Trade The Pool review: real stock fills, the cluster’s worst split
Trade The Pool funds US stocks through Interactive Brokers, not a simulated feed. That is why its rules are microstructure rules — and why 70% is not the whole story.
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Reviews and verdicts on funded-trader programmes: rules, payouts, the fine print.
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August 2026
FTMO review: the only prop firm that owns a regulated broker
FTMO now owns OANDA and its licences in eight markets. But the challenge you buy is still unregulated simulated trading — and the split starts at 80%.
SabioTrade review: weekly payouts, a 6% trailing floor
SabioTrade pays weekly with a $1 crypto minimum, but its 6% drawdown trails from peak closed balance and never stops. The capital is simulated, not real.
TopTier Trader review: the TX3 rebrand reset every term
TopTier Trader is now TX3 Funding, and the rebrand halved the drawdown allowance. Most reviews still quote terms the firm no longer offers.
Topstep funded account review: 30 winning days to real capital
Topstep review: the Combine and Express accounts are simulated, the 50% best-day rule delays payouts, and only the Live account risks the firm's capital.
Nordic Funder review: a Swedish brand, a Forest Park FX contract
Nordic Funder brands itself Scandinavian, but its own terms name Forest Park FX LTD as counterparty — and Trustpilot carries unresolved Tradiac complaints.
Quant Tekel review: an FSCA broker, an SVG prop desk
QT Funded pays: $16m to 105,000 traders. But the FSCA licence belongs to the brokerage, not the St Vincent entity that owns your challenge.
Breakout Prop review: Kraken-owned, no published funding policy
Breakout Prop is Kraken's crypto-native funded-trader arm, offering static drawdowns and on-demand USDC payouts on perpetual futures.
Fintokei review: Japan-first rules and a Seychelles broker
Fintokei is a Czech-run prop firm with 60% of its clients in Japan.
Finotive Funding review: the strikes that cut payouts to 10%
Finotive Funding pairs a genuinely static drawdown with a Section 7 strike system in which several behavioural triggers each cut a payout cycle to 10% of profits.
Audacity Capital review: instant funding terms and a Trustpilot flag
Audacity Capital review: instant funding fees, 80% split, 10% static drawdown, the profit-doubling ladder and the Trustpilot flag traders should weigh.
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.
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.
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.
