A side-by-side breakdown of FTMO and Lucid Trading — profit splits, payout speed, drawdown rules, platforms, and a clear verdict on which firm wins for which trader profile.
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Data-driven comparison · checked Aug 11, 2026
We track 2 FTMO products and 7 from Lucid Trading that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-08-11. These firms sell different instruments — FTMO runs CFD products and Lucid Trading runs futures — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race. FTMO offers EUR one-time; Lucid Trading offers USD one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
Winning value on each row is marked. Ties are flagged. Empty cells mean we don't have that data point yet.
The table above compares the two firms. This one compares the products you actually buy — 9 of them, each with its own price, split, drawdown rule and source date.
We track 2 FTMO products and 7 from Lucid Trading that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-08-11. These firms sell different instruments — FTMO runs CFD products and Lucid Trading runs futures — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race.
FTMO offers EUR one-time; Lucid Trading offers USD one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
FTMO's own products disagree on 11 terms. On evaluation steps it is 1-step on FTMO Challenge: 1-Step, versus 2-step on FTMO Challenge: 2-Step. Which product you buy decides that rule, not which firm you sign with — a firm-level table cannot show this.
FTMO offers EUR one-time; Lucid Trading offers USD one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €199Published fee (EUR) | €221at 90% split | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €250Published fee (EUR) | €313at 80% split | — |
| LucidProLucid Trading · One-time · 90% split | $135One-time fee | $150at 90% split | 0.15vs $1,000 tier max loss |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
FTMO offers EUR one-time; Lucid Trading offers USD one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €319Published fee (EUR) | €354at 90% split | — | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €345Published fee (EUR) | €431at 80% split | — | — |
| LucidProLucid Trading · One-time · 90% split | $185One-time fee | $206at 90% split | 0.10vs $2,000 tier max loss | 1 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
FTMO offers EUR one-time; Lucid Trading offers USD one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €499Published fee (EUR) | €554at 90% split | — | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €540Published fee (EUR) | €675at 80% split | — | — |
| LucidProLucid Trading · One-time · 90% split | $285One-time fee | $317at 90% split | 0.11vs $3,000 tier max loss | 1 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
Each cell shows every value that firm's current products hold. Where a firm disagrees with itself the products are named — those are the rows a firm-level table has to flatten, and the ones that decide whether your strategy is allowed. 11 of 16 rows split this way in this matchup.
| Term | FTMO | Lucid Trading |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation steps | 1-stepFTMO Challenge: 1-Step 2-stepFTMO Challenge: 2-Step | 1-stepLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Instant fundingLucidDirect |
| Profit split | 80%FTMO Challenge: 2-Step 90%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step | 90% |
| Drawdown method | EOD trailingFTMO Challenge: 1-Step StaticFTMO Challenge: 2-Step | EOD trailingLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD TrailingLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday |
| Daily loss cap | 3%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step 5%FTMO Challenge: 2-Step | Fixed $ per tierLucidPro, LucidDirect, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD Not publishedLucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD |
| Max loss cap | 10% | Fixed $ per tier |
| Funded drawdown | EOD trailingFTMO Challenge: 1-Step StaticFTMO Challenge: 2-Step | TrailingLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD EOD trailingLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| Min trading days | 4FTMO Challenge: 2-Step NoneFTMO Challenge: 1-Step | 2LucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD 1LucidPro NoneLucidDirect |
| Max trading dayssame | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 50%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step None publishedFTMO Challenge: 2-Step | 50%LucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD 20%LucidDirect 40%LucidPro |
| First payout after | 14 days | 1 daysLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Not publishedLucidPro, LucidDirect 5 daysLucidFlex |
| Payout frequencysame | On demand | On demand |
| News trading | Conditional | ConditionalLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD AllowedLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| Weekend holding | Conditional | Not publishedLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Not allowedLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| Overnight holding | Conditional | Not publishedLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Not allowedLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| EAs / algos | Conditional | Allowed |
| Copy trading | Not published | Conditional |
LucidDaily launched with 4 configurable evaluation paths
Confirm that Daily is purchasable and verify the exact DLL, drawdown, price, overnight, weekend, and news-calendar scope at checkout; no stable public Daily price was captured.
Every figure above is read from these pages. Products older than 30 days are removed from the comparison until they are recaptured, so a missing product means stale data, not a discontinued plan.
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