Get at the CFTC and start making a stink

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Being accused of "spoofing" for managing your trades is incredibly frustrating, especially because it is factually absurd.

Spoofing is a very specific, illegal market manipulation tactic defined by the CME and CFTC. It involves placing massive limit orders to create a false illusion of market depth, with the explicit intent to cancel them before execution to trick other algorithms or traders.

Adjusting a stop-loss (SL) to breakeven or trailing a take-profit (TP) on 5 mini lots is basic, standard risk management. Furthermore, stop orders typically sit on the broker's server or as undisplayed liquidity, meaning they don't even show up on the Level 2 order book (DOM) to influence the market. They cannot physically "spoof" anyone. It sounds like they are weaponizing complex market rules as a bad-faith excuse to deny payouts or terminate accounts.

Here is the reality of your situation and exactly who you can report them to.

The Regulatory Reality

TakeProfitTrader (officially TakeProfitTrader LLC, based in Orlando, Florida) operates as an unregulated entity. Like almost all online prop evaluation firms, they are not registered broker-dealers. They classify themselves as software or educational companies providing a simulated environment—even in their "PRO+" tier, which is often still heavily simulated on the back end.

Because they aren't traditional brokers holding actual client deposits, standard financial regulators won't automatically arbitrate your specific trade dispute. However, you still have distinct legal and consumer protection avenues.

Where to Complain: Government Bodies

1. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

While TPT operates outside standard regulation, the CFTC is the federal agency that polices US futures markets. The CFTC does not take kindly to unregulated firms weaponizing CME manipulation rules to defraud retail traders. They have recently cracked down aggressively on prop firms (such as MyForexFunds) for deceptive practices, acting as illegal counterparties, and bad-faith payout denials.

• How to act: File a tip or complaint through the CFTC Whistleblower Program or their online consumer complaint portal. Clearly state that an unregulated firm is illegitimately applying CME spoofing rules to standard retail trade management to avoid paying independent contractors.

2. Florida Attorney General

TakeProfitTrader LLC is headquartered in Florida (1317 Edgewater Drive, Orlando). Therefore, they are bound by Florida's consumer protection laws. If a company sells an evaluation challenge with the promise of a funded payout, but uses fabricated rule breaches to avoid honoring their end of the contract, it constitutes a deceptive business practice.

• How to act: File a formal consumer complaint online with the Florida Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division.

3. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

The FTC handles broad consumer fraud and deceptive business practices across state lines. They are actively monitoring the prop firm industry right now.

• How to act: Submit a detailed report at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.

The Most Effective Immediate Action

Government investigations take months or years. If your immediate goal is to pressure the firm into reinstating your PRO+ account or releasing your funds, you need to hit their marketing. Prop firms live and die by a constant stream of new sign-up fees; public complaints are a massive threat to their revenue.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Public records show that TakeProfitTrader actively monitors and responds to BBB complaints to protect their rating. This forces their management team to address the issue publicly rather than hiding behind an anonymous support desk.

• How to act: File a dispute on the BBB website for TakeProfitTrader in Florida. Keep it factual and sterile. State clearly: "TakeProfitTrader wrongfully liquidated my account by falsely classifying the adjustment of a 5-mini-lot stop-loss as 'spoofing.' Moving a stop to breakeven is standard risk management and does not meet the legal or CME definition of spoofing. This is a bad-faith application of their terms to avoid paying earned profits."

Trustpilot

TPT actively replies to Trustpilot reviews within days.

• How to act: Leave a detailed 1-star review outlining exactly what they did. Often, a firm's "Risk Management Team" will miraculously find a way to review and overturn a decision once it starts hurting their daily sales conversions.

When dealing with them moving forward, do not argue about trading strategy. Argue the facts. Cite CME Rule 575, which dictates that spoofing requires the intent to mislead market participants via the order book. Force them to explain, in writing, how moving a non-displayed stop-loss order to breakeven manipulates market liquidity.

Just a warning to others.

I had a single 150k select daily account and had a good streak the last weeks of May. On the last Saturday I decided to scale up and got 4 new select evals. Next day I go to set everything up and prepare for Monday and all my accounts are gone. I message support only to be told a day later, "We've confirmed with the team that you have been moved to live. Congratulations." Case closed. Nothing about the 4 evals I just bought. Nothing about someone getting in contact with me. Just nothing.

Monday rolls around and I get an email from them about this. Not much information really. Nothing about the evals and/or refunds. Nothing about a timeline. Just, someone will send docs. Fill them out. So I do. I apparently made a mistake so they resend them and I fill them out again. This time no reply. I wait a few days just in case. Nothing. After a week I email and get a response that some other team will reach out to me shortly.

Well, it's now been 2 weeks with shit communication and still no Live account.

Oh, and they also took and forfeited the profits that I had left in the sim funded account (I know this is the rule/policy) which was around $3k. But just a few weeks ago someone asked u/TradeifyBrett how he felt about props doing this and he posted a 'not cool' meme. So very contradictory.