What FTMO actually measures at 00:00 CE(S)T
Daily loss is 5% of initial balance, using day-start balance plus floating PnL. Max loss on 2-Step is static 10% from initial. That is kinder than an equity-high-water re-anchor, and it is still lethal if a large open winner mean-reverts on the new day. The primary FTMO trap in Venasri's firm matrix is exactly this: close a winning day in the journal while a large unrealized ticket rolls past Prague midnight and then drops.
1-Step FTMO uses a different trailing max-loss story. Do not mix the products. This page is the 2-Step Standard/Swing path most Challenge buyers run.
Bank the runner before Prague midnight anyway
Convert TP1/TP2 to closed balance before 00:00 CE(S)T. Closed profit cannot be pulled back. A trailing stop at breakeven plus buffer on the remainder keeps the new day's $5,000 from being a hostage. activate Venasri free on your MT5 account so those partials are scheduled, not remembered at 23:50.
FTMO Swing allows weekend holds at 1:30 leverage. That is permission to hold, not permission to skip the partial. Standard funded wants you closed before the weekend. Both need a pre-reset ritual.
3-second tracking still matters on initial-balance daily math
Gold STOPLEVEL at 23:58 can return retcode 10016 on a last-minute partial. The guard retries. Do the partial earlier so you are not fighting freeze level at the bell.
Ninety-minute Prague checklist
At 22:30 CE(S)T: partial or close runners, lock remaining stops, confirm news into the US afternoon if any late folder remains, confirm weekend rule if it is Friday on Standard. Then stop clicking. An optional extra scalp at 23:40 is how green days die.
