FTMO Enters Futures: What FTMO Futures Means for the Prop Trading Industry

On August 31, 2026, FTMO — arguably the best-known name in prop trading, built over a decade on CFD challenges — announced FTMO Futures, its first product built for CME futures markets. For a firm that has spent ten years funding forex, indices, metals and crypto CFD traders, moving into futures is a genuine change of direction, not a rebrand. It puts FTMO's brand and Trustpilot reputation — 4.8/5 across roughly 48,000 reviews — up against firms that, until now, owned the futures space outright: Topstep, Apex Trader Funding, TakeProfitTrader and dozens of newer names.

What FTMO Futures actually offers

• Two tracks, Growth and Pro, on account sizes of $50K, $100K and $150K, trading on live CME Group data.
• A single paid Evaluation phase, then a Sim-Funded stage with payouts, then Live Funded by invitation only — no forced two-step structure.
• A 6% profit target at every size ($3,000 on 50K, $6,000 on 100K, $9,000 on 150K), with no time limit and no minimum trading days.
• An end-of-day trailing drawdown rather than the stricter intraday model several futures firms still use, and no consistency rule on the Sim-Funded account.
• A 90% profit split from the first payout — at the very top of what any futures firm currently pays.
• 30 instruments across equity indices, metals, energies, crypto and FX futures (including micro and mini contracts), tradable on Tradovate, NinjaTrader or TradingView.

Why this launch matters

FTMO Futures is not just another firm entering a crowded market — it is the industry's most recognisable CFD brand deciding that futures is worth building for. That context is what makes the launch worth reading into, beyond the rule sheet.

• Brand and trust: FTMO's Trustpilot record dwarfs most futures-only firms. If that reputation carries over to a new product, it could shift where new futures traders default to first — trust is normally the hardest thing for a young firm to build, and FTMO is starting with a decade of it already banked.
• Timing: the move comes as MetaQuotes has tightened licensing terms for MT4/MT5 prop-style demo accounts through 2025-2026, pushing several CFD firms — The5ers and FundedNext among them — to diversify into futures as a hedge against platform risk. FTMO's launch fits that pattern, as the biggest name yet to make the jump.
• Competitive pressure: a 90% split with no consistency rule at the sim-funded stage matches or beats what several established futures firms currently offer, which could push competitors to loosen their own rules or sharpen payout terms to keep up.
• More choice, more scrutiny: a wave of CFD names moving into futures means traders get more options — but also more brand-new rulebooks to check carefully before paying for an evaluation.

What's still unproven

Beta also means real limits. Thirty instruments is a fraction of the full menus offered by longer-established rivals, Live Funded access is invitation-only rather than automatic after the Sim-Funded stage, and the mechanics of that invitation process are not public yet. FTMO's CFD reputation was built over a decade of live payout requests; its futures product has processed none. None of that makes the launch less significant — it just means the terms on paper and the terms in practice have not been tested against each other yet.

What this could mean for traders

• If you already trade futures: a fifth major brand is now competing on a 90% split and an EOD drawdown model with no sim-funded consistency rule — worth watching once independent reviews accumulate.
• If you already trade FTMO's CFD challenges: you can now try futures inside a firm you already trust, rather than starting fresh with an unfamiliar name.
• If you trade with a different futures firm: expect FTMO's terms to become a new reference point in this market's ongoing race on splits, drawdown models and payout speed.