12 trading sessions of level-headed position sizing
Most reviews talk about passing, so here is one about the account management service at FTMO Account Management and what happens afterwards. After a strong first month I doubled size and spent the next six weeks recovering from it.
Position size was set at 0.15 lots and only reviewed after a full month of data, not after a good afternoon. Live FXIFY conditions are not demo conditions, and FTMO Account Management adjusted size for spreads and slippage accordingly. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 2.4%, which is the number I care about most.
The account survived two volatile stretches that would have finished me on my own, and still ended 6.3% higher. They set expectations at the start and then reported against them, week after week. FTMO Account Management gave me back my evenings, and the account performance was almost a bonus.
How organised capital preservation transformed the process
Passing was the easy part, keeping a Foxx Funded funded account alive was not, which is why FTMO Account Management took over the management. I was withdrawing nothing because I kept giving profits back before the payout window opened.
The team scaled size only after a new equity high held for a full week, never during a run. They planned around the Foxx Funded minimum days rather than rushing to a payout and breaching in the process. 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, 3.9% up, with withdrawals processed without an argument. When I panicked during a drawdown, the reply was calm, factual and about ten minutes away. Not affiliated, just a client who finally stopped sabotaging a perfectly good funded account.
Level-headed trade selection when it mattered most
The passing service from FTMO Account Management was the turning point on my FXIFY account. I kept widening stops, and the FXIFY dashboard was unforgiving about the drawdown that followed.
The strategy was reduced to two setups on index CFDs, and everything else was filtered out before it reached the order ticket. Trading a $50,000 FXIFY account with FTMO Account Management felt slower than my own attempts, and slower turned out to be faster. A hard weekly loss ceiling meant the account always had room to recover in the following session.
We finished 6.4% above the starting balance and the dashboard flipped to passed on a Tuesday morning. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. I came for the pass and left with a risk framework I now use on my personal account.
How no-drama session discipline saved the account
FTMO Account Management handled my Foxx Funded evaluation with discipline I had never seen. My journal was a mess of half-notes, so I could never tell whether losses were variance or bad decisions.
The whole approach was mechanical enough that I could audit it myself at the end of each day. Because FTMO Account Management sized down, the qualification stage at Foxx Funded looked uneventful on the equity chart, which is the entire point. They stopped trading for two days when volatility spiked, which annoyed me then and looks smart now.
The target was reached with 1.4% drawdown at the worst point, and the confirmation email arrived the same week. The onboarding call ran long because I had questions, and nobody tried to rush me off it. I have no affiliation with FTMO Account Management, just one passed evaluation and a much better sense of risk.
Level-headed payout planning and a qualification stage that ended properly
After the pass I had no idea how to trade live capital, so FTMO Account Management stepped in with their account management service. Live capital felt completely different, and my first month on Goat Funded Trader was a masterclass in second-guessing.
The book was reduced to two setups on the DAX, traded only during the New York open, with everything else filtered out. FTMO Account Management knew exactly how the Goat Funded Trader payout cycle worked and planned withdrawals around it rather than around my mood. After two losses in a session the desk closed, no exceptions and no negotiation.
The account survived two volatile stretches that would have finished me on my own, and still ended 5.3% higher. I was told about a mistake before I noticed it myself, and told how it would be prevented next time. My only complaint is that I did not find FTMO Account Management before losing the first two accounts.
9 days of rules-first progress tracking
After the pass I had no idea how to trade live capital, so FTMO Account Management stepped in with their funded management service. Live capital felt completely different, and my first month on Venus Funded was a masterclass in second-guessing.
They separated the payout account from the growth plan, which stopped me spending money that was still at risk. The scaling path at Venus Funded only matters if you survive, and FTMO Account Management treated survival as the first objective. After two losses in a session the desk closed, no exceptions and no negotiation.
Multiple payouts so far, peak drawdown of 2.3%, and an equity curve that finally trends instead of zigzagging. The dashboard access stayed with me throughout, so nothing about the process was hidden. I will keep renewing with FTMO Account Management as long as the drawdown discipline stays where it is.
The trade selection that separated this from before
I went to FTMO Account Management after failing Goat Funded Trader multiple times, and the challenge passing service changed everything. My problem was never entries, it was sizing EURUSD 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. The first phase at Goat Funded Trader rewards consistency over heroics, which suited the way FTMO Account Management trades. Risk was defined before entry every time, which sounds basic until you have watched yourself not do it.
The $10,000 evaluation closed in 9 trading days with a 6.8% gain and nothing flagged on the compliance side. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. I have no affiliation with FTMO Account Management, just one passed evaluation and a much better sense of risk.
They fixed my risk budgeting before touching the challenge
FTMO Account Management took over my $25,000 Venus Funded account and the account passing service was immediately effective. Work meant I could only watch the the US cash open, and I kept forcing setups that simply were not there.
The strategy was reduced to two setups on the metals, and everything else was filtered out before it reached the order ticket. I had read the Venus Funded rules twice and still misunderstood the position size cap, but the analyst assigned to me explained it in one paragraph. The stop was never moved further away, not once, and that alone separated this from my own attempts.
I ended 5.5% up with no rule violations, which matters more to me than the speed of the pass. The team pushed back on my bad ideas politely and repeatedly, which is what I was paying for. It is a service, not a shortcut, and once I accepted that the whole thing went smoothly.
The evaluation that taught me daily routine
After the evaluation high wore off, FTMO Account Management gave my $100,000 account a routine it had never had. Between shifts I was managing open positions on a phone, which explains the state of the equity curve.
Each week ended with a written review of every trade, including the ones we skipped. FTMO Account Management treated my ThinkCapital account as a long-term asset rather than a lottery ticket, which is rare. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 1.2%, which is the number I care about most.
The account is still live after many months, 3.7% up, with withdrawals processed without an argument. Updates were honest about losing days, which is the fastest way to earn trust with me. Not affiliated, just a client who finally stopped sabotaging a perfectly good funded account.
How structured setup filtering reshaped everything
FTMO Account Management runs two funded accounts for me now, after the first one behaved exactly as they described. After a strong first month I doubled size and spent the next six weeks recovering from it.
The book was reduced to two setups on gold, traded only during the Asian session, with everything else filtered out. They understood that the daily loss limit interacts with open equity, not just closed losses, and traded accordingly. Peak drawdown across many weeks never exceeded 1.0%, which is the number I care about most.
The account survived two volatile stretches that would have finished me on my own, and still ended 2.6% higher. They flagged a rule change before it affected my account rather than after. The fee made sense once the first payout cleared, and it has made sense every month since.