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Rekha Dutta
1 review · Pakistan
VerifiedOct 11, 2026
Passed and got funded
Support walked me through my first funded day and answered every question. Really glad I took the plunge.
Date of experience: Oct 10, 2026
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Support walked me through my first funded day and answered every question. Really glad I took the plunge.
Equity-based daily loss on MetaTrader 5 made a routine pullback look like a violation. I would think twice before trusting their welcome process. Nothing here convinced me to stay, and plenty convinced me to leave.
I requested $719 and was offered a smaller figure with no breakdown of the difference. I was told my ticket was high priority, then heard nothing for 23 days.
The $200k account traded just like a live one in terms of speed and spreads. Funded trader life here is calm, structured and rewarding. Pretty much everything I wanted from a prop firm.
I am not impressed with how new traders get treated at the start. My limit orders sat unfilled even though price clearly traded through them. I was breached on EURJPY by a spike that lasted seconds and never should have counted.
Paying for a second attempt on a $200k account stung more than the first loss did. Go in with eyes open, because I certainly didn't.
Partial closes and scaling in worked exactly as I wanted. Setting up my $100k challenge felt almost too easy. Getting paid by Smart Prop Trader turned out to be easier than I expected.
Discount codes show up often, so I never pay full price. The evaluation structure rewards good habits, and mine finally paid off.
Slippage happened in both directions, which tells me the fills are genuine. Honestly, getting paid here has been the best part of the experience. I'd happily recommend Smart Prop Trader to anyone serious about getting funded.
The execution here is better than I expected for a prop firm. Withdrawals here have been smooth every single time I've asked.
The platform handled a single trade fine but fell apart with a few positions open. Don't count on a fast payout here.
I felt brushed off every time I reached out. Reset pricing feels designed to make you pay again instead of learn from the mistake.
Hedging was clumsy because the platform would not process both orders at the same time. Trailing drawdown that locks only at a strange threshold made scaling up nearly impossible.
The dashboard shows exactly how much I can withdraw, so there are no surprises. The $200k account traded just like a live one in terms of speed and spreads. I got a proper apology and a fix when one of my requests was initially misrouted.
Support walked me through my first withdrawal step by step, which I appreciated. I never felt rushed during the evaluation, which helped me trade calmly.
The best day limit they impose made me trim winners just to stay compliant. Overall it felt like the odds were stacked against the trader from day one.
I contacted support about the lag and just got a generic copy-paste answer. It's a pass from me, and I mean that.
My account got scaled up after I stayed consistent for a few cycles. The cost barely registered once my first $4,582 payout landed.
My bank transfer arrived on exactly the day they said it would. The refund policy was clear, and I appreciated knowing exactly what I was paying for.
Payout requests are approved quickly and the status updates are clear. I walked away with $2,059 and a strong sense that the fee was fair.
Getting a refund looked easy in the ads and turned out to be anything but. Spread widening at the rollover made EURJPY almost untradeable for me.
My credentials arrived late and half of them did not work on the first try. The whole thing left a sour taste, and I'm not recommending it to my trading friends.
Spreads widened on USDJPY and the platform counted the spike against my daily limit. Rules for withdrawals seemed to change depending on which support agent I got.
No hidden conditions popped up when I asked for my payout. Honestly the challenge felt fair, and I passed it by sticking to my usual setup.
I've been trading GBPUSD for years and the team even helped me sort out a contract spec confusion. The evaluation tested my risk management rather than my luck.
Even with a coupon, the final amount was well above what competitors charge. There was no clear timeline for when scaling decisions would be made. Their support closed my ticket without solving anything.
Quick replies, no copy-paste answers, and a real person on the other end. The walkthrough was short, sensible, and actually useful.
A news-trading restriction I never saw before suddenly applied to my funded account. The first week was spent sorting out access problems rather than trading XAUUSD.
My scaling request sat in a queue with no updates at all. For a $200k evaluation, I expected a fairer price given how strict the drawdown rules are. The instructions for my $15k account contradicted the FAQ.
Not worth it in my view, since the odds of getting your fee back are slim. They approved the trading side quickly but the money side dragged. Their onboarding emails arrived out of order and made no sense together.
For a firm that markets itself on fairness, the consistency rule felt anything but. Support was one of the most frustrating parts of the whole challenge. A price spike on USDCAD that never appeared on my charts still closed my trade.
The 75% profit split is the main reason I stay. The chat agent escalated my problem right away instead of bouncing me around. For serious GBPJPY traders, I'd say go for it.
Unclear fee structure, unclear refund rules, and a price that keeps creeping up. The service level here is far below what the marketing implies.
Live chat kept bouncing me between agents who each asked for the same details over and over. Being told to wait 2 weeks for a payout review feels like a joke to me.
Live chat kept bouncing me between agents who each asked for the same details over and over. I hit the profit target for the next tier and was told it did not count for reasons that changed each time.
Stop losses triggered right at my levels with no nasty surprises. Between the clear rules and the fast transfer, cashing out is stress free.
I've lost count of how many smooth payouts I've had. Reaching the next scaling tier felt earned and not arbitrary.
I expected hidden charges and found none. If you want a firm you can actually build a routine around, this is it.
The welcome process left me more confused than when I started. Each add-on is optional on paper, yet you feel forced to buy them to stay competitive.
As someone who hates paperwork, I appreciated how little friction there was at the start. Even the add-ons were reasonably priced, which I rarely see. Great experience on MetaTrader 5, and I'd repeat it tomorrow.
The help articles for new accounts were short and to the point. Cashing out my gold profits was painless.
I've signed up with plenty of firms, and this was one of the easiest starts I've had. I was skeptical at first, but the funded account turned out solid.
The firm stuck to every term I read before I bought the challenge. You get what you pay for and then some.
Not once did I feel guided through the process. I was left wondering whether anyone reads the inbox at all.
The interface for getting started was clunky and slow to load. Every time volatility picked up, spreads on GBPJPY ballooned out of nowhere.
The agent copied and pasted a help article I had already read. Why is basic account setup so hard to get working? Paying $9,480 in fees before even touching a funded account is hard to justify.
I have zero complaints about how my questions were handled. Slippage was minimal even when I traded a bigger size.
Daily drawdown that includes open losses in a way they never clarified cost me a clean account. Disappointed by how little you get for the money.
Quick replies, no copy-paste answers, and a real person on the other end. Even the small details, like labeled steps and clear buttons, made the setup painless.
Over the last 6 weeks I've used support several times and it has been consistently great. Great bang for your buck. I'm now scaling and the process is as straightforward as promised.
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