The Prop Journalist

Providing the latest news and insights into the prop firm & trading space.

YT: financial advice.

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

Telling someone you're more profitable than you are is deception, not clout chasing.

Especially if you are selling a mentorship.

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

@jmutrades @VestExchange They were happy to verify the profits, wonder if they'll verify the account number.

[Jmu @jmutrades]

Update: @lanto_trades has his dannystrades moment.
He's not on account #42. He's on account #819.
Quick posted and deleted by Lanto.
This is fraud. Shame on Lanto and all those who enable him.

I would like to see @VestExchange take a hard look at these edited Account Number videos/screenshots. Boot influencers who are deceiving the customerbase. Other firms would do that.

[Jmu @jmutrades]

🚨PSA: Don’t fall for this furu bullshit.

Huge profits. Huge payouts. Problem is the spend behind them is often obfuscated. Influencers are changing the account names that show how many accounts they've burned through. Typically they just hide the number. This time they are actively changing the account name.

On Vest, every account is numbered, so your 5th account shows up as “Account 5” with a 5 in the icon next to it. There’s also an edit button that lets a trader change the account name, and once it’s edited, the icon shows an “A” instead of the real number, even if the new name still reads like a regular account number.

Most people scrolling past an influencer’s screenshot would never notice that “A.” And if every account already comes named with its number, why would anyone edit the name just to make it look like another account number? Is that the actual account number? Doubtful.

Below is a screenshot from @lanto_trades with edited account names. Not unexpected.

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[hotaru prop_trader @hotaru_trader]

@AlphaCapitalUK denied a payout of approximately $7,000, citing shared trading devices as the reason.
There is no benefit whatsoever for traders to share devices.

Alpha Capital Group offers discounts or lowers the prices of its consistency models to encourage traders to use them. However, I would advise against using the consistency model at Alpha Capital Group because larger payout requests may increase the risk of being denied.

Only a small number of traders request payouts worth several thousand dollars or five figures. As a result, even when firms deny such payouts, the number of people speaking out is very limited. Their complaints are drowned out by the numerous reports of traders successfully receiving payouts of a few hundred or $1,000.

Furthermore, by making large payouts only to influencers or a select group of traders, firms can reduce the reach and credibility of complaints about denied payouts.
You should avoid firms that fabricate reasons to expel traders.

I have made profits with many firms and have also been banned by many of them.

@fundingpips forced me to transition to its Prime program.
@FundedNext reduced my maximum allocation from $25K–$50K and introduced additional restrictions, including a 1% limit and restrictions around news events.

I received payouts totaling $50K–$60K from these two firms. Although they imposed restrictions on me, they did not fabricate allegations of rule violations. I now understand that they made honest and balanced decisions.

@BlueberryFunded and @TheTradingPit_ , on the other hand, canceled all my profits and suspended and banned my accounts, which had been funded with hundreds of thousands of dollars, claiming that I had violated their rules without providing sufficient explanations.

Alpha Capital Group has yet to decide which approach it will take.
However, I urge anyone considering using these firms to think carefully about the risks involved.

@AlphaCapitalUK
@PropFirmMatch

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

The @MyFundedFutures Studio is discounted at its lowest ever prices - for today only!

5% off with code TPJ
$5k: $71.25
$10k: $133
$25k: $266

[MyFundedPerps @MyFundedPerps]

We've officially paid out over $1,000,000 to MyFundedPerps traders.

To celebrate, we're giving away $1,000,000 in accounts.

To enter:
1. Follow @MyFundedPerps
2. Like + retweet
3. Enter here: https://t.co/lCcULd6k5M

Ends in 24 hours.

[Josh Dentrinos - NOT SUPPORT @PropJoshD]

For MFF 1 and 2 step - the challenge is the challenge.
After that:

- on demand any time payouts (swept end of day) but funds removed from account at request immediately.
- no gut kicking rules other than no weekend holding (this is gap risk aversion due to data processing/real trades)
- Your success matters, commission charged earns you points. These points can be used to scale your Drawdown as well as your account size (30% at a time) up to 1million.
- More success upgrades coming in the future (leverage increase is being explored now but the data suggests its a negative for traders).
- If you fail your funded (which we genuinely hope you don't) your points will be turned into discounts/free accounts depending on how many you have accumulated over time. So customers who have had a lot of success on funded but unfortunately lost the account may end up having a free retry depending on the situation of the account. The goal is to keep the profitable guys in the system so we continue collecting their data and producing profit from it.

