Funded trading under 18
Hey guys, I am 15, turning 16 this year and I’ve been trading on demo for about 3 years now. I want to started trading with funded accounts, but I am also aware of the legal age requirement to do so. Over the 3 years, I have gained a lot of experience. I journal all my trades, backtest, and I am now profitable with a high win rate. I feel very ready to trade with real money. I mainly trade USD/JPY, and am planning to purchase a funded account with FTMO. I live in Singapore.
My plan is to get my dad’s permission to purchase a funded account under his information, and I will trade on it, while he is supervising my trading.However, I’m very worried about illegal complications, such as FTMO finding out that I am under 18 and trading , even though I have my dad’s permission to use his information to buy the account. What if FTMO decides to sue me? Or I get my whole family involved with some legal issues with my countries government? I am really worried about all this, although I really really want to start trading with funded accounts because I have been doing demo trading for so long and I want to start making money. I even attempted FTMO’s funded account trial challenge and passed it multiple times.
Do yall have any advice on what I should do?
Will I get into legal complications?
What will happen if I’m caught trading under 18? Will I just be banned from using that prop firm, or will they press charges or sue me?
I don’t want to get arrested or anything like that
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 6:15 AM UTC