Prop firm news · The wire
Every prop firm story breaks fast and gets messy. We track what is confirmed, what is only claimed, and what it means for your account, dated, sourced, and updated as the story moves.
Prop firm news moves fast, and the first version of any story is rarely the full picture. This page tracks terminations, payout disputes, platform changes, and firm shutdowns as they happen, and keeps updating each story as more facts come in. Every claim is labeled by source, so you can see at a glance what has been confirmed and what is still one party's account of events. If your account or payout could be affected by something in the news, start here before you start guessing.
Official statements, platform notices, filings and a firm's own published terms.
A claim becomes a finding only once a second independent source confirms it.
Confirmed, disputed or unverified, marked line by line and revisited as it develops.
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01 · The archive
Filter by firm, reorder by date. Nothing gets quietly deleted when a firm changes its position.
Goat Funded Trader has combined its forex arm (GFT) and futures arm (GFF) into a single account. Traders can switch markets from one dashboard without a second profile.
Micro tier removed from the Instant Funding lineup. What changes for new buyers and who is unaffected.
Six tiers from Bronze to Elite. What is confirmed on how rank is calculated and what rewards each tier unlocks.
An AI trading assistant, MCP integration, and a strategy builder. What is confirmed and what is still in preview.
The single-day profit cap on Instant Pro moves from 15% to 20%. What changed and who it affects.
A 24,000 prize pool across a 10K drawdown competition. What is confirmed on rules and a date discrepancy worth checking.
A $1M trading competition. What is confirmed on dates and structure, and what details are still missing.
A time-limited promo with code DAILYLARK. What is confirmed and why this is not a permanent change.
MT4 stays for existing accounts. What changes for new buyers and what is still unclear about the MT4 roadmap.
Twenty stock CFDs now live on FundedNext. What is confirmed on platforms and terms.
More stacking room for TradeDay traders. What changed and what remains to be confirmed.
Annual filings from FTMO's Czech entity confirm the acquisition price for the first time.
A new Daily Payouts Plan from GFF. What is confirmed and how it compares to sector norms.
A no-eval futures account from FundedNext. What is confirmed on pricing and rules.
Phoenix Trader Funding has clarified its VPN and VPS policy, spelling out what is allowed, what needs approval, and what can cost traders an account.
FundingPips' trade copier now covers MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, and NinjaTrader, though the firm's own documentation still lags the expansion.
Lucid Trading is teasing a September 9 announcement with a $2,000,000 cash figure and contest language. Here is what is confirmed and what is unknown.
Phoenix Trader Funding now lets traders set their own daily loss limit on the 25K evaluation, a configurable risk control most firms fix in advance.
Hola Prime has doubled indices leverage on Pro, Prime, and Prime X plans, changing position sizing math for index traders across its account lineup.
Funded Futures Family adds an EOD drawdown option and daily payouts to its Velocity program, two changes that alter risk and withdrawal pacing.
Tradexprop has opened registration for its September Trading Competition, with entry details, prize structure, and timing confirmed by the firm.
ForTraders has launched a $200,000 Pay After Pass account with a single-phase evaluation, a $9 promotional entry price, and a $999 fee after passing.
Halcyon Trader Funding cuts reward eligibility from eight trading days to six, trims evaluations to 30 days, and launches a customizable Dynamic account.
MyFundedFutures adds a Rapid EOD 25K: a $145 one-time payment with end-of-day drawdown through the funded phase, a $1,100 buffer and 30% consistency.
Nexgen ProTrader Funding is cancelling the old Stripe subscriptions it kept active for free during August's outage, with a 90% discount through Friday.
E8 Markets has launched E8 One Perpetual and E8 Pro Perpetual on its new E8 Terminal, with multi-asset access spanning crypto, stocks and indices.
Hola Prime has removed the 3-minute grace period on its standard Sim Funded Forex and Futures accounts. A stop loss is now mandatory on every trade.
Tradeify has opened a waitlist for Tradeify FX, a new product separate from its futures offering. Tradeify FX will not be available to US residents.
AquaFunded's TryAqua instant funding offers a $1,000 account for $1 or $5,000 for $10, capping lifetime withdrawals at $100, expiring after 30 days.
TradeDay has launched three new $25K accounts across Quick Pay and Fast Pass, each with different drawdown types, consistency rules and payout terms.
FTMO launches a beta futures offering under the FTMO Futures brand, its first move beyond CFDs: Growth and Pro accounts on NinjaTrader and Tradovate.
Tradeify is rebalancing Select payout caps so Flex and Daily align in value, for new evaluations only, plus a new consistency option and a 50% off sale.
FundedTradingPlus has removed Pakistan from its list of prohibited countries, effective immediately, with full access under standard global terms.
Hola Prime launches Prime X, a 2-step model dropping the risk rule, mandatory stop loss, re-entry and profit concentration rules, keeping a 10% max loss.
FundedNext says cumulative trader payouts have passed $350 million. An independent on-chain tracker confirms $225.9 million, about 64% of the total.
PipFarm now resets its 360-day account time limit each time a trader scales, and new Pay with Profits accounts can request their first payout early.
Shark Futures says its new Trader's Area is live, but a day of migration updates shows checkout outages, missing payout displays and login issues.
Redline Futures Funding says a change in control has resolved provider, affiliate and KYC issues it blames on previous leadership. What it tells traders.
