The evaluation that finally felt solid
I had almost given up on My Funded Futures when FTMO Passer stepped in with their challenge passing service. I had already spent more on resets than on education, and that number is what made me look for help.
The strategy was reduced to two setups on gold futures, and everything else was filtered out before it reached the order ticket. My Funded Futures does not care how good your analysis is, only whether you stay inside the news-trading restriction, and the plan reflected that. Risk per position stayed at a fraction of a percent, and the deepest equity dip I saw was 2.4%.
The evaluation passed cleanly, and the summary report listed every trade with its reasoning attached. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. I would recommend FTMO Passer to anyone who is tired of trading against their own rulebook.
22 days of consistent trade selection
FTMO Passer inherited a $10,000 FTMO account with almost no drawdown room left and stabilised it. Nobody was reviewing my trades, so the same mistake appeared in the log for four months straight.
Each week ended with a written review of every trade, including the ones we skipped. FTMO Passer knew exactly how the FTMO payout cycle worked and planned withdrawals around it rather than around my mood. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 2.4%, which is the number I care about most.
Drawdown peaked at 2.4% and recovered within a fortnight, which is more than my own trading ever managed. They flagged a rule change before it affected my account rather than after. Five stars for consistency, and the reporting is what earns that rather than the returns.
The loss capping that made the evaluation last
After the evaluation high wore off, FTMO Passer gave my $150,000 account a routine it had never had. Every payout felt like a finish line, and I celebrated by trading badly for the following week.
They kept a running drawdown tracker open all session so nobody had to guess how much room was left. Managing a $150,000 Apex Trader Funding account with FTMO Passer meant fewer decisions for me and better ones overall. After two losses in a session the desk closed, no exceptions and no negotiation.
The scaling review came through after many months of consistent results, exactly as the plan projected. I never had to chase an invoice or a report, which sounds minor until you have dealt with the alternative. Solid, unglamorous and still running, which is the best description I can give of this service.
Why the assessment finally made sense
Third attempt, first success, and the only variable that changed was FTMO Passer handling the plan. I kept widening stops, and the FTMO dashboard was unforgiving about the drawdown that followed.
They traded fewer setups than I would have, mostly GBPUSD around the New York open, and skipped anything near red-folder news. Passing a FTMO account is a compliance exercise as much as a trading one, and FTMO Passer understood that distinction. Drawdown was reviewed daily and size was trimmed automatically once a threshold was touched.
Final numbers: 9.3% profit, 2.2% maximum drawdown, and a passed first phase on a $25,000 account. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. I came for the pass and left with a risk framework I now use on my personal account.
The position sizing I needed before the two-step process
I went to FTMO Passer expecting disappointment and left with a passed Apex Trader Funding evaluation. Trading alone meant nobody questioned my worst ideas, and the account paid for that silence.
They kept a separate note of every skipped setup, which taught me more than the winners did. What I appreciated is that FTMO Passer built the schedule around the Apex Trader Funding rulebook rather than trying to trade around it. Correlated exposure was capped, so a single dollar move could not take out three positions at once.
The $200,000 account finished 6.1% higher, with the deepest dip held to 2.8% throughout. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. It is a service, not a shortcut, and once I accepted that the whole thing went smoothly.
From 18 failed attempts to a clean qualification stage
FTMO Passer was the second management team I tried, and the first that talked about drawdown before returns. The pressure of trading real payout money made me cut winners early and hold losers far too long.
A pause rule after three consecutive losses was written into the plan and actually enforced. Managing a $150,000 Topstep account with FTMO Passer meant fewer decisions for me and better ones overall. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 1.7%, which is the number I care about most.
Steady 2.6% growth, 1.7% maximum drawdown, and a payout history I can actually show people. Communication was steady without being clingy: a short note after each session and a longer recap at the weekend. FTMO Passer gave me back my evenings, and the account performance was almost a bonus.
The execution I needed before the next challenge
FTMO Passer was the second management team I tried, and the first that talked about drawdown before returns. The consistency requirement on a funded account is stricter on your nerves than on your strategy, and mine were shot.
Monthly planning replaced daily improvisation, and that single change smoothed the entire curve. They understood that the consistency requirement interacts with open equity, not just closed losses, and traded accordingly. Floating drawdown was monitored constantly, not just the closed balance, which is the detail that matters.
The $10,000 account grew 4.4% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. There was a shared sheet I could check any time, so I never had to ask how the account was doing. I have already moved a second Lucid Trading account across to FTMO Passer, which is my honest review in one sentence.
Precise risk budgeting and a review I can explain
I had almost given up on Topstep when FTMO Passer stepped in with their passing service. My problem was never entries, it was sizing the RTY far too aggressively once I got within reach of the target.
The first week was almost boring: small size on the RTY, fixed stops, and a hard stop for the day after two losses. Topstep does not care how good your analysis is, only whether you stay inside the maximum drawdown, and the plan reflected that. They stopped trading for two days when volatility spiked, which annoyed me then and looks smart now.
It took 26 sessions, which was longer than the marketing suggested and exactly as long as the analyst assigned to me predicted. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. My only regret is not doing this before paying for three resets at Topstep.
24 days of balanced risk control
Sceptical is a mild word for how I felt, but FTMO Passer earned the benefit of the doubt on a $200,000 Lucid Trading evaluation. I had a decent strategy and terrible habits, and no amount of backtesting was going to fix the habits.
They flatly refused to trade the the rollover hour on volatile days, even when I argued there was an obvious move coming. Trading a $200,000 Lucid Trading account with FTMO Passer felt slower than my own attempts, and slower turned out to be faster. Every losing day ended early, which kept the position size cap comfortably out of the conversation.
Confirmation came through with a 8.3% return and a drawdown profile I could actually defend to myself. When I panicked during a drawdown, the reply was calm, factual and about ten minutes away. I would use FTMO Passer again for a larger account, and I have already recommended them to two friends.
Measured planning when it mattered most
I passed on my own and immediately realised that funded trading is a different sport, which is where FTMO Passer came in. Nobody was reviewing my trades, so the same mistake appeared in the log for four months straight.
A pause rule after three consecutive losses was written into the plan and actually enforced. Managing a $50,000 FundedNext account with FTMO Passer meant fewer decisions for me and better ones overall. A hard weekly ceiling meant that even a terrible stretch left the account with room to recover.
Numbers aside, the real result is that I stopped checking the account every hour. Communication was steady without being clingy: a short note after each session and a longer recap at the weekend. For me the account management service at FTMO Passer turned a certificate into an income stream, which was the point.