The short version

Audacity Capital is one of the few prop firms old enough to have a real history. It has run from London since 2012, which in this industry — where most firms fold within a few years — is itself the headline. Across primary and third-party sources, three things stand out:

  • It is a genuine, long-running firm (since 2012). Longevity is its strongest selling point.
  • The rules hide a trap: a trailing daily drawdown that resets at 00:00 GMT+2 and is a frequent cause of unexpected breaches.
  • Trust carries an asterisk: in 2025 Trustpilot removed a large batch of reviews it judged fake, and the public rating is currently suppressed.

Below is the firm-by-firm picture, with sources. Numbers move, so treat the figures here as a starting point and verify each one on the official site before you pay.

What Audacity Capital is

Audacity Capital is a London-based proprietary trading firm that has operated since 2012. Per third-party reviews (TheTrustedProp), it is registered in the UK as Audacity Global LTD (company number 11652683) with Karim Yousfi as CEO — you can confirm the company number yourself through the UK Companies House register.

One housekeeping note: the firm moved its website from audacitycapital.co.uk to audacity.capital. Some older listings (including pages on this site) still show the old .co.uk address. Use the current domain.

The model is the standard prop-firm one: you pay a fee, pass an evaluation on a simulated account, and then trade a funded account where you keep a share of the profit. It is not a regulated investment product, and you are buying an evaluation service, not depositing investment capital.

The program lineup

Audacity runs three tracks, which is part of why its pricing feels complex:

  • Ability Challenge — a two-step evaluation.
  • Ability One — a one-step evaluation.
  • Funded Trader Program (FTP) — instant funding, with no evaluation phase.

This range is a plus if you know what you want and a source of confusion if you do not. If you are still deciding between formats, our guide to one-step vs two-step vs instant funding walks through the trade-offs.

Rules and the trailing daily drawdown trap

Here is where the detail matters most. The numbers below come from the official Funded Trader Program page and third-party reviews; confirm them on the official rules page before trading.

Ability Challenge (two-step):

  • Phase 1: 10% profit target, 7.5% daily drawdown, 15% maximum drawdown.
  • Phase 2 (Verification): 5% profit target, 5% daily drawdown, 10% maximum drawdown.

Ability One (one-step), per TheTrustedProp — verify with the official source:

  • 10% profit target, 3% daily drawdown, 6% maximum drawdown.

The part to read twice is how the drawdown works. The daily loss limit is balance-based with a trailing component that resets at 00:00 GMT+2. In plain terms: if your account hits a new equity high during the trading day, the daily level can recalculate from that new high. So a pullback that looks ordinary can still breach the daily limit — even when your overall account is comfortably in profit. Third-party reviews single this out as a frequent cause of unexpected breaches.

If trailing drawdown is new to you, trailing vs static drawdown explains why the trailing kind is harder to manage, and daily loss vs max drawdown covers the two limits you have to respect at the same time.

One point in the trader’s favor: Audacity says news trading, weekend holding, EAs, and copy trading are allowed, and that it has removed or upgraded the consistency rule (source: official FTP page). Fewer behavioral restrictions is a genuine plus — confirm the current list on the official rules page.

Profit split and the scaling plan

The profit split starts lower than the headline numbers you see in ads. Depending on account size and how fast you hit targets, it begins around 50–75% and scales up toward roughly 90–95%. The official FTP page states “up to 90% profit share”; some third-party sources cite a 95% ceiling. Verify the exact tier for your account on the official site.

The scaling plan rewards consistency over time. Roughly 2.5% monthly profit for three consecutive months can double the account, scaling up across stages to about $2M (the official page cites up to roughly $2.56M across about 10 stages). That is a long road, but it is a real path for traders who can stay steady — verify the current stages on the official source.

A lower starting split is the trade-off for that longevity and the scaling ladder. If maximizing your cut from day one matters more, the prop firm hidden costs guide explains why the split is only one part of the real economics.

Fees and account sizes

The cheapest entry is about $39 for a $5,000 account, and roughly $29 with a 25% promo code (such as FLASH25). The full fee range is cited at roughly $39 to $1,090 depending on size. Note that a promo code is a discount, not a guarantee of value — the rules matter more than the entry price.

