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Exclusive: OANDA’s Prop Trading Platform Allows Buying Challenges with Crypto
2024-07-16T08:00:00.000+02:00
Traders can purchase the challenges with top cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, including meme tokens.
The addition of crypto came “in response to rising global demand.”
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Breaking: Prop Trading Firm Funded Engineer Shuts Down
2024-07-15T11:54:46.972+02:00
The company attempted “strategic restructuring” and “cost-cutting measures” and sought investments but failed.
It will now file for bankruptcy.
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Prop Firm Solution Drives Leverate's Push into Dubai, Latin America
2024-07-12T09:57:22.523+02:00
A few months ago, the company introduced white-label products for prop trading.
The technology provider also reported a 70% sales increase.
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OANDA Bets on Prop Trading Expansion with Higher Profit Share and Lower Entry Barriers
2024-07-10T09:42:54.295+02:00
OANDA Prop Trader changes prop challenge conditions to benefit investors.
The changes aim to attract skilled traders amid industry disruptions.
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Another Regulator Warns against Prop Firms, Calls Them Trading “Video Games”
2024-07-08T10:11:19.365+02:00
Italian Consob, along with FSMA and CNMV, is warning against proprietary trading.
According to the institution, its growing popularity carries significant risks for investors and their capital.
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Prop Trading Chaos: SI World Shuts Down, while The Prop Trading AU Teases Comeback
2024-07-05T08:38:39.879+02:00
SI World, operated by Stocknet Institute, is leaving the prop trading business.
Meanwhile, ASIC ceased operations of The Prop Trading AU in December 2022.
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Prop Firm Funding Pips Reports DDoS Attack: Payouts amid Disruptions
2024-07-04T15:41:17.585+02:00
Users reported issues with email communication and hidden accounts on the platform.
3 months ago, TradeLocker, the platform provider for Funding Pips, faced a DDoS attack.
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My Forex Funds Investigation Rattled by CFTC Commissioner Exposing Staff Misconduct
2024-07-04T08:54:36.177+02:00
The commissioner highlights potential false statements made to the court.
She is raising broader concerns about transparency and accountability within the CFTC
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CFDs Broker ThinkMarkets Launches Its Own Prop Trading Brand
2024-07-03T10:03:36.862+02:00
The prop trading services are offered under the brand ThinkCapital.
It is operated by a UAE-registered entity.
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Exclusive: Prop Trading Giant FTMO Strengthens C-Suite with New CFO and Head of Legal
2024-07-03T09:00:00.000+02:00
Radek Dyntar has been appointed as CFO and Eva Svobodová as the Chief Legal Officer.
The appointments came as the firm is launching brokerage services and regulators are considering regulating prop trading.
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Exclusive: Prop Trading Firm Funded Peaks Partly Acquired by FX Veteran Joshua Dentrinos
2024-06-29T19:15:00.000+02:00
Dentrinos will step in as the interim CEO of the prop trading firm.
His focus will be on organizational restructuring and strengthening the brand.
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Prop Firm UWM Also Relaunches MetaTrader, Signaling Possible Industry Shift
2024-06-25T11:27:56.662+02:00
Four months ago, the prop companies switched to MetaTrader alternatives after MetaQuotes decided to ban US clients.
However, on Saturday GFT relaunched it, and now UMW is following, signaling a potential market change.
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Prop Firm Goat Funded Trader Reintroduces MetaTrader 4 After Four-Month Hiatus
2024-06-22T14:57:21.218+02:00
The company claims the move was possible due to its own in-house technology.
In addition to MT4 and new tech solutions, the company also unveiled a revamped website.
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Exclusive: Purple Trading's Prop Trading Brand Expands beyond Japan and Central Europe
2024-06-18T08:07:10.858+02:00
Fintokei now generates 75 percent of its business in Japan and the rest from a few central European countries.
The brand now aims at broader Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
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Prop Trading Firm Funding Pips’ Trustpilot Profile Page Suspended
2024-06-13T11:15:30.443+02:00
Trustpilot cited “an increase in reviews related to recent media attention” behind its move.
Funding Pips is yet to provide any update on its actions.
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Trade.com Launches Prop Trading under a Cyprus-Based Entity
2024-06-12T10:08:34.680+02:00
The Cyprus entity operating Trade.com’s prop trading brand is different from the one licensed by CySEC.
The prop trading services are not being offered in Japan, Canada, Belgium, and the USA.
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Retail FX
The Hook for Traders: How to Create the Perfect Prop Trading Challenge?
2024-06-10T15:35:00.000+02:00
Prop trading companies must follow four principles to design the challenges - transparency, fairness, simplicity, and variety.
Top companies have cracked the perfect design for challenges to lure traders.
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Prop Firm Simplex Trading Welcomes Seasoned Veteran as New Managing Director
2024-06-10T09:47:39.680+02:00
Benjamin Londergan will lead the Strategic Business Development team.
For over 15 years, he was the CEO of another proprietary trading firm, Group One Trading.
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Prop Firm Alpha Capital Bans 150 Traders Due to Group Trading Allegations
2024-06-10T08:26:24.856+02:00
The company acknowledges that some accounts may have been banned unjustly.
An investigation is underway, and trading will be reinstated for improperly blocked traders.
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Prop Trading: Traders Trust’s CEO Officially Launches New Platform
2024-06-07T10:22:27.083+02:00
The launch came a couple of days after Finance Magnates’ exclusive report on Traders Trust’s prop trading platform launch.
The CEO revealed that the company has been working on the prop trading platform for the last three months.
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Retail FX
Exclusive: Czech Regulator Asserts Prop Trading Firms “May Be Subject to MiFID”
2024-06-06T15:40:00.000+02:00
Amid Finance Magnates' exclusive report on ESMA's discussion on prop trading regulation, the Czech National Bank has become the first EU regulator to comment on the industry.
Most industry experts think that regulators must bring transparency and disclosure to prop trading.
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Exclusive: Traders Trust Silently Launches Prop Trading Platform
2024-06-05T14:10:22.656+02:00
The platform is branded as TradingCult and is operated by two entities, one in Seychelles and the other in Cyprus.
Nicola Berardi is the CEO of both Traders Trust and TradingCult.
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Prop Trading Firms Have Become Victims of Their Own Success
2024-06-05T13:35:03.958+02:00
Increased competition among proprietary firms has led to bankruptcies and unscrupulous behavior, such as denying profit payouts.
The current model of high-profit shares for traders is unsustainable, and traders are advised to stick to well-known brands.
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Prop Trading: Three Months after Suspending US Services, Alpha Capital Promises Comeback
2024-05-31T22:53:54.841+02:00
The firm has also announced plans to launch futures and brokerage services in Seychelles.
In February, Alpha Capital suspended purchases for new and existing clients in the US.
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Exclusive: Regulators Conducted Preliminary Reviews on Potential Prop Trading Regulations
2024-05-31T08:49:39.155+02:00
Finance Magnates has learned that the ESMA held a discussion around prop trading regulations.
Muinmos' CEO reveals that regulators are "conducting studies, gathering data, and engaging in consultations" for possible prop regulations.
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