80% Fail in Prop Trading Globally; South American Traders Aim to Reverse the Trend
80% Fail in Prop Trading Globally; South American Traders Aim to Reverse the Trend
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By Finance Magnates
80% Fail in Prop Trading Globally; South American Traders Aim to Reverse the Trend
A study of nearly 10,000 traders conducted by Swiset and FXStreet, a technology provider for retail trading companies including brokers and prop firms, highlights the steep odds faced by individual...
Swiset
prop trading
prop firms
Analysis
FXIFY™ and WeForest Partner Again to Tackle Deforestation in 2025
FXIFY™ and WeForest Partner Again to Tackle Deforestation in 2025
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By Finance Magnates
FXIFY™ and WeForest Partner Again to Tackle Deforestation in 2025
Trading capital meets climate action as FXIFY launches its second reforestation campaign.
CFD Brain Drain? Prop Firms Continue to Attract Top Talent, Ex-Equiti Exec Latest
CFD Brain Drain? Prop Firms Continue to Attract Top Talent, Ex-Equiti Exec Latest
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By Finance Magnates
CFD Brain Drain? Prop Firms Continue to Attract Top Talent, Ex-Equiti Exec Latest
A new trend has emerged in the retail trading industry: executives from contracts for differences (CFDs) brokers are transitioning to proprietary trading firms.
prop firms
cfds
Equiti
Can You Trust Prop Firms' "Total Payouts" Claims?
Can You Trust Prop Firms' "Total Payouts" Claims?
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By Finance Magnates
Can You Trust Prop Firms' "Total Payouts" Claims?
“We paid $1 million to traders last week”: such claims are common in the prop trading industry, and have become a key strategy for creating a sense of authenticity around prop trading brands.
prop firms
FTMO-Owned OANDA Fined $600,000 by U.S. Regulator Over Compliance Failures
FTMO-Owned OANDA Fined $600,000 by U.S. Regulator Over Compliance Failures
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By Finance Magnates
FTMO-Owned OANDA Fined $600,000 by U.S. Regulator Over Compliance Failures
The National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered New York-based forex dealer OANDA Corporation to pay a $600,000 penalty following a series of alleged compliance failures, including inadequate ca...
ATFX Implements Swiset Trading Tournament Tech to Boost User Activity and Retention
ATFX Implements Swiset Trading Tournament Tech to Boost User Activity and Retention
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By Finance Magnates
ATFX Implements Swiset Trading Tournament Tech to Boost User Activity and Retention
ATFX has implemented Swiset's tournament infrastructure to enhance trader engagement across its global operations, the companies announced today (Wednesday).
Swiset
ATFX
prop firms
CFD brokers
MT5 Returns to Prop Firm Funding Traders After Saint Lucia Registration
MT5 Returns to Prop Firm Funding Traders After Saint Lucia Registration
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By Finance Magnates
MT5 Returns to Prop Firm Funding Traders After Saint Lucia Registration
Funding Traders Group Ltd., a proprietary trading firm, has restored access to the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform after incorporating in Saint Lucia.
prop trading
prop firms
proprietary trading
mt5
Metatrader 5
Funding Traders
Prop Firm City Traders Imperium Opens Offshore Comoros Entity to Launch In-House MT5
Prop Firm City Traders Imperium Opens Offshore Comoros Entity to Launch In-House MT5
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm City Traders Imperium Opens Offshore Comoros Entity to Launch In-House MT5
City Traders Imperium (CTI) has announced the addition of an in-house MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform from MetaQuotes to its offering. This move places CTI among a growing number of challenge-based ret...
prop firms
proprietary trading
City Traders Imperium
Prop Firm Hola Prime Names NBA Star Karl-Anthony Towns as First Sports Ambassador
Prop Firm Hola Prime Names NBA Star Karl-Anthony Towns as First Sports Ambassador
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm Hola Prime Names NBA Star Karl-Anthony Towns as First Sports Ambassador
Proprietary trading firm Hola Prime has named NBA player Karl-Anthony Towns as its first sports brand ambassador. The announcement comes as part of the firm's new brand campaign, which was develope...
proprietary trading
prop firms
prop trading
retail
sports-sponsorship
FundedNext Introduces Brokerage—FNmarkets Onboards New Head of Product
FundedNext Introduces Brokerage—FNmarkets Onboards New Head of Product
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By Finance Magnates
FundedNext Introduces Brokerage—FNmarkets Onboards New Head of Product
FundedNext Brings in a New Era of Trading in the FN Ecosystem with the Launch of a New Brokerage.
