Prop Weekly

FTMO has suddenly switched how it defines its payouts. We look at why.

Prop firm Pipster is live. We talk to the company’s Co-Founder Cormac Munnelly about why he started the company.

For Traders is running a beta test of the first prop firm prediction markets product. We take a look at how it could work.

Prop firms have suffered over the last couple of months. Capping payouts is one way to make the model sustainable.

GOAT Funded trader is killing it in AI search. We look at where and how.

FTMO was long number one. But payout data and FTMO’s own behaviour suggest FundedNext may be taking the top spot.

Prop firms are shorting volatility. It’s the industry’s main problem and why it could ultimately kill it.

Patrick Wieland is going to get cooked by Topstep.

Gold, loose challenge rules, and the idiosyncrasies of futures may have all made FundingTicks a loss-making business.

Google Ads, regulation, and gold are all setting up to make 2026 a potentially huge year for the prop trading space.

Bybit already works with several prop firms. So will it go further and launch prop trading or stick to being a third-party provider?

Prop firms are exploding in popularity in Brazil, with local firms and foreign players all tapping into the local market.

Research by FXStreet shows that prop traders place a lot of trust in YouTube and Reddit to confirm they should go with a prop firm.

Eightcap day trader challenges are a fun way for traders to get fast pay outs with limited risks. Let’s hope it stays that way.

FundingPips can give Tradin a lot of organic traffic. But being from an unregulated background may make it a tough journey.

FTMO has access to a $625m lending facility with an 11-year term, with UniCredit likely acting as lead lender for a consortium of Czech banks.

The UAE regulates education providers, which may cause problems for firms based there – particularly when it comes to payments and banking.

PropFunding.com lets you take free challenges and only pay if you pass. We spoke to CEO Shaun Opoku to find out how the prop firm works.

We headed to the London Prop Trading Expo and saw incognito brokers, roadman traders, lots of talk of regulation and MetaQuotes bitterness.

We take a look at what challenges prop traders are buying across the world and what prop firms can do to take advantage of it.

Apex Trader Funding says it has paid out almost $600m. It hasn’t. But does it matter and why do they say that they have?

Kraken is the first big, legitimate player to enter the prop space. They could end up becoming one of the biggest players in the space.

We speak to prop firm marketeer Stanislav Galandzovskyi about retention, client acquisition costs, and discounts in the prop firm space.

A broker could run a flat or loss making prop firm but still make money from it as a cross selling tool. Pure play props cannot do the same.

Offering 50% to affiliates is impossible unless the prop sees multiple challenge purchases and only pays 50% of the first sale.

Prop Firm One is a cool idea but the main benefit seems to be for props, who can use the technology to more easily catch scammers.

The FCA, ASIC, and MAS are all aware of prop trading. But can they actually make prop regulations and what will happen if they do?

The FundedNext payout numbers are hard to understand, based on the other numbers that FundedNext has posted on their own homepage.

Instant Funding is giving away unlimited free $5k challenges until it gets 5,000 funded accounts. Here’s why they’re doing it and how it works.

Funded Unicorn said it blew up from hedging real trades. In reality it could have done rev share or just cut and run with the money.

Alpha Markets is about to launch a new brand Alpha Prime. But is the whole thing actually just a marketing project for YouTube?

Payout ratios can give us some idea of what revenues at prop firms are. We look at how much Alpha Capital, FundedNext, FundingPips and E8 Markets make as a result.

Props don’t seem to have been hit by Chinese traders abusing the gold price. It could cause major problems if it ends up happening.

FTMO is still number one in search, even though it doesn’t do much different from its competitors. So why is the prop firm still number one?

ThinkMarkets had a lot of debt and not much cash. Somehow it’s still going. Is that because of ThinkCapital and its prior prop firm products?

Prop trading is different from binary options from a regulatory point of view. Plus, binary options aren’t bad. People who commit fraud are.

My Forex Funds got lucky that the CFTC was so incompetent. But it means we still don’t really know what’s going to happen in the US for props.

Props face a lot of problems with managing outflows. More and more firms are doing a-book accounts. It’s expensive but it may be the only solution.

Goat Funded Trader just got MetaTrader back by starting a broker in St Lucia, a sign that MetaQuotes is changing its tune about prop trading.

The best instant funding prop firms are smashing it for a simple reason – traders want instant funding, and they want it now.

News feeds and sites are inventing fake stories and then demanding payment from props to take them down.

Rumours abound that a big disruptor is coming to the prop space. But who will it be and what will they do?

More and more props are getting MetaTrader back, while brokers are switching their props to their own URLs again.

The prop business model leaves them open to being scammed. There may be solutions.

FTMO accounts from 2023 show how impactful lower operational costs are on a prop firm’s bottom line.

Prop apps have great potential but will they be hobbled by big tech revenue share requirements?

Prop firms are adding futures. Is it because of regulation? Do they just want more products? And should you even take US clients anyway?

Broker-backed props are adding a new feature to improve retention.

FTMO probably bought OANDA on the cheap. But will the deal work out for the firm or will it struggle to grow revenues?

Brokers want to separate their prop arms, probably for regulatory reasons. But MetaQuotes wants them to be linked together. A conundrum.

Challenging challenge conditions produce randomness, making it harder to know who is a sharp trader and who is not, meaning hedging is tricky.

Lots of brokers are starting to offer prop trading. But will they be able to compete with pure play prop trading firms?

Prop regulations will kill the industry, not make it better. If we do need regulations, wouldn’t it be better if they were under gaming rules?