FTMO Challenge Tutorial

A comprehensive guide to successfully navigating the FTMO Challenge Phases 1 and 2, designed to help traders achieve funding.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Mixed

Part of: Prop Firm Trading

  • Methodology: Mixed
  • Content type: educational

Source video

Decoded from: FTMO Challenge Tutorial en Español - Fase 1 & 2 ✅​ El paso a paso hasta el FONDEO by Alpha Pro Academy — watch the original

Strategy overview

A prop firm challenge is a multi-stage evaluation in which a trader must meet a set of objectives inside rule-imposed limits before receiving a funded account. This entry decodes a Spanish-language tutorial from Alpha Pro Academy titled "FTMO Challenge Tutorial en Español - Fase 1 & 2 ✅ El paso a paso hasta el FONDEO" — and its scope is the point worth noticing. It is not a walkthrough of a setup or an entry model; it is a walkthrough of the evaluation itself, taken from the first phase all the way through to the funded stage.

Most challenge content on video addresses one phase, usually the first, because that is where attempts fail most visibly. A tutorial that covers Fase 1 and Fase 2 together is making a different claim: that the two stages are sequential hurdles with their own objectives, and that what a trader does in the first phase has consequences for how they arrive at the second. That framing puts the emphasis on continuity and process — the order of steps, the transition between stages, and what actually happens at the end — rather than on how any individual trade is taken. It is procedural knowledge, of the kind that is firm-specific and has a shelf life, since evaluation terms are set by the firm and revised over time.

This entry is catalogued under a mixed methodology with no indicators or timeframes recorded, which is consistent with a source that documents an administrative path instead of a trading method. No rule set was extracted from this video, so this page does not carry entry, exit or risk logic — anyone using the tutorial as orientation should confirm each step against the firm's current published terms before starting an attempt.

Topics

ftmo challenge · ftmo tutorial · proprietary trading firm · trading challenge · funded trading · trading strategy · tradingview strategy · trading education · forex strategy

Frequently asked questions

What are Phase 1 and Phase 2 in a prop firm challenge?

They are the two sequential evaluation stages a trader completes before a funded account is issued. Each stage sets its own objectives and must be passed in order, and the specific requirements are defined by the firm running the program rather than by any standard.

Does this video teach a trading strategy?

No. It is a step-by-step tutorial of the challenge process from the first phase through to funding. The entry is catalogued with a mixed methodology and no indicators or timeframes, and no rule set was extracted from the source.

Why does it matter that the tutorial covers both phases instead of one?

Because the phases are not independent. A walkthrough that spans both is oriented around the sequence and the transition between stages, which is what separates completing one hurdle from actually reaching the funded stage.

Can I rely on a challenge tutorial as a guide to the current rules?

Treat it as orientation, not documentation. Evaluation terms are firm-specific and get revised, so a tutorial recorded at one point in time should be checked against the firm's current published conditions before you pay for an attempt.

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