Trading Update | 8 Oct, 2026

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Best Day Rule is replaced by the Consistency rule

From Monday, 12 October 2026, 9:00, the Consistency rule will replace the Best Day Rule for all new orders of the 1-Step FTMO Challenge created on or after this date.

The same replacement applies to all FTMO Rewards Accounts merged on or after 12 October 2026.

Accounts from orders created before 12 October 2026, 9:00, stay under the Best Day Rule. This doesn’t change when you pass the Evaluation Process, withdraw a Reward, or receive a subsequent FTMO Rewards Account as a result.

How the two rules differ

• The Best Day Rule compares your Best Day with your Positive Days’ Profit only. Positive Days’ Profit only counts the P&L from days that closed with a positive daily P&L.
• The Consistency rule compares your Best Day with your total profit. Total profit counts the P&L from all trading days, including days that closed with a loss.

Both rules measure your Best Day against the profit you make. The goal is to verify that your trading approach is consistent.

Neither rule can be breached. If you don’t meet the consistency requirement, you simply keep trading until you do.

Why we’re making this change

We’re making this change to more closely align the rules’ logic across our offering. The Consistency rule is stricter, and we want to be clear about that. Consistent performance is built across all trading days, and the days that go against you are part of that picture.

The full Consistency rule description will be on the Trading Objectives page once the change takes effect. You’ll also see your Consistency Rule results in Account MetriX.

Overnight rollover swaps are subject to regular changes and adjustments, reflecting, among other things, interest rate differentials and dividend adjustments. If you are holding positions overnight, please be reminded that it is your responsibility to check these swaps in the contract specification for each simulated symbol, and to adjust (if needed) and manage your positions accordingly. FTMO is not responsible for trading results affected by swap changes or adjustments.

The situation in Ukraine – geopolitical development, sanctions, and markets

Due to the war in Ukraine, traders can experience increased uncertainty in the markets, accompanied by increased volatility on many assets, along with the possibility of price spikes, whipsaws, flash crashes, spread widening and liquidity supply issues. Traders are advised to pay extra caution while trading during these times. Risk management and capital preservation should be the key focus of every trader, just as being aware and adaptive to the market conditions that might be unpredictable or risky.

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Unfortunately, at this time, we are not allowed to process payments to regions of Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine and our clients from there, as per the latest sanctions imposed in connection with the war in Ukraine. There are also sanctions targeting some Russian banks and high-profile individuals. We are not allowed to process any payouts to clients and banks on the sanction list. Payouts to our clients from/in the subject locations, or being subject to the sanctions list, will be possible once the imposed sanctions are lifted. Crypto payouts are included in the restrictions.