Pipcy, a new proprietary trading firm, launches publicly in May 2026 with two challenge programs, a 95% performance split ceiling, payouts within 48 hours, and entry pricing from $18. The firm enters the prop trading sector with a structural difference from most competitors: a PIP-based challenge model, dual platform support across MetaTrader 5 and a proprietary in-house platform, and a free educational platform built into the core product.The May 2026 launch will introduce two distinct challenge formats and a 50% welcome offer on the Pipcy Classic Challenge for new clients. Full product specifications will be published at pipcy.com on launch day.What Pipcy IsPipcy is a proprietary trading firm that funds traders who pass a challenge program. The model follows the standard prop firm structure — entry fee, challenge, funded account, profit share. However, Pipcy diverges from sector norms in three areas: how it measures trader performance, the platforms it operates on, and the educational support it bundles into the core product.At launch, Pipcy will offer:Two challenge programs: the Pipcy Classic Challenge (dollar-balance challenge) and the Pips Mastery Challenge (PIP-based challenge)Entry pricing from $18, with a 50% welcome offer on the Classic Challenge during the launch windowA 95% performance split ceiling for funded tradersPayouts processed within 48 hours, published as a rule rather than a marketing claimA 12% absolute maximum loss on the Classic Challenge, with no daily drawdown restrictionsTwo platform options: MetaTrader 5 and the proprietary Pipcy platformPipcy Academy, a free in-product educational platformTwo Challenge Programs, Two Routes to Funded TradingPipcy enters the market with two distinct challenge formats rather than a single flagship program. The two are designed for different trader profiles and measure performance in different ways.The Pipcy Classic ChallengeThe Pipcy Classic Challenge is the firm's dollar-balance challenge, the format most traders moving from other prop firms will already understand. The Pipcy Classic Challenge measures account growth in dollars and provides a structured scaling path into larger funded accounts. The Classic Challenge ships with a 50% welcome offer at launch, halving the cost of entry during the opening window.The Pips Mastery ChallengeThe Pips Mastery Challenge is Pipcy's differentiated product. The Pips Mastery Challenge measures trader performance in PIPs rather than in dollar balance. It is a different product category, not a different version of the same challenge.PIP-based challenge rewards traders for the quality of their execution, meaning the PIPs they capture from the market, rather than for how much their account balance moves on a given day. The model rewards consistency and skill over position sizing. Most prop firms have not put a PIP-based challenge in front of a mass trader audience before now.Full Pips Mastery Challenge rules, account sizes, and rewards per PIP will be published on launch day.The Team Behind PipcyPipcy has been built by a team with multi-decade experience across financial markets and the proprietary trading industry.Omer Ben Matityahu, CEO and Founder. Omer Ben Matityahu's background is in fintech entrepreneurship, with a focus on building infrastructure for the trading sector. The decision to run Pipcy on its own platform, CRM, and dashboard alongside MetaTrader 5 traces directly to that approach.Snir Ahiel, Head of Risk Management and Consulting. Snir Ahiel brings over 15 years of experience across forex, stocks, and options. He is a co-founder of The5ers, where he contributed to the development of trader evaluation systems and performance-driven trading frameworks that shaped the modern prop firm sector. The risk parameters in Pipcy's challenges including the 12% absolute maximum loss with no daily drawdown restrictions reflect a deliberate choice about testing traders without breaking them on normal market volatility.Vladimir Rybakov, Head of Pipcy Academy. Vladimir Rybakov is a CFTe-certified financial technician with 19 years of market experience, beginning as a dealer at a brokerage before moving into trading and education. His work focuses on price action, technical analysis, and market structure. His role at Pipcy is to ensure traders moving through the challenge programs have the analytical tools to clear them.Pipcy Academy: Education Built Into the ProductMost prop firms treat education as a marketing add-on. Pipcy treats it as part of the core product. Pipcy Academy gives traders free access to structured trading education focused on the factors that decide whether a trader clears a challenge: risk management, execution discipline, and decision-making under pressure.The Pipcy Academy curriculum is taught by Vladimir Rybakov and supported by Snir Ahiel's risk management work. The focus is on building skill, not selling courses. Pipcy Academy includes no upsells, no subscription tiers, and no paid certifications. The Academy exists because traders who clear challenges and trade consistently are good for the firm, and traders who blow accounts because they were never taught risk management properly are bad for the firm.Product Economics: Entry From $18, Payouts Within 48 HoursEntry to a Pipcy challenge starts from $18. With the 50% welcome offer applied to the Classic Challenge during the launch window, the effective entry cost is lower than what most major prop firms charge for their entry-level account tiers.Pipcy payouts are processed within 48 hours, published directly on the rules page rather than as a marketing claim. For traders who have watched withdrawal requests sit in review queues for weeks at other firms, the 48-hour figure is one of the metrics to monitor most closely once the firm goes live. A clean claim is easy to make. Hitting it consistently under live load is the harder part, and the first wave of funded traders will be the ones who confirm whether the figure holds.Two Platforms: MetaTrader 5 and the Proprietary Pipcy PlatformAt launch, Pipcy traders can choose between two trading platforms. The first is MetaTrader 5, the industry-standard platform most prop traders are already familiar with. The second is the proprietary Pipcy platform, built in-house alongside the firm's own CRM and dashboard.The dual-platform approach addresses two different trader needs. MetaTrader 5 availability means traders can join Pipcy without changing their setup, indicators, or expert advisors. Running its own platform gives Pipcy direct control over execution and trader experience, while MT5 availability means traders can come in without changing their setup.What the May 2026 Launch RepresentsThe prop firm sector has spent the past two years working through a credibility correction. Traders have become more discerning about which firms they trade with, regulators have begun paying closer attention, and the sector has started consolidating around operators who compete on trader economics rather than acquisition funnel volume.Pipcy is positioning itself in that second camp. The 12% absolute maximum loss, the 95% performance split ceiling, the PIP-based challenge model, the 48-hour payouts, the Pipcy Academy educational platform, and the dual MT5-plus-proprietary platform setup all point in the same direction: a firm built to make money when its traders make money.Pipcy launches publicly in May 2026. Full product details, launch date, and welcome offer mechanics will be published at pipcy.com on launch day.About PipcyPipcy is a proprietary trading firm offering funded trading accounts to traders who pass one of two challenges: the Pipcy Classic Challenge (dollar-balance challenge) and the Pips Mastery Challenge (PIP-based challenge). Pipcy offers a 95% performance split ceiling, payouts within 48 hours, entry pricing from $18, MetaTrader 5 and proprietary platform access, and a free in-product educational platform, Pipcy Academy. Pipcy is led by CEO and Founder Omer Ben Matityahu, with Snir Ahiel co-founder of The5ers heading Risk Management, and Vladimir Rybakov heading Pipcy Academy. Pipcy launches at pipcy.com in May 2026.Disclaimer: This article has been submitted by an advertiser and does not constitute editorial content from Finance Magnates. This article was written by FM Contributors at www.financemagnates.com.

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