FTMO Schedules October 16 Futures Platform Maintenance
FTMO announcement. FTMO's October 15 update schedules maintenance on October 16, 2026, from 18:00 to 19:30 Eastern Time, affecting NinjaTrader and Tradovate and also TradingView access.
Platform access is unavailable during the window, with account creation paused and evaluation starts, resets and live transitions on hold. The notice states the window falls outside trading hours. This is a scheduled operational interruption, not a rule change or shutdown.
Source: https://ftmo.com/en/futures/blog/trading-updates/futures-trading-update-15-oct-2026/
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