Funded Academy partners with cTrader, bringing a premium trading platform to its education-led environment

Funded Academy, a UAE-based proprietary trading firm focused on education, has partnered with cTrader to help its traders progress with the best-in-class trading platform shaped around Traders First™ approach.

In prop trading, expectations around the trading environment are rising. Beyond the challenge itself, traders need a powerful platform, flexibility and transparency. Funded Academy brings education, evaluation and funding into one high-performance ecosystem. cTrader fits this model naturally. Tailored to the needs of both beginners and professional traders, it combines an intuitive interface, a wide set of tools and advanced charting with fast execution and full visibility into trading operations.

Funded Academy gives traders strategic freedom, allowing them to test different strategies and approaches. With cTrader, this freedom now extends to AI-powered trading. cTrader AI Agent Connect links AI agents directly to the platform through two official MCP servers – remote and local. Through simple prompts, traders can delegate time-consuming manual tasks to AI agents such as Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI – from account and technical analysis to trade execution, trading automation and chart control.

“We recognised a significant gap in the industry where talented traders often lack the structural framework to apply their skills consistently,” says Sal Azad, Founder and CEO. “Funded Academy was engineered to bridge that gap, providing a professional environment where steady progress is rewarded with industry-leading capital and scaling.”

Yiota Hadjilouka, COO at Spotware, commented: “Funded Academy reflects a direction we strongly believe in: putting trader growth at the centre. It fully aligns with our Traders First™ approach. Through this partnership, Funded Academy traders in the UAE and beyond gain access to trading technology that matches their ambitions.”

About Funded Academy

Funded Academy is a premier proprietary trading firm that integrates education, evaluation and funding into a single, high-performance platform. Based in the United Arab Emirates and serving a global clientele, the firm provides structured programs that empower traders to achieve consistency and access significant capital. By prioritizing transparency and professional development, Funded Academy is setting a new standard for the modern prop trading industry.

About cTrader

cTrader is a premium trading platform launched in 2010, built on Traders First™ principles, serving over 11 million traders of all experience levels as well as 300+ brokers and prop firms. With advanced native charting, built-in social trading and free cloud execution for trading bots, cTrader delivers an excellent trading experience with best-in-class trader support. cTrader Store is a central hub for traders, offering thousands of bots, indicators, copy strategies, prop challenges and plugins. For brokers and prop firms, cTrader Store increases visibility among prospective traders through dedicated Brokers, Props and Prop Challenges sections, driving up to 10,000 daily visits. As an Open Trading Platform™, cTrader supports brokers and prop firms with 100+ third-party integrations via APIs and plugins.