OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Plutus Trade Base review: €39 on the page,…
Verdict: Plutus Trade Base suits a trader who reads contracts and wants a cheap, rule-light simulated evaluation with an unusually generous fee rebate after three payouts. It does not suit anyone who believes the homepage.…
Funded Trader Markets review: the call that can…
Verdict: Funded Trader Markets suits fast, discretionary traders who want on-demand rewards, no time limits and a public payout ledger — 4,811 rewards and $7.20m recorded since August 2024, with an average processing time under…
Taurus Arena review: $15 buys a looser consistency…
Verdict. Taurus Arena is a Cyprus-registered futures evaluation firm with unusually clean challenge rules — no daily loss limit, no minimum trading days, no consistency requirement while you are being evaluated. The catch arrives after…
FundingRock review: the first payout can breach the…
Verdict FundingRock suits traders who want a cheap, low-friction route to a simulated funded account — $5 upfront on Pay After You Pass, no minimum trading days, unlimited time, and news trading allowed on two…
ESMA’s cross-border review names BaFin and CySEC, not…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) spent 2026 reviewing the supervisors of cross-border investment firms, not the firms themselves — and its July 20 follow-up report singles out Germany's BaFin and Cyprus's CySEC, the…
Funding Pips review: static drawdown and the 15%…
Verdict. Funding Pips suits traders who want a drawdown that does not chase them: every plan except one uses a static maximum loss, so the equity floor stays where it started no matter how far…
Why ESMA’s CFD conflicts sweep leaves prop trading…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has made conflicts of interest at investment firms the subject of its 2026 Common Supervisory Action (CSA), pulling Contract-for-Difference (CFD) brokers into coordinated, on-site inspection across all 27…
How CySEC’s 10:1 CFD cap meets ESMA’s 2026…
CySEC's September 2025 Directive DI-87-09 amendment capped retail leverage at 10:1 on non-major commodity and index CFDs; ESMA's Common Supervisory Action 2026 now extends that pressure into staff-incentive, platform-design, and conflicts-of-interest reviews — together a…