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Rule changes, payout shifts, pricing moves and new firms — logged and dated as they happen.

Sep 9, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: September 9, 2026

FTMO sold more challenges than ever in 2025 and made less money doing it. Revenue rose 31% to a record CZK 8.8 billion. Net profit fell 59%, and margin went from 28% to 8.9%. Three of the biggest firms in the sector spent this quarter launching into asset classes they were not in a year ago. Nigeria wants to ban the marketing that brought the traders in.

Aug 26, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: August 26, 2026

Five things happened this week and they point at the same shift. Firms are competing on how much of the rulebook they will show you or delete, not on how much capital they claim to offer.

Aug 19, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: August 19, 2026

Two lawsuits this week put hard numbers on old questions. Does a funded-account firm really own its customers? Are these firms built the way regulators require? Meanwhile, evaluations keep getting faster.

Aug 12, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly: Prop Trading Industry News, August 12, 2026

Two stories this week come at the same question from opposite ends. FuturesElite and Redline are selling traders control over their own risk settings.

Aug 5, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: August 5, 2026

Every prop firm launching a new product this week is selling the same pitch: faster funding, more flexible rules, more trust. The stories that actually mattered had nothing to do with product.

Jul 29, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly: Prop Trading Industry News, July 29, 2026

Three crypto exchanges shut down inside four weeks. One of them died because it missed a licence deadline.

Jul 23, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: July 23, 2026

Prop trading has spent years building fast. This week it spent building trust instead.

Jul 17, 2026Infrastructure

QuantSentry on Coordinated Abuse, Payout Disputes, and Where Prop Firm Risk Goes Next

Ask most people why a prop firm went under and you'll get the same three answers: bad management, an overpromised business model, or a firm that ran off with trader money. All possible.

Jul 15, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: July 15, 2026

The prop trading industry has spent years building on infrastructure it does not own. Third-party platforms, external payment processors, vendors with the power to revoke access overnight.

Jul 8, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: July 8, 2026

Prediction markets are no longer a niche conversation in this industry. They are a product category with firms lined up to offer it, infrastructure companies reorganizing around it, and regulators in Europe already moving to shut the door on the retail side of it.

Jul 1, 2026Industry

FundedTrading Weekly — Prop Trading Industry News: July 1, 2026

Leadership is shifting, capital is still coming in, and regulators are getting closer to the products prop firms rely on. This week’s stories are not random.