14 weeks of precise session discipline
I keep my Take Profit Trader account with FTMO Passer because they treat preservation as the job and profit as the by-product. I passed the evaluation myself and then lost the funded account in nine days, an expensive lesson in psychology.
They rebuilt the routine around preservation first: fixed fractional risk, a weekly loss ceiling, and no trading into red-folder events. FTMO Passer knew exactly how the Take Profit Trader payout cycle worked and planned withdrawals around it rather than around my mood. They flattened everything before a long weekend and rebuilt exposure slowly on the Monday.
Many months in, the Take Profit Trader account is active, profitable and boring, which is the entire objective. The dashboard access stayed with me throughout, so nothing about the process was hidden. FTMO Passer is not going to make you rich in a month, and that is precisely why my account still exists.
Unhurried drawdown management and a handover worth the wait
FTMO Passer handled the trading and I handled the nerves, and somehow that division of labour worked on my FundedNext challenge. I would build a cushion for four days and hand it back in one Asian session tilt, which is a familiar story.
They flatly refused to trade the Asian session on volatile days, even when I argued there was an obvious move coming. FTMO Passer explained how the first phase interacts with the trailing threshold using my own account numbers, which finally made it click. They stopped trading for two days when volatility spiked, which annoyed me then and looks smart now.
The target was reached with 1.8% drawdown at the worst point, and the confirmation email arrived the same week. The team pushed back on my bad ideas politely and repeatedly, which is what I was paying for. If you keep resetting FundedNext evaluations, FTMO Passer is the option I would point you to, provided you leave the plan alone.
21 trading sessions of level-headed trade filtering
The account passing service from FTMO Passer was worth every penny on my $50,000 Take Profit Trader account. Trading alone meant nobody questioned my worst ideas, and the account paid for that silence.
They flatly refused to trade the the rollover hour on volatile days, even when I argued there was an obvious move coming. The two-step process at Take Profit Trader rewards consistency over heroics, which suited the way FTMO Passer trades. Risk was defined before entry every time, which sounds basic until you have watched yourself not do it.
Final numbers: 3.2% profit, 1.9% maximum drawdown, and a passed two-step process on a $50,000 account. The dashboard access stayed with me throughout, so nothing about the process was hidden. I would use FTMO Passer again for a larger account, and I have already recommended them to two friends.
6 trading days of well-paced drawdown management
I wanted steady withdrawals rather than a highlight reel, and FTMO Passer built the plan around that. Every payout felt like a finish line, and I celebrated by trading badly for the following week.
The schedule was built around the Funding Pips payout cycle rather than around my impatience. The minimum trading day rule at Funding Pips caught me out twice on my own, and it has not been close since FTMO Passer took over. No position was held through a scheduled release, and that avoided the exact event that killed my last account.
Numbers aside, the real result is that I stopped checking the account every hour. The onboarding call ran long because I had questions, and nobody tried to rush me off it. FTMO Passer gave me back my evenings, and the account performance was almost a bonus.
Practical session discipline and a funded stage that ended clean
FTMO Passer has been running the managed account service on my $200,000 Tradeify account for months, and the equity curve finally looks like a curve. My first funded account died on a news spike I had no business being in front of.
Every trade had a stop, a target and a written invalidation before it was placed, without exception. The maximum drawdown on a funded Tradeify account is unforgiving, and FTMO Passer built the entire schedule around staying clear of it. Stops were never widened, and the average loser stayed smaller than the average winner all quarter.
The $200,000 account grew 3.5% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. Communication was steady without being clingy: a short note after each session and a longer recap at the weekend. Five stars for consistency, and the reporting is what earns that rather than the returns.
Thoughtful decision making and a evaluation that ended properly
What sold me on FTMO Passer was the refusal to guarantee a date, which sounded strange until I understood the minimum trading day rule. I had passed a demo contest once and assumed the same approach would scale, which it did not.
A pre-session checklist had to be completed before any order went in, which slowed me down in the best way. Trading a $10,000 Funding Pips account with FTMO Passer felt slower than my own attempts, and slower turned out to be faster. Risk per position stayed at a fraction of a percent, and the deepest equity dip I saw was 1.4%.
The $10,000 evaluation closed in 5 trading days with a 8.7% gain and nothing flagged on the compliance side. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. I would recommend FTMO Passer to anyone who is tired of trading against their own rulebook.
How well-paced risk budgeting transformed the process
FTMO Passer handled my Tradeify evaluation with a discipline I had never experienced. I had already spent more on resets than on education, and that number is what made me look for help.
The whole approach was mechanical enough that I could audit it myself at the end of each day. Tradeify does not care how good your analysis is, only whether you stay inside the news-trading restriction, and the plan reflected that. They kept a written worst-case number on the desk and traded as though it could happen that afternoon.
Final numbers: 5.3% profit, 1.6% maximum drawdown, and a passed qualification stage on a $10,000 account. There was a shared sheet I could check any time, so I never had to ask how the account was doing. Four stars in my head for the impatience it cured, five for the actual outcome.
They fixed my session discipline before touching the assessment
Most reviews talk about passing, so here is one about the account management service at FTMO Passer and what happens afterwards. Live capital felt completely different, and my first month on The 5%ers was a masterclass in second-guessing.
Monthly planning replaced daily improvisation, and that single change smoothed the entire curve. Live The 5%ers 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 8.3% with clean withdrawals, and no compliance emails at any point. I was told about a mistake before I noticed it myself, and told how it would be prevented next time. Five stars for consistency, and the reporting is what earns that rather than the returns.
How thoughtful position sizing transformed the process
FTMO Passer inherited a $200,000 My Funded Futures account with almost no drawdown room left and stabilised it. I had no drawdown plan, only a profit hope, and My Funded Futures rules do not reward hope.
They introduced a payout buffer, keeping a slice of profit untouched so a bad week never threatened the account. The trailing threshold at My Funded Futures caught me out twice on my own, and it has not been close since FTMO Passer took over. They kept a written worst-case scenario and traded as if it were plausible that week.
The $200,000 account grew 7.9% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. They flagged a rule change before it affected my account rather than after. Recommended for anyone who works full time and cannot babysit a funded account.
Practical capital preservation and a debrief worth the patience
FTMO Passer took over my $50,000 The 5%ers account and the prop firm passing service was immediately effective. My problem was never entries, it was sizing the S&P 500 CFD far too aggressively once I got within reach of the target.
A pre-session checklist had to be completed before any order went in, which slowed me down in the best way. The news-trading restriction stopped being scary once FTMO Passer showed me the exact distance between our stop and the breach level. The stop was never moved further away, not once, and that alone separated this from my own attempts.
The account cleared with three sessions to spare, and the equity curve looked almost boring in the best way. I was told about a mistake before I noticed it myself, and told how it would be prevented next time. I came for the pass and left with a risk framework I now use on my personal account.