FTMO's 1% Rule Exposed: Are You at Risk of a Rejected Payout?
Prop Firm Analysis FTMO's 1% Rule Exposed: Are You at Risk of a Rejected Payout? Published on Myfxbook Community | Topic: FTMO Funded Account Rules | Reading time: ~9 min You passed the Challenge. You survived the Verification. You've been trading your funded account profitably for weeks — and now you're ready to request your payout. Then it gets rejected. This scenario is not hypothetical. Based on trader feedback across forums and community groups, FTMO payout rejections tied to consistency rules have caught funded traders off guard — including experienced ones. The FTMO 1% rule payout rejection issue is one of the least-discussed risks in prop trading, partly because it doesn't trigger during the challenge phase, and partly because traders simply don't know to look for it. This article breaks down exactly what the rule is, how it gets triggered without traders realizing it, and what you can do right now to protec...