FundedNext vs FTMO

Drawdown, the rule that ends most accounts

FundedNext runs a Static drawdown and FTMO runs Fixed.

In practice that is -5% / -10% of room at FundedNext and -3% / -10% at FTMO.

What entry really costs

The cheapest entry is FundedNext, from $44.99 with the coupon applied at checkout, against $79.00 at FTMO.

The discount differs too: 55% OFF at FundedNext and 20% OFF at FTMO.

FundedNext / FTMO charges no activation fee, so the price you see is the full cost up to the funded account.

When the money leaves

On the split, FundedNext pays 80-95% and FTMO pays 90%.

Neither offers a day-one payout, so plan around each standard cycle.

Declared speed: 24h at FundedNext and 14 days at FTMO.

The rules that kill the account

FundedNext has no consistency requirement, so one strong day counts in full.

FTMO enforces a consistency rule (50% Best Day), which stops a single day from carrying the whole result.

Minimum trading days: 5 at FundedNext and 0 at FTMO.

FundedNext explicitly bans: Latency arbitrage, Consistency rule 40% (challenge only).

FTMO explicitly bans: Latency arbitrage, Spread manipulation.

Which one fits you

If the goal is testing the model on the smallest possible budget, FundedNext has the cheaper entry.

If reputation matters more than price, FTMO is rated 4.8 on Trustpilot.

Platforms: FundedNext runs on MT4, MT5, cTrader, Match-Trader; FTMO, on MT4, MT5, cTrader. A strategy tied to one platform decides this on its own.

There is no better firm in the abstract: there is the one that matches your drawdown, your trading hours and how fast you need to withdraw.