FundingPips review
Dubai-based CFD prop firm selling 1-step, 2-step and instant accounts since 2022
- CEO
- Khaled Ayesh
- Headquarters
- United Arab Emirates
- Founded
- 2022
- In business
- 4 years
- Trustpilot
- 4.5(70K)
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Our grade
Average
6.4 / 10 · #6 of 22
4.5
Trustpilot
70K reviews
- 5★82%
- 4★7%
- 3★2%
- 2★1%
- 1★8%
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What traders say about FundingPips
Trustpilot · 400 reviews analyzed
Trustpilot TrustScore
69,512 reviews
- · Claimed since October 2022; pays for a Trustpilot subscription and invites customers to review.
- · 31,007 of the 35,917 reviews from the past 12 months (86%) came through automatic invitations and average 4.74 stars; the 4,910 organic reviews average 3.19 stars and 42% are one-star.
- · Replies to 99% of negative reviews, typically within 2 days; Trustpilot notes the firm may use AI-assisted replies.
- · Flagged 495 reviews in 12 months (93% of them one-star); Trustpilot removed 259 after reviewers did not respond and found 227 flags invalid.
- · Trustpilot temporarily suspended the profile in June 2024 over a review surge tied to media attention.
- · Listed in the 'Educational Institution' category; 2-star share shown as under 1%.
Recent sentiment
Trend: declining200 most recent reviews · 83% verified
2026-02: 11.5% negative, average 4.46, 3595 reviews; 2026-03: 9.1% negative, average 4.53, 3576 reviews; 2026-04: 9.7% negative, average 4.51, 2906 reviews; 2026-05: 8.5% negative, average 4.57, 3079 reviews; 2026-06: 8.6% negative, average 4.56, 3905 reviews; 2026-07: 11.4% negative, average 4.45, 3542 reviews; 2026-08: 11.4% negative, average 4.45, 2921 reviews; 2026-09: 12.8% negative, average 4.4, 2858 reviews
Most reported issue · 30% of complaints
Accounts closed over device-ID or linked-trading flags
About 30% of the 200 latest one-star reviews describe Master or evaluation accounts closed because FundingPips matched the trader's device ID (CID) to other users or alleged copy or reverse trading, often days before a payout, with appeals rejected as final.
Most praised · 38% of positive reviews
General trust and recommendation
About 38% of recent 4-5 star reviews call FundingPips trustworthy or the best prop firm, mostly in a line or two; 64% of five-star reviews in the sample are under 80 characters.
Complaint themes · 200 negative reviews
- Device-ID (CID) and linked-account terminations30%
Funded or evaluation accounts closed because the trader's device fingerprint matched other users, or for alleged copy or reverse trading with unknown accounts; reviewers say the evidence was thin and appeals were final.
- Support handling of disputes28%
Templated or AI-style replies, refusals to escalate to risk or IT teams, and cases left open for weeks; one trader posted near-daily updates counting the days since a July 17 termination.
- News breaches under FundingPips' own calendar22%
Traders found no red-folder event on Forex Factory, but FundingPips' dashboard calendar marked a speech or minor release as Restricted, sometimes added during the day; Zero accounts were closed outright.
- Account closed or profit removed near payout16%
Accounts terminated or profits deducted days before a scheduled reward, or rewards paused for compliance interviews.
- Rule changes and trade-idea limits14%
Complaints about the Striking System and 1-1.2% trade-idea caps on Master accounts, consistency conditions on monthly payouts, weekend auto-closing and forced PRIME moves.
- Slippage, stop-loss fills and spreads12%
Stops filled well beyond the set level on gold, silver and GBP pairs, spread spikes and rollover wicks that traders say pushed accounts through daily loss limits.
- KYC rejections and refused refunds11%
KYC declined for duplicate profiles or previously used ID documents, and refund requests refused even when no trade had been placed.
Praise themes · share of 4–5★ reviews
- Helpful, quick support21%
Reviewers name agents who explained rules, fixed activation problems or answered quickly on live chat.
- Smooth platform and execution18%
Easy dashboard and platforms with few glitches; a minority also praise spreads.
- Clear, simple rules10%
Traders on bi-weekly accounts describe only the daily and max loss limits to watch.
- Fast payouts6%
First rewards received within minutes, hours or the same day.
- Beginner-friendly4%
First-time challenge buyers who passed Phase 1 cite the interface and low prices.
Our read of the reviews
FundingPips' 4.5 TrustScore rests on invited reviews. Of the 35,917 reviews posted in the 12 months to Oct 1, 2026, 31,007 (86%) arrived through Trustpilot's automatic invitations and average 4.74 stars with 3.5% one-star; the 4,910 organic reviews average 3.19 stars and 42% are one-star. Our recent sample of 200 reviews covers only Sept 29 to Oct 1 because the firm collects close to 100 reviews a day; 82.5% are verified and 64% of the five-star reviews are under 80 characters, so the monthly series uses Trustpilot's own 12-month data for all 35,917 reviews.
The trend is negative. The one-to-two-star share rose from 8.5% in May 2026 to 11.4% in July and August and 12.8% in September, the highest in 12 months, while the organic one-star share hit 52% in September. The latest 200 one-star reviews (Sept 15 to Oct 1) are dominated by funded-stage enforcement rather than failed challenges: device-ID or linked-trading terminations (about 30%), support that repeats templates and won't escalate (28%), news breaches judged by FundingPips' own calendar (22%, many on Zero), closures or deductions near a payout (16%), rule changes such as the Striking System and weekend auto-closing (14%), and slippage or stop-loss fills (12%).
The praise is real but thin on detail: about 38% of positive reviews are short endorsements, 21% thank named support agents, 18% like the platform, and only 6% describe fast payouts, though those that do report payment within minutes or hours. Read the long one-star reviews before buying: the common thread is losing a funded account at the payout stage to a rule the trader did not expect.
Method: we collected the 200 most recent Trustpilot reviews plus the most recent 200 1–2★ reviews, classified every review by theme and read the samples by hand. Shares are of the stated sample. How we analyze reviews