FT UK Trading Conditions

Add-ons

FT UK prices add-ons as a percentage of the order value rather than as a flat fee, so the cost rises with the account size. Three of the add-ons sold at checkout are not documented anywhere in the help centre, and no add-ons at all are offered on the Flex Challenge.

• 20% Additional Profit BoostAdds 20% to the amount paid out rather than to the profit share. Instant Funding only. Priced at 20% of the order value.
• Increased DrawdownRaises total drawdown from 6% to 8% on Instant Funding. Daily drawdown stays at 5%. Priced at 20% of the order value.
• Level 7 UnlockAdds a seventh scaling level, taking a $100,000 account to $6,400,000. Priced at 10% of the order value. Eligibility for 2 Step and Instant Funding is published inconsistently.
• Faster Weekly PayoutsMoves payouts from every 14 days to every 7 days. 1 Step and 2 Step only. Priced at 20% of the order value.
• News Trading ActivatedSold at 20% of the order value, although every FT UK rules table already lists news trading as allowed.
• Increased Profit Split 80%Sold at checkout at 20% of the order value. Not documented in the help centre.
• Lock Upon Payout RemovalSold at checkout at 20% of the order value. Not documented in the help centre. It appears to remove the Payout Locker.
• Free RetakeSold at checkout at 30% of the order value. Not documented in the help centre.
• Futures add-onsNo Daily Drawdown at 20% of the order value and Payout On Demand at 10% apply to futures accounts only.
• Higher leverageNot sold. Leverage is fixed by program and level and cannot be bought up.
• Swap freeNot sold. Every instrument is already swap free on all three platforms.

What these conditions mean in practice

Leverage rises with the scaling level. 1 Step runs 10:1 through the evaluation and level 1, 20:1 at levels 2 and 3, 30:1 at levels 4 and 5, then 50:1 at levels 6 and 7. 2 Step runs 30:1 through the challenge, the verification and level 1, 50:1 at levels 3 to 5 and 100:1 at levels 6 and 7, and Instant Funding is 30:1 at every level.

2 Step leverage at level 2 is published as 30:1 in the leverage article and 50:1 in the rules table and on the Scaling Plans page. Flex leverage is given as 30:1 flat in the leverage article and as 50:1 in evaluation with 30:1 once funded in the Flex article. Leverage on other asset classes is fixed at every level: 10:1 on indices and metals, 5:1 on other commodities and 2:1 on crypto.

Commission is $4 per standard lot on forex pairs only, with nothing on commodities, indices or crypto, and the rate is the same on every platform and account type. FT UK publishes no spread figures, but it does publish read only demo logins so spreads can be checked before buying.

Swap fees have been removed from all instruments on MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker and Match-Trader, so accounts are swap free by default and no swap free add-on is sold.

Reading the table

• News trading is listed as allowed in every rules table and is also sold as a paid add-on at 20% of the order value.
• Commission applies to forex pairs only, and no typical or maximum spread is published for any instrument or platform.
• Platforms are MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker and Match-Trader. MetaTrader 5 is not available to traders in the United States.

FT UK trading conditions: common questions