hotaru prop_trader

@hotaru_trader

$510,000+ paid out from 22+ prop firms since 2024. One independent trader sharing honest reviews from real experience. No affiliate links. No sponsors. Ever.

1.2K followers275 posts readOn X since 2025Forex, Instant funding circle1 creators here follow them

In short Trades forex. Partnered with BrightFunded. Trades with Alpha Capital Group, The5ers, FundedNext, FundingPips and 2 more firms.

Overview

Read from 275 posts, 265 of them between Jan 23, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026, about 6 a week. Among them: 8 losing trades or red days, 6 results (5 with an image) and 0 trade calls with an entry, stop or target.

Markets: Forex
Top topics: Risk management, Psychology
Partnered with: BrightFunded
Trades with: Alpha Capital Group, The5ers, FundedNext, FundingPips, FTMO, E8 Markets

What they disclose

Labels paid promotions

0 of 42 promotional posts marked #ad or as an affiliate link

Discloses spend against payouts

1 post mentions what they spent

Posts losing trades too

8 posts show a loss or red day

Posts trade calls before the result

0 posts with an entry, stop or target

Shows images with result claims

5 with an image, 1 without

Partnered with prop firms

BrightFunded

Posts per week

Last 26 weeks, reposts left out

May 18Aug 17This week

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2026-05-25	8
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2026-06-08	5
2026-06-15	6
2026-06-22	8
2026-06-29	6
2026-07-06	5
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2026-10-05	3
2026-10-12	1
2026-10-19	11
2026-10-26	5
2026-11-02	2
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How they trade

Trades forex. Their posts most often mention risk management (8) and psychology (3).

Markets

Posts that name each, of the 275 read

Forex

35 posts

Crypto

4 posts

Stocks

3 posts

Topics

Posts that mention each, three or more

Risk management 8 Psychology 3

For example

I received two payouts from Funding Pips in about three minutes. For some reason, the total amount on the certificate hasn't been updated yet, but I have received more than $44,000 USD in totalJul 30, 2026View on X

Posts losing trades and red days too8 of the 275 posts read.

…I lost about one-third of that. Despite suffering a long losing streak, I kept my risk management exactly the same as before. I continued risking only 1% per trade, without increasing my positionAug 7, 2026View on X …profit on winning days: $2,202 Average loss on losing days: $1,604 Recently, the vast majority of my trading days have been profitable. However, I recognize that luck may also haveJun 17, 2026View on X

Show posts that name forex · 32

May 20I received a payout of 1,150 USD from Funding Pips. It arrived in Rise about 7 hours after the request. My total payouts have now exceeded 25,000…Jun 24Although the funds have not yet reached my account, E8 Markets has already approved a payout of $777 — it took only 23 minutes. My Forex trading has…Jun 10I received two payouts, and both were approved in less than 20 hours. The first payout was from Funding Pips. It was a payment of $1,341, bringing my…Jul 1My $1,348 USD payout from Bright Funded was approved in about one day. I currently have two funded $100k accounts and one Phase 1 account with Bright…Jun 30I received a $1,580 payout from Funding Pips, bringing my total payouts to over $35,000. In my experience, almost all payouts have been approved…Jul 14Recent Payouts I recently received a payout of approximately $2,000 from Funding Pips, bringing my total payouts from them to around $37,000. I also…Jul 7I’ve now received a total of $35,000 in payouts from Funding Pips without a single rejection or delay. If my next payout is approved, my total will…Aug 4I received a $871 payout from Funding Pips. The funds arrived in my Rise account in less than 3 minutes after I submitted the payout request. So far,…

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Prop firms

Partnered with BrightFunded; trades with Alpha Capital Group, The5ers, FundedNext, FundingPips, FTMO and E8 Markets.

Rules and payouts they post about

Posts that mention each, three or more

Consistency rules 17 Passing evaluations 12 Trailing drawdown 8 Instant funding 7 Static drawdown 6 Profit splits 4 Daily loss limits 3 Copy trading 3

BrightFundedPartnered with39 posts

Sep 25The $1,425 payment from Bright Funded has been completed. It was approved within a few hours of submitting the payout request. With this payment, the…