White Label, Big Bill? The Hidden Costs of Going Plug-and-Play in Prop Trading
White Label, Big Bill? The Hidden Costs of Going Plug-and-Play in Prop Trading
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By Finance Magnates
White Label, Big Bill? The Hidden Costs of Going Plug-and-Play in Prop Trading
White label solution providers are quick to point out the challenges of building a prop trading platform, but leading firms tell FinanceMagnates.
prop trading
white label
“Prop Firms Built Massive Communities on Discord, but Are Now Quietly Moving Away from It”
“Prop Firms Built Massive Communities on Discord, but Are Now Quietly Moving Away from It”
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By Finance Magnates
“Prop Firms Built Massive Communities on Discord, but Are Now Quietly Moving Away from It”
Brokers and prop firms have managed communities of traders on publicly available platforms like Discord. Although those platforms make managing such communities extremely easy and economical, many ...
prop firms
brokers
Discord
This Prop Firm Expands Crypto Suite With 30 New Pairs
This Prop Firm Expands Crypto Suite With 30 New Pairs
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By Finance Magnates
This Prop Firm Expands Crypto Suite With 30 New Pairs
Funded Trader Markets (FTM), a retail prop firm based in Cyprus, has significantly broadened its cryptocurrency trading options, adding more than 30 new crypto pairs to its platform.
prop firms
proprietary trading
crypto
Prop Firm Lark Funding Plans to Add Match-Trader to Its Offering
Prop Firm Lark Funding Plans to Add Match-Trader to Its Offering
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm Lark Funding Plans to Add Match-Trader to Its Offering
Operating for almost three years and originating from Canada, prop firm Lark Funding, led by Matthew Letourneau, has announced plans to offer its clients a new platform.
Lark Funding
Matthew Letourneau
prop firms
proprietary trading
FTMO's OANDA Adds 350+ ETFs to European Investment Platform
FTMO's OANDA Adds 350+ ETFs to European Investment Platform
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By Finance Magnates
FTMO's OANDA Adds 350+ ETFs to European Investment Platform
OANDA, a provider of online multi-asset trading services, has broadened its European investment portfolio by introducing Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) for its clients, the company announced this week.
Prop Trading Firms Launch Self-Regulatory Body Amid Industry Boom
Prop Trading Firms Launch Self-Regulatory Body Amid Industry Boom
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Trading Firms Launch Self-Regulatory Body Amid Industry Boom
An organization representing the proprietary (prop) trading industry launched today. The initiative follows the growing popularity of the prop trading space and aims to fill a gap in governance and...
The Prop Association
prop trading
Prop Firm Goat Funded Trader Launches Its Own Broker
Prop Firm Goat Funded Trader Launches Its Own Broker
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm Goat Funded Trader Launches Its Own Broker
Proprietary trading company Goat Funded Trader announced that it has officially opened its own broker, complete with a newly obtained MT5 license.
Goat Funded Trader
Trying to Prop Up Like the Big UK Brother? TPA’s Logo Looks Ridiculously Familiar to FCA
Trying to Prop Up Like the Big UK Brother? TPA’s Logo Looks Ridiculously Familiar to FCA
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By Finance Magnates
Trying to Prop Up Like the Big UK Brother? TPA’s Logo Looks Ridiculously Familiar to FCA
None of the financial market regulators is regulating the prop trading industry. However, a self-regulatory association has emerged, whose logo looks very similar to that of the UK regulator, excep...
prop trading
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Blueberry Funded
Weekly Brief: Why Ripple’s Hidden Road Acquisition is a "Natural Fit", Instant Funding Eyes CFDs
Weekly Brief: Why Ripple’s Hidden Road Acquisition is a "Natural Fit", Instant Funding Eyes CFDs
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By Finance Magnates
Weekly Brief: Why Ripple’s Hidden Road Acquisition is a "Natural Fit", Instant Funding Eyes CFDs
Retail brokers are missing out on stablecoins . Topping our weekly news roundup is a highlight of how brokers would be missing out on the stablecoin adoption race.
editor's pick
Instant Funding
Hantec Trader Launches InsightPro: AI Trading Intelligence In Collaboration with Acuity
Hantec Trader Launches InsightPro: AI Trading Intelligence In Collaboration with Acuity
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By Finance Magnates
Hantec Trader Launches InsightPro: AI Trading Intelligence In Collaboration with Acuity
InsightPro is a next-generation, game-changing AI trading intelligence tool.
