A wave of frustration is brewing in the prop trading community as traders begin to publicly question the practices of FundingTraders — not for slippage, not for spreads, but for what they claim are opaque post-challenge disqualifications after passing funded challenges.
Passed the Challenge. Got Denied Anyway?
It started with a blunt tweet from @TheEuroTrader1:
“Funding Traders scammed me after passing their $500K challenge over 3 months because my ‘average duration’ of trades was different. No shit Sherlock… my time in a trade is determined by the market moves! AVOID!”
His frustration resonated. Traders who successfully passed the firm’s evaluations claim they were rejected funding due to vague or subjective metrics like trade duration or post-news timing — even when those actions weren’t prohibited.
Community Voices Get Louder
Simon Andreas (@Gobelin_butpro) took it further:
“At the very least, do a basic due diligence check and remove @Funding_Traders from your affiliate program. It has turned into a scam scheme and you’re aware of that… You’re making profit at the expense of your customers.”
He claims he waited over two months for a payout, only to be denied because he opened a position 36 minutes after a news event — despite the firm clearly stating that news trading is permitted.
Others in the thread urged victims to report the company to online cybersecurity teams. The tone? Disillusioned. The message? Clear: prop firms and their affiliates are both under the microscope.
Contradictory Signals?
Ironically, while the backlash was unfolding, @PropFirmMatch published verified payout stats from FundingTraders:
- $3.57M in total payouts over the past year
- 2,059 payouts
- 48-hour average payout time
Impressive numbers — if they tell the whole story. But do they?
Some traders are now questioning whether “average payout times” are enough to verify fair funding practices, or whether metrics like “how many passed but got denied” should also be disclosed.
So What’s Really Going On?
Is this just a case of a few angry traders? A misunderstanding of internal risk rules? Or is something deeper happening behind the scenes — a shift in how some prop firms define “success”?
Whatever the truth, one thing is certain: the prop trading crowd is watching, screenshotting, and speaking up. And in an industry built on trust, transparency is no longer optional — it’s the minimum standard.
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Trouble is brewing for FundingTraders as traders take to social media, alleging they’ve been denied funded accounts after successfully completing challenges. Accusations range from vague disqualification reasons — like average trade duration — to inconsistencies around news trading rules.
