FTUK review: 60-minute payout claim, no FCA authorisation
FTUK sells instant funding with a 60-minute average payout claim - but the UK-branded prop firm holds no FCA licence and names no legal entity publicly.
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
The Trading Pit review: 80% split and a flagged Trustpilot
The Trading Pit offers an 80% split, $99 entry and bi-weekly payouts - but its Trustpilot was suspended for suspected review manipulation in July 2026.
Crypto Fund Trader review: Bybit access and a 50% split floor
Crypto Fund Trader review: Bybit access, 715 crypto pairs and fees from $40 — but an unaudited $20.3m payout claim and a scaling split that dips to 50%.
BrightFunded review: three plans, three drawdown regimes
BrightFunded's three plans run three different drawdown engines — 6% trailing vs 8% and 10% static.
Uranium to $100: term prices lead, spot and stocks lag
Uranium's term price hit an 18-year high of $94/lb while spot idles at $86 and miners fall. The convergence case for $100 by mid-2027 — and what would break it.
Atlas Funded review: pay-after-you-pass, payout-checked
Atlas Funded's $5 pay-after-you-pass challenge is the cheapest entry in the industry — but 2026 payout-denial reports and an unverified payout record are the real story.
OneUp Trader review: cheap monthly evals, intraday trailing catch
OneUp Trader review 2026: $65-a-month evaluations at a decade-old futures firm — but the 3.5% trailing drawdown counts unrealised gains intraday.
DNA Funded review: broker-backed, with a payout cap catch
DNA Funded review 2026: ASIC-regulated broker backing and static drawdown — but first payouts cap at 5% of balance and a 30% daily distribution limit.
Palladium at $1,269: a deficit metal priced for surplus
Palladium is down 23% in 2026 while Nornickel projects a 100,000 oz deficit. The case for $1,450 by year-end: supply, substitution and the EU's ICE retreat.
FXIFY review: payout speed vs the latency-arbitrage catch
FXIFY review 2026: $30m in tracked payouts, 80-100% splits and no time limits — but trailing drawdown and latency-arbitrage denials are the catch.
July 2026
City Traders Imperium review: the prop firm that pays a salary
City Traders Imperium review: eight years of continuous payouts, a fixed monthly salary of $12.50-$500 on funded accounts — and the UAE entity behind the London branding.
Robinhood to $110 by year-end: the event-contract mix shift
Robinhood market call: $110 base by December 31, 2026 as event contracts outearn crypto for the first time — plus the deposit slowdown that could break the thesis at $78.
Funded Trading Plus review: the 1.74% denial rate on record
Funded Trading Plus review: day-one payouts, a $50 minimum and a self-published 1.74% withdrawal denial rate — plus the discretionary high-risk rule that bans accounts.
Hola Prime review: the 1-hour payout claim, Deloitte-checked
Hola Prime review: a Deloitte review verified 98.35% of eligible payouts in under an hour — but eligibility is where trader disputes actually live.
Purdia Capital review: EOD drawdown and a live-account path
Purdia Capital pairs end-of-day trailing drawdown and no consistency rule with a stated path to live funded accounts. Our independent payout-first review.
Nvidia to $224 into the August 26 print: the capex case
Nvidia at $206.75 heads to $224 by September 1 as hyperscaler capex prints meet a hawkish Fed. Base, bull and bear targets with four disconfirmation triggers.
MyFundedFX review: the firm shut down on two days’ notice
MyFundedFX became SeacrestFunded, then Seacrest killed all prop trading on Feb 6, 2026 with two days' notice. The shutdown record, refunds, and what remains.
FunderPro review: daily payouts vs the Trustpilot warning
FunderPro pays daily on Pro accounts and claims 8-hour processing, but a January 2026 Trustpilot warning sits unresolved. Our independent payout-first review.
Also filing this week: Rick Steves and Karthik Subramanian.