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Sep 30翻訳 My total payouts for September were approximately $26,000. For comparison: August: $34,000 July: $48,000 June: $43,000 May: $23,000 I think the…Jul 29I used my loyalty points to receive a Bright Funded 100k account through Prop Firm Match. Bright Funded is one of the prop firms that I currently…Jul 1My $1,348 USD payout from Bright Funded was approved in about one day. I currently have two funded $100k accounts and one Phase 1 account with Bright…Oct 27I received a $835 payout from Bright Funded within a few hours. My total challenge fees have been around $4,000, and my cumulative payouts have…Oct 20I received three payouts from The5ers yesterday and today, totaling approximately $4,000. My cumulative payouts are about to reach $40,000. All three…Oct 6I received a $576 payment from Bright Funded. It was a relatively small amount, but the payment was processed quickly and approved within a few…Jul 14Recent Payouts I recently received a payout of approximately $2,000 from Funding Pips, bringing my total payouts from them to around $37,000. I also…Jul 7I’ve now received a total of $35,000 in payouts from Funding Pips without a single rejection or delay. If my next payout is approved, my total will…

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Alpha Capital GroupTrades with46 posts

Oct 21A serious issue has occurred. I received an email from Alpha Capital Group regarding a “shared trading device.” I trade alone, from a single…

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Sep 30翻訳 My total payouts for September were approximately $26,000. For comparison: August: $34,000 July: $48,000 June: $43,000 May: $23,000 I think the…Jun 17I have received approximately $1,000 in payouts from Alpha Capital Group. This brings my total payouts to $50,000. I have never had a payout denied.…Jul 1I have received a $1,793 payout from Alpha Capital Group, bringing my total payouts to $54,076. I currently have three funded $100k accounts, and my…Jul 1My $1,348 USD payout from Bright Funded was approved in about one day. I currently have two funded $100k accounts and one Phase 1 account with Bright…Aug 12I received a payment of $1,316 USD from Alpha Capital Group. I’m now very close to surpassing $60,000 in total payouts. There was a period when there…Oct 27I received a $835 payout from Bright Funded within a few hours. My total challenge fees have been around $4,000, and my cumulative payouts have…Jul 7I’ve now received a total of $35,000 in payouts from Funding Pips without a single rejection or delay. If my next payout is approved, my total will…Sep 24I received another $2,000 payment from Alpha Capital Group, bringing my total payouts to over $67,000. It has been almost two years since I started…

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The5ersTrades with29 posts

Aug 3I recently received a payment of USD 866 from The5ers, bringing my total payouts to over USD 27,000. Recently, payments had been taking about a week…

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Sep 30翻訳 My total payouts for September were approximately $26,000. For comparison: August: $34,000 July: $48,000 June: $43,000 May: $23,000 I think the…Nov 4I received three payouts from The5ers this week. My total payouts have now exceeded $40,000. I currently have another payout of approximately $1,400…Jun 3I received a $930 payout from The5ers, bringing my total payouts to over $20,000. The5ers has a strong reputation, a proven track record, some of the…Jul 22I received a reply. They said the issue was that I made a profit from a single trade and then stopped trading until the payout date. I responded that…Apr 8I limit risk to 1% on every trade, even during the evaluation phase. Even so, I still receive 1% risk-limit warnings. It varies by company size, but…Apr 8I’m really happy that some people told me it was helpful, so I decided to make it public after all. Sorry for being inconsistent. That said, it’s…Oct 20I received three payouts from The5ers yesterday and today, totaling approximately $4,000. My cumulative payouts are about to reach $40,000. All three…Oct 6I received a $576 payment from Bright Funded. It was a relatively small amount, but the payment was processed quickly and approved within a few…

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FundedNextTrades with32 posts

Apr 13Something I want to share with everyone about FundedNext.English is not my first language, so the nuance may not be perfect. I would appreciate…

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Mar 11I received a payout of $2,611.30 from Instant Funding. My total payouts have now exceeded $51,000. This makes Instant Funding the company from which…Jul 1My $1,348 USD payout from Bright Funded was approved in about one day. I currently have two funded $100k accounts and one Phase 1 account with Bright…Apr 8I’m really happy that some people told me it was helpful, so I decided to make it public after all. Sorry for being inconsistent. That said, it’s…Apr 8The first company to pay me was FundedNext! My total payouts have reached $65,000, and I’ve never experienced a single rejection or delay. Thank you…Apr 8In the prop firm industry, when the total funded accounts with a single company exceed $300k, or when a trader makes several thousand USD in profit,…Mar 24I received approximately $1,000 USD payout from Funded Next — it took just 11 hours. This brings my cumulative total to $64,000 USD. At Funded Next,…Mar 10I received a payout of 872.28 USD from FundedNext. It was processed within 4 hours of my request. Thank you. @FundedNext Mar 10Ah... I messed up. I forgot that FundedNext had reduced the leverage, and I ended up holding 0.7 lots of Gold on a 100k account. My margin usage was…

