FundingTicks review: refunds, an 80% split, and a halted book

Verdict: FundingTicks is a closed book, not a challenge to buy. On 1 October 2026 the homepage was still a wind-down letter: trading halted, active evaluation and Master accounts refunded in full, an 80% split only if objectives were met, and 20% if there was profit but the objectives were not. It does not suit anyone who needs a login or a new evaluation. The caveat is that support is dated only to 31 January, with no year, and the old rule pages now stop at a sign-in wall.

Key terms on the wind-down page

Figures below are from the homepage letter and FAQ fetched on 1 October 2026 at fundingticks.com. The paths /terms, /privacy and /about returned that same page. No challenge fee and no daily-loss percentage appeared.

• 80% for a Master account that hit the profit target and the trading objectives.
• 20% for a Master account that reached profit but missed the objectives. Missing the target is described as refund-only.
• 90% of realised profit, the page’s “realized profit”, plus 20% of the initial live balance, on a profitable live account, with a refund.
• 6 minimum profitable days plus a profit target on Pro+. Zero lists a profit target, a 25% consistency score and 5 minimum trading days.
• 24 hours for a crypto reward to a confirmed wallet. Up to 14 business days for a card reward to the original card.
• 31 January for support in the letter, and the 31st of January for the contact form and the dashboard. No year is printed.
• $30M+ on the homepage rewards graphic. It is not labelled as an audit.
• $2,400 in the Pro+ example, which is 80% of $3,000 of “eligible simulated profit”. A $1,000 cap makes that 80% into $800. A 20% split on $3,000 is $600.

What the 1 October page still tells traders

The page is a letter, “Dear Traders,” signed “FundingTicks Team”. It says the firm is “winding down FundingTicks' operations” and does not name a successor. Active Evals and Master accounts “will be refunded in full, irrespective of profit or drawdown status”. The 80%, 20% and 90% lines in the key terms are the rest of the letter. It says the work “will already be underway” and points to the dashboard.

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On Tradovate the FAQ says access “is no longer available because your account has been refunded and is no longer active.” Trading “has been halted”, and history and open positions “are no longer available”. That is not a receipt for a trader who has not been paid.

The same file still carries “Join over 1,500,000 traders”, plus “Coming Soon” and “We're Cooking!” Those lines are not the rendered letter. Finance Magnates, on 19 January 2026, reported support until 31 January. The October page has no year. If that January was 2026, the promise has lapsed.

What FundingTicks publishes about payouts

Crypto rewards are “processed within 24 hours” to a confirmed wallet. Card rewards take “up to 14 business days” back to the original card. Rise pays an existing user once processed, and a new user after KYC, “within 24 hours”. Several refunds may arrive rather than one, and subscriptions “are automatically cancelled”. “FundingTicks standard fees apply”, but the fee is not a number on the page.

The graphic says “$30M+”. Unused copy in the same file says “$25+ Million”. Neither has a ledger. Finance Magnates reproduced a December post by Khaled, as @Khldfx:

No never, in fact I’m someone who paid out more than 220M US-Dollars, all without glimpse of an eye and while putting my traders always first and in heart.

That is the chief executive on the record, as Finance Magnates carried it on 23 December 2025. It is not on the wind-down page and does not match $30M+ or $25 million. None of the three could be verified. A 30 January 2026 piece bylined to FundingTicks repeats the $30 million line. The social check was weak: posts on X are not receipts. See whose money is in the funded account and the prop firms desk.

Rules that still cut an 80% split to 20%

The 80% or 20% turns on whether “trading objectives” were met. Dollar targets are not restated. Pro+ is a profit target and 6 profitable days. Zero adds a 25% consistency score and 5 minimum days. Miss the target and the page describes a refund with no reward. It never defines “reached profit” in dollars, or a profitable day.

A second cut comes first. On Pro+, “eligible simulated profit” is “50% of the profit achieved”. One example takes 80% of $3,000, which is $2,400, under a $5,000 cap. Another applies 80% to a $1,000 cap and gets $800. If objectives were missed, 20% of $3,000 is $600. The FAQ says the history needed to rebuild that 50% step is gone.

The 25% Zero score is the only concentration rule still on the homepage. An end-of-day trail, a news window and a one-minute hold are not restated there. On 1 October 2026 those help-centre URLs opened a Zendesk sign-in. The agent host begins fundingpips4150, an infrastructure label, not a named operator. This review does not copy drawdown distances from an index snippet. Finance Magnates described the December dispute as a one-minute hold and a lower split. See the Topstep funded-account review and the prop-firm regulation perimeter.

