Prop Trading Firm FTMO Enters U.S. Market Through Strategic Tie-Up With OANDA

Prop trading firm FTMO and multi-asset broker OANDA have formed a strategic partnership to bring FTMO’s educational platform and simulated trading services to residents of the United States. The move marks FTMO’s first major step into the U.S. market, a significant development as the company also works toward completing its acquisition of OANDA.

The collaboration will provide U.S. users with access to FTMO’s training tools, developed over a decade, including structured educational content and simulated trading using notional capital. Successful participants can earn rewards through an FTMO Rewards Account. The companies emphasised that this partnership is separate from FTMO Group’s planned acquisition of OANDA Global Corporation from CVC Asia Fund IV, via its holding limited partnership, a deal announced in February this year that remains subject to regulatory approval.

FTMO, founded in 2015 and based in the Czech Republic, has built a global business offering trading education and evaluation programmes to more than 4 million customers in 140 countries. It is known for allowing traders to test and develop skills in a risk-free environment using simulated capital.

OANDA, established in 1996, is a long-standing online trading group offering forex, CFD and multi-asset trading as well as currency data and analytics. It operates regulated entities in major financial centres including New York, Toronto, London, Warsaw, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.

The strategic tie-up underlines the companies’ complementary strengths: FTMO brings expertise in trader training and prop-style evaluation, while OANDA contributes decades of experience in market access, technology and compliance infrastructure.

"FTMO’s goal is to offer our product on a truly global scale. This partnership achieves that as it lets us access the U.S., one of the world’s strongest markets. Both FTMO and OANDA are strong global groups known for their technological infrastructure and outstanding customer experience. It made perfect sense for us to collaborate, as we share common values and bring decades of combined experience in product development. Together, we are now able to offer the U.S. market an educational system and trading tools that have, until now, not been available at this scale."

– Otakar Šuffner, Co-Founder And Chief Executive Officer, And Marek Vašíček, Co-Founder And Chief Technology Officer At FTMO

"OANDA is excited to partner with FTMO for the U.S. launch. FTMO's market-leading educational trading platform, combined with OANDA's industry expertise in trading technology infrastructure, creates a dynamic proposition for the U.S. market. Both teams share a passion for excelling in customer experience globally. This partnership represents a significant step forward, offering U.S. customers access to one of the best educational trading solutions available."

– Gavin Bambury, Chief Executive Officer At OANDA

Both FTMO and OANDA will continue to operate as independent entities as the partnership rolls out. The agreement comes as the broader prop trading and retail brokerage sectors converge, with firms increasingly offering education and risk-managed trading environments to attract new traders. 

The planned acquisition of OANDA by FTMO, once approved, would bring a regulated multi-asset brokerage and a leading educational prop trading brand under the same ownership – a combination that could reshape how retail and institutional users access markets and training.