FTMO Copy Trading Rules: Account Ownership and Setup Checks

Do not treat EA permission as blanket approval for any FTMO copy-trading arrangement. The relevant questions are whose trading decisions you follow, who controls the accounts, which FTMO product and stage you use, and whether the exact connection complies with your agreement.

This guide covers the global FTMO CFD rules linked below, checked on 30 September 2026. FTMO Futures and regional offerings have separate documentation; do not transfer the figures or conclusions here to a different product. Copygram routes supported instructions and does not guarantee an evaluation pass or an FTMO reward.

What FTMO documents about automation and account use

FTMO’s strategy FAQ allows legitimate discretionary and algorithmic strategies subject to its rules. It also warns that widely shared third-party EAs can create maximum-allocation issues and that excessive server activity may require changes.

Its forbidden-practices policy restricts access by third parties, trading on another person’s behalf and coordinated arrangements. A copier does not remove those restrictions. Neither source is a product-specific endorsement of Copygram.

For copying between accounts you own, describe the full proposed source-to-receiver route to FTMO and confirm that it is permitted under your agreement. Ownership alone should not be presented as proof that every source, hosting method or trading behavior is approved. Keep the response with your configuration record.

Identify 1-Step or 2-Step before using a rule table

FTMO’s current Trading Objectives distinguish these CFD products:

• 1-Step: a 10% challenge profit target, 3% Maximum Daily Loss amount and a 10% Maximum Loss amount with an end-of-day trailing limit. A Best Day rule also applies.

• 2-Step: 10% challenge and 5% verification profit targets, a 5% Maximum Daily Loss amount and a static 10% Maximum Loss amount. Both evaluation phases require at least four trading days.

The loss rules account for equity, including open results and applicable costs. Read the complete calculation, daily reset and stage-specific conditions on FTMO’s page; a percentage by itself is not an operating specification.

Map your actual account to a supported connection

Check the platform and account server you were issued. Copygram’s platform documentation describes the available connections and identifies MT4 and MT5 as senders and receivers. See MetaTrader copying for the account-to-account workflow.

Do not infer compatibility from a firm’s name. Confirm the account type, authentication requirements and intended role before connecting it. A public integration page is a description of software functionality, not confirmation from FTMO that your arrangement is permitted.

Configure the receiver without inventing a loss-limit safeguard

Choose the receiver’s sizing mode, map its instruments and review supported stop-loss, take-profit, close and modification behavior. Use the lot-sizing examples to calculate an expected quantity with explicit contract and currency assumptions.

A percentage-risk calculation for one order is different from monitoring the complete account against a firm’s daily or trailing limit. Do not assume the copier automatically closes all positions or prevents a rule breach. Include orders placed outside Copygram when reviewing exposure in the firm’s own metrics.

Prepare a route-specific check

• Record the FTMO product, account stage, platform, server and ownership of all connected accounts.

• Confirm the copying direction and cloud access method with FTMO where your agreement leaves uncertainty.

• Document symbol mapping, size settings, stop handling and any symbol-specific overrides.

• Check current news, overnight and other trading restrictions for that exact account.

• Where permitted, reconcile a demo source action with the Copygram log and receiver history, including supported position management.

If one receiver rejects an instruction, check the others before retrying. Use the failed-order guide to investigate the cause. Pausing new instructions does not establish that existing positions have been closed.

Buying decision

After permission and compatibility are confirmed, compare the current Copygram plans with the number of accounts and source features you need. Copygram has no free trial. Evaluate the routing workflow separately from the quality of your trading strategy and the cost of an FTMO evaluation.

This is an independent Copygram setup review, not an FTMO approval or a promise of funding. For a reusable preparation checklist across firms, see using a trade copier for prop-firm accounts.