At the moment you cab buy FTC for BTC at btc-e (so just buy btc first and switch to FTC). The point is, there is sooo much space for FTC to go up, on the other side BTC is already way too expensive and that's why people invest in alt coins (NMC,LTC.FTC...), cause profits are enormous. My friend earned apartment in 1 month.
You can buy FTC for bitcoins at btc-e.com (I think they will offer it to buy it for dollars soon) or you can buy it (or sell it) for dollars at
https://crypto-trade.com/trade/ftc_usd
Listen guys, I was cryptocoin noob 30 days ago and now I just regret that I didn't tried this 4-5 months ago. But it is not too late cause China is huge and they keep pumping LTC every day. LTC is pushing NMC and NMC is pushing FTC
The point is not to buy cheeseburgers and lap tops with crypto's . It is about buying low to sell high. I think there is at least 6 more months before the bubble burst , if not more. in that period of time some of you can become gazillioners