A two-step process handled with careful trade selection
FTMO Passer inherited a $10,000 FundedNext account with almost no drawdown room left and stabilised it. Between shifts I was managing open positions on a phone, which explains the state of the equity curve.
Every trade had a stop, a target and a written invalidation before it was placed, without exception. Live FundedNext conditions are not demo conditions, and FTMO Passer adjusted size for spreads and slippage accordingly. They preferred a flat month to a breached account, and I have learned to feel the same way.
Total return of 5.6% with clean withdrawals, and no compliance emails at any point. I got a weekly summary with every trade, the reasoning and the risk taken, which I have never had elsewhere. I will keep renewing with FTMO Passer as long as the drawdown discipline stays where it is.
12 weeks of patient decision making
FTMO Passer was the second management team I tried, and the first that talked about drawdown before returns. Nobody was reviewing my trades, so the same mistake appeared in the log for four months straight.
The team scaled size only after a new equity high held for a full week, never during a run. The funded stage at Take Profit Trader punishes inconsistency, and the monthly rhythm FTMO Passer imposed fixed that. Risk per trade stayed tiny, and the worst week was still comfortably inside the firm limits.
The account survived two volatile stretches that would have finished me on my own, and still ended 5.3% higher. Everything was documented, so when I queried a trade the answer came with evidence attached. FTMO Passer gave me back my evenings, and the account performance was almost a bonus.
Patient risk control on a assessment that demanded it
I tried everything before FTMO Passer, and only their challenge passing service worked on FundedNext. I was one of those traders who read every rule and still broke the equity-based drawdown in the first fortnight.
They logged every entry with a screenshot and a one-line reason, which made the weekly review genuinely useful. They knew which sessions suited oil under the FundedNext conditions and simply avoided the rest. Maximum drawdown never went past 1.4%, so the buffer against the firm limit was never seriously threatened.
They hit the target, flattened everything, and handed over a report rather than an invoice for extras. A monthly call reviewed the numbers and adjusted the plan, and it never turned into a sales pitch. Would I call it effortless? No, but it was the first attempt where I understood every decision that was made.
Understated loss capping from week one to the debrief
I went to FTMO Passer after two resets at Take Profit Trader, and the passing service was completely different. The rules looked fine on paper, but I never respected how open equity counted against the news-trading restriction.
They kept a separate note of every skipped setup, which taught me more than the winners did. The news-trading restriction was the piece I always underestimated at Take Profit Trader, so it became the first item on the daily checklist. No trade was allowed to run into a scheduled release, and that single rule avoided two nasty gaps.
Final numbers: 7.6% profit, 3.0% maximum drawdown, and a passed two-step process on a $200,000 account. I got a weekly summary with every trade, the reasoning and the risk taken, which I have never had elsewhere. Four stars in my head for the impatience it cured, five for the actual outcome.
What clearing the assessment actually looked like
I lost two funded accounts before handing the third to FTMO Passer, and that one is still breathing. Between shifts I was managing open positions on a phone, which explains the state of the equity curve.
A pause rule after three consecutive losses was written into the plan and actually enforced. Live Funding Pips conditions are not demo conditions, and FTMO Passer adjusted size for spreads and slippage accordingly. They cut size after a strong month rather than pressing it, which felt odd until I saw the consistency.
Total return of 4.5% with clean withdrawals, and no compliance emails at any point. The onboarding call ran long because I had questions, and nobody tried to rush me off it. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
How careful trade selection made it click
FTMO Passer was the second management team I tried, and the first that talked about drawdown before returns. I had no drawdown plan, only a profit hope, and Tradeify rules do not reward hope.
Position size was set at one micro contract and only reviewed after a full month of data, not after a good afternoon. They kept a permanent cushion against the Tradeify breach level, so a losing week never became an existential event. Stops were never widened, and the average loser stayed smaller than the average winner all quarter.
The scaling review came through after many months of consistent results, exactly as the plan projected. I got a weekly summary with every trade, the reasoning and the risk taken, which I have never had elsewhere. Recommended for anyone who works full time and cannot babysit a funded account.
Straightforward execution on a two-step process that demanded it
The evaluation passing service from FTMO Passer was worth every penny on my $50,000 Funding Pips account. Between meetings I was scalping oil on a phone, which is not a strategy so much as a habit.
They began with a risk audit, cut my per-trade exposure to a fraction of what I used, and built the plan around the daily loss limit. Most services talk about profit targets, while FTMO Passer spent the first call talking about the Funding Pips breach conditions. They preferred missing a move to widening a stop, and repeated that trade-off many times.
The $50,000 evaluation closed in 14 trading days with a 6.9% gain and nothing flagged on the compliance side. I never had to chase an invoice or a report, which sounds minor until you have dealt with the alternative. I have no affiliation with FTMO Passer, just one passed evaluation and a much better sense of risk.
Understated communication and a recap worth the wait
I went to FTMO Passer expecting noise and got a structured prop firm passing service for my Tradeify account. The account was small enough that I felt careless with it, which is exactly the wrong mindset.
Position size was calculated from the stop distance rather than from how confident the setup felt. I had read the Tradeify rules twice and still misunderstood the news-trading restriction, but the risk desk explained it in one paragraph. No trade was allowed to run into a scheduled release, and that single rule avoided two nasty gaps.
The two-step process was completed on the first attempt with FTMO Passer, after two failures on my own. The team pushed back on my bad ideas politely and repeatedly, which is what I was paying for. I have no affiliation with FTMO Passer, just one passed evaluation and a much better sense of risk.
Detailed position sizing when it mattered most
FTMO Passer has been running the managed account service on my $200,000 The 5%ers account for months, and the equity curve finally looks like a curve. My sizing was fine for a challenge and far too aggressive for an account I actually wanted to keep.
Position size was set at 0.20 lots and only reviewed after a full month of data, not after a good afternoon. The 5%ers rewards traders who stay small and stay present, which is precisely how FTMO Passer operates. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 2.1%, which is the number I care about most.
Returns averaged a modest but repeatable 5.4% over the period, and the minimum trading day rule was never in question. The team pushed back on my bad ideas politely and repeatedly, which is what I was paying for. If your funded accounts keep dying in month one, this is the fix I would try.
12 days of transparent risk control
Six months into the funded account management service with FTMO Passer, my My Funded Futures account is still active and still paying. Live capital felt completely different, and my first month on My Funded Futures was a masterclass in second-guessing.
A pause rule after three consecutive losses was written into the plan and actually enforced. Live My Funded Futures conditions are not demo conditions, and FTMO Passer adjusted size for spreads and slippage accordingly. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 2.7%, which is the number I care about most.
The $25,000 account grew 6.8% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. I was told about a mistake before I noticed it myself, and told how it would be prevented next time. I would rather have this steady outcome than the rollercoaster I was running myself.