Prop Firms and Broker Offerings Enhanced by Centroid’s EAERA Alliance and Match-Trader Risk Integration
Prop Firms and Broker Offerings Enhanced by Centroid’s EAERA Alliance and Match-Trader Risk Integration
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firms and Broker Offerings Enhanced by Centroid’s EAERA Alliance and Match-Trader Risk Integration
Centroid Solutions and EAERA have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at supporting Forex brokers and proprietary trading firms.
Centroid Solutions
retail
retail FX
retail forex
proprietary trading
prop firms
Prop Firm For Traders Implements DXtrade to Add Futures Amid Shift Beyond CFDs
Prop Firm For Traders Implements DXtrade to Add Futures Amid Shift Beyond CFDs
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm For Traders Implements DXtrade to Add Futures Amid Shift Beyond CFDs
Prop Firm For Traders has integrated futures trading into its simulated trading platform through a partnership with Devexperts' DXtrade system, the companies announced today (Thursday).
dxTrade
prop firms
proprietary trading
devexperts
Prop Firm Instant Funding Starts Own CFD Brokerage, Sets May Launch for Seperate Crypto Platform
Prop Firm Instant Funding Starts Own CFD Brokerage, Sets May Launch for Seperate Crypto Platform
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm Instant Funding Starts Own CFD Brokerage, Sets May Launch for Seperate Crypto Platform
Prop firm Instant Funding announced plans to launch its cryptocurrency platform, IF Crypto, next month while also revealing "IF Pro" as the name of its forthcoming brokerage service.
Instant Funding
prop firms
proprietary trading
Instant Funding
FPFX Partners with Acuity Trading on Prop Trading Tools; Opens Cyprus Office
FPFX Partners with Acuity Trading on Prop Trading Tools; Opens Cyprus Office
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By Finance Magnates
FPFX Partners with Acuity Trading on Prop Trading Tools; Opens Cyprus Office
FPFX partners with Acuity Trading to add Research Terminal to its platform and white-label product, PropAccount.com, for enhanced trading insights.
FPFX Technologies
FPFX Tech
Acuity Trading
acuity
proprietary trading
prop trading
FPFX Technologies Opens New Office in Cyprus to Support Prop Trading
FPFX Technologies Opens New Office in Cyprus to Support Prop Trading
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By Finance Magnates
FPFX Technologies Opens New Office in Cyprus to Support Prop Trading
As interest in proprietary trading rises among regulated brokerages, FPFX Technologies, the US-based technology provider for the trading industry, has opened a dedicated office in Limassol, Cyprus.
FPFX Technologies
prop trading
Exclusive: FundedNext Re-Enters US with New Futures Prop Platform
Exclusive: FundedNext Re-Enters US with New Futures Prop Platform
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By Finance Magnates
Exclusive: FundedNext Re-Enters US with New Futures Prop Platform
FundedNext, a prop trading firm launched in 2022, is now launching a new futures prop trading brand, FundedNext Futures, which will also be available to users in the United States, Financemagnates.
FundedNext
prop firms
prop trading
Prop Firms Challenge CFD Brokers: Takeover or Coexistance?
Prop Firms Challenge CFD Brokers: Takeover or Coexistance?
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firms Challenge CFD Brokers: Takeover or Coexistance?
Strong growth in prop trading revenues among non-bank liquidity providers has highlighted the potential impact of market expansion on CFD brokers.
prop firms
prop trading
CFD brokers
Global Forex Funds Launches New One-Phase Prop Trading Challenge in the UK
Global Forex Funds Launches New One-Phase Prop Trading Challenge in the UK
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By Finance Magnates
Global Forex Funds Launches New One-Phase Prop Trading Challenge in the UK
As more traders seek the best UK prop firm, the focus is shifting from bold claims to real trading conditions.
prop firms
Crypto Fund Trader x Bybit: Redefining the Future of Crypto Prop Trading
Crypto Fund Trader x Bybit: Redefining the Future of Crypto Prop Trading
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By Finance Magnates
Crypto Fund Trader x Bybit: Redefining the Future of Crypto Prop Trading
This strategic collaboration sets a new standard for what traders expect from a prop trading firm.
