FTMO challenge
Passing FTMO, live
Watch me try to pass the FTMO challenge with Model 1 — same strategy, same journal, just higher stakes. The data on this page updates automatically from the live journal.
Account size
$100,000
Progress to target
$1,879 / $10,000
Currently $1,879 of the $10,000 target.
Worst day vs. limit
$300 / $5,000
Worst single-day loss so far against the allowed daily maximum.
Days running
69
Trades
13
Trading days (min. 4)
12 / 4
The worst-day figure is an indicative estimate from the journal's R values, not an official prop-account statement. The account balance is updated manually.
This is an experiment that's allowed to fail. I'm betting a real shot at a funded account on the mechanical discipline of one trade a day on the strategy — if the challenge doesn't pass, that goes in the journal too, not under the rug.
I've had this account for a while — and it wasn't always a process. Early on I let it slide by about $2,000 on trades taken out of boredom and impulse, not rules. It was an unplanned test of my own psychology, and I failed it. That's exactly why this site and this page exist: until you have something public to answer to, discipline is just a word. It's my own engine to make sure it doesn't happen again.
So don't try to back-calculate the account balance from live R × risk per trade — because of the history above, it won't add up. The unit is R, not dollars; the dollar figures below are the FTMO account's real numbers (limits, target, balance), not a conversion from the journal.
A fair note: on the Resources page I have an FTMO affiliate link — if someone signs up through it, I get a commission. I'm not affiliated with FTMO in any other way, and this page is not a recommendation to buy a challenge. A prop challenge is a paid exam most people fail, and I'm in the middle of one right now.
I post every trade on the day it happens on X — with the indicator screenshot, losses included.
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