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Prop Firm News

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.

Latest stories

  1. Lucid Trading Moves KYC to Registration

    Lucid Trading now KYCs high-risk new users at signup, not at first payout. What's confirmed, and what recent trader complaints add.

    Published
    Lucid Trading
  2. GoatFundedFutures' Real Payout Guarantee Is 2 Business Days

    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.

    Published
    GoatFundedFutures
  3. Tradeify's World Cup Tournament Was a Simulation

    Tradeify's prediction market tournament drew 30,000 participants. Here's what it actually was, and what two other outlets' coverage left out.

    Published
    Tradeify
  4. Take Profit Trader's Free Course Is Real, the Buzz Was Paid

    The course is a genuine free resource. The trader enthusiasm reported around it traces back to three posts labelled "Paid partnership."

    Published
    Take Profit Trader
  5. Alpha Futures vs NinjaTrader: The Full Timeline

    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.

    Published · Updated
    Alpha Futures Developing
  6. Earn2Trade Partners With a Moroccan University

    Earn2Trade has embedded its curriculum into a Moroccan university Master's programme. What the announcement actually confirms, and what it does not.

    Published
    Earn2Trade

How we verify

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    Sourced

    Every story starts from a primary source: an official statement, a platform notice, a regulatory filing, or a firm's own published terms. We are explicit when a claim comes from only one party.

  2. 02

    Cross-checked

    Where a second source exists, an outstanding claim is checked against it before it is reported as fact. Where no second source exists yet, the claim stays labeled as a claim, not a finding.

  3. 03

    Labeled

    Every statement in a story is marked as confirmed, disputed, or unverified. We do not blend a firm's official statement with a trader's unverified screenshot and present them as equally solid.

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    Updated

    Stories are revisited as they develop, not published once and left alone. Each article shows when it was last updated, so you always know how current what you are reading is.

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Questions, answered

A statement is marked confirmed only when it can be verified from an official source: a firm's own statement, a platform's own notice, or matching reports from established industry press. Anything that comes from a single party describing a private dispute, a negotiation, or a detail that has not been officially released is marked as a claim, even when we find it credible, until a second independent source confirms it.
We hold affiliate or referral relationships with some prop firms, disclosed on the relevant pages. That relationship never determines how a news story is reported. A firm's advertising relationship with us does not change whether we report a termination, a payout dispute, or a platform change involving them.
As stories develop, not on a fixed schedule. A single story can receive several updates in its first 48 hours if the situation is moving quickly. Each article shows its own last updated date, so you can see how current the information is.
We report what is officially confirmed: statements, regulatory filings, and payment records, and we are explicit about what remains speculation. We do not state that a firm is shutting down, insolvent, or in breach of contract unless that has been confirmed by an official source. Anything short of that is labeled as speculation, not reported as fact.
Yes, through our contact page. Tips are especially useful early in a developing story, before an official statement exists.
Because in most live disputes, the full picture does not exist yet, and often only one side has spoken publicly. Labeling exactly whose account something is, and how well supported it is, is the point. It lets you form your own view instead of taking our word for a version of events we cannot independently verify ourselves.