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Last verified update · 24 Oct 2026
Global Forex Funds now offers weekly payouts on its GFF+ Challenge accounts, compared with the bi-weekly payout cycle previously stated for all plans.
Read story →Global Forex Funds now lists three trading platforms: in-house TradeDock (web, desktop, mobile), TradeLocker, and MetaTrader 5, replacing prior two-platform presentation.
Read story →Alpine Funded now states payouts are processed every Thursday for Alpine Pass and Base Camp and every two weeks for The Peak, replacing the prior 'within 24 hours' payout claim.
Read story →Alpine Funded now advertises Alpine Pass starting from €95 for the first month (then €119/month) instead of the previous €95/month rate.
Read story →Current site advertises Base Camp one-time from €75 and The Peak one-time from €70, reflecting discounted entry pricing versus previous listing emphasis.
Read story →New Alpine Pass reward conditions require at least 10 days with ≥0.5% profit and no single day counting for more than 30% of the profit needed.
Read story →Current text explicitly lists a $40 processing fee per Alpine Pass reward, a newly stated cost.
Read story →Kapvex's legal entity changed from Kapvex Ltd. to Fambar E and K Sp. z o.o., a Polish company (KRS 0001142231) with VASP Registration No. RDWW-1752, supervised by Poland's GIIF.
Read story →My Funded Capital added a new 'MFC Stocks' program offering US stocks on real market data, priced from $169, with a fee-back feature at payout. The offering appears in the firm's funding-program lineup, which previously contained Instant Funded, 1-Step, 2-Step, and Prediction Markets only.
Read story →My Funded Capital reversed its automation ban: the FAQ now states that expert advisors (EAs) and copy trading between one's own accounts are allowed, while scalping, high-frequency trading, and hedging remain prohibited. Previously all trading bots, EAs, and copy trading were disallowed.
Read story →My Funded Capital added a fee-refund policy: traders who pass a 1-Step or 2-Step challenge receive their challenge fee back with their first payout, in addition to their profit share. This refund policy was not present in the previous site text.
Read story →MyFundedCapital now presents its own MyFundedCapital Terminal as the single trading platform, stating accounts run on Terminal and that traders trade manually in MyFundedCapital Terminal. The previous site text featured DXtrade, cTrader, and GooeyPro as account platforms and allowed automating on them.
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