I don't recall and it doesn't make sense they ever allowing - let alone recommend - people letting someone else trade on their behalf in order to pass the challenge. Regardless, for any one who's serious about making it in this business, it's a ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I think it's really disrespectful to come to FTMO's own thread and offer to basically help people "cheat" their way through, even if that would be the real truth it only reveals the lack of character of the person you'd be dealing with. Hopefully ...

FTMO - For serious traders

Maybe you should look at the big picture and understand how opportunities that suck for some are godsend for others. There's probably only a couple countries (US and UK) that actually have REAL prop firms to apply to and for those you need, most ...

FTMO - For serious traders

The lazy ones who can't go back and read past the last two pages of the thread to find the answers to their questions (already answered many times over) or refer to the firm's website for info prior to judging and critizing are the same lazy ones ...

FTMO - For serious traders

People are not paying for a demo account, they are paying for the chance to pass a test that will allow them to trade a demo account at ZERO cost (fee refunded if successful) for the opportunity of making a decent income from monthly profits as low ...

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maybe more than 80%... and I'd even go to say that +80% of the whole Internet content is filled with scams... Browsing the Web, nowadays, is like swimming in a sea full of sharks, one must filter and filter and filter everything and make our own ...

What makes a trading system valuable?

I'm considering the 5%ers as the best secondary slow pace account building alternative. They will double your account size everytime you make 10% and your profits are actually transfered to you and not held in some kind of "account" on your behalf. ...

prop firm new model - my trading journey

Yeah, on that I agree, they could be used as a secondary small and slow income stream (pocket money? ) and for diversification, but even for that there's better options imo.

prop firm new model - my trading journey

Honestly, I don't understand why would someone even waste time with such awful conditions when there are better alternatives nowadays. And having them fund a live account on my behalf with my profits, how nice to keep the money in their pocket, ...

prop firm new model - my trading journey

You are assuming a 100K account with FTMO and also ignoring their growth plan of 25% every quarter, along with the fact that your challenge fees are refunded if you get funded. So, in theory if you're talented you make a "free" investment, and by ...

prop firm new model - my trading journey

Slight correction, if you're referring to my post, it was around 56 pips (not 100)

FTMO - For serious traders

thanks for the chart, so there was indeed a gap within those 6 seconds that probably jumped over a ton of stops also, but not mine

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I get what you're saying, agree totally, failing a challenge due to a large slippage from an event that's not even in the calendar would be quite frustrating. Not sure if that could be handled fairly by FTMO or I guess it's just part of doing this ...

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When were the Brexit comments made? There was no mention of that on the news calendars for today.

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Thanks for confirming that. Fair enough then (I still think its too much of a widening though).

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I agree, 10 pips is an acceptable slippage and willing to take that loss, but +50 pips is NOT, on such a small spike. I can't even imagine what can happen during an NFP announcement with LMAX!

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Sorry to hear, but that's perfectly normal as you're under stress to perform. I tested the waters myself a couple months ago and forked a hundred on a 10K challenge, the same happened exactly. I am an automated trader but tried to go for it manually ...

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Yes its the FTMO platform and I don't see any gap in price (see 1m chart below) image

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GU today, my stop-loss was triggered roughly 56 pips beyond its price! Even if due to spread widening on volatility spikes it's a really awful execution IMO. From my experience, most brokers would have slipped 10/15 pips at most on this move, but I ...

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I don't believe any trading youtuber teachings, and would recommend even less that one in particular, it's a proven fact that that guy lost tons of money for his investors a few years ago with his EA. I can't remember exactly but I believe his ...

FTMO - For serious traders