Trust and risk

What this guide covers

How to check a firm before paying it. Where evaluation firms sit relative to financial regulation and what protection does and does not exist, the clauses in the terms that decide whether a payout is honoured, what a traffic trend does and does not tell you about a firm’s health, KYC and country restrictions, prohibited strategies, and what recourse a trader has when a firm shuts down.

3 pieces published in this guide.

FundedNext vs Industry Standards: 2026 Deep-Dive Analysis

FundedNext offers a broad product catalog and fast payouts, but its entry-level 70% profit split on Stellar Instant falls below the 80% industry standard. This analysis weighs every challenge model against current market benchmarks.

Sep 11, 2026·1 min read

Alpha Capital Group vs Industry Standards: 2026 Deep Dive

Alpha Capital offers eight distinct evaluation paths with 80% standard splits (90% on Direct) across five platforms. This analysis measures every dimension against 2026 market norms.

Aug 17, 2026·1 min read

AT Funded: Comprehensive Evaluation Against Industry Standards

This analysis provides a detailed comparison of AT Funded's offerings against broader industry standards, focusing on profit splits, evaluation models, and more.

Jul 11, 2026·3 min read

The other guides

Passing evaluations

The mechanics of getting funded and staying funded: the rule types that end accounts, and which one bites first.

Money and taxes

Fees, splits, payouts and filings — what a funded account actually pays, and what it costs to get there.

Platforms and futures

The execution layer: MT4 and MT5, TradingView, NinjaTrader and Tradovate, and how futures evaluations differ.

Trader psychology and process

The part that is not the rules: sizing risk against a limit you do not control, and the habits that survive it.