Structured payout planning on a verification stage that almost ended it
Handing a $100,000 account to FTMO Passer was uncomfortable for about a week and then a relief. I was withdrawing nothing because I kept giving profits back before the payout window opened.
The team scaled size only after a new equity high held for a full week, never during a run. Keeping a $100,000 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.
Steady 8.9% growth, 1.0% maximum drawdown, and a payout history I can actually show people. When I panicked during a drawdown, the reply was calm, factual and about ten minutes away. I have already moved a second My Funded Futures account across to FTMO Passer, which is my honest review in one sentence.
15 trading sessions of thoughtful daily routine
FTMO Passer handled my The 5%ers evaluation like professionals, not amateurs. Between meetings I was scalping index CFDs on a phone, which is not a strategy so much as a habit.
Size stayed at half a lot until the buffer justified a change, and that patience is what saved the attempt. The The 5%ers dashboard was checked before every session so nobody was guessing about the remaining drawdown room. Maximum drawdown never went past 1.5%, so the buffer against the firm limit was never seriously threatened.
We finished 7.4% above the starting balance and the dashboard flipped to passed on a Tuesday morning. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. If your problem is discipline rather than strategy, FTMO Passer solves the right problem.
16 weeks of well-paced session discipline
The prop firm passing service from FTMO Passer was the difference between another reset and a passed My Funded Futures account. I had passed a demo contest once and assumed the same approach would scale, which it did not.
They flatly refused to trade the London open on volatile days, even when I argued there was an obvious move coming. Trading a $100,000 My Funded Futures account with FTMO Passer felt slower than my own attempts, and slower turned out to be faster. The stop was never moved further away, not once, and that alone separated this from my own attempts.
The $100,000 account finished 7.9% higher, with the deepest dip held to 1.0% throughout. They flagged a rule change before it affected my account rather than after. Recommended, with the honest caveat that you still have to resist the urge to interfere.
Steady communication on a evaluation that almost ended it
FTMO Passer has been running the funded account management service on my $100,000 FTMO account for months, and the equity curve finally looks like a curve. Nobody was reviewing my trades, so the same mistake appeared in the log for four months straight.
Trade selection was filtered by session and volatility, so the quiet hours were simply not traded. Managing a $100,000 FTMO account with FTMO Passer meant fewer decisions for me and better ones overall. 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. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
The verification stage that taught me drawdown management
FTMO Passer has been running the funded management service on my $100,000 Apex Trader Funding account for months, and the equity curve finally looks like a curve. I had no drawdown plan, only a profit hope, and Apex Trader Funding rules do not reward hope.
They separated the payout account from the growth plan, which stopped me spending money that was still at risk. Apex Trader Funding rewards traders who stay small and stay present, which is precisely how FTMO Passer operates. Stops were never widened, and the average loser stayed smaller than the average winner all quarter.
My first payout arrived in week 19, which was the moment the whole thing became real for me. 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.
4 weeks of discipline, one assessment passed
The passing service at FTMO Passer was the first thing that treated the FTMO rules seriously. I could not sit through a drawdown without touching the plan, and the verification stage punished that instantly.
They flatly refused to trade the the rollover hour on volatile days, even when I argued there was an obvious move coming. The consistency requirement stopped being scary once FTMO Passer showed me the exact distance between our stop and the breach level. Correlated exposure was capped, so a single dollar move could not take out three positions at once.
The result was 5.0% profit with 3.2% peak drawdown, and the funded credentials arrived shortly after. When I panicked during a drawdown, the reply was calm, factual and about ten minutes away. Would I call it effortless? No, but it was the first attempt where I understood every decision that was made.
Organised decision making on a funded stage that almost ended it
FTMO Passer handled my Apex Trader Funding evaluation with a discipline I had never experienced. Every green day tempted me to double size, and every red day convinced me to stop trading entirely.
The strategy was reduced to two setups on the YM, and everything else was filtered out before it reached the order ticket. The daily loss limit stopped being scary once FTMO Passer showed me the exact distance between our stop and the breach level. They tracked floating drawdown, not just closed losses, which is the detail most traders ignore.
The result was 6.5% profit with 2.2% peak drawdown, and the funded credentials arrived shortly after. A monthly call reviewed the numbers and adjusted the plan, and it never turned into a sales pitch. The value for me was not the pass itself but seeing what a disciplined process actually looks like.
The progress tracking that made the first phase succeed
FTMO Passer runs two funded accounts for me now, after the first one behaved exactly as they described. The maximum drawdown on a funded account is stricter on your nerves than on your strategy, and mine were shot.
the analyst assigned to me set a monthly objective and a hard drawdown floor, then sized every position backwards from that floor. Keeping a $10,000 Topstep account alive is a different skill from passing one, and FTMO Passer is built for the second job. No position was held through a scheduled release, and that avoided the exact event that killed my last account.
Best month was strong, worst month was small and negative, and that ratio is why I stayed with FTMO Passer. 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.
Understated account handling on a challenge that pushed me
FTMO Passer manages my $10,000 Lucid Trading account, and the biggest change has been how uneventful the weeks feel. I was withdrawing nothing because I kept giving profits back before the payout window opened.
The team scaled size only after a new equity high held for a full week, never during a run. FTMO Passer tracked the consistency requirement daily and sent me the remaining buffer in plain numbers every Friday. They cut size after a strong month rather than pressing it, which felt odd until I saw the consistency.
The $10,000 account grew 8.0% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. A monthly call reviewed the numbers and adjusted the plan, and it never turned into a sales pitch. The fee made sense once the first payout cleared, and it has made sense every month since.
Detailed progress tracking on a evaluation that pushed me
Third attempt, first success, and the only variable that changed was FTMO Passer handling the plan. I kept widening stops, and the Topstep dashboard was unforgiving about the drawdown that followed.
They deliberately kept the trade count low so the consistency requirement was never in question, even in a choppy week. FTMO Passer kept a buffer against the Topstep limits at all times, which is why a losing streak never became a crisis. No trade was allowed to run into a scheduled release, and that single rule avoided two nasty gaps.
From start to confirmation it was 6 trading days, and I never once felt the account was in danger. The dashboard access stayed with me throughout, so nothing about the process was hidden. If your problem is discipline rather than strategy, FTMO Passer solves the right problem.