In 2024, over 80 prop firms shut down. We watched, took notes, and built the opposite. Transparency as a product, not a marketing line.
Vertex Funded was founded by a small team of professional traders, former brokerage engineers, and product people who spent years watching the prop trading industry collapse under its own weight.
Multi-page rulebooks filled with "gotcha" clauses. Payouts delayed for weeks, then denied. Ghost support teams. Screenshots of fake payouts instead of on-chain proof.
We wanted to build the firm we wish existed when we started. One rule page. One business day to get paid. One click to verify every payout. And traders treated like partners, not suspects.
Other firms have "core values" page. We have a "things we refuse to do" page. It's shorter, clearer, and harder to fake.
If a rule doesn't fit on one page in 14-point type, it doesn't belong in a contract with traders.
Our payout page links to real TxHashes. Check them on Tronscan or Etherscan yourself.
Miss our 24-hour payout window? We add $500 to your next transfer. No questions asked.
Max drawdown stays at your initial balance. We don't creep it up as you profit.
English, Russian, Uzbek, Turkish, Arabic — 24/7 humans, under 4 minute response time.
CIS, MENA, and emerging-market traders shouldn't pay FTMO prices. Our $100K is $499 — not $540.
We're roughly 30 people split between Dubai (operations, risk) and remote (engineering, support). Every decision-maker was a trader before they built software.