FTMO vs BrightFunded

Drawdown, the rule that ends most accounts

FTMO runs a Fixed drawdown and BFunded runs Static.

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

What entry really costs

The cheapest entry is BFunded, from $34.30 with the coupon applied at checkout, against $79.00 at FTMO.

The discount differs too: 20% OFF at FTMO and 10% OFF at BFunded.

FTMO / BFunded 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, FTMO pays 90% and BFunded pays 100%.

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

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

The rules that kill the account

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

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

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

FTMO explicitly bans: Latency arbitrage, Spread manipulation.

BFunded explicitly bans: Arbitrage, Hedging between accounts, Grid trading.

Which one fits you

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

Platforms: FTMO runs on MT4, MT5, cTrader; BFunded, on MT5, DXtrade, 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.