iFunds review: the entry fee equals the entire drawdown
iFunds offers instant funding with no evaluation, no daily drawdown, no consistency rule and no time limit.
Abdelaziz Fathi
Senior Reporter, Brokers and Prop Firms
Abdelaziz Fathi covers the intersection of forex/CFD brokerage, regulation, liquidity, fintech, and digital assets. With a B.A. in Finance and hands-on industry exposure, Aziz blends analytical rigor with clear storytelling to make complex market structure understandable for traders, brokers, and fintech professionals.
August 2026
Next Level Funded review: 21 “verified” payouts, one number
The homepage lists 21 differently-named traders under Recent Verified Rewards.
OAT–Bund to 105bp by end-Q1 2027: the rating-crossover case
France's 10-year OAT yields more than Italy's BTP despite a far stronger rating. The OAT–Bund spread widens from 85.7bp to 105bp by end-Q1 2027.
Shark Futures review: the 90% split drops to 80% when it’s real
Shark Futures advertises a flat 90% profit split on every pricing card.
EUR/JPY to 179 by year-end: the vanishing carry case
EUR/JPY is at 185.70 after fully retracing the joint US-Japan yen intervention. The euro-Japan policy spread has been frozen since December 2025.
Smart Prop Trader review: closed in 2024, domain now a CFD broker
Smart Prop Trader closed in December 2024.
UK 10-year gilt to 5.35% into the October Budget
The UK 10-year gilt yielded 5.0493% on August 25, 2026. Base case 5.35% by the October 28 Budget as fiscal supply risk and a rising CPI rebuild the premium.
BullRush review: trading contests, funded accounts, clashing rules
BullRush is a trading-competition platform that added a prop firm.
OneFunded review: the contract has no payout clause
OneFunded's terms and conditions run to 28 sections and use the word "payout" once.
Taurus Arena review: $15 buys a looser consistency rule
Taurus Arena's PRIME challenge has no consistency rule at all.
Redline Futures Funding review: drawdown floor tracks open profit
Redline's Gas drawdown floor trails unrealised equity, an automated evaluator gates every payout, and the site quotes three different payout timelines.
Sugar to 19.50 cents by Q1 2027: the deficit-flip case
ICE No.11 raw sugar settled at 17.52 cents on August 20, 2026. Six houses have flipped the 2026-27 balance into deficit: why the base case is 19.50 cents.
Kiwi Funded review: 12,800 funded traders on a six-week-old domain
Kiwi Funded advertises $24.6m in payouts and 12,800 funded traders on a domain registered six weeks ago, and names no legal entity in any of its eleven policies.
Also filing this week: Rick Steves and Karthik Subramanian.