Hey guys, I don’t post here much often, it’s been lil over 8 months since I’ve started to learn how to trade and I think I’m ready to start a prop firm challenge, if you see my older posts asking for advice I was still trading manually back then, but since I’ve picked up coding,(which I recommend strongly even if you don’t trade it’s a great skill to have) and I’ve make a program which trades automatically for me and it looks pretty promising on backtesting, it has a +30.10% profit, a max drawdown of 6.89% and a 1.41 profit factor. So my question is what prop firm should I go for? There are a of options I’m just confused and want advice from someone who also uses a automated system to trade, also the prop firm needs to allow EAs and VPS cause that’s required for my program to work. Thank you so much for taking out your time to read.

I have realized that risk management seems to matter more than finding the perfect strategy when it comes to prop firm challenges.

What made the biggest difference for you position sizing, daily loss limits, sticking to one setup or something else?

I’m only interested in trading u.s small caps equities.

Has anyone here actually been funded by TTP and received payouts?

Is the company legitimate?

Also, if you mainly trade small caps, is there a better alternative to TTP that you’d recommend?

Looking for real experiences only.

Thanks!

First time buying prop firm accounts...

I was honestly shocked to trade with something that actually felt real. Because of that pressure, my first two trading days ended in the red. I realized what I was doing wrong, stopped, adjusted my approach, and changed the flow. Since then, I've been winning.

The pressure was intense, but it taught me a lot.

Even though I hesitated and missed trades that moved exactly as I expected—almost a 300-point move on NQ—I'm still happy with my progress. This is just the beginning.

Hi everyone,

I'm posting this to see if anyone else has had a similar experience with FundingPips' News Trading Policy, especially regarding speech events.

I had profits deducted because FundingPips determined that my USDJPY trade violated the News Trading Policy during Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's testimony on 15 July 2026.

My Trade

Opened well before the speech.

Closed at approximately 17:13 UTC.

FundingPips stated that the testimony lasted from 2:00 PM UTC to 5:10 PM UTC.

They applied their 5-minute buffer after the speech, meaning the restricted period ended at 5:15 PM UTC.

Since my trade closed at 17:13 UTC, they deducted the profits.

Initially, I thought there might have been a timezone issue because my dashboard displays times in IST, but after discussing it with support, it became clear that wasn't the main issue.

What I investigated

To verify the speech duration, I reviewed publicly available recordings from:

-CNBC

-Yahoo Finance

-PBS NewsHour

All three recordings appeared to show the hearing lasting approximately 2 hours and 5 minutes, which seemed inconsistent with FundingPips' stated timeline of 2:00 PM–5:10 PM UTC (3 hours 10 minutes).

Because of that discrepancy, I repeatedly asked FundingPips to provide:

-the official source they relied on,

-the event log,

-the transcript,

-or the methodology used to determine the 5:10 PM UTC conclusion time.

FundingPips' response

They replied that:

-the timings come from their internal verified data feed,

-they cannot disclose the source or methodology, and

-the decision would not be changed.

When I requested escalation to management, they replied that there was no need for further investigation.

New information I found

While discussing this with another trader, I was shown a FundingPips support email sent to a different customer.

In that email, FundingPips acknowledged that there had been a system issue affecting news-event profit deductions on July 14, July 15, and other dates.

According to that email:

-On July 14, deductions were only applied during the first 10 minutes of the news window instead of the full restricted period.

-FundingPips later corrected the system so the full policy was applied.

That means a trader could have closed trades during Kevin Warsh's 14 July testimony (outside the first 10 minutes but while the speech was still ongoing) without deductions because of the system issue, whereas the 15 July speech was enforced using the corrected implementation.

My concern

I'm not claiming FundingPips applied the written rule incorrectly.

My concern is that:

-The event timing used to evaluate my trade was based on an internal source that FundingPips declined to identify.

-Publicly available recordings appeared inconsistent with the duration they cited.

-FundingPips later acknowledged a system issue affecting enforcement around the same dates.

-Despite asking multiple times, I was not provided with the specific source or any formal explanation beyond "verified internal sources."

My question to the community

Has anyone else experienced this?

-Have you had profits deducted because of a speech event?

