connected accounts (cross-account hedging), EAs causing >2,000 server requests/day, and strategies that artificially spread profit across days to dodge the Best Day rule. Gap trading restricted when major news is scheduled or ≤2h before a ≥2h market close. Single-account opposite positions and normal scalping allowed. Splits: 1-Step 90%; 2-Step 80% rising to 90% via the Scaling Plan.
The rules above are where most payouts actually get blocked. Run the free payout check to see which of them your own trading could trip — before the withdrawal window.
find your fit
How much friction each trading style hits at FTMO — ok, caution, or flagged. Want this ranked across every firm for your exact style? Use the fit checker.
questions
On the signals that are hardest to fake — longevity, independent audits or regulated ownership, and a clean shutdown history — FTMO has one of the stronger records in this set. That is not a guarantee (no firm is), so confirm its current standing and don't leave large balances unwithdrawn.
Across prop firms, payouts are most often blocked by a consistency/best-day rule, a "prohibited strategy" flag (tick scalping, news-window trading, hedging), an opaque copy-trading or latency-arbitrage flag (sometimes a false positive on an honest trader), or an operational trap such as an open trade at the moment you request a withdrawal. The free payout check shows which of these your trading could trip — before the withdrawal window, not after.
No. EdgeLedger takes no affiliate money to rank firms and invents no score. The signals here are aggregated from public, cited sources and were last reviewed 2026-06-11. Rules and standings change — always confirm the current rulebook on FTMO's own site before you trade.
> Aggregated from public sources, cited above. We don't audit firms ourselves and we don't invent a score. Prop-firm rules, standings and ownership change often — confirm the current position on FTMO's own site before you trade or rely on any of this. EdgeLedger is independent and not affiliated with any prop firm. Not financial or legal advice. See the full shutdown & payout-denial tracker.
before you withdraw
The free payout check shows what could block your withdrawal — consistency math, sizing drift and the patterns firms flag — then EdgeLedger watches it live on your real trades. No signup to try it.
