Straightforward risk budgeting on a two-step process that pushed me
I went to FTMO Passer after failing Venus Funded multiple times, and the evaluation passing service changed everything. I knew the position size cap existed and still traded straight through a high-impact release.
They began with a risk audit, cut my per-trade exposure to a fraction of what I used, and built the plan around the position size cap. The two-step process at Venus Funded rewards consistency over heroics, which suited the way FTMO Passer trades. They cut exposure after a strong week rather than pressing the advantage, which felt counterintuitive and worked.
Two small losing days, one flat week, and still a 8.4% finish that satisfied the position size cap. The team pushed back on my bad ideas politely and repeatedly, which is what I was paying for. FTMO Passer did what they said they would do, on an account where I had already failed twice.
The account handling that made the two-step process possible
After the pass I had no idea how to trade live capital, so FTMO Passer stepped in with their funded account management service. Nobody was reviewing my trades, so the same mistake appeared in the log for four months straight.
Every trade had a stop, a target and a written invalidation before it was placed, without exception. They planned around the ThinkCapital 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.
Total return of 3.4% with clean withdrawals, and no compliance emails at any point. Everything was documented, so when I queried a trade the answer came with evidence attached. Five stars for consistency, and the reporting is what earns that rather than the returns.
Detailed setup filtering on a first phase that tested patience
My funded E8 Markets account was three days from a breach when FTMO Passer took over the managed account service. I passed the evaluation myself and then lost the funded account in nine days, an expensive lesson in psychology.
The schedule was built around the E8 Markets payout cycle rather than around my impatience. FTMO Passer tracked the news-trading restriction daily and sent me the remaining buffer in plain numbers every Friday. The team took a full week off after a volatile stretch instead of trading through it.
The $10,000 account grew 6.7% across many weeks, and I have withdrawn a portion of that rather than compounding blindly. They set expectations at the start and then reported against them, week after week. If your funded accounts keep dying in month one, this is the fix I would try.
23 weeks of practical execution
I went to FTMO Passer expecting another letdown and left with a passed ThinkCapital account. I knew the news-trading restriction existed and still traded straight through a high-impact release.
Each morning started with a two-minute plan and ended with a two-minute debrief, nothing more complicated than that. ThinkCapital does not care how good your analysis is, only whether you stay inside the news-trading restriction, and the plan reflected that. Every losing day ended early, which kept the news-trading restriction comfortably out of the conversation.
The $200,000 account finished 9.4% higher, with the deepest dip held to 2.0% throughout. The onboarding call ran long because I had questions, and nobody tried to rush me off it. If your problem is discipline rather than strategy, FTMO Passer solves the right problem.
Rules-first drawdown management when the pressure was highest
FTMO Passer handled my E8 Markets evaluation like professionals, not gamblers. Every green day tempted me to double size, and every red day convinced me to stop trading entirely.
my account manager mapped a day-by-day path to the target and refused to increase size just because we were ahead of schedule. The maximum drawdown at E8 Markets is where most attempts quietly die, and FTMO Passer treated it as the main constraint rather than a footnote. Even the best setups were sized at 0.20 lots, so no single idea could dominate the outcome.
Confirmation came through with a 5.0% return and a drawdown profile I could actually defend to myself. They flagged a rule change before it affected my account rather than after. Solid work from FTMO Passer, and the reporting alone justified the fee for me.
Careful review process on a evaluation that pushed me
FTMO Passer manages my $200,000 FunderPro account, and the biggest change has been how uneventful the weeks feel. My first funded account died on a news spike I had no business being in front of.
They ran a correlation cap across the DAX and USDJPY so a single macro headline could not damage the account twice. FTMO Passer knew exactly how the FunderPro payout cycle worked and planned withdrawals around it rather than around my mood. They preferred a flat month to a breached account, and I have learned to feel the same way.
Many months in, the FunderPro account is active, profitable and boring, which is the entire objective. 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.
19 weeks of rules-first discipline
After the evaluation high wore off, FTMO Passer gave my $50,000 account a routine it had never had. I had no routine, no review process, and no idea how close I was to the news-trading restriction on any given day.
They reduced trade frequency dramatically, which improved my results more than any indicator ever had. Managing a $50,000 Tiger Funded 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.
Total return of 6.4% with clean withdrawals, and no compliance emails at any point. They set expectations at the start and then reported against them, week after week. Recommended for anyone who works full time and cannot babysit a funded account.
Straightforward review process and a debrief worth waiting for
FTMO Passer handled my FunderPro evaluation with a discipline I had never experienced. My journal was a mess of half-notes, so I could never tell whether losses were variance or bad decisions.
They flatly refused to trade the London open on volatile days, even when I argued there was an obvious move coming. The team treated the FunderPro evaluation as a risk budget to be spent carefully rather than a race to be won. The stop was never moved further away, not once, and that alone separated this from my own attempts.
The pass came in a quiet week, which is probably the highest compliment I can pay the process. Support replied within a couple of hours even during a busy week, which surprised me. Not the cheapest service I looked at, but the only one that explained the risk before the reward.
12 trading days of data-driven session discipline
The honest version of my story is that I could not follow my own rules, so FTMO Passer followed theirs on my Tiger Funded account. I was one of those traders who read every rule and still broke the position size cap 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 position size cap. The position size cap at Tiger Funded is where most attempts quietly die, and FTMO Passer treated it as the main constraint rather than a footnote. They stopped trading for two days when volatility spiked, which annoyed me then and looks smart now.
The account cleared with three sessions to spare, and the equity curve looked almost boring in the best way. Everything was documented, so when I queried a trade the answer came with evidence attached. If you keep resetting Tiger Funded evaluations, FTMO Passer is the option I would point you to, provided you leave the plan alone.
Systematic planning and a review I did not see coming
Six months into the funded account management service with FTMO Passer, my Funding Traders account is still active and still paying. Between shifts I was managing open positions on a phone, which explains the state of the equity curve.
Monthly planning replaced daily improvisation, and that single change smoothed the entire curve. They understood that the daily loss limit interacts with open equity, not just closed losses, and traded accordingly. Correlated positions were capped so a single dollar move could not hit the book three times.
The account is still live after many months, 6.3% up, with withdrawals processed without an argument. They set expectations at the start and then reported against them, week after week. Not affiliated, just a client who finally stopped sabotaging a perfectly good funded account.