prop trading
FTMO Says Monthly Rewards Near $15 Million in September
- September distributions cooled roughly 5% from August highs, yielding an indicative average of about $2,030 across 7,100 reward payouts.
- Prague-based firm claims over 4.5 million registered traders globally with over $650 million in cumulative payouts.
Thursday, 08/10/2026 | 16:04 GMT by
Tanya Chepkova
Prop Firm Vest Labs Secures Rare $13M Pre-Seed
- The New York-based firm says it would use the funds to build its own mobile app, expand its team and add more assets.
- Venture capital backing remains rare in the space, making Portal Ventures' lead investment in this round a first for the VC.
Thursday, 08/10/2026 | 06:40 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
Futures Prop Firm FundedSeat Closes due to “Limitations from Big Trading Platforms”
- FundedSeat, launched two years ago, is closing operations, saying platform limitations blocked the growth it needed.
- Pending withdrawals and positive live balances will be paid out. The firm reported payouts near $700,000 a month, and says support stays open through live chat and email.
Tuesday, 29/09/2026 | 09:59 GMT by
Arnab Shome
The Broker-Backed Prop Firm: Why Vertical Integration, Not Capital, Is the Real Advantage
- Shervin Arian, CEO of OmegaRatio Advisors, highlights risk literacy as a key gap between smaller prop firms and established brokers entering the same business model.
- Vertical integration can align a prop firm’s revenue with trader activity instead of making successful traders a growing payout cost.
Tuesday, 29/09/2026 | 05:03 GMT by
Shervin Arian
Breaking: MyForexFunds’ Brand Assets Sold to Dubai-based Firm
- Global Solutions, headed by Haider Raza, acquired the MyForexFunds and MFF trademarks, logos and brand elements, the myforexfunds.com domain and associated websites, and the brand’s official social media accounts.
- Traders Global will continue to take care of the payouts through Global Solutions under a service agreement.
Monday, 28/09/2026 | 14:00 GMT by
Arnab Shome
“We Are Not in the Business of Selling a Certificate”: Nikolai Isayev on FinCom Taking On Prop Disputes
- The Financial Commission's new prop firm certificate is touted as a safety net for funded traders while the industry operates in a regulatory gray area.
- While certificate holders are fee-paying Commission members, they face expulsion if they defy a ruling. "That news travels fast," Isayev notes.
Wednesday, 23/09/2026 | 07:03 GMT by
Financial Commission
FundingPips Invited Traders into PRIME; The T&Cs Made It Mandatory
- According to the firm, about 70% of the current 100-trader PRIME pool was mandatorily migrated to the new account, converting pending profit payouts into starting balances.
- The move has stirred online complaints, but the firm argues they stem from "traders being apprehensive about the unfamiliar or unaccustomed to change".
Tuesday, 22/09/2026 | 10:26 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
The Prop Trading Challenge Pass Means Little Once Real Execution Starts
- Shervin Arian, CEO of OmegaRatio Advisors, highlights the gap between simulated challenge conditions and execution after a trader is funded.
- Prop firms that use different execution models for challenges and funded accounts may underestimate future payout risk.
Wednesday, 16/09/2026 | 12:12 GMT by
Shervin Arian
Match-Trade Lets Influencers and IBs Launch Prop Firms in Seven Days
- The firm combines Match-Trader, CRM, liquidity, risk controls and compliance administration in one service.
- Partners can later migrate from Match-Prop to full white label or full server setups.
Tuesday, 15/09/2026 | 10:27 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Tickmill's Ingmar Mattus: The "Mindset Problem" Killing CFD Brokers Who Won't Diversify
- Mattus told Finance Magnates that competition from futures brokers and prediction markets, tougher regulation, and CFD firms' reluctance to diversify are behind a wave of established brokers selling up or shutting down.
- TradersYard co-founder Manuel Sonnleithner detailed how a €5 million bet from Mattus's Andromeda Capital funded an in-house trading platform built specifically to avoid the fate of prop firms dependent on MetaTrader.
Wednesday, 02/09/2026 | 11:30 GMT by
FundingTraders Shows Rule Breaches Before Prop Payout Requests
- Its Trade Clarity Desk displays the rule triggered, financial consequence and expected withdrawal.
- The company-run tool adds visibility but does not replace the firm's final payout review.
Tuesday, 25/08/2026 | 07:48 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Sam Bradbury Buys Get Funded Now Assets in Return to Prop Firm Ownership
- The August 5 deal covers the brand, intellectual property, customer accounts and operating assets. Financial terms remain private.
- His Propriotec and Rage Creative businesses will continue supplying technology and marketing services to the acquired firm.
Wednesday, 12/08/2026 | 20:03 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
The5ers Founder Highlights "True Native Engineering" Behind Its TradingView Integration
- Gil Ben Hur, Founder of The5ers, says “trader demand” drove the launch as part of the firm's technology strategy.
- The prop firm expanded its previous chart integration by adding TradingView's execution capabilities and account management features.
Thursday, 23/07/2026 | 13:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
NinjaTrader and Alpha Futures Breakup Turns Bitter
- The platform provider has alleged a contract dispute, while the prop firm maintains that it has fulfilled its obligations.
- Alpha Futures' decision to void payouts on the affected Premium Plan has led to massive backlash.
- The situation has exposed the precariousness of overreliance on a single third-party vendor.
Tuesday, 14/07/2026 | 14:38 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
AI Wave Reaches Prop Firms as FundedNext Launches MCP Server
- Unlike some broker implementations, the integration is read-only, preventing AI from executing trades.
- Recently, brokers such as Dukascopy, ThinkMarkets and Leverate have launched MCP integrations
Tuesday, 14/07/2026 | 12:55 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
E8 Markets Launches One-Step Zero Account as Prop Firms Race to Drop Trader Rules
- The Dallas firm's one-step challenge scraps the consistency rule and trailing drawdown, the two features trader surveys flag most often.
- The zero-restrictions pitch still carries a five-payout account cycle, per-request withdrawal caps and forex leverage held at 1:30.
Tuesday, 07/07/2026 | 07:29 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Prop Firms Get Prediction Markets as Trading Volumes Hit $40B
- PropAccount.com's offering adds prediction markets through the same KYC, payment and capital infrastructure.
- Prediction market trading surged 344% in 2025 from $9 billion, driven by financial industry adoption.
Monday, 06/07/2026 | 17:41 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
cTrader Restricts US Prop Firm Access Following "Internal Regulatory Assessment"
- After the MetaQuotes ban in 2024, a significant number of US prop firms migrated to cTrader.
- Speaking to Finance Magnates, Spotware, the developer behind cTrader, described the withdrawal as a strategic decision.
Wednesday, 01/07/2026 | 14:17 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
Prop Trading Slips Down Paris’ Agenda as the US Steps Up
- Despite discussions about oversight two years ago, prop trading is apparently not among ESMA's priorities now, according to CySEC Chair.
- Major US prop firms are going in the other direction, registering as Introducing Brokers with the CFTC.
- The client funnel that emerges from the hybridisation of prop trading and retail brokerage raises difficult regulatory questions.
Friday, 26/06/2026 | 09:01 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
"Some of Them Won't Be Around in Six Months," City Traders Imperium CEO Says of Cheaper Rivals
- Martin Najat says firms that price too low to survive will fold, even as CTI cut its own challenge prices on June 1 after a year at a premium.
- The prop firm says it is testing a payout model untied from challenge fees, though it gave no mechanics or launch date.
Tuesday, 16/06/2026 | 18:01 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
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