19 trading sessions of refreshingly honest trade filtering
The passing service at FTMO Passer was the first thing that respected the Tradeify rulebook. I was trading the GC and the YM together with no correlation awareness, so one bad move counted double.
Partial profits were taken at a fixed level and the remainder trailed, so no winner was allowed to become a loser. The Tradeify dashboard was checked before every session so nobody was guessing about the remaining drawdown room. They tracked floating drawdown, not just closed losses, which is the detail most traders ignore.
Profit came in at 4.8% across 19 trading days, with the largest losing day smaller than my usual single trade. The team pushed back on my bad ideas politely and repeatedly, which is what I was paying for. If your problem is discipline rather than strategy, FTMO Passer solves the right problem.
The two-step process that taught me rule compliance
I did not need someone to make me rich, I needed someone to stop me losing the account, and FTMO Passer did that. 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. Live The 5%ers conditions are not demo conditions, and FTMO Passer adjusted size for spreads and slippage accordingly. Correlated positions were capped so a single dollar move could not hit the book three times.
Drawdown peaked at 1.8% 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.
24 weeks of level-headed execution
Six months into the funded account management service with FTMO Passer, my My Funded Futures account is still active and still paying. Trading the RTY and the GC together meant my risk was doubled while I thought it was diversified.
Each week ended with a written review of every trade, including the ones we skipped. Live My Funded Futures conditions are not demo conditions, and FTMO Passer adjusted size for spreads and slippage accordingly. They preferred a flat month to a breached account, and I have learned to feel the same way.
The account is still live after many months, 7.5% up, with withdrawals processed without an argument. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. The fee made sense once the first payout cleared, and it has made sense every month since.
Patient trade journaling on a qualification stage that almost ended it
I went to FTMO Passer expecting another letdown and left with a passed The 5%ers account. I was one of those traders who read every rule and still broke the news-trading restriction in the first fortnight.
Instead of chasing the target, they let the target arrive across many sessions of very ordinary trades. FTMO Passer explained how the evaluation interacts with the news-trading restriction using my own account numbers, which finally made it click. There was one losing streak of four trades, and instead of doubling up they reduced size and waited.
The pass came in a quiet week, which is probably the highest compliment I can pay the process. Everything was documented, so when I queried a trade the answer came with evidence attached. Solid work from FTMO Passer, and the reporting alone justified the fee for me.
Patient execution on a verification stage that almost broke me
Sceptical is a mild word for how I felt, but FTMO Passer earned the benefit of the doubt on a $50,000 My Funded Futures evaluation. Every earlier attempt died the same way: a revenge trade after a stop out, then the trailing threshold finished me off.
They paired the NQ exposure with a strict correlation cap so a single macro headline could not sink the account. Trading a $50,000 My Funded Futures account with FTMO Passer felt slower than my own attempts, and slower turned out to be faster. They cut exposure after a strong week rather than pressing the advantage, which felt counterintuitive and worked.
I ended 8.7% up with no rule violations, which matters more to me than the speed of the pass. They set expectations at the start and then reported against them, week after week. It is a service, not a shortcut, and once I accepted that the whole thing went smoothly.
How professional position sizing made it work
Passing was the easy part, keeping a FTMO funded account alive was not, which is why FTMO Passer took over the management. The pressure of trading real payout money made me cut winners early and hold losers far too long.
They rebuilt the routine around preservation first: fixed fractional risk, a weekly loss ceiling, and no trading into red-folder events. The scaling path at FTMO only matters if you survive, and FTMO Passer treated survival as the first objective. The team took a full week off after a volatile stretch instead of trading through it.
Steady 3.5% growth, 1.0% maximum drawdown, and a payout history I can actually show people. Questions were answered the same day, usually with a screenshot rather than a paragraph of jargon. I have already moved a second FTMO account across to FTMO Passer, which is my honest review in one sentence.
A verification stage handled with precise loss capping
FTMO Passer has been running the funded account management service on my $25,000 Apex Trader Funding account for months, and the equity curve finally looks like a curve. Live capital felt completely different, and my first month on Apex Trader Funding was a masterclass in second-guessing.
They ran a correlation cap across the GC and gold futures so a single macro headline could not damage the account twice. They planned around the Apex Trader Funding minimum days rather than rushing to a payout and breaching in the process. Stops were never widened, and the average loser stayed smaller than the average winner all quarter.
Drawdown peaked at 3.0% and recovered within a fortnight, which is more than my own trading ever managed. The onboarding call ran long because I had questions, and nobody tried to rush me off it. Ask for the trade log before you sign up, and judge FTMO Passer on the drawdown column rather than the profit one.
Understated daily routine on a two-step process I had written off
I had almost quit FTMO when FTMO Passer stepped in with their passing service. My problem was never entries, it was sizing index CFDs far too aggressively once I got within reach of the target.
Size stayed at 0.20 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 FTMO rulebook rather than trying to trade around it. Maximum drawdown never went past 3.0%, so the buffer against the firm limit was never seriously threatened.
Two small losing days, one flat week, and still a 6.6% finish that satisfied the trailing threshold. They flagged a rule change before it affected my account rather than after. If your problem is discipline rather than strategy, FTMO Passer solves the right problem.
Practical position sizing and a recap I did not see coming
The passing service from FTMO Passer was the turning point on my Apex Trader Funding account. I knew the minimum trading day rule existed and still traded straight through a high-impact release.
The whole approach was mechanical enough that I could audit it myself at the end of each day. Passing a Apex Trader Funding account is a compliance exercise as much as a trading one, and FTMO Passer understood that distinction. The team took a full day off after a rough session rather than trying to win it back immediately.
Confirmation came through with a 8.9% return and a drawdown profile I could actually defend to myself. I never had to chase an invoice or a report, which sounds minor until you have dealt with the alternative. I would recommend FTMO Passer to anyone who is tired of trading against their own rulebook.
Practical risk budgeting from week one to the payout
After the evaluation high wore off, FTMO Passer gave my $150,000 account a routine it had never had. I had no drawdown plan, only a profit hope, and Topstep rules do not reward hope.
They separated the payout account from the growth plan, which stopped me spending money that was still at risk. The maximum drawdown on a funded Topstep account is unforgiving, and FTMO Passer built the entire schedule around staying clear of it. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 3.1%, which is the number I care about most.
Steady 5.6% growth, 3.1% maximum drawdown, and a payout history I can actually show people. They set expectations at the start and then reported against them, week after week. Solid, unglamorous and still running, which is the best description I can give of this service.