AquaFunded review
Dubai prop firm selling instant, 1-step and 2-step CFD and futures accounts since 2023
- CEO
- Not disclosed
- Headquarters
- United Arab Emirates
- Founded
- 2023
- In business
- 3 years
- Trustpilot
- ≈3.2 · hidden
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Our grade
Poor
3.5 / 10 · #20 of 22
≈3.2
Trustpilot
1.2K reviews
- 5★48%
- 4★9%
- 3★3%
- 2★3%
- 1★39%
What traders say about AquaFunded
Trustpilot · 403 reviews analyzed
Trustpilot TrustScore
1,200 reviews
Trustpilot hides this firm's TrustScore, which it does after finding fake reviews or other guideline breaches. Based on our analysis of its visible reviews, the score would be about 3.2.
- · Trustpilot hides the rating on the public page and shows a guideline-breach warning saying it removed fake reviews for this company; 3.2 is our simple average of the 1,200-review star distribution.
- · Trustpilot's own page data still carries a hidden TrustScore of 2.2, which weights recent reviews more heavily than our simple average.
- · The profile is listed under the name AquaFunds, is not collecting reviews, and logged 398 of its 1,200 reviews in the last 12 months.
- · The firm replied to 69% of negative reviews (193 of 281, about 21 days on average), but its last reply to a negative review was on 4 July 2026.
- · A second profile for aquafutures.io, displayed as 'AquaFunded', shows 3.9 from 647 reviews; it took 152 reviews in September 2026 alone, and of its 200 most recent reviews 81% are invited (verified) and 78% of the 5-star texts are under 80 characters.
Recent sentiment
Trend: declining200 most recent reviews · 0% verified
2026-03: 60.6% negative, average 2.39, 33 reviews; 2026-04: 62.9% negative, average 2.4, 35 reviews; 2026-05: 82.9% negative, average 1.66, 35 reviews; 2026-06: 91.2% negative, average 1.29, 34 reviews; 2026-07: 94.4% negative, average 1.22, 18 reviews; 2026-08: 100% negative, average 1, 18 reviews; 2026-09: 88.9% negative, average 1.33, 18 reviews; 2026-10: 100% negative, average 1, 2 reviews
Most reported issue · 35% of complaints
Payout denied or cut after a risk review
Traders who hit their targets describe payouts refused or reduced after a manual review, citing copy or reverse trading with accounts they say they never saw, shared IPs, devices or VPS servers, multiple accounts, or deductions for news, tick scalping and high margin use; several say the only evidence was a spreadsheet or screenshot with masked account numbers.
Most praised · 67% of positive reviews
Fast, responsive support
Most positive reviews single out quick live-chat and Discord replies, often naming individual agents, and several credit support with fixing problems before a payout.
Complaint themes · 203 negative reviews
- Payout denied or cut after a risk review35%
Denials over coordinated or copy trading, IP and device overlap, VPS use and multiple accounts, plus profit deductions for news, tick scalping and margin use; some say refunds came with an NDA.
- Unexpected breaches30%
Accounts closed by floating-loss caps, Wave Stop or trailing-drawdown math that reviewers say was not shown on the dashboard or in their model's rules.
- Support that stonewalls disputes30%
Tickets closed with scripted replies, requests for evidence or timestamps refused, and long waits once a dispute starts.
- Consistency and qualifying-day rules17%
The 15% consistency cap and the +0.5% qualifying-day rule keep profitable traders from withdrawing, sometimes for weeks.
- Spreads, commissions and slippage13%
Wide spreads plus $5 per lot commission, slippage around stops, and trades closed at worse prices than expected.
- Purchase, KYC and activation problems7%
Paid accounts not delivered, Rise KYC delays and unexpected activation fees on cheap trial or pay-later accounts.
- Affiliate and competition disputes7%
Affiliate commissions withheld (a cluster in June 2026) and competition winners disqualified at the prize stage.
Praise themes · share of 4–5★ reviews
- Responsive support67%
Replies within minutes on chat and Discord, and help resolving account issues.
- Payouts received36%
Confirmed payouts, mostly on small accounts and first or second withdrawals, often within a day or two.
- Clear rules for those who read them21%
Some traders call the rules clear and fair, while warning others to read every condition first.
- Cheap or free entry accounts12%
Positive experiences with $10 trial accounts and free $10k accounts handed out through promotions.
Our read of the reviews
AquaFunded's main Trustpilot profile (aquafunded.com, listed as AquaFunds) carries a warning that Trustpilot removed fake reviews, and the rating is hidden; the TrustScore in its page data is 2.2. Of the 200 most recent reviews (23 Feb to 1 Oct 2026), 158 are 1-star and 80.5% are negative. The monthly average fell from about 2.4 in March and April to between 1.0 and 1.3 from June onward, a stretch in which only four 4-5 star reviews appeared. None of the 200 carries Trustpilot's verified label.
The complaints are specific and consistent. About 35% of the 203 negative reviews since January describe a payout refused or cut after a risk review, most often over alleged copy or reverse trading with unknown accounts, shared IPs, devices or VPS servers, or profit deductions for news, tick scalping and margin use. Around 30% describe breaches from floating-loss caps or Wave Stop that the trader did not know applied, and another 30% describe support closing tickets without evidence. Positive reviews mostly praise quick chat support and confirm payouts, usually on small accounts.
Review collection has moved. The firm has not answered a negative review on the main profile since 4 July 2026 and the profile no longer collects reviews, while a second profile for aquafutures.io, shown as AquaFunded, took 152 reviews in September 2026 alone; 81% of its 200 most recent reviews are invited and 78% of their 5-star texts are under 80 characters. Its 3.9 score should be read with that in mind; the organic signal on the main profile is clearly negative.
Method: we collected the 200 most recent Trustpilot reviews plus the most recent 203 1–2★ reviews, classified every review by theme and read the samples by hand. Shares are of the stated sample. How we analyze reviews