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The Purchase Record You'll Want If the Rules Later Change
Keep the confirmation that shows when you placed your order. For an unmerged FTMO 1-Step Standard account, the order date tells you which profit rule to check before a Reward. For an older FundedNext Flex futures account, it won't tell you what a reset will cost. The difference is whether the firm says how it treats earlier buyers.
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Your first trade was on 13 October. When did you order?
Consider a hypothetical purchase. You have a funded FTMO 1-Step Standard $100,000 CFD/FX account that came directly from one Challenge order. You've never merged it. You're preparing to request a Reward, and the first trade in your Challenge log is dated 13 October 2026. You remember the platform and account size, but not the day you ordered.
The FTMO rule change turns on when the order was created. For orders created on or after 12 October 2026, Consistency applies. An account that came directly from an earlier order keeps the Legacy Best Day Rule, provided it hasn't been merged. Your first trade could have been on 13 October in either case. For other rule changes, look for the event the firm names, whether that is an order, a reset or an activation.
Now suppose you find the confirmation: the order was created on 10 October 2026. For your unmerged account, check the Legacy Best Day Rule before requesting the Reward. If you had losing days, applying Consistency to that older account could make you think you need more profit than the Legacy rule requires.
Had the confirmation said 12 October instead, you would check Consistency. The same trading history could meet the Legacy test and still fall short under Consistency, so checking the older rule could lead you to request a Reward too soon. The receipt tells you which test to use; your trading results tell you whether you meet it.
Keep any later merge date beside the original order. As PFW explains in its post on merging older FTMO accounts, a merge on or after 12 October 2026 switches the account to Consistency.
What to keep with the confirmation
Two confirmations can show the same FTMO program, size and platform. Their order numbers tell them apart. For this purchase, a note might read:
Saved order: FTMO 1-Step Standard $100,000 account, CFD/FX, MetaTrader 5. Order number: as on the confirmation. No optional extras. Order created 10 October 2026 at 14:20 UTC, as shown on the confirmation. Amount and currency paid: on the saved receipt. No offer used. Rule reference: the copy of FTMO's 1-Step Trading Objectives saved with this order.
If you did use an offer, keep the conditions you accepted beside the amount you paid. Save the time zone as displayed, especially if your local calendar shows a different day. A dated copy of the relevant wording lets you see what you read even if the page at the same address changes. Leave identity documents, login credentials and card or bank details out of this note.
When the order date doesn't settle the fee
Take an existing FundedNext Flex $50,000 futures account. PFW's record of the Flex reset-fee increase says when PFW first saw the higher fee. The FundedNext pages PFW checked don't say when the new fees took effect or which fee applies if you reset an account you bought earlier. Finding a receipt dated before PFW noticed the increase doesn't settle either point.
Before paying, use the receipt to ask about your particular order. Give the firm your order number, program, size and order date, then ask: “What would you charge to reset this existing account today?” If the reply gives you a general table of reset fees without saying it covers your order, the question is still open. Get the reset fee for your order in writing before deciding whether to pay for another attempt.