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.
July 2026
EUR/CHF to 0.9450 by Q4 2026: the franc-cap credibility test
EUR/CHF to 0.9450 by December 2026 from 0.9155. The mechanism is the SNB's stated willingness to intervene against franc strength — a soft floor, not a hard cap.
Blueberry Funded review: static drawdown and a broker behind it
Blueberry Funded uses a static 10% drawdown, not a trailing one, and sits behind an operating FX broker. The catch is a bi-weekly payout gated on three profitable days.
Elite Trader Funding review: $16.50 in, $25,000 out, then live
Elite Trader Funding is among the cheapest futures entries at $16.50 — and caps sim-funded payouts at $25,000 per trader for life, then moves you to real capital.
Blue Guardian review: the 24-hour payout guarantee and its gate
Blue Guardian pays 90% instead of 80% if it misses its 24-hour payout guarantee. But the compliance review that comes first has no published time limit.
Goat Funded Trader review: loose rules, a one-year-old entity
Goat Funded Trader permits news trading and weekend holds with no consistency rule - but its Saint Lucia entity was registered in 2025. The trade-off, examined.
Japan’s 10-year JGB to 3.10% by Q4 2026: the faster-hike case
The 10-year JGB hit 2.77% as swaps price an 80% chance of an October BOJ hike to 1.25%. The path to 3.10% - and the CPI print that breaks it.
Earn2Trade review: an 8.89% pass rate, published by the firm itself
Earn2Trade review: fixed drawdown, weekly $100 payouts and a rare published pass rate of 8.89% - which implies about 1.6% of entrants ever withdraw.
The5ers review: the 50% daily consistency rule and payout disputes
The5ers review: 6% max loss, 3% daily cap, 75% split and a 50% daily consistency rule - plus what the firm does not publish about payouts.
TradeDay review: the $10,000 ceiling before a live CME account
TradeDay removes the daily loss limit and the funded consistency rule - then keeps half of the first $4,000 on Quick Pay.
E8 Markets review: the payout ramp before the $25,000 cap
E8 Markets publishes an independently tracked $74m payout ledger - rare in this sector - but early withdrawals are capped at 2.5% of account until the fifth payout.
GBP/JPY to 205 by Q4 2026: the carry-cushion case
GBP/JPY at 218.15 sits above the entire forecast-house central tendency while the BOJ tightens faster than guided and Tokyo warns of decisive FX action. Base case 205.
Funding Pips review: static drawdown and the 15% consistency catch
The Industry Spread reported Funding Pips closing in 2024.
USD/NOK to 9.20 by Q4 2026: the Nordic-divergence case
The krone has gained 7.72% on the euro in 2026 while the Swedish krona fell. USD/NOK reaches 9.20 by year-end on a Norges Bank hiking bias the G10 no longer shares.
MyFundedFutures review: $123m paid and the payout-ban complaints
MyFundedFutures has paid $123m across 55,733 payouts and removed the daily loss limit from every plan.
Alpha Futures review: payout terms after the Premium collapse
Alpha Futures runs end-of-day trailing drawdown and a $15,000 payout cap.
Instant Funding review: the drawdown that halves when you win
Instant Funding review: no evaluation, 80% split and published payouts of $18.7m — but the Smart Drawdown floor halves permanently once you are 5% up.
USD/MXN to 17.90 by Q4 2026: the carry-compression case
USD/MXN to 17.90 by Q4 2026: Banxico is anchored at 6.50% while the Fed is priced to hike, compressing the carry from the US side. Levels and invalidation.
Take Profit Trader review: daily payouts and the $50 catch
Take Profit Trader review: daily payouts in about an hour, no consistency rule when funded, a real route to live capital — and a $50 fee under $250.
Also filing this week: Rick Steves and Karthik Subramanian.