Systematic account handling when it mattered most
I went to FTMO Passer expecting noise and got a structured passing service for my Sabio Trade account. Between meetings I was scalping GBPJPY on a phone, which is not a strategy so much as a habit.
the analyst assigned to me mapped a day-by-day path to the target and refused to increase size just because we were ahead of schedule. The first phase at Sabio Trade rewards consistency over heroics, which suited the way FTMO Passer trades. Drawdown was reviewed daily and size was trimmed automatically once a threshold was touched.
Profit came in at 3.3% across 25 trading days, with the largest losing day smaller than my usual single trade. The onboarding call ran long because I had questions, and nobody tried to rush me off it. FTMO Passer did what they said they would do, on an account where I had already failed twice.
How grounded payout planning changed the outcome
Passing was the easy part, keeping a Maven Trading funded account alive was not, which is why FTMO Passer took over the management. Between shifts I was managing open positions on a phone, which explains the state of the equity curve.
They reduced trade frequency dramatically, which improved my results more than any indicator ever had. Keeping a $200,000 Maven Trading account alive is a different skill from passing one, and FTMO Passer is built for the second job. Risk per trade stayed tiny, and the worst week was still comfortably inside the firm limits.
Returns averaged a modest but repeatable 2.5% over the period, and the position size cap was never in question. A monthly call reviewed the numbers and adjusted the plan, and it never turned into a sales pitch. FTMO Passer is not going to make you rich in a month, and that is precisely why my account still exists.
The daily routine that made the assessment viable
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.
Trade selection was filtered by session and volatility, so the quiet hours were simply not traded. They understood that the equity-based drawdown interacts with open equity, not just closed losses, and traded accordingly. Every idea was sized at 0.15 lots, so no single position could define the month.
Multiple payouts so far, peak drawdown of 1.0%, and an equity curve that finally trends instead of zigzagging. Everything was documented, so when I queried a trade the answer came with evidence attached. I would rather have this steady outcome than the rollercoaster I was running myself.
The payout planning I wish I had found before the last breach
FTMO Passer made the assessment at Maven Trading feel like a checklist I could follow. I had passed a demo contest once and assumed the same approach would scale, which it did not.
Size stayed at 0.35 lots until the buffer justified a change, and that patience is what saved the attempt. What I appreciated is that FTMO Passer built the schedule around the Maven Trading rulebook rather than trying to trade around it. Maximum drawdown never went past 1.2%, so the buffer against the firm limit was never seriously threatened.
The $200,000 account finished 7.6% higher, with the deepest dip held to 1.2% throughout. Communication was steady without being clingy: a short note after each session and a longer recap at the weekend. Four stars in my head for the impatience it cured, five for the actual outcome.
Level-headed trade journaling and a review I did not anticipate
I hired FTMO Passer to clear a Moneta Funded evaluation and stayed because the process was calmer than anything I had managed solo. The rules looked fine on paper, but I never respected how open equity counted against the consistency requirement.
Size stayed at 0.20 lots until the buffer justified a change, and that patience is what saved the attempt. The consistency requirement stopped being scary once FTMO Passer showed me the exact distance between our stop and the breach level. Risk was defined before entry every time, which sounds basic until you have watched yourself not do it.
The target was reached with 2.4% drawdown at the worst point, and the confirmation email arrived the same week. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. Recommended, with the honest caveat that you still have to resist the urge to interfere.
Measured capital preservation when it mattered most
FTMO Passer inherited a $150,000 Hola Prime 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.
The book was reduced to two setups on GBPUSD, traded only during the Asian session, with everything else filtered out. The funded stage at Hola Prime punishes inconsistency, and the monthly rhythm FTMO Passer imposed fixed that. No position was held through a scheduled release, and that avoided the exact event that killed my last account.
The $150,000 account grew 9.4% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. Questions were answered the same day, usually with a screenshot rather than a paragraph of jargon. Solid, unglamorous and still running, which is the best description I can give of this service.
2 trading days of careful payout planning
The reporting from FTMO Passer is what convinced me the funded management service was worth continuing after month one. My sizing was fine for a challenge and far too aggressive for an account I actually wanted to keep.
Every trade had a stop, a target and a written invalidation before it was placed, without exception. They kept a permanent cushion against the Lux Trading Firm breach level, so a losing week never became an existential event. They flattened everything before a long weekend and rebuilt exposure slowly on the Monday.
The $25,000 account grew 7.3% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. I never had to chase an invoice or a report, which sounds minor until you have dealt with the alternative. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
17 trading sessions of level-headed position sizing
FTMO Passer made the evaluation at Hola Prime feel achievable instead of impossible. 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 team treated the Hola Prime evaluation as a risk budget to be spent carefully rather than a race to be won. There was one losing streak of four trades, and instead of doubling up they reduced size and waited.
They hit the target, flattened everything, and handed over a report rather than an invoice for extras. I got a weekly summary with every trade, the reasoning and the risk taken, which I have never had elsewhere. FTMO Passer earned a repeat client, and this time I am starting with a bigger buffer of my own.
8 days of precise planning
FTMO Passer made the Lux Trading Firm evaluation feel manageable for the first time in months. I was one of those traders who read every rule and still broke the minimum trading day rule in the first fortnight.
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. Passing a Lux Trading Firm account is a compliance exercise as much as a trading one, and FTMO Passer understood that distinction. 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. the senior trader explained decisions in plain English and never made me feel stupid for asking twice. If your problem is discipline rather than strategy, FTMO Passer solves the right problem.
19 days of transparent drawdown management
I lost two funded accounts before handing the third to FTMO Passer, and that one is still breathing. I had no routine, no review process, and no idea how close I was to the news-trading restriction on any given day.
They ran a correlation cap across GBPUSD and USDJPY so a single macro headline could not damage the account twice. I had read the DNA Funded payout terms three times and still got them wrong, while the team lead had them memorised. 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. The dashboard access stayed with me throughout, so nothing about the process was hidden. Not affiliated, just a client who finally stopped sabotaging a perfectly good funded account.