After 25 days, of fighting my own psychology, and today I passed Phase 1 again.

This one honestly feels different.

I was previously 0.5% away from passing, then I lost and ended up losing nearly 5% in one day, blowing another account.

Before that, I had a funded account up 4%, basically ready for a withdrawal, and I blew it because I got greedy.

After all that, my psychology was fucked.

I started overthinking everything. I'd sit there thinking about every setup I could've taken, every move I missed, whether I was going to FOMO into the next one, etc. I'd either take trades too early or be too scared to take them at all.

Today I only had 0.8% left to pass.

I waited for an A+ setup instead of forcing anything.

When it came, I took it. I was honestly scared, but at the same time I trusted the setup and executed.

And that's it. Passed.

I think the biggest thing I've learned is that I don't need to catch every move. Missing a trade isn't the end of the world. There will always be another setup.

Now it's Phase 2.

Hopefully this time I can stay disciplined and not fuck it up when I'm close again 😂

One step at a time.

I’m trading XAUUSD on an FTMO MT5 account, and my candles suddenly look really weird compared to how they normally do. The wicks and candle shapes look kind of fucked up, and when I compare them to TradingView (OANDA feed), they’re noticeably different.

I know different brokers can have slightly different prices, but this isn’t just a tiny difference — some candles look completely different, especially the recent ones.

Has anyone else had this happen on FTMO MT5? Is this normal because of the FTMO price feed/liquidity providers, or could there be something wrong with my platform or server? I’m trying to figure out whether I should trust the MT5 chart or if I’m missing some setting.

Is this because of the CPI and PPI volatility, where different liquidity providers print different wicks, or could there be something wrong with my MT5 platform or server? Has anyone else noticed this on FTMO recently?

Just trying to figure out whether this is normal during major news events or if I should be concerned.

Any help would be appreciated.

I honestly feel sick.

I was 9.5% up on FTMO Phase 1 and literally 0.5% away from passing. Then I got impatient, took a stupid trade, revenge traded after that, and ended up losing almost 5% in a single day.

Now I’m sitting at 4.6%.

I know everyone is going to say “just follow your rules,” and yeah, I know. The worst part is that I broke every rule I had. I wasn’t even trading my setup anymore — I was trying to get back to 10% as fast as possible.

For anyone who has actually recovered from a massive psychological hit like this on an FTMO challenge, how the fuck did you do it?

Did you stop trading for a few days? Reduce risk? Start treating it like a brand-new challenge? I genuinely don’t know whether to keep going or whether my psychology is completely cooked right now.

I was 0.5% away from passing, and now I need another 5.4%. Feels like I’ve thrown away the easiest pass of my life.

I've hit a wall mentally with trading and could really use some advice.

I was up 5% on my FTMO challenge/account, feeling confident, and then over the next 2 days I gave it all back.

The worst part is I know exactly what I did wrong:

• Took trades that weren't A+ setups.
• Let emotions take over after losses.
• Started trying to make the money back instead of just following my plan.
• Ignored my own rules.

This isn't a strategy issue. I can backtest profitably and spot good setups. The problem is me when real money and emotions are involved.

For those of you who got past this stage:

• How did you stop giving profits back?
• How did you become disciplined enough to stick to your rules after a loss?
• What changes actually made a difference?

I'm tired of repeating the same cycle. I know I can trade, but I keep sabotaging myself once I'm in profit.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi everyone,

This is my first ever $100k FTMO Challenge.

Today I finished down around -$2,000 (-2%) after several XAUUSD trades.

I attached my trade history below.

I'm trying to understand FTMO's 1% maximum loss per trade idea policy because I'm worried about getting flagged if I pass the challenge.

From what I accepted, FTMO defines a "trade idea" as:

• Cumulative exposure on the same (or correlated) symbol.
• Any new position opened within 1 hour after closing a previous trade in the same direction counts as the same trade idea.
• Risk is measured using the maximum adverse excursion (MAE) (realized or unrealized), not where your stop loss is placed.

My questions are:

1. Since this is my first challenge, can I actually get flagged already, or is this only something FTMO reviews after you pass?
2. If I pass this challenge, could they put me on the 1% max loss / 1% risk per trade idea restriction?
3. Does that restriction apply only to that funded account, or does it carry across all future FTMO accounts/challenges?
4. If I bought a brand-new $100k Challenge in the future, would that restriction still follow me?
5. Looking at these trades, would FTMO likely consider them one trade idea or multiple trade ideas under their definition?

Any insight from people who've actually been put on the 1% rule would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I'm funded with FTMO and have a question about payouts.

I had two separate periods where I lost around 3–3.5% in 2 separate trade ideas, but I recovered and never violated any FTMO rules. I never exceeded the maximum daily loss or the maximum overall loss.

At one point I was up 6.9% and was planning to request a payout two days later. Unfortunately, my psychology completely fell apart. I got greedy, started revenge trading, and ended up giving back all my profits until I was around -4% overall on the account.

During those two losing days, I lost around 4.7% in a day twice and also had several trades that were over 1.5% risk each. I know this wasn't good trading, and it was purely a psychological implosion that snowballed into more bad decisions.

I'm still on the same $100,000 funded account, and I've now recovered back to roughly breakeven. My plan moving forward is to stick to my trading plan, follow my system, only take A+ setups, and stop forcing trades. I know exactly where I went wrong, and I'm focused on trading with discipline again.

My question is: Assuming I continue trading consistently, make profits, and don't break any FTMO rules, is there any reason FTMO would decline a future payout because of those two bad days?

I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who has had a similar experience and successfully received a payout.

I uploaded a post 10 days ago asking about why tp did not hit, at the time I did not know what spreads were, but now I am aware of them.

I am abit new to prop firms and I have successfully passed Phase 1 of the 100k challenge and I am now half way through Phase 2 I am up 4% in one single trade.

Trading with propfirms is 100% better than trading with a small live account.

My account went into drawdown on my first few trades on Phase 1 because I was getting to excited, but I eventually recovered 😂

Can someone explain why my TP is not triggering when price clearly goes and touches it?? I had to manually close the trade myself because of this…