BG Starter: Day 3 Update
Quick progress report on the BlueGuardian Starter account, for those who missed it, this is an instant funded $5,000 account that came out of a conversation that started on Trustpilot rather than…
Prop Firms
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BlueGuardian Starter, First Impressions
Today was setup 1 on the BlueGuardian Starter challenge, i got from them for free/not-free following this. first real session on their MT5 infrastructure, side-by-side with a Spotware/cTrader so I had something…
BlueGuardian: A Replacement & a Quiet Request
It has been roughly a year since my last interaction with Blue Guardian (i wrote about Support tickets turning fraud here) since then: nothing. No follow-up, no apology, no contact of any kind. That changed yesterday. After I left a 1-star review on Trustpilot, someone from Blue Guardian reached out to me directly. On Trustpilot: […]
Prop Firm Comparison: Beyond Numbers
Most comparison pages for prop trading firms tend to focus on what looks easy to measure: price, profit targets, payout ratios, drawdown limits. News flash: You are not shopping for Groceries! you…
Instant Funding Acquires Funded Trading Plus
The prop-firm industry continues to consolidate, and one of the more notable developments this year is now official: Instant Funding has acquired Funded Trading Plus (FTP) in a seven-figure deal.
FundingPips: a short Jurney
We went on to give Fundingpips a try. Turned into a 50 hour failure-mission, thanks to AI.
FTMO Acquires OANDA
FTMO remains the gold standard of prop trading. While many firms spend their time chasing trends, FTMO continues to make long-term strategic moves. The latest example is the completion of their acquisition…
BlueGuardian: Support ticket = Fraud?
… or, when kids try to run a financial institute. more stuff about BlueGuardian here The proprietary trading industry is built on one thing above all else: trust.
CTI News Trading: Not a good idea
recently on twitter here is how this does play out in reality Sell positions opend on GBPUSD with a Stoploss at 1.31231 The ICMarkets account with DOUBLE the position size got stopped out at 1.31228while CTI took the scenic route and finally closed the position at 1.31395, 167 points higher!in fairness, the ICMarkets account also […]
CTI Weekend Scalping: not really
since i qualified for a live account with CTI, i decided to give the weekend trading a test. which immediately turned out to be a total failure with a 145-156 USD Spread…
EnFoid & SwingFIsh
In order to continue operating the SwingFish community as it was designed to be, a few things need to be cleared up. One of them is the relationship between EnFoid (the Company)…
TrueForexFunds – the business
Let’s go on another Prop firm, one of the newer players in the hood called “True Forex Funds” this is no review about performance, quality, or any other metric for the firm…