📰#News & rule changes
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[Breaking] FundingPips Significantly Relaxes Its Rules: Betting Big on One Trade, Holding Floating Losses, and Passing on a Single Big Win Are All Now OK — Existing Accounts Keep the Old Rules (September 28, 2026)
FundingPips significantly relaxed its rules on September 28, 2026. As long as you stay within the daily loss and max loss limits, it's now fine to bet big on a single trade, hold floating losses, or pass with one big win. Minimum trading days now starts from 0. This applies only to accounts purchased on or after September 28 on 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Flex, 2 Step Pro, and 2 Step Standard — accounts you already have keep the old rules.
The5ers High Stakes Gets Cheaper, But the $50K/$100K Buckets Shrank | The Refund Is Now "70% Cash + 30% Non-Withdrawable Credit" [September 2026]
The5ers High Stakes revised its pricing and terms on September 14, 2026. $100K Classic went from $545 to $455, and New from $491 to $405. But only the $50K and $100K sizes saw max loss cut from 10% to 8% and daily loss from 5% to 4%, plus newly introduced withdrawal caps ($3,000/$4,000) and minimum profit requirements ($300/$500). What used to be a full fee refund is now split into 70% cash plus 30% non-withdrawable Hub credit. Measured against the loss allowance per dollar, this is effectively a price increase. On top of that, the official site shows conflicting numbers in four different places, so you need to check the actual figures at checkout before buying.
The5ers Japan-Only "Short-Term Trading Contest" Starts Sept. 14, 22:00, Runs 1 Hour | Free to Enter, Prizes Are New High Stakes $25K/$10K/$5K Accounts [September 2026]
Key points of the Japan-only contest announced by The5ers' Japan team in an email on September 9, 2026. Held September 14 (Monday) 22:00–22:58 JST, a 58-minute window, free to enter, limited to users registered with a Japanese address. 1st place $25K, 2nd $10K, 3rd $5K in new High Stakes accounts (10%→5% profit target), 4th–10th get a $20 hub credit (usable only toward a challenge purchase, through 10/14). The contest account is $10K, 1:30 leverage, 3% max DD, no EAs, no trading within 2 minutes of an economic indicator. The same week, Moneta Funded is also running a Japan-only contest — the fight for the Japanese market among overseas prop firms has begun.
FundedNext Bans EAs/Automated Trading on Accounts $50K and Above (September 9, 2026): Which Accounts Are Affected, What Happens to Existing Accounts, and Where EA Traders Should Move
FundedNext's official help article "Is EA allowed in FundedNext?" was revised on September 9, 2026. Accounts of $50,000 and above — both challenge and Funded accounts — must now trade fully manually; EAs, bots, and automation tools are banned. EAs can only be used on MT4/MT5 accounts of $25K or less (with a separate usage fee). cTrader and Match-Trader remain fully banned as before. The effective date and whether it applies to existing accounts are not stated. What people running EAs on $100K accounts should do now, plus a comparison for switching to FTMO, Funding Pips, Fintokei, or Funded7.
ATFunded Pauses Operations (June 8, 2026): Refund/Payout Handling and What to Do Now
ATFX-owned prop firm ATFunded announced a pause of operations on June 8, 2026. Active accounts get a full refund of the purchase fee, funded accounts get payouts processed as normal, and MT5 was switched to close-only mode. Here's what account holders should do now, the timeline leading up to the pause, the lesson that 'broker-backed doesn't mean safe,' and alternative firms.