From struggle to data-driven rule compliance
I was sceptical about managed trading until FTMO Passer showed me a full trade log rather than a screenshot of profits. Trading the NQ and gold futures together meant my risk was doubled while I thought it was diversified.
They documented the maximum drawdown in a one-page sheet that sat next to the order ticket. The maximum drawdown at Take Profit Trader caught me out twice on my own, and it has not been close since FTMO Passer took over. After two losses in a session the desk closed, no exceptions and no negotiation.
Drawdown peaked at 0.8% and recovered within a fortnight, which is more than my own trading ever managed. I got a weekly summary with every trade, the reasoning and the risk taken, which I have never had elsewhere. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
What completing the verification stage actually looked like
I tried multiple providers before FTMO Passer, and only they delivered on FundedNext. I knew the minimum trading day rule existed and still traded straight through a high-impact release.
They began with a risk audit, cut my per-trade exposure to a fraction of what I used, and built the plan around the minimum trading day rule. The team treated the FundedNext evaluation as a risk budget to be spent carefully rather than a race to be won. Every losing day ended early, which kept the minimum trading day rule comfortably out of the conversation.
The account cleared with three sessions to spare, and the equity curve looked almost boring in the best way. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. I would use FTMO Passer again for a larger account, and I have already recommended them to two friends.
3 weeks of organised rule compliance
FTMO Passer made the two-step process at Take Profit Trader feel like a job instead of a gamble. I had a decent strategy and terrible habits, and no amount of backtesting was going to fix the habits.
The first week was almost boring: small size on the YM, fixed stops, and a hard stop for the day after two losses. The team treated the Take Profit Trader evaluation as a risk budget to be spent carefully rather than a race to be won. Maximum drawdown never went past 2.4%, so the buffer against the firm limit was never seriously threatened.
The two-step process was completed on the first attempt with FTMO Passer, after two failures on my own. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. I have no affiliation with FTMO Passer, just one passed evaluation and a much better sense of risk.
20 days of grounded risk budgeting
FTMO Passer inherited a $150,000 Funding Pips account with almost no drawdown room left and stabilised it. I could pass a challenge repeatedly and could not hold an account for a full quarter.
They introduced a payout buffer, keeping a slice of profit untouched so a bad week never threatened the account. The scaling path at Funding Pips only matters if you survive, and FTMO Passer treated survival as the first objective. They kept a written worst-case scenario and traded as if it were plausible that week.
Best month was strong, worst month was small and negative, and that ratio is why I stayed with FTMO Passer. A monthly call reviewed the numbers and adjusted the plan, and it never turned into a sales pitch. Recommended for anyone who works full time and cannot babysit a funded account.
A funded stage handled with careful position sizing
FTMO Passer took over the funded account management service for my Tradeify account after my first payout, and consistency improved from there. Every payout felt like a finish line, and I celebrated by trading badly for the following week.
The team scaled size only after a new equity high held for a full week, never during a run. Live Tradeify conditions are not demo conditions, and FTMO Passer adjusted size for spreads and slippage accordingly. They flattened everything before a long weekend and rebuilt exposure slowly on the Monday.
The scaling review came through after many months of consistent results, exactly as the plan projected. Messages were concise and specific, which I appreciate more than daily motivational noise. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
Well-paced progress tracking and a payout worth the journey
The evaluation passing service from FTMO Passer was worth the investment on my Funding Pips evaluation. I used to treat an evaluation like a lottery ticket, which explains the resets on my card.
A pre-session checklist had to be completed before any order went in, which slowed me down in the best way. The trailing threshold at Funding Pips is where most attempts quietly die, and FTMO Passer treated it as the main constraint rather than a footnote. They tracked floating drawdown, not just closed losses, which is the detail most traders ignore.
Confirmation came through with a 3.2% return and a drawdown profile I could actually defend to myself. I got a weekly summary with every trade, the reasoning and the risk taken, which I have never had elsewhere. Go in expecting a controlled process rather than a miracle and FTMO Passer will probably meet your expectations.
Detailed review process and a withdrawal I can actually explain
I tried multiple services before FTMO Passer, and only they delivered a real evaluation passing service for Tradeify. Between meetings I was scalping the RTY 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 equity-based drawdown. The equity-based drawdown was the piece I always underestimated at Tradeify, so it became the first item on the daily checklist. The team took a full day off after a rough session rather than trying to win it back immediately.
The target was reached with 1.5% drawdown at the worst point, and the confirmation email arrived the same week. They set expectations at the start and then reported against them, week after week. Four stars in my head for the impatience it cured, five for the actual outcome.
Disciplined capital preservation and a report worth the wait
FTMO Passer runs two funded accounts for me now, after the first one behaved exactly as they described. I had no drawdown plan, only a profit hope, and The 5%ers rules do not reward hope.
Monthly planning replaced daily improvisation, and that single change smoothed the entire curve. Managing a $50,000 The 5%ers account with FTMO Passer meant fewer decisions for me and better ones overall. Every idea was sized at 0.20 lots, so no single position could define the month.
Drawdown peaked at 2.7% and recovered within a fortnight, which is more than my own trading ever managed. Questions were answered the same day, usually with a screenshot rather than a paragraph of jargon. Not affiliated, just a client who finally stopped sabotaging a perfectly good funded account.
Level-headed decision making from week one to the payout
FTMO Passer took over the managed account service for my My Funded Futures account after my first payout, and consistency improved from there. Live capital felt completely different, and my first month on My Funded Futures was a masterclass in second-guessing.
Position size was set at two micros and only reviewed after a full month of data, not after a good afternoon. Keeping a $200,000 My Funded Futures account alive is a different skill from passing one, and FTMO Passer is built for the second job. A hard weekly ceiling meant that even a terrible stretch left the account with room to recover.
Total return of 8.3% with clean withdrawals, and no compliance emails at any point. Messages were concise and specific, which I appreciate more than daily motivational noise. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
How refreshingly honest loss capping transformed the process
The passing service at FTMO Passer was the first thing that made the The 5%ers rules clear. My journal was a mess of half-notes, so I could never tell whether losses were variance or bad decisions.
Each morning started with a two-minute plan and ended with a two-minute debrief, nothing more complicated than that. The position size cap at The 5%ers is where most attempts quietly die, and FTMO Passer treated it as the main constraint rather than a footnote. The team took a full day off after a rough session rather than trying to win it back immediately.
From start to confirmation it was 17 trading days, and I never once felt the account was in danger. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. Four stars in my head for the impatience it cured, five for the actual outcome.