In the mid-2010s, the online trading forum Trade2Win was a bustling digital agora. For over a decade, it had been the English-speaking world’s go-to watercooler for retail traders—discussing pivot points, risking 2% per trade, and swapping horror stories about broker slippage. But a quiet, persistent thread began appearing in the "Forex Brokers" and "Funding & Prop Trading" sections: a mention of .

The thread’s turning point came in late 2018. A struggling day trader known as Londonscalper documented his journey. He had blown three small personal accounts over two years. With nothing left to lose, he paid the $299 fee for a $50,000 OFP challenge.