DISPATCH

News & regulatory updates

Industry signals that affect firm trust — with sources.

Info Aug 22, 2026 Topstep has consolidated onto TopstepX — NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView are gone from its help centre
Warning Aug 21, 2026 Trustpilot withdraws Alpha Capital Group's rating — ninth suppressed firm, with a fake-reviews notice
Info Aug 21, 2026 FTMO is selling the $100K 1-Step at 20% off — €499 → €399, no end date stated
Info Aug 21, 2026 We read 18 firms' terms — 9 carry clauses restricting criticism or publishing communications (new dataset)
Info Aug 19, 2026 We joined TradeDay's affiliate programme — our ratings policy does not change
Info Aug 19, 2026 Trustpilot watch — Topstep slides 4.2→3.6 in three weeks; FundingPips review count roughly quadruples
Warning Aug 5, 2026 The5%ers' Instant Funding page returns 404 — no announcement located, help centre also down
Info Aug 5, 2026 We published the Prop Firm Transparency Report 2026 and two public datasets
Warning Jul 28, 2026 TradeDay reintroduces a 45% consistency rule and lowers payout caps for accounts opened from 26 July
Critical Jul 18, 2026 Alpha Futures closes its Premium Plan and declares earned payouts void — then partially reverses
Info Jul 16, 2026 July 2026 prop industry update: NinjaTrader split, cTrader's US exit, and the prediction-market push
Info Jun 29, 2026 Tim Plummer takes over as FunderPro CEO — leadership shift signals consolidation
Info Jun 29, 2026 Kraken Prop launches — a major crypto exchange directly enters funded trading
Info Jun 29, 2026 Mid-2026 prop firm update: stricter rules and a platform shake-up
Info Jun 29, 2026 TradersYard raises strategic funding from Andromeda Capital — new instant-funded product on the way
Info May 26, 2026 May 2026 — New Prop Firm Entrants (Fundora, ThinkCapital, Funded7)
Info May 26, 2026 Prop Firm Regulation — May 2026 Update
Warning May 15, 2026 Retrospective — what the MyForexFunds shutdown taught the industry