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Why Italian traders choose FundedFast

Entry at EUR 42 ($49), refunded

The 2-Phase challenge on a $5,000 account costs EUR 42 ($49), and the fee comes back with your first payout. To be straight about the market: FundingPips, FundedNext and E8 open below that, and all of them except E8 refund the fee as we do, so price alone is a reason to shop around. What the entry buys here is the combination: EUR pricing, SEPA payouts, Italian-language support and a free bi-weekly Open to test the rules before paying anything.

80% of profits by default

The default split is 80/20 in your favour; the 90% add-on is available on $50K+ One-Phase and $100K+ Two-Phase accounts. Your share arrives in USD or EUR via SEPA, PayPal or crypto, and converting to euros happens on your terms, not ours.

No 30-day countdown

Plenty of prop firms give you 30 days to pass, which pushes people into rushed, emotional trades. Here there is no time limit: hit the 10% target (1-Phase) or 8% plus 5% (2-Phase) at whatever pace suits your strategy.

One account, every market

Forex, indices (DAX, US500, NAS100) and commodities (gold, oil) trade at up to 1:100 leverage (1:50 on the 1-Phase) on a single MatchTrader account. Crypto CFDs sit in the same account under their own lower cap of 1:20 in both phases, and the drawdown limits are identical across asset classes. There is no separate account to buy per market.

Support in Italian

The site, the terms and conditions, the account dashboard and customer service are all available in Italian, from the first ticket to the payout request.

Testimonials from Italian traders

The complete stories of traders funded through FundedFast live in the Testimonials section of the site, with videos in several languages and Italian subtitles. Each one carries a name, the amount received and a verifiable date.

For live contact with other Italian traders, the official FundedFast Discord is the place: challenge questions, recent payout screenshots from the community, and ongoing conversation about strategy and trading psychology.

How prop trading profits are taxed in Italy

FundedFast payouts are paid from Malta and must be declared to the Agenzia delle Entrate. Two classifications are realistic, and which one applies depends on how you trade.

Habitual activity: partita IVA and the regime forfettario

If you trade continuously and for profit, the activity typically qualifies as habitual self-employment. That means a partita IVA with a compatible ATECO code. Below EUR 85,000 of annual revenue you can opt for the regime forfettario: a 15% substitute tax (reduced to 5% for the first 5 years if you meet the start-up requirements), no VAT, no withholding, simplified accounting. Above the threshold, or by choice, the progressive IRPEF rates apply: 23% up to EUR 28,000, 35% from EUR 28,000 to 50,000, and 43% above EUR 50,000.

Occasional activity: redditi diversi (art. 67 TUIR)

Occasional traders with limited volume may fall under the redditi diversi of art. 67, c. 1, lett. l) TUIR (obligations to do, not do, or permit). Progressive IRPEF applies at the ordinary rates, with no partita IVA, but this remains a grey area that the tax authority assesses case by case, and most regular traders do not fit it.

Modello Redditi PF and which quadri to file

Prop trading profits flow into the Modello Redditi Persone Fisiche: quadro LM under the regime forfettario, quadro RE or RL under the ordinary regime or for redditi diversi. A monthly record of payouts with the date, the USD amount and the exchange rate at crediting makes the return far simpler.

Currency conversion (Agenzia delle Entrate monthly rates)

USD payouts are converted into EUR at the rate for the crediting date, based on the Provvedimento of the Director of the Agenzia delle Entrate that publishes the monthly average exchange rates each year. Crypto payouts use the market value at the moment they reach your wallet.

Quadro RW and IVAFE: not applicable

The MatchTrader challenge account is a demo account: it holds no real funds of yours, so it does not trigger the Quadro RW foreign-asset monitoring obligations or IVAFE. What you declare are the payouts you receive, not the demo account itself.

This is general information, not a substitute for professional advice. Every case is different and Italian tax rules evolve. Speak with a commercialista experienced in foreign income before making decisions.

Receiving payouts in Italy

SEPA transfer

The default choice for most Italian traders: EUR payouts reach your Italian current account in 1-2 business days and, depending on your bank, arrive without any additional conversion step. SEPA is EU-standardised and identified by your IBAN.

PayPal

Quick for smaller amounts, with fees carried by the recipient. On larger payouts a SEPA transfer usually wins, since it carries no percentage fee; for regular mid-sized monthly payouts PayPal holds up well.

Crypto (USDT or USDC)

The fastest rail. Dollar-pegged stablecoins typically arrive within hours, normally costing nothing beyond network gas fees (Ethereum, Polygon, Tron or BNB Chain), and you convert to EUR on the exchange you prefer, at a rate you choose to accept.

Is FundedFast regulated by CONSOB?

No. FundedFast is not authorised by CONSOB or the Banca d'Italia. We are not an investment firm and we take no client money to trade on real markets: what we sell is an educational, simulated evaluation on a demo account funded with the firm's virtual capital. Our position is that this involves no investment service within the meaning of the TUF (D.lgs. 58/1998), no public offer of financial instruments and no custody of client funds, and therefore sits outside CONSOB's and the Banca d'Italia's supervisory perimeter. Neither authority has published guidance specific to prop-firm evaluations, and the classification has not been tested in the Italian courts.

The operating company is Memento Enterprises Limited, based in Malta, an EU member state. Challenge capital is FundedFast's own simulated capital, and your payouts are paid by the Maltese company in USD or EUR; in Italy they are taxed as foreign income under the ordinary TUIR rules (see the tax section above).

In short, your relationship with FundedFast is that of a trader in a professional simulator, under clear risk rules, remunerated on the profits generated. It is not a securities account, it is not a bank, and there is no investment within the meaning of the TUF. Because we are not CONSOB-authorised, none of the protections that authorisation provides apply to your purchase.