FTMO Futures vs The5ers Futures: prop firm rules compared

On FTMO Futures and The5ers Futures the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at FTMO Futures and The5ers Futures a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

On FTMO Futures the trailing floor stops rising once it reaches breakeven and stays there.

A hard daily loss limit ends the evaluation: one day that loses that much fails the account. FTMO Futures' Pro plan sets it at $1,000 on $50,000. FTMO Futures' Growth plan and The5ers Futures have no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

FTMO Futures starts the trading day at 6:00 PM ET (5:00 PM CT); a daily loss limit counts from that reset, not from midnight.

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. FTMO Futures' Growth plan caps any single day at 40% of total profit, so it takes at least 3 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,200 of a $3,000 target. FTMO Futures' Pro plan caps any single day at 50% of total profit, so it takes at least 2 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,500 of a $3,000 target.

FTMO Futures and The5ers Futures set no minimum number of days.

On automated trading — a strategy or bot sending the orders — at FTMO Futures it is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account; The5ers Futures has no written answer on record. Written answers: FTMO Futures (read Oct 21, 2026).

FTMO Futures and The5ers Futures differ on one of the evaluation rules compared here, the daily loss limit. If you keep trading after a losing morning, look at what the daily loss limit does: FTMO Futures fails the account at its daily loss limit on some plans and has no limit on others; The5ers Futures has no daily loss limit.

Once funded, the profit split is 90/10 at FTMO Futures and 80/20 at The5ers Futures. Payout terms — FTMO Futures: Every 4 qualifying days (Growth) / 5 (Pro); The5ers Futures: Bi-weekly (every 14 days). FTMO Futures sells 2 plans: Growth and Pro; The5ers Futures sells one evaluation model. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan. If a strategy or bot will send your orders, FTMO Futures' written answer is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account, and The5ers Futures has no written answer on record.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on FTMO Futures' site and The5ers Futures' site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.