Instant funding vs prop challenges isn’t “which is better?” — it’s “which fits your edge and timeline?”.
Challenges are cheaper up front but cost you 30–60 days of missed opportunities, resets and delayed payouts.

Prop firm news rules can quietly kill a profitable strategy. Most firms use a 2–4 minute news blackout, but some turn an entire hour into a red zone and force you flat before every high‑impact event. That’s fine if you don’t trade the spike.

Your 4-5% intraday swing is normal. Their 3% daily DD rule calls it a fatal crash.

This carousel breaks down exactly why tight daily drawdown limits are designed to terminate strategies that actually work — and how to spot the trap before you fund.

You've bought 8 challenges this year. Maybe 12.

Here's what no one tells you: Prop firms don't make money when you pass. They make money when you buy. And buy again. And again.

I spent 2 years in this cycle. $3,400 on challenges. Zero funded accounts.

+420% pump.fun launch → UNAUTHORIZED ASSET BAN 💀

This is the degen nightmare nobody warns you about.

You find the gem in your alpha group. You ape in. SOL goes vertical. You're up $17K in 6 hours.

Then the email hits: "Trading restricted to majors only (BTC/ETH)."

You really out here risking $200 for $20 gains. Meanwhile, he’s flipping $25K from a $249 buy-in. 🤡

You lose $500 every month. He pays $249 once and runs $25K. Tell me again who’s smart?

You’re still trading your rent money. He dropped $799 and got $100K to play with. Sleep on that 💀

I have one question, are a lot of people in the market in short positions?

No, everybody's
Euphoria
130k$... #$TRUMP ...approval of anything and everything....

I don't mind 130, but we'll go 92-96 minimum first. My trade is just below

gl fam 🫵🏼❤️

#$BTC

There is a possibility that correction is everything, and from the current ones we can leave to ATH.

However, senior timeframes speak about correction up to 103K, and the weekend to all the same.

However, it is worth securing the trade, since we have almost reached the second take.

#$BTC

After the first takeout it was obviously not worth it to put the stop to breakeven. I hope you were able to hold on to it.

Since I have little faith in the fifth tp in the current realities, don't forget to fix as you go along.