Yeah, back office servers are majorly overloaded, haha! I think it runs until Dec 12th. I wouldn't even try logging in today... maybe tomorrow will work? ;-)

Not to get overly political (and this isn't directed at you or any one individual, just chatting in general on the topic), but the USA is a republic, which means governed by rule of law and not the whims of 51% of the majority (a pure democracy). It ...

Yeah, and then they started deleting complaints in their Discord group and putting people on mute who were being vocal about it. And they apparently have the time to run ads with promo codes celebrating UAE National Day this weekend and tomorrow on ...

Well, then they are an even crappier prop firm than all the rest, because others based in the UAE aren't shutting down trading for the day, and plenty of US-based ones didn't have to shut down on Thanksgiving, etc., etc. If they can't handle it, ...

Yup, that right there is why I said a very public complaint should be made. Because if this becomes a precedent, it's bad for the entire industry. It's pretty ridiculous indeed!

Losing one trading day is not the end of the world, especially if there are no time limits for challenges, but it starts a very bad precedent when there is not even one business day's notice and they are shutting down trader's accounts on a day a ...

Only a couple times have I been able to continue an FTMO free trial after 2 weeks. Usually I discover a day or two later that currently open trades are no longer getting their trailing stop updated because they disabled my account but left all ...

Yes, this is why it's really dumb to use any EA that you have not written yourself. If there are enough similar trades, it will get flagged as group trading by most prop firms, or hit the max capital allocation if it's popular enough by firms that ...

FTMO has a maximum capital allocation limit of $400K per trader or strategy at any given time. If you use a public EA that others use, that EA will have that same $400K maximum allocation. Once the EA is popular enough to hit that threshold, all ...

I wonder if most prop firms that have their own inhouse server will move to a regulated / registered broker now to avoid getting shut down by the CFTC, especially if they are US-based like E8. I doubt any are going to register their own inhouse ...

I'd send an awkwardly uncomfortable 30 second video of me staring at the camera... and then at the very end say, "Mmmmm-yeah... it's OK." and end video. LOL

Personally, I don't care about a "video interview", I just think it's silly and foolish. Either you broke the rules or you didn't. They can analyze the trades and see if they are copies of other traders, or if the risk management is not adequate for ...

Agreed, I wasn't comparing the two. But a video interview is clearly a "fundamental requirement" now and that's sad to see.

Angelo of The Funded Trader once created a poll (image is in the comment I'm replying to above) to banish a trader for refusing a video interview for marketing purposes after a big payout. The guy understandably didn't want his name and face ...

I couldn't find that anywhere in their terms and conditions either. That would make this a new "hidden rule", very bad and disappointing CTI.

The5ers updated their Terms and Conditions and added a new Interview Video Request section that was not there before. This means only FTMO is left as a reputable firm (5+yrs) without any silly rules sadly. CTI and The5ers are slowly crumbling. ...

Dylan is the CEO of E8 Funding. Been reading some recent bad reviews, what’s the latest news?

Don't use any public EAs, write your own or hire a programmer. It's the only way because many prop firms will require the source code of your EA anyway.

I know, hence why I specified "here in the US" for the rest of my paragraph. But "sales tax" is generally only when purchasing a good or service, not typical of declaring your income, in pretty much any country. I'm no expert on tax law in every ...

That's not sales tax, it would be income tax. Here in the US (and I assume maybe some other countries), capital gains tax on a personal account would be a lower % than income taxes as an independent contractor with prop firms. However, if you run ...