Steady position sizing from week one to the recap
The funded account management service at FTMO Passer suited me because I work full time and cannot watch the NAS100 all day. 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 understood that the consistency requirement interacts with open equity, not just closed losses, and traded accordingly. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 3.0%, which is the number I care about most.
Multiple payouts so far, peak drawdown of 3.0%, and an equity curve that finally trends instead of zigzagging. When I panicked during a drawdown, the reply was calm, factual and about ten minutes away. If you can pass but cannot keep an account, FTMO Passer is the service I would suggest looking at.
17 weeks of discipline, one qualification stage passed
The passing service at FTMO Passer was the first thing that explained the position size cap clearly. Every green day tempted me to double size, and every red day convinced me to stop trading entirely.
The plan used a daily loss ceiling well inside the firm limit, so a bad day never came close to ending the run. FTMO Passer kept a buffer against the Maven Trading limits at all times, which is why a losing streak never became a crisis. The team took a full day off after a rough session rather than trying to win it back immediately.
They hit the target, flattened everything, and handed over a report rather than an invoice for extras. Communication was steady without being clingy: a short note after each session and a longer recap at the weekend. If you keep resetting Maven Trading evaluations, FTMO Passer is the option I would point you to, provided you leave the plan alone.
From frustration to quietly effective review process
I tried everything before FTMO Passer, and only their account passing service made the Moneta Funded evaluation work. Work meant I could only watch the Asian session, and I kept forcing setups that simply were not there.
They paired GBPJPY exposure with a strict correlation cap so a single macro headline could not sink the account. Moneta Funded does not care how good your analysis is, only whether you stay inside the equity-based drawdown, and the plan reflected that. Even the best setups were sized at 0.15 lots, so no single idea could dominate the outcome.
The pass came in a quiet week, which is probably the highest compliment I can pay the process. Questions were answered the same day, usually with a screenshot rather than a paragraph of jargon. Recommended, with the honest caveat that you still have to resist the urge to interfere.
Consistent planning on a evaluation that almost broke me
FTMO Passer was the second management team I tried, and the first that talked about drawdown before returns. Between shifts I was managing open positions on a phone, which explains the state of the equity curve.
my account manager set a monthly objective and a hard drawdown floor, then sized every position backwards from that floor. The Hola Prime dashboard became something I check weekly instead of hourly, which is the real benefit here. Floating drawdown was monitored constantly, not just the closed balance, which is the detail that matters.
Over many weeks the $10,000 account returned 4.3% with a deepest dip of 2.1%, and payouts landed on schedule. The dashboard access stayed with me throughout, so nothing about the process was hidden. I will keep renewing with FTMO Passer as long as the drawdown discipline stays where it is.
4 trading sessions of organised trade selection
I did not need someone to make me rich, I needed someone to stop me losing the account, and FTMO Passer did that. I could pass a challenge repeatedly and could not hold an account for a full quarter.
Monthly planning replaced daily improvisation, and that single change smoothed the entire curve. The daily loss limit at Lux Trading Firm caught me out twice on my own, and it has not been close since FTMO Passer took over. Correlated positions were capped so a single dollar move could not hit the book three times.
Returns averaged a modest but repeatable 9.0% over the period, and the daily loss limit was never in question. They flagged a rule change before it affected my account rather than after. FTMO Passer is not going to make you rich in a month, and that is precisely why my account still exists.
11 weeks of refreshingly honest execution
The account passing service at FTMO Passer was the first thing that made the Hola Prime rules clear. Confidence was not my issue, patience was, and the assessment exposed that within a week.
They deliberately kept the trade count low so the position size cap was never in question, even in a choppy week. What I appreciated is that FTMO Passer built the schedule around the Hola Prime rulebook rather than trying to trade around it. There was one losing streak of four trades, and instead of doubling up they reduced size and waited.
It took 24 sessions, which was longer than the marketing suggested and exactly as long as the analyst assigned to me predicted. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. FTMO Passer earned a repeat client, and this time I am starting with a bigger buffer of my own.
From uncertainty to patient payout planning
The evaluation passing service from FTMO Passer was the turning point on my Lux Trading Firm account. Work meant I could only watch the the rollover hour, and I kept forcing setups that simply were not there.
The plan used a daily loss ceiling well inside the firm limit, so a bad day never came close to ending the run. The consistency requirement stopped being scary once FTMO Passer showed me the exact distance between our stop and the breach level. They preferred missing a move to widening a stop, and repeated that trade-off many times.
Profit came in at 5.0% across 8 trading days, with the largest losing day smaller than my usual single trade. 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.
How refreshingly honest trade selection made it click
The funded account management service from FTMO Passer was the difference between a funded certificate and an actual payout for me. I passed the evaluation myself and then lost the funded account in nine days, an expensive lesson in psychology.
Every trade had a stop, a target and a written invalidation before it was placed, without exception. They planned around the DNA Funded minimum days rather than rushing to a payout and breaching in the process. Risk per trade stayed tiny, and the worst week was still comfortably inside the firm limits.
Steady 7.0% growth, 1.3% maximum drawdown, and a payout history I can actually show people. The dashboard access stayed with me throughout, so nothing about the process was hidden. Recommended for anyone who works full time and cannot babysit a funded account.
No hype, just practical trade filtering
FTMO Passer runs two funded accounts for me now, after the first one behaved exactly as they described. I kept treating the funded account like a challenge account, and the position size cap does not forgive that.
They rebuilt the routine around preservation first: fixed fractional risk, a weekly loss ceiling, and no trading into red-folder events. Keeping a $50,000 URFX account alive is a different skill from passing one, and FTMO Passer is built for the second job. Stops were never widened, and the average loser stayed smaller than the average winner all quarter.
Drawdown peaked at 2.2% and recovered within a fortnight, which is more than my own trading ever managed. There was a shared sheet I could check any time, so I never had to ask how the account was doing. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
Systematic trade journaling kept my account alive
I had almost quit DNA Funded 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.
Position size was calculated from the stop distance rather than from how confident the setup felt. The daily loss limit at DNA Funded 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.
We finished 6.1% above the starting balance and the dashboard flipped to passed on a Tuesday morning. I never had to chase an invoice or a report, which sounds minor until you have dealt with the alternative. Recommended, with the honest caveat that you still have to resist the urge to interfere.