Tiger Funded says its rules “fit on one page” and headlines no consistency rules, a 12% static drawdown on the 2-Step challenge, unrestricted news trading and a 48-hour reward guarantee. It claims more than $10.2 million in rewards since 2024.

Read the FAQ, Terms of Service and refund policy alongside that page and a different product appears.

Who runs Tiger Funded and where it is based

The website footer names two companies. ALPHAEDGE PRO – FZCO, licence number 42340 under Dubai Unified Licence DH5472 from the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority at Dubai Silicon Oasis, “provides TigerFunded’s simulated trading platforms and related technological infrastructure”. Alphaedgepro Services (Europe) Ltd, Cyprus registration HE 479670, with a registered office at Pindou 4, Egkomi, Nicosia, is described as “the seller of the products and services made available through this website”.

The Terms of Service, last updated 11 March 2026, add a wrinkle. They give the Cyprus company a different identifier (“Organization number: 662516 Record number: 39971281”) and describe it as acting “solely as a technology and platform provider”, while in the same paragraph calling it “the sole seller and issuer”. Disputes go to the courts of Dubai under UAE law, and liability is capped at whatever the trader paid in the preceding 30 days.

Neither company claims any financial-services authorisation. The site states that TigerFunded “is not a financial institution”, that all trading is simulated on demo accounts, and fees “are not deposits, investments, or funds placed into a trading account”. A trader in dispute is left with a contract claim in Dubai. The Industry Spread has tracked how regulators are closing in on retail prop trading, but a simulated-evaluation seller contracting under Dubai law sits outside the investor-protection regimes those actions rely on.

This is not a relaunch under new owners. Archived copies of the site from August and October 2025 name the operator as “Tiger Funded, a Dubai Company” at Dubai Silicon Oasis, “with company number 42340”. Today’s footer uses the same number, 42340, for AlphaEdge Pro FZCO. The 2025 site already sold Step challenges on Match-Trader and Platform 5 with a 95% split. What changed in 2026 is the website itself, which has been rebuilt, and the addition of the Cyprus seller. We found no public closure notice, and Trustpilot reviews run without a break from late 2025 to July 2026. We found no evidence that Tiger Funded is a white-label of any firm previously reviewed on this site.

The rules that close funded accounts

The rules page promises “no hidden behavior scoring”. The FAQ adds at least six more mechanics, several of which apply only once a trader is funded:

• Tiger Guard. If floating drawdown reaches 2% during a session, all open positions are closed automatically. In the firm’s words: “The first Tiger Guard event does not close your account.” The second is a hard breach. On a 2-Step account the advertised 12% drawdown is therefore not the practical limit on open risk.
• Trade Risk Limit. No single trade may risk more than 2% of the balance, and same-direction positions on one instrument are added together.
• Margin. Using full margin is a violation; the FAQ says traders should leave “at least 20–30% free margin”.
• Two-minute hold (funded only). Every trade must stay open for at least 2 minutes.
• Hedging and layering (funded only). Opposing positions on the same asset are banned, including across accounts, as is holding three or more positions on one asset.
• No EAs once funded. The rules page says Expert Advisors are welcome “all the way through your evaluation”. The FAQ adds that “EAs are not permitted during the funded stage”, and the Terms warn that detecting an unauthorised automated system may lead to closure “without exception”.

The Buy 1 Get 3 promotion has a rulebook of its own. According to the FAQ, the free accounts carry a trailing drawdown by default and a 15% consistency rule, meaning no single day may exceed 15% of total profit. A Trustpilot reviewer on 17 June 2026 complained these conditions were not on the promotion page.

The documents disagree with each other

Headline terms change from page to page:

• Profit split. 95% on the rewards page and in the FAQ; 80% rising to 100% with an add-on on the homepage Instant Elite cards.
• Payout speed. The homepage says “Reward processed within 24 hours”. The rewards page promises 48 hours or “we add $1,000”. The FAQ pauses that clock at weekends.
• Payout schedule. Instant Elite advertises “On Demand Rewards” with “no schedule”. The FAQ sets a 14-day wait, then 7 days. Section 6 of the Terms says 14 business days, then 7 business days.
• Fee refund. The refund policy says fees are refunded “up to 200% on your second reward”, and elsewhere “with your first successful profit split payment”. The rewards page ties the 200% refund to the first reward. The FAQ says the fee is refundable “after your second simulated payout”.

