Short answer: yes. SHARK Futures is a real funded-trader prop firm, launched April 2026, paying real money to real traders on a 6-day SLA. This page lays out the evidence so you don't have to take our word for it.

We get it — "is X firm legit" is the search every serious trader runs before sending $59 to a brand they haven't heard of. That skepticism is correct. Most prop firms that launched in 2023-2024 are gone or quiet. So here's what we publish openly that makes us answerable.

What "legit" means in this market

A legit prop firm has four things. Most have one or two. SHARK has all four:

1. Verified payout proof. Real names, real amounts, real bank confirmations — not a generic "$5M paid out" banner with no provenance.
2. A readable rulebook. If you can't fit the rules on one screen, the firm has optionality to refuse your payout on a clause you didn't see.
3. A real support team that responds. Not a chatbot, not a 48-hour ticket. A human in Discord during trading hours.
4. Founders who are findable. Names, faces, LinkedIns — not anonymous brands.

Let's go through each.

1. Verified payouts

SHARK publishes verified payout proof on the payouts page. Each entry shows the trader's first name, account size, payout amount, and date. We can do this because we ask traders for permission to publish a redacted version of their payout receipt.

The 6-day SLA from request to bank is a real number, not a marketing claim. Every funded trader sees it on the same timeline. We don't pause payouts for holidays, we don't have a manual-review queue, we don't have a tier where the timeline changes.

2. The rulebook

The full SHARK rulebook fits on the rules page. The major rules are:

• Daily loss limit (size-dependent)
• End-of-day trailing drawdown
• Contract size limit per account size
• Flat positions by the daily close
• No overnight or weekend holds
• Profit target to pass evaluation; consistency check applied at evaluation

That's the whole rulebook. There's no consistency rule on funded accounts. There's no buried clause about "max copies allowed per IP" or "trading style approval." If you pass evaluation and hit profit on a funded account, the payout is yours.

3. Support

Email support@sharkfutures.com for account questions; same-day reply during weekday trading hours. The Discord is faster — most account questions are answered in chat within 30 minutes during market open hours. The team is small. The team is real.

4. Founders

SHARK was founded April 2026 by traders frustrated with opaque prop firm rules. Founders + team are on the about page with real names and LinkedIns. Not anonymous; not pseudonymous; not branded mascots.

How to verify any prop firm

A simple checklist you can apply to any firm you're considering:

• Find three named funded traders on Twitter/Discord who've been paid in the last 90 days
• Read the rulebook before buying — if it's longer than 2 pages, ask why
• Ask support a hard question via Discord and see what they say
• Find at least one founder on LinkedIn with a normal-looking work history
• Check if the firm's domain has been live for at least a year, or if not, whether the founders have been in the trading space for longer than the firm

SHARK passes all five. Most firms pass two.

Common skeptical questions

"You launched April 2026 — why should I trust a 1-year-old firm?" Fair. We're new. The mitigation: we publish verified payouts weekly, our rules are short and readable, and our founders are real people you can find and contact. If we ever pull a payout-denial scam, every trader on Discord will know within an hour.

"How do you make money if the payout split is 90/10?" Funded traders pay an evaluation fee ($59-$229 depending on account size). About 90% of evaluations don't pass. Funded accounts that do pass and trade well are profitable for both us and the trader; the 10% we retain on payouts covers infrastructure, support, and risk overlay. Standard prop-firm economics.

"What if I have an issue?" Email support@sharkfutures.com or post in Discord. Real human in 30 minutes during market hours.

Try SHARK

If the legit-check passes, start with an evaluation. $59 buys you a $25K evaluation. If you've been burned by another firm, we'd rather have you read the rules first — they're shorter than this article.