Blueberry Funded Launches a Free Synthetic Indices Competition Running 8 to 20 November, With No Consistency Rule
Prop firm Blueberry Funded has launched a free Synthetic Indices Trading Competition that runs from Sunday 8 November to Friday 20 November 2026, and with it a new set of tradable markets that stay open around the clock, weekends included. The firm has also dropped any consistency requirement for the event. For funded traders, the interesting part is less the contest itself than what it signals: a broker-backed prop firm is using a free event, rather than a discounted account, to introduce a new instrument family.
The details below come from a Forex Prop Reviews report on the announcement. Blueberry Funded has not published a full rulebook that JoinProp could review for this story, so where something is not stated, we say so.
Which Markets Are Being Added
According to the report, the new offering covers five synthetic index categories: Boom, Crash, Step, Flip and Volatility. Synthetic indices are algorithmically generated price series rather than quotes tied to a real-world asset, which is why they can trade at any hour. The firm says the instruments are available 24/7, including weekends, and describes itself as the only broker-backed prop firm currently offering them. That is the firm’s own positioning, and JoinProp has not independently checked whether any other firm lists similar products.
The report adds that the launch follows requests from the trading community. That fits a wider pattern in the industry, where firms add instruments that their existing audience already trades on personal accounts, in the hope of keeping those traders inside the prop ecosystem.
The Competition: Dates, Format and No Consistency Rule
The event is free to enter. It starts on 8 November and ends on 20 November 2026, a window of 13 calendar days by JoinProp’s own count. Entry is handled through the Blueberry Funded competition dashboard, and the firm points participants to its Synthetic Indices FAQ for instrument details and competition requirements.
The most notable rule is what is missing: there is no consistency requirement during the competition. In most prop firm products, a consistency rule limits how much of a trader’s total profit can come from a single day or trade, which pushes traders toward steady sizing. Removing it means a participant can run a more concentrated approach and let one good session carry a leaderboard position. Whether that helps or hurts will depend on the ranking method, and the report does not say how entrants are scored.
What Traders Should Check Before Entering
Several practical points are not covered in the material JoinProp has seen. The firm has not confirmed, in what we reviewed, the prize pool or prizes, the size of the competition account, the maximum drawdown or daily loss limits, the leaderboard scoring method, whether there is a minimum trading activity requirement, or whether prizes convert into a funded account. Those are the details that decide whether a free event is worth the time, so read the dashboard terms before placing a trade.
Round-the-clock markets also change the risk profile. More open hours means more setups, but it also invites overtrading, particularly on a leaderboard where rank is visible. Synthetic instruments can move fast, and a loss limit that is easy to respect on a slow forex pair can disappear in a single burst. Traders weighing a firm more generally can use our comparison of 12 prop firm challenges and our data on prop firm survival rates to put a free event in context.
Why a Free Contest Rather Than a Sale
Most November prop promotions are price cuts. A free competition works differently: it costs the trader nothing, gathers a pool of active users on the new instruments, and lets the firm see how its risk systems cope with them before any paid product is built around them. For traders, it is a low-cost way to test the platform, the execution and the rules in practice. Those who prefer paying less for a standard account can see current options in our guide to cheap prop firms in 2026.
What This Means for the Broader Prop Industry
The launch points to a slow widening of what prop firms offer. The first wave was forex, then indices and metals, then crypto and futures; now synthetic markets are arriving through firms attached to brokers, which can price and host the instruments themselves. A broker-backed model gives a firm control over the product, but it also means traders should look at who sits behind the platform and how the firm describes its risk handling.
The removal of the consistency rule in a promotional setting is also worth watching. Firms regularly use contests to trial looser rules, and traders should not assume that a rule waived for two weeks will be waived on paid accounts. Treat the contest as a sample of the platform, not a promise about the permanent rulebook.
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