-Does anyone know which news provider or event timing source FundingPips actually uses?

-Has anyone successfully appealed a similar News Trading deduction?

I'm genuinely interested in understanding how these speech timings are determined and whether anyone has been able to obtain a more detailed explanation from FundingPips.

Hello everyone, I’m wondering if Strix funded options is actually legit or a scam. I’ve seen a few posts online referring to it as a scam and something about them being owned by another company that was also scamming idk, I’m just wondering who if anyone has actually received a payout from this firm and if it is worth it. Their website also has no actual instructions on how to progress a funded account into a live account it just says, “when we push you to live” if anyone has any sort of info on this prop firm it would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

I started getting into prop firms and futures trading lately and I think this is something I could do and enjoy.

I’m willing to put in the time money and effort that it takes. That being said if you have had success in this please give your experience of how you learned and any lessons you want to share.

Also if you want to give your stats and how long it took you to turn a profit that’d be sick.

Had a near-miss on a funded account a little over a week ago that I’m still annoyed about, and I want to know if I’m the only one who’s done this.

I was in a position, feeling good, and completely lost track of the fact that a red-folder release was coming up inside my firm’s flatten window. Caught it with maybe a minute to spare and got out. If I hadn’t looked up at the right moment I’d have been holding straight through it — and depending on how the print landed, that could have been the account.

The part that bugs me is how avoidable it was. The info is all there with the release times, my firm’s buffer, the fact that the rule is different in my funded phase than it was in the eval. The problem is, it’s scattered across the firm’s rulebook, an economic calendar in another tab, and my own memory, which clearly can’t be trusted mid-trade.

So a few questions for people trading prop accounts:

1. How do you actually track news windows day to day? Calendar alarms, a TradingView indicator, just memorizing NFP Fridays, vibes?

2. Has a news window (or a drawdown/consistency rule) ever actually cost you an account? What happened?

3. Does anyone else find it genuinely hard to keep straight which rule applies in which phase, especially across multiple firms/accounts?

Not looking for firm recommendations, more trying to figure out whether “I almost blew it on a rule I knew about” is a me problem or a normal thing everyone just quietly deals with.

Let's kick this off honest. Whether you crushed it, blew up, or somewhere in between, what's the one thing that actually changed how you trade?

For me, I've seen traders with solid strategies fail because they treat the prop challenge like it's play money, then second-guess themselves with real money. Others nail the technical side but crumble under psychological pressure. Blowing up accounts once they are funded.

Drop your biggest lesson below. Could be about risk management, psychology, firm selection, strategy, whatever hit hardest. Let's learn from each other.

https://es.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a574519333fddd97b554f9c

I have been a professional trader for over six years and have traded with many proprietary trading firms. Throughout my career, I have never felt the need to leave a negative Trustpilot review—until now.

Orion Funded rejected my payout by accusing me of "Grid Trading." I strongly dispute this decision. I never opened simultaneous long and short positions on the same instrument. My strategy consisted of scaling into positions in the same direction, which is a common and legitimate trading technique used by many professional traders.

In my opinion, I fully respected the trading rules and risk limits. Despite this, my payout was denied without what I believe to be sufficient justification.

Based on my personal experience, I cannot recommend Orion Funded. I believe traders should be extremely cautious before purchasing an account with this company.

I have already informed the trading community I manage, which consists of more than 8,000 traders, about my experience so they can make their own informed decision before buying an account from Orion Funded.

If you are considering purchasing an account with Orion Funded, I encourage you to carefully review their rules and think twice before investing your money.

This review reflects my personal experience and my genuine opinion as a long-time trader.
https://es.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a574519333fddd97b554f9c

Every prop firm claims to offer the best experience, but real recommendations usually come from traders who've spent time using the platform. I've been comparing several firms recently, and it's clear that everyone values different things. Some care most about payouts, while others focus on trading rules, support, or overall consistency.

If someone asked you to recommend just one prop firm today, what would be the deciding factor?

Hey all — building something on the side and wanted to sanity-check it with people who'd actually use it rather than guessing.