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FundingPipsTrades with41 posts

Jul 20My total payouts from Funding Pips have now exceeded $40,000 USD. July 16: $2,482 USD — approved in about 1 minute. July 20: $797 USD — approved in…

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Jul 1I have received a $1,793 payout from Alpha Capital Group, bringing my total payouts to $54,076. I currently have three funded $100k accounts, and my…Jul 1My $1,348 USD payout from Bright Funded was approved in about one day. I currently have two funded $100k accounts and one Phase 1 account with Bright…Jun 30I received a $1,580 payout from Funding Pips, bringing my total payouts to over $35,000. In my experience, almost all payouts have been approved…Jul 14Recent Payouts I recently received a payout of approximately $2,000 from Funding Pips, bringing my total payouts from them to around $37,000. I also…Jul 7I’ve now received a total of $35,000 in payouts from Funding Pips without a single rejection or delay. If my next payout is approved, my total will…Aug 4I received a $871 payout from Funding Pips. The funds arrived in my Rise account in less than 3 minutes after I submitted the payout request. So far,…Jul 30I received two payouts from Funding Pips in about three minutes. For some reason, the total amount on the certificate hasn't been updated yet, but I…Jul 2I've now received over $430,000 in total payouts. It may sound like I'm bragging, but I believe I'm probably one of the most successful Japanese…

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FTMOTrades with12 posts

Jul 16My $1,500 USD payout from E8 Markets was approved in about 8 hours. This brings my total payouts to $54,198.34 USD. My plan is to gradually increase…

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Feb 25I have over 8 years of trading experience and over 2 years with prop firms, with approximately $280,000+ in total payouts. I created a blog with no…Apr 8In the prop firm industry, when the total funded accounts with a single company exceed $300k, or when a trader makes several thousand USD in profit,…Jan 27Today, I received an email from ATFunded notifying me that I meet the requirements for a payout. I really appreciate companies that send reminders…Jul 16My $1,500 USD payout from E8 Markets was approved in about 8 hours. This brings my total payouts to $54,198.34 USD. My plan is to gradually increase…Apr 16Before I knew it, I’m getting close to 500 followers. Thank you all so much. Many of you are traders like me, and some of you are truly impressive…Apr 9It pains me a great deal to have to say this about them. I say that because I traded with them for more than a year and a half, and I received over…Mar 7Three new reviews are now live: Fintokei, Seacrest Funded (My Funded FX), and Smart Prop Trader. Fintokei was the very first prop firm I ever used.…Jun 22In my personal opinion, it's best to avoid newer prop firms that are heavily promoted by comparison websites or influencers who strongly criticize…

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E8 MarketsTrades with31 posts

Jul 2Two payouts from E8 Markets, totaling USD 1,910, were approved in less than 10 hours. This brings my total payouts from E8 Markets to USD 50,000. I…

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Jun 24Although the funds have not yet reached my account, E8 Markets has already approved a payout of $777 — it took only 23 minutes. My Forex trading has…Jul 22What I, and many other traders, are looking for is a set of clear, transparent, and well-defined rules. What exactly do you mean by "gambling" or…Jul 15I received a $1,300 payout from E8 Markets within a little over a dozen hours. Over the past less than three months, I have received more than…Sep 8I received a $1,000 payment from E8 Markets in just a few hours. My total payments have now reached $67,437.54, making E8 Markets the company that…Oct 20I received three payouts from The5ers yesterday and today, totaling approximately $4,000. My cumulative payouts are about to reach $40,000. All three…Jul 7Regarding this matter, @Audacitycap asked that it be removed because they believe it could create misunderstandings. I suggested either clearly…Jul 7I’ve now received a total of $35,000 in payouts from Funding Pips without a single rejection or delay. If my next payout is approved, my total will…Aug 18The $1,767 payment from E8 Markets was completed within a few hours. I consider E8 Markets to be the company with the lowest risk of payment denial.…

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What they sell

No paid products found in their bio or posts.

Results they posted

6 results in the posts read: payouts, passed evaluations and live accounts, in their words. 5 came with an image.

Oct 27, 2026Nov 4, 2026

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Nov 4, 2026Says they received or requested a payout of $40,000. from The5ers.Image Oct 30, 2026Says they received or requested a payout of $26,000, from FundedNext.No image Oct 29, 2026Says they received or requested a payout of $12,000 from Hola Prime.Image Oct 29, 2026Says they received or requested a payout of $1,441.Image Oct 27, 2026Says they have $20k in total payouts or profits.Image Oct 27, 2026Says they received or requested a payout of $835 from Alpha Capital Group.Image

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