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Audacity Capital vs FTMO: rules compared

Audacity Capital and FTMO side by side: prices, drawdown, news, weekend and EA rules, and the hidden rules in their terms. Every figure comes from each firm's own site.

Quick take

Audacity Capital has the higher fine-print score (29 vs 26), meaning fewer or milder hidden rules by our method.
Audacity Capital: 3 of 3 plans clearly allow news trading; FTMO: 0 of 3.
Audacity Capital: 3 of 3 plans clearly allow weekend holding; FTMO: 0 of 3.
Audacity Capital: 3 of 3 plans clearly allow EAs; FTMO: 0 of 3.

Which is better depends on how you trade. “Not found in the pages we read” means we didn't find it in the firm's pages we read. Checked 23 Oct 2026. Not financial advice.

	Audacity Capital	FTMO
Challenge types		Instant; 1-Step; 2-Step
Plans tracked	3	3
Cheapest listed price	$32 ($5K Ability Challenge (2 Step))	€79 ($10,000 1-Step)
Daily loss limit	Ability Challenge (2 Step): 7.5% Phase 1 / 5% Phase 2 and live (static) Ability One (1 Step): 3% (static) FTP (Instant Funding): 5%	2-Step (Standard/Swing): 5% (Max Daily Loss) 1-Step: 3% Instant: 3%
Max loss	Ability Challenge (2 Step): 15% Phase 1 / 10% Phase 2 and live (static) Ability One (1 Step): 6% (static) FTP (Instant Funding): 10%	2-Step (Standard/Swing): 10%, static 1-Step: 10%, trailing on balance (end of day) Instant: 10%, trailing on balance (intraday)
Profit split	Ability Challenge (2 Step): 75%-90% Ability One (1 Step): Up to 90% FTP (Instant Funding): Up to 80%	2-Step (Standard/Swing): 2-Step: 80% default, 90% with Scaling Plan/Premium Programme; 1-Step and Instant: 90% 1-Step: 90% Instant: 90%
News trading (plans)	Allowed: 3/3	Allowed with conditions: 3/3
Weekend holding (plans)	Allowed: 3/3	Allowed with conditions: 3/3
EAs (plans)	Allowed: 3/3	Allowed with conditions: 3/3
Consistency rule (plans)	Unclear, read the wording: 3/3	Has a consistency rule: 2/3 Not found in the pages we read: 1/3
Hidden rules found	16 (13 can breach the account)	23 (10 can breach the account)
Fine-print score	29/100	26/100
Rule changes logged	0	1
Platforms	MT5; DXTrade	MT4; MT5; cTrader; TradingView

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