Not going to go into the whole your success matters part, industry has tainted those words and the proof will be in the pudding in this case. If you have suggestions that are functionally better and statistically better to increase trader profitability I welcome them and would love to build them if they are practical.

Its different, and we understand that - but having no conflict with the traders is extremely important. Also, if you want to run your account up to 1 million, by all means - I will happily live stream myself with pompoms as you do it.

We are preparing to add account lockout functions as well after final testing so users can control their discipline via lockouts (like futures has).

[MyForexFunds @MyForexFunds]

One step closer to funded 🔵

Discover Evolution 1-Step — request rewards anytime, unlock flexible reward splits, and work towards exclusive VIP benefits.

Launching November 23, 2026.

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

Check out this video I made for the @MyFundedPerps!

The Elite plan is a huge upgrade. Fully static drawdown and boosted leverage.

Pass the eval, get funded, & request as many payouts as you can earn, all in the same day.

My profit split got sent 4 min after request. Not bad!

[Drippy @drippy_eth]

The first YouTube video is live!

Thank you @PropJournalist for great work!

[Leo @LeoTheTiger]

All these perp traders talking about “a-book” but have never read one 😭

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

Think consistency rules are bad? I raise you the 'Equity Stability Score'

Shoutout to Top One Trader for this incredible anti-trader innovation.

[Tradeify Perps @tradeifyperps]

Evolution never stops.

Tradeify 247 was only the beginning.

A new challenger is approaching.

Ready for what’s next?

🔑 Request your beta key: https://t.co/3hEJ3HMqbA

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

I think this is an interesting thread and response from Justin, regardless of your opinion of Vest.

[ESY @esytradez]

Yesterday I posted about my Vest account getting blown on the same NQ trade that barely put my Tradovate account in drawdown, and got told by all the Vest glazers that I "don’t understand perps"

So I went through Vest’s entire docs, their terms, and their public price data. Vest is not what it claims to be.

[Jay C @ItsJayCook]

Topstep Labs are permanent now.

Shout out to @trader_rcw winning a free 250k Freedom Account just for tuning into Market Tip Off @TopstepTV!

Let’s get it to a Payout!

[MyForexFunds @MyForexFunds]

We haven’t forgotten about you 🤝

Now that Evolution is live, we have something special planned for traders whose accounts were settled in 2026.

🔵 A fresh start, exclusive benefits, and a new opportunity with MyForexFunds.

Eligible traders will be contacted directly with all the details 📩

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

Tradeify FX is back running 50% off with code TPJ

Like I said before, I liked the direct account but thought it was worth waiting for a better discount - that discount is now here!

I got paid in less than 24h, if you have any questions about Tradeify FX I can answer them.

[Josh Dentrinos - NOT SUPPORT @PropJoshD]

There is still a very small batch of users who are still pending from the forms who the team are working through. I can see some of them commenting on X, if that is you - we got you, dont worry.

We have just started a final push to clear them all asap so we can get a move onto the next steps in the process. The team will communicate with you as soon as possible.

Tomorrow we will move onto starting the next part of the reconciliation phase (this means, we have work to do still, no one has missed out - please no fomo).

Our dashboard is ready for testing and pending server final set ups and integrations.

We do have more to announce - not just product wise but for the traders who have stuck by us, even the ones I currently have on mute whilst we finish our work. The job isn't finished yet, today is not the final product and end solution. Its been repeated many times but be a bit of patience and we will get there. We are still a month away from the relaunch - many things to do and things to settle.

All of the kind words today have been great, very motivating and much appreciated. <3

[MyForexFunds @MyForexFunds]

🚀 Here's what's next for MyForexFunds.

CEO Haider Raza (@HaiderMFF) and Board Advisor Josh Dentrinos (@PropJoshD) talk about the Evolution Program, what it brings to traders, and the flexibility to shape your own trading journey. 📈

🎥 Watch the full video for a closer look at what's ahead for MyForexFunds.

🔴 Also, stay tuned as we're preparing a live stream in the coming days to share more details and answer your questions!

[The Prop Journalist @PropJournalist]

Great to see lots of people's My Forex Funds accounts being given back after submitting the claims form.

Have you received a response yet, or are you still waiting?