Section 4.1 of the Terms binds a challenge to rules “communicated at the time of purchase”, so save every page on the day you buy.

Payout evidence: what Tiger Funded publishes and what traders report

Tiger Funded publishes a cumulative figure of more than $10.2 million, filmed testimonials and a “Live Rewards” ticker of named traders and amounts, each labelled “Verified · via Rise”. A footnote on the same rewards page reads: “Names and figures shown illustrate platform activity.” The firm publishes no audited payout total or denial rate.

The homepage badge reads “4.7/5 Rated Excellent” without naming a source. We could not retrieve Trustpilot’s aggregate score, and Trustpilot files the domain under unrelated categories such as swimming pool cleaning. The most recent reviews on its Trustpilot page are overwhelmingly about denied payouts. In a review dated 14 May 2026, a trader wrote that the firm “declares 2-3 days for a review but returning back in 11 days with an automated email with a rejection”. Two reviewers, one of them on 13 June 2026, posted what they said was the firm’s rejection letter. It cites an “external compliance and validation provider”. A review dated 23 April 2026 describes a denial over the two-minute holding rule that the trader disputes.

All of these reviews date from 2026, when the same Dubai licence holder was running the firm. They are unverified, but one clause gives them weight. Section 6 of the Terms states that a funded account whose payout is rejected for a rule or compliance violation “may be considered permanently ineligible for any further profit withdrawals”.

What could not be verified: the $10.2 million total; whether any ticker entry is a real payout; the share of payout requests approved; the identity of the external compliance provider; and whether the 48-hour guarantee or its $1,000 penalty has ever been paid.

How Tiger Funded compares

The table compares Tiger Funded’s 2-Step challenge with the two-phase products of FTMO and The5ers, per published terms on 17 September 2026. See our FTMO review and The5ers review.

Term	Tiger Funded 2-Step	FTMO 2-Step	The5ers High Stakes
Profit targets	8% then 5%	10% then 5%	10% then 5%
Daily loss limit	5%	5%	5%
Maximum loss	12% static	10%	10%
Minimum days per phase	1 (rules page) or 3 (FAQ)	4 trading days	3 profitable days
Funded profit split	95% (80% on homepage cards)	90% via Scaling Plan	80%–100%
Scaling ceiling	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$500,000

Sources: Tiger Funded rules, FTMO trading objectives, FTMO scaling plan, The5ers High Stakes.

On paper, the 12% static drawdown is the widest of the three; in practice, Tiger Guard and the 2% per-trade limit mean a funded trader cannot use most of it at once. Funding Pips is another static-drawdown alternative covered on this site.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tiger Funded regulated?
No. Alphaedgepro Services (Europe) Ltd in Cyprus sells the challenges, and AlphaEdge Pro FZCO in Dubai Silicon Oasis supplies the platform. Neither claims a financial-services authorisation, and the firm states that all trading is simulated and that fees are service fees, not deposits.

What is Tiger Guard?
Tiger Guard is an automatic stop set out in Tiger Funded’s FAQ. If floating drawdown hits 2% during a session, every open position is closed. The first trigger leaves the account active; a second is a hard breach and the account is closed. It does not appear on the firm’s main rules page.

Can I use an Expert Advisor at Tiger Funded?
Only during the evaluation. The FAQ states that EAs are not permitted during the funded stage, and the Terms prohibit automated systems on funded demo accounts unless authorised in writing.

How long do Tiger Funded payouts take?
The FAQ allows a first request 14 days after the first funded trade, then every 7 days, with 1–2 business days of processing and a $100 minimum. Trustpilot reviewers in 2026 describe reviews of 11 days or longer.

Is the Tiger Funded challenge fee refundable?
Not on request. The refund policy says “all sales are final” once credentials are emailed, and the Terms allow a request within 7 days only for a technical failure on the firm’s side. The fee is returned later with a funded reward, though pages disagree on whether that is the first or second.

Featured image: Engomi Town Hall, Nicosia, by Tom1955, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.