💣 Is This the End of Prop Evaluations as We Know Them?

🚨 Prop Firm Reality Check:

Traders getting clipped mid-challenge, secret payout caps, and one firm asking for proof from other brokers?!

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🔒 TopStep’s #1 Trader:
“Payout Caps Are Creeping In… and No One’s Talking About It”

📉 Blueberry Breach?
Trader says he hit payout stage — then got breached for a rule he claims didn’t exist when he signed up.
Firm says they emailed…
So… mid-challenge rule change? Fair or foul?

🔍 PipFarm Wants Proof — From Other Brokers?
Asking for trading history from four external accounts and a screen recording of FundingPips activity.
Is it fair play to fight cross-firm hedging — or a step too far?
PipFarm’s been seen as one of the good guys.
James… if you’re reading, what’s going on?

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