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Prop Firm Information Differences: FTMO & Plutus Trade Base

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Field FTMO Active Plutus Trade Base Active
Data Source PropFirmMatch.com AI Extracted (Unverified)
Official Site ftmo.com plutustradebase.com
📁 Firm Overview
Broker Institutional Liquidity Provider cTrader, DXtrade, Match-Trader, MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker
Platform cTrader, DXtrade, MT4, MT5 cTrader, DXtrade, Match-Trader, MT5, TradeLocker, TradingView
Payment Methods Apple Pay, Bank Transfer, Credit/Debit Card, Crypto, Google Pay, Nuvei, PayPal, Skrill Credit Card, Crypto, Debit Card
Payout Methods Bank Transfer, Crypto, Mastercard, Skrill, Visa Direct Bank Transfer, Bitcoin, Crypto, Ethereum, Rise
📁 Instruments and Assets
Type of Instruments CFD Commodities, Crypto, Forex, Indices, Stocks
Assets Crypto, Energy, FX, Indices, Metals, Stocks Bitcoin, Crude Oil, Ethereum, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, GER40, Gold, Silver, Stocks, US30
📁 Leverage
Leverage Info 2-Steps
  • FX: 1:100
  • Metals: 1:30
  • Indices: 1:50
  • Energy: 1:30
  • Crypto: 1:3
  • Stocks: 1:3
 Lightning & 2-Step Challenges
  • Forex: 1:100
  • Indices: 1:100
  • Commodities: 1:100
  • Stocks: 1:100
  • Crypto: 1:100

Instant Funding
  • Forex: 1:50
  • Indices: 1:25
  • Commodities: 1:50
  • Stocks: 1:50
  • Crypto: 1:10
📁 Commissions
Commission Info
  • FX: $5 per lot
  • Metals: 0.0014%/Volume
  • Indices: $0
  • Energy: $0
  • Crypto: 0.0650%/Volume
  • Stocks: 0.0040%/Volume
  • Spreads: Low spreads (from 0.0 pips on some accounts)
  • Commission: Standard commission structure applies per lot based on platform/account type
  • Crypto: Commission may apply
📁 Consistency Rules
Consistency Info None Consistency Rule
  • Lightning / 2-Step / Instant: No consistency rule
  • Adventure Plan: 5% consistency rule applies

Inactivity Rule
  • Accounts are considered breached if inactive for 7 consecutive days
📁 Firm Rules
Firm Rules Info Australian traders
  • Clients in Australia can use FTMO services which are facilitated via our affiliated VRGK entity as https://ftmo.com/au/
USA Traders
  • Clients in the United States of America can use FTMO services facilitated via our affiliated entity at https://ftmo.oanda.com
Min trading days
  • Evaluation: 4 days | Funded: None
News Trading
  • Allowed: Swing accounts (Both funded and evaluation phase), non-swing accounts (Evaluation phase only)
  • Not allowed: Non-swing accounts (Funded stage only) within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news.
Weekend Trades
  • Holding trades over the weekend and over a market rollover period longer than 2 hours is prohibited for funded traders (non-swing accounts). Standard Market hours are available on trading platforms and at : https://ftmo.com/en/symbols/ . All changes to standard market hours are announced in the Trading Updates section: https://ftmo.com/en/trading-updates/
Capital Allocation Limit
  • FTMO Traders; 400k max capital per strategy per person. Accounts with identical trading strategies exceeding $400,000 allocated capital may be suspended. Prime Status; 600k. Supreme Prime Status; 1Million
Third-Party Trading
  • Your account must not be traded by any third party.
Position Sizes
  • Opening significantly larger position sizes or substantially different numbers of positions compared to other trades is prohibited.
1%–1.5% Risk Guidance Rule
  • FTMO recommends risking no more than 1%–1.5% of your initial account balance per trade, helping traders avoid high-risk behavior that may trigger risk monitoring, warnings, or protective restrictions intended to prevent gambling-style trading.
Forbidden Trading PracticesMultiple Profile Accounts
  • Opening multiple profile accounts is prohibited.
Copy Trading
  • Allowed, copying other traders is strictly prohibited, you are the only one managing your accounts, and you respect the 400,000 simulated USD maximum capital allocation rule.
EAs
  • Third Party EAs are strictly prohibited
Inactivity rule
  • You must open at least one trade every 30 days to prevent account termination due to inactivity. Alternatively, you can request to freeze your account for 7 days to 6 months to avoid termination.
 Trading Rules
  • Max Daily Loss: 3% (Instant), 6% (Lightning), 7% (2-Step)
  • Max Total Loss: 10% (Instant), 6% (Lightning), 7% (2-Step)
  • Profit Target: 3% (Lightning), 8%/6% (2-Step), None (Instant)
  • Minimum Trading Days: None (Unlimited time)

Permitted Strategies
  • News Trading allowed
  • Weekend Holding allowed
  • Scalping allowed
  • HFT (High Frequency Trading) allowed
  • Expert Advisors (EAs) allowed
  • Copy Trading allowed (between own accounts)
📁 Payout Policy
Payout Policy Info Profit split
  • 80%
Payout cycle
  • 14 Days
Minimum withdrawal amount
  • $20 for Bank Wire and $50 for Crypto
Scaling Plan
  • Requirements: Minimum of 4 months cycle, at least 10% total net simulated profit, Process at least 2 rewards, Positive account balance at scale-up
  • Benefits: Account size increases by 25% with each scaling cycle. Rewards upgraded to 90%, with a $2M scale-up cap. Continuous increases apply when criteria are met.
FTMO Premium Programme 		Payout Schedule
  • Instant Funding: First payout after 7 trading days, then on-demand
  • Challenge Accounts: Bi-weekly payouts (every 14 days)
  • Processing Time: Fast processing (often same-day via Rise/Crypto)

Profit Split
  • Up to 95% profit split based on account scaling and performance

Scaling Plan
  • Account doubles after achieving 12% profit
  • Scaling available up to $2,000,000
📁 Restricted Countries
Countries List Afghanistan, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cook Islands, Crimea (Region of Ukraine), Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (fmr. "Swaziland"), Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Myanmar (Burma), Nauru, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Regions of Ukraine: Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk, Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Russia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Zaporizhzhia (Region of Ukraine) Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk

Observed Promotional Activity

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FTMO

An active promotion was observed as of Sep 12, 2026.

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Plutus Trade Base

An active promotion was observed as of Sep 12, 2026.

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