My backtest shows a good balance lineup until May 1. After that, the balance line moves sideways in a large trading range. Petko says this is normal. I would expect the balance line to start moving higher again in the near future. I would not start a new FTMO Challenge until the balance line starts to move higher again. I would start an FTMO demo account. Once the demo account starts to show steady profit then I would consider starting a new challenge.