Prop Firm BrightFunded Integrates cTrader Platform: Spotware Expands to Malaysia
Prop Firm BrightFunded Integrates cTrader Platform: Spotware Expands to Malaysia
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm BrightFunded Integrates cTrader Platform: Spotware Expands to Malaysia
BrightFunded has partnered with Spotware, the developer of the cTrader platform. The partnership allows BrightFunded to offer cTrader to its traders.
prop firms
proprietary trading
prop trading
Spotware
ctrader
retail forex
retail
retail FX
Prop Firm Blueberry Funded Expands Evaluation Program With 1,000+ Stock CFDs
Prop Firm Blueberry Funded Expands Evaluation Program With 1,000+ Stock CFDs
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By Finance Magnates
Prop Firm Blueberry Funded Expands Evaluation Program With 1,000+ Stock CFDs
Prop firm Blueberry Funded has expanded its evaluation program to include CFD stock trading challenges, giving traders access to over 1,000 stocks through MetaTrader 5 and DXtrade platforms.
Best Prop Trading Firms in 2025
Best Prop Trading Firms in 2025
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By Finance Magnates
Best Prop Trading Firms in 2025
Traders have more agency than ever before in selecting the top or best prop trading firms of their choosing in 2025.
prop trading
Brokeree Solutions Integrates Prop Trading Tools to cTrader
Brokeree Solutions Integrates Prop Trading Tools to cTrader
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By Finance Magnates
Brokeree Solutions Integrates Prop Trading Tools to cTrader
Brokeree Solutions integrated its prop trading solution with cTrader, bringing new tools to prop firms using the platform. This development adds a full-cycle account management system designed to i...
Brokeree Solutions
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Thriving in an Evolving Prop Space: Ultimate Traders, a Case Study
Thriving in an Evolving Prop Space: Ultimate Traders, a Case Study
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By Finance Magnates
Thriving in an Evolving Prop Space: Ultimate Traders, a Case Study
Adaptability is the name of the game when it comes to being a prop-trading leader
Ultimate Traders
FundingPips's Futures Trading Prop Firm Introduces Tradovate and Copy Trading
FundingPips's Futures Trading Prop Firm Introduces Tradovate and Copy Trading
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By Finance Magnates
FundingPips's Futures Trading Prop Firm Introduces Tradovate and Copy Trading
Serving over 750,000 traders, prop firm FundingPips unveiled its new brand focused entirely on the futures market, FundingTicks, in early March.
Funding Pips
prop firms
proprietary trading
futures
CFDs, Prop Trading, and Listed Futures:
CFDs, Prop Trading, and Listed Futures:
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By Finance Magnates
CFDs, Prop Trading, and Listed Futures:
This article was written by Jon Light, Head of OTC Platform at Devexperts . Historically, there has been a clear geographical division between retail traders.
Exclusive: Prop Firms and CFD Brokers Get Messaging Makeover as Convrs and Leverate Join Forces
Exclusive: Prop Firms and CFD Brokers Get Messaging Makeover as Convrs and Leverate Join Forces
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By Finance Magnates
Exclusive: Prop Firms and CFD Brokers Get Messaging Makeover as Convrs and Leverate Join Forces
Messaging platform provider Convrs and trading technology firm Leverate announced today (Wednesday) a partnership aimed at enhancing client engagement capabilities for forex brokers and prop tradin...
Conv.rs
Leverate
prop firms
CFD brokers
Alpha Capital to Offer 100% Live Prop Trading in London Following Initial 10-Trader Launch
Alpha Capital to Offer 100% Live Prop Trading in London Following Initial 10-Trader Launch
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By Finance Magnates
Alpha Capital to Offer 100% Live Prop Trading in London Following Initial 10-Trader Launch
Alpha Capital Group has established Alpha Prime, a new prop trading company that will offer selected traders the opportunity to transition from simulation to live market trading with institutional ...
Alpha Capital Group
Alpa Prime
prop firms
proprietary trading