A closed book next to two firms still publishing numbers

Every cell is from a page opened on 1 October 2026.

Sources: the FundingTicks homepage, the FTMO 1-Step note, the Topstep payout policy and the Topstep maximum-loss page. Traders on Topstep’s newer dashboard before 12 January 2026 keep 100% of the first $10,000, then 90%. FTMO and Topstep were still publishing evaluations. OANDA Prop Trader is an earlier closure on this site.

Regulatory posture: who is named, and who is not

The letter is signed “FundingTicks Team” and names no company. In the same payload the FundingTicks legal object closes on “Funding Pips Services Ltd”, Cyprus, HE450941, Strovolos. A separate block describes FundingPips Corp, Comoros, HY01223081, licence Bfx2024004. The FundingTicks text says the brand “operates a simulated trading environment”.

That note does not say Funding Pips Services Ltd operates FundingTicks, and it is not a rebrand. Finance Magnates, on 3 April 2025, named Khaled Ayesh as chief executive of both brands. That is press, not the October homepage. The operator is not disclosed on the public pages reviewed.

The disclaimer cites “CFTC Rule 4.41”. Citing it is not registration. Rule 4.41 governs how hypothetical results are presented. An NFA BASIC search URL for this name, opened on 1 October 2026, returned the search shell and no member row we could read. That is not a formal clearance. No CFTC order naming FundingTicks appeared in the sources opened here.

The shutdown FAQ names Tradovate and says access has ended. Other strings list NinjaTrader, TradingView, MetaTrader 5, Match-Trader and cTrader, but not in the letter. The legal text says simulated; the FAQ still speaks of live balances. The page does not settle which applied.

Frequently asked questions

Is FundingTicks still selling a challenge?

Not on the page fetched on 1 October 2026. The homepage is a wind-down letter. Trading is described as halted, Tradovate as closed, and history as removed from the dashboard. The buttons point at a dashboard and an FAQ, not at a purchase flow. Leftover HTML still says “Coming Soon”. Those lines are not a shop that has reopened.

Who is offered 80%, and who is offered 20%?

The letter gives 80% to Master accounts that reached the profit target and met the objectives, and 20% to Master accounts that reached profit but missed them. Pro+ on the page is a profit target and 6 profitable days. Zero adds a 25% consistency score and 5 minimum days. Live accounts in profit are offered 90% of realised profit plus 20% of the initial live balance. Accounts in loss are offered a refund only.

Does the page still say support lasts until 31 January?

Yes. The letter says support remains until 31 January, and the FAQ says the contact form and the dashboard last until the 31st of January. No year is printed. January 2026 coverage used that date in the present tense. Read on 1 October 2026, the line is either stale or unexplained. We could not confirm that anyone still answers, because the dashboard and the help centre both sit behind a login.

Can the $30 million rewards claim be checked?

No. The graphic says “$30M+”. The same file contains a “$25+ Million” line, and the chief executive’s December 2025 post, as carried by Finance Magnates, claimed more than 220 million US dollars. None of the three is audited in the material we could open. Posts on X are not a transfer record.

Is FundingTicks on an NFA or CFTC register?

The pages reviewed show no NFA ID and no CFTC registration. They quote Rule 4.41, which governs hypothetical-results presentations, and they describe a simulated environment. A BASIC search URL returned no readable member row. Quoting a US rule, or a related Zendesk host on the sign-in wall, is not registration as an advisor or a broker.

What should a trader do with an unpaid refund?

The firm’s page says to read the dashboard figure, confirm a crypto wallet there, wait 14 business days before chasing a card, and open a chat ticket after the crypto or Rise window. Standard fees apply, and the fee is not stated. With history removed and support dated to 31 January, an unpaid trader has card statements and the letter, not a ledger on the site.

This review is independent editorial analysis and is not financial, investment, or trading advice, and is not an endorsement or solicitation. The Industry Spread has no affiliate or referral relationship with the firms covered. Proprietary trading challenges carry a fee that is generally non-refundable, most participants do not reach a funded account, and funded capital is the firm's capital, not the trader's. Terms change frequently — always verify current rules directly with the firm before paying any fee.