Reply from TheedgefunderSep 23, 2026
We appreciate that you started with us as a new trader and that The Edge Funder helped introduce you to prop firm trading. However, there is an important distinction that needs to be made here.
Smiley does not decide which trading rules apply to you, and neither does any individual member of our team. The rules apply to every account and every trader equally. When our systems identify a rule violation, our team reviews the activity and communicates the outcome. They cannot simply overlook a violation because a trader says it was accidental.
In your own review, you acknowledge that you opened a long position while you already had short positions open. Whether you intended to click Buy or Sell does not change what occurred on the account. The result was opposing positions, which violates our hedging policy.
We understand that mistakes happen, especially for newer traders. Clicking the wrong button can absolutely be an honest mistake. But being a beginner or making an accidental trade cannot exempt an account from the rules. If we reversed violations every time someone told us the trade was accidental, we would no longer be enforcing the same standards for everyone.
Your accounts were also not disabled because Smiley “felt like” disabling them, because you were close to a payout, or because we wanted you to purchase another account. Those are serious accusations and they are simply not accurate. The enforcement action resulted from the trading activity on the accounts.
We also want to be clear about something for anyone considering The Edge Funder: if you make an order-entry mistake, manage it immediately, but understand that the underlying rule violation may still have consequences. Traders are responsible for every order submitted through their accounts.
We appreciate the positive things you've said about The Edge Funder and Joovier, and we genuinely understand why losing accounts you worked hard on is frustrating. But frustration with the outcome does not mean the investigation was improper or that our team treated you unfairly.
Rules have to mean the same thing whether an account is losing, profitable, one trade away from a target, or already at the target. That's the only fair way for us to enforce them.