Account sizes span roughly $5,000 to $240,000 across programs. The FTP page advertises $7,500 to $60,000 starting capital, scalable up to $2M. Our internal data lists a $5k–$200k range; the exact ladder differs by program, so check the current options on the official site.

Payouts: cadence and speed

Public sources describe a roughly bi-weekly cycle — about every 14 days — with same-day processing once a withdrawal is approved. Some sources mention weekly payouts on the FTP track. Same-day processing on approval is a good sign if it holds, but cadence and speed can change and may depend on your program. For why payout reliability matters more than the advertised speed, see prop firm payout transparency, and for how withdrawals and identity checks actually work, prop firm KYC and withdrawal methods.

Reputation and the suppressed Trustpilot rating

This is the part that needs care. As of 2026-06-22, Audacity’s Trustpilot rating is suppressed: the profile shows the rating as unavailable after Trustpilot detected and removed reviews it judged fake. The score and review count are effectively blank.

The background, per Finance Magnates: in March 2025 Trustpilot removed more than 1,555 reviews. The profile fell from about 2,670 reviews and a 4.7 TrustScore (archived 2025-03-03) to roughly 1,115 reviews, with the rating temporarily removed; the action was announced 2025-03-19.

Two honest readings of this:

  • It is not proof the firm is a scam. Trustpilot’s cleanup targets review manipulation, which many firms (on all sides) engage in; the firm itself has continued operating.
  • It is a reason to distrust the star count. Third-party aggregators now report conflicting sentiment — Traders Union shows roughly 3.4 to 3.5 stars from about 1,067 reviews, against cached 4.x figures from before the cleanup. That gap reflects post-cleanup uncertainty, not a settled rating.

The practical takeaway: do not lean on the rating. Lean on the things you can verify — the long operating history, the published rules, and the payout terms. For a checklist on reading these signals, see how to spot a failing prop firm, and for the broader context, prop firm shutdowns history.

Platforms

TheTrustedProp lists MT5 and DXTrade. Our older internal listing shows MT4/MT5. The platform list is one of the details most likely to be out of date, so confirm what is actually offered on the official site before you commit. If platform choice matters to your strategy, MetaTrader vs cTrader for prop trading covers the practical differences.

How Audacity compares to FTMO and The5%ers

Audacity’s edge is age: live since 2012, it has outlasted most of the field. But two firms in our data combine an established track record with a cleaner trust picture.

FTMO is a long-established firm whose drawdown is static — set on your starting balance and easier to reason about than a trailing limit — which removes exactly the kind of surprise breach that trips traders at Audacity. Our data lists its profit split at up to 90%.

The5%ers offers instant-funding-style accounts, and our data lists a scaling plan that can push the split toward 100%. If you want to skip the evaluation but still work with an established firm, it is a natural comparison.

For the full field, see our 2026 ranking and the side-by-side comparison, and our methodology for how we score trust and longevity.

Who it fits and who should skip it

Audacity may suit you if:

  • You value a long track record over the flashiest profit split, and
  • You are comfortable managing a trailing daily drawdown, and
  • You will verify the current rules and payout terms yourself rather than relying on the star rating.

You should probably skip it if:

  • You want a high split from day one (the starting split is lower than several rivals), or
  • A trailing daily limit that resets at 00:00 GMT+2 does not fit your trading style, or
  • You need a clean, verifiable public rating before you commit money.

Spreading risk across more than one firm is sensible in any case; our multi prop firm strategy explains why.

Verdict

Audacity Capital is a longevity play. Operating since 2012, it has survived cycles that erased most of its peers, and that history is worth something real in a fragile industry. The reservations are concrete: a starting profit split below several rivals, a trailing daily drawdown that resets at 00:00 GMT+2 and breaches accounts more often than traders expect, and a Trustpilot rating that is suppressed after a fake-review cleanup. None of that makes it a scam — but all of it makes self-verification non-negotiable.

If you go ahead, confirm every number on the official site, read the drawdown rules twice, and do not let the long history lull you into skipping the due diligence. This article is informational and is not legal, tax, or investment advice.