Skilled Funded Traders Review 2025

I passed the $50,000 challenge at Skilled Funded Traders. At first, things looked fine—reasonable spreads, acceptable commissions, responsive support. But on the funded account, the platform started showing “connection lost” errors during high volatility. Support kept making excuses, blaming technical issues. When the company shut down, they didn’t even bother refunding the challenge fees. Complete disappointment.

I passed the 2-phase Skilled Funded Traders challenge for a $100,000 account. The conditions looked decent: 4% maximum daily drawdown and 8% overall, but in reality, order execution was constantly buggy. The most frustrating part was the requotes during news releases, even though they claimed to use ECN. Support gave canned responses and ignored specific questions. Worst of all, my last withdrawal request was never processed.

I joined Skilled Funded Traders for the Rapid Challenge and passed both stages. But upon opening a live account, I noticed the spreads were wider than on the demo. Gold sometimes hit $3 spreads even in calm market conditions. The live conditions felt much worse than the test ones. I found out about their shutdown on Reddit—not from the company. Seriously? That kind of approach destroys trust.

From the beginning, I was worried about platform instability with Skilled Funded Traders. Using DXtrade, I constantly experienced lag, especially at session openings. A 3% drawdown could close all positions without warning. When I asked for clarification, support passed me around for a week, feeding me empty promises. Considering their later unannounced shutdown, it’s no surprise I’m left with only negative emotions.

As a beginner in prop trading, I purchased the standard 2-phase challenge. First impressions were okay—low cost, normal spreads, fast order execution. But once I reached the funded account, things got chaotic: orders opened with delays, especially on crypto and gold. Despite rules against weekend positions, even closed trades would later “reappear.” Then came the wipeout—my account was blocked without any warning.

Skilled Funded Traders seemed attractive due to their promises of low trading fees and no lot limits. But in practice, I encountered hidden fees, slipping stops, and execution that didn’t match their claims. My trades during the New York session were often closed at prices that didn’t even appear on TradingView. After the company shut down, I was left with an empty account and no explanation. A total failure.

I took the standard 2-phase challenge with Skilled Funded Traders. The requirements looked transparent and doable: 8% profit, 5% daily drawdown. But as I got close to completing the second stage, chart delays and strange behavior began. Execution on NASDAQ became terrible, with stop losses triggered at nonexistent prices. After the shutdown, there were no emails, no refunds—just silence. The service was nonexistent, and all my effort went to waste.