Funding Pips: why we flag it
Excluded from the active directory — governance red flag.
Why it's on the watchlist
Reclassified September 2026. In June the firm's CEO, Khaled Ayesh, posted that its new Prime account “is and will remain optional.” By August, traders invited by its Responsible Trading Team were being moved into Prime without an opt-out. Prime works by forfeiting the fourth cash payout in exchange for a trading allocation, capped at 10% of the master account size. The firm acknowledged concerns about how the transition was communicated but declined to say whether it was intended to preserve cash. Converting an earned cash payout into something that isn't cash is the pattern we flag on — the same shape as Alpha Futures converting pending payouts into fee refunds. Funding Pips also shares ownership with FundingTicks, which changed its rules retroactively in December 2025 and shut down in January 2026 with only partial refunds. Still operating, and earlier payouts are still paid in cash.
Fine print & rules (2)
- Shared management with collapsed FundingTicks
- Precedent of mid-contract rule changes
Quick answers
Is Funding Pips recommended on PropFirmQuiz?
No. Reclassified September 2026. In June the firm's CEO, Khaled Ayesh, posted that its new Prime account “is and will remain optional.” By August, traders invited by its Responsible Trading Team were being moved into Prime without an opt-out. Prime works by forfeiting the fourth cash payout in exchange for a trading allocation, capped at 10% of the master account size. The firm acknowledged concerns about how the transition was communicated but declined to say whether it was intended to preserve cash. Converting an earned cash payout into something that isn't cash is the pattern we flag on — the same shape as Alpha Futures converting pending payouts into fee refunds. Funding Pips also shares ownership with FundingTicks, which changed its rules retroactively in December 2025 and shut down in January 2026 with only partial refunds. Still operating, and earlier payouts are still paid in cash. It's listed here for transparency, without an affiliate link.
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