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Vertex Funded is a proprietary trading firm. We give talented traders access to capital ($5K–$200K) in exchange for a share of their profits. You pay a one-time fee to prove your skill — we handle the rest.

No. You pay a one-time challenge fee — that's the maximum you can lose. You trade a demo account using rules we set. When you pass, we allocate real capital for live execution. You never deposit trading capital.

Vertex Funded is registered in Dubai, UAE under IFZA Free Zone license. Our operations team is based in Dubai, with hubs in Tashkent (CIS ops) and remote engineering worldwide.

Anyone 18+ outside of restricted jurisdictions. We currently do not accept traders from: United States, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Crimea region. All other countries welcome.

Three things: (1) Our rulebook is one page, not 14. (2) Payouts settle on-chain with public TxHashes — no Photoshop required. (3) We accept local payment methods (Click, Payme, Humo, PayTR) that most firms ignore. Full comparison on our landing page.

Most traders start with a 2-Step $100K ($499) — it's the classic balance between price, account size, and proof-of-skill. If you already have a consistent edge, try the 1-Step. If you want to skip evaluation entirely, Instant Funded. Start small ($5K–$25K) if you're new to prop.

There's no deadline. You need a minimum of 3 trading days per phase. Traders typically pass Phase 1 in 7–21 days and Phase 2 in 5–10 days. Go at your own pace.

No penalty. You can re-attempt with a 30% discount using code RETRY30. Most successful Vertex traders passed on their second or third attempt.

We refund the full challenge fee with your first payout. So functionally, your evaluation was free if you pass. If you don't pass, the fee is non-refundable — this is how we pay for risk management, tech, and operations.

After 4 consecutive months of ≥10% profit on a funded account, we increase the account size by 50%. You can scale up to $2M. Top performers enter the Hot Seat program with 90% profit split.

10% of your initial account balance, measured statically. For a $100K account, you cannot go below $90,000 at any point. This rule applies across evaluation and funded stages. We do not use trailing drawdown.

5% of your end-of-day balance. Resets at 00:00 UTC daily. For a $100K account, if you end yesterday at $103K, you cannot drop below $97,850 today.

Yes, Expert Advisors are allowed on all accounts. You must own or have licensed the EA — no copy-trading from public signal providers or other Vertex accounts.

Yes, on 2-Step, 1-Step, and Funded accounts. Instant Funded does not allow weekend holds to manage gap risk. News trading is allowed across all challenge types (blackout on high-impact events for funded stage only).

Latency arbitrage, high-frequency scalping under 5 seconds, Martingale, grid, cross-account hedging, copy trading from third parties, and tick-scalping exploits. Full list on our challenges page.

Every Tuesday. Request a payout any day of the week through your dashboard — it batches with Tuesday processing. Funds arrive within 24 hours of Tuesday 09:00 UTC. If we're late, $500 automatic compensation.

80% standard on funded accounts. 90% in the Hot Seat program (top 1% of traders). 60% on Instant Funded accounts (rises to 