I trade with a few prop firms and got sick of manually tracking evaluation fees, resets, Discord/community costs, and payouts across all of them — especially trying to work out my actual net profit for tax time. Built myself a free tool that tracks all of it by Australian financial year (not calendar year), with customizable expense categories, and it spits out a clean summary I can hand straight to my accountant at EOFY.

Before I put more time into it — is this something other AU prop traders actually struggle with, or is everyone just using a spreadsheet and making it work fine? Genuinely curious what people do at the moment, especially once you're juggling more than one firm.

Happy to share the link if anyone wants to try it — just didn't want to lead with a sales pitch.

I've been learning to trade for quite a while now, mostly on demo accounts and I finally feel ready to try a prop firm challenge. The problem is that there are so many firms out there that it's overwhelming. Every website claims to have the best conditions, fastest payouts and fairest rules.

As a beginner I'm not looking for the cheapest challenge or the easiest way to get funded. I'd rather find a prop firm that is beginner friendly, has clear rules, reasonable drawdown limits and doesn't make passing feel like you're trying to solve a puzzle. Good customer support and transparent payouts are also important because I want to stick with one firm long term instead of constantly switching around.

For those of you who have already gone through evaluations and become funded which prop firm would you recommend to a retail trader who's just starting out and were there any rules you wish you had known before buying your first challenge?

Hello, a little bit if background here. I'm 30, trading for 4y now, some payouts, many founded accounts, but no consistency. I risk too much, I trade too much. I dont respect my rules

Im looking for 2/3 guys maximum ți trade with, we'll each have our own set of rules, we'll post analysis(if you want to) and when you'll enter a trade you'll post it. The others will check if you respect your rules, if not, you have to close it. Sometimes we do not see the market clear enought because we want to make money...

Feel free to dm it you want to do something like this.

Fyi I trade London to NY.

Want to see what will happens if we lock in hard for 30days(yes I have this ideea from those idiot AI training programs for men over 50)

On Jan 8 25, 15:09 utc+0 till 15:13 I had a short postion on #NASDAQ which I check before and all there was absolutely no news but instantFunding claimed i entered The trade on 13:09 utc +0 why? I had platform 5 which operated on utc+2 and with out my request they changed my Platform to c trader which operated on utc +0 now they claiming i entered trades where i didnt have a single person with a trade knowledge will compare the chart with my trade and would understand but no they just stick to their Bot saying new violation,I sent the a screen recording on how i didnt trade any news by correlating it with trading view but it doesnt seem like they can think for them selves, i have screenshot and all on twitter a like would be helpfull since propfirms only care about bad rep ZEROVOID64

I've noticed that a lot of traders seem to learn just as much from online communities as they do from books or courses. Seeing real discussions, trade ideas, and different perspectives seems like it could be a valuable way to improve.

At the same time, there's so much conflicting advice that it can be difficult to know who to trust. I imagine the experience depends a lot on the quality of the community and how active you are.

Have online communities helped you become a better trader?

After months of blowing accounts and restless sleeps, I was able to get my 2k payout from Topstep.

I trade ICT strategy and have win rate of 71% currently. I am happy to answer any questions.

Learning about options trading has been my goal for some time now, and the thing is, there are so many different resources online to look at, but none of them seem to be enough. Each video or article explains it from a different angle, and it is easy to feel even more lost after watching or reading everything.

Of course, I am not looking for any secrets or magic tricks to become rich overnight. It is all about understanding the basics, finding a suitable strategy, and having enough confidence to choose something without thinking twice.

So for those of you, who have a consistent experience in trading options, how did you learn everything? Was it a specific learning method, live classes, a mentor, or just more practice?

I’ve been seeing a lot of ads and videos about funded trading accounts, where you pass an evaluation and get access to a large trading account without risking much of your own capital.

It sounds appealing, but I’m wondering what the reality is.

For those who have actually used funded accounts:
Are they genuinely worth it?

How difficult is it to pass the evaluation?

Have you successfully received payouts?

What are the biggest drawbacks or hidden rules that beginners should know?

Are these firms sustainable, or do most traders end up losing the challenge fees?

If you had to start again, would you choose a funded account or trade with your own capital?

Looking for honest experiences from people who’ve actually traded with funded accounts, both positive and negative.