For Traders now offers Pay After Pass on its $200K account: skip the $999 activation fee upfront and pay it only after clearing a 2% profit target.
Phoenix Trader Funding's Blueprint accounts let traders set their own profit target, drawdown, daily loss limit and payout ceiling, from $29 at 90%.
FTUK has partnered with Trada to give every FTUK trader free access to copy trading, risk protection and auto-journaling tools across their accounts.
Halcyon Trader Funding says traders can't access the market due to a DXfeed outage. The firm is working with the provider, with no fix timeline yet.
BluSky says it's investigating an ongoing Tradesea data feed issue with no fix time yet. Here's what's known so far and which traders it affects.
Traders in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines can no longer request crypto payouts. No announcement was made.
A new dashboard feature shows traders the exact rule violation before a payout request is filed. No more guessing after a denial.
Funding Pips launched a Prime account and described it as optional, but traders with active evaluations reported being required to migrate.
Nexgen ProTrader Funding has resolved a payout backlog affecting multiple traders and added a second payment processor to reduce future delays.
FundedFuturesFamily has updated its geographic policy, adding four previously blocked countries while restricting twelve others.
Shark Futures is moving its platform infrastructure and switching its KYC verification to Sumsub over the coming weekend.
UProfit has issued a public warning after scammers began impersonating fund recovery agents using the firm's name to target former traders.
TopOneTrader has launched a five-tier loyalty program offering free accounts at entry level and progressively higher profit splits at each tier.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Rev One Trading has shut down as of last week, confirmed by its founder on social media. The same founder previously shut down The Funded Trader in 2023.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Alpha Trader adds a one-click breakeven button and an overtrading lockout to its platform. Both tools are available now across Alpha Futures evaluations.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Tradeify launches Forge, a limited-availability evaluation format. First drop: a 300K Select account at $449, capped at 3 purchases per trader.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
A new five-tier Rapid Eval lineup replaces the 1-Step model, and the payout consistency rule tightens from 40% to 50%. The published flipping threshold has quietly disappeared.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
TradeDay adds Rithmic as a supported platform, confirmed by an official announcement on August 19. No changes to trading rules, drawdown, or pricing.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Earn2Trade includes BlackArrow at no extra cost across all evaluations, confirmed by an official post on August 18. A 50% subscription discount runs alongside the launch.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Tradeify Crypto is now Tradeify 247, a separate crypto and tokenized-asset product under the same parent company. The futures prop firm is unaffected.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
A new payment option undercuts the standard fee on every account size. Where the saving is real, where the fine print changes the math, and the one case where the old option still wins.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Two new evaluation routes replace the subscription model, and the maximum account count drops from 11 to 5 in the same move. What each route costs, who keeps existing accounts, and what to check before the switch.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Payment processing is back on a new system after Stripe shut the firm's account down. The catch buried in the announcement: failed evaluations from the outage will not be reset automatically.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Four new plans replace the entire account lineup, and the 100% early-profit split quietly disappears with the old ones. What changed, who keeps legacy terms, and what to check before buying.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
The payout buffer is gone and prices dropped roughly 10%, but one rule was moved rather than removed. What changed, what it means for reward accounts, and what to check before you buy.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
A one-time fee and end-of-day drawdown in exchange for a tighter consistency rule. What the plan confirms, how it compares to Rapid, and one number worth double-checking.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
The Daily Loss Limit no longer closes your account on Flex, Pro, or Daily. What the rule did, what Lucid announced, and what traders should check before turning it off.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
The microscalping restriction no longer applies while you are in evaluation, but it still governs funded accounts. What the rule required, what changed, and what to watch once you pass.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Premier and Prime are no longer one-size-fits-all. Traders now pick Standard, Express, or Turbo evaluation speed and a position-size tier at checkout, each with its own price.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
A Prop Wire follow-up cites fresh social buzz for Take Profit Trader's free course. The account it cites ran the same campaign as a labeled paid partnership, and was flagged for it days earlier.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Flex traders previously kept 80% of profits, or 90% with a paid add-on. FundedNext has made 95% the standard with no add-on required. Here is what changed and who it applies to.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
TradeDay's consistency rule used to end at the evaluation. On new Fast Pass accounts it now follows the trader into the funded stage, and payout caps are lower. Existing accounts are unaffected.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
YRM Prop says it has reviewed accounts flagged for hedging and placed many confirmed violations into breach. Here's what's confirmed, and what the firm's compliance record adds.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Topstep confirms payouts can arrive in under 9 seconds. That figure is real, but it measures the last step of the process rather than the whole of it.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Lucid Trading now KYCs high-risk new users at signup, not at first payout. What's confirmed, and what recent trader complaints add.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
A report claims GoatFundedFutures now processes payouts in under 12 hours. The firm's own official materials say something different. Here's what's actually confirmed.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Tradeify's prediction market tournament drew 30,000 participants. Here's what it actually was, and what two other outlets' coverage left out.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
The course is a genuine free resource. The trader enthusiasm reported around it traces back to three posts labelled "Paid partnership."
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
Earn2Trade has embedded its curriculum into a Moroccan university Master's programme. What the announcement actually confirms, and what it does not.
Blue Guardian Futures has removed its Windfall Strategy Rule. The firm stated the rule created confusion and was not clearly communicated to traders.
NinjaTrader cut Alpha Futures off on July 12, 2026. Here is the full paper trail, both sides of the dispute, and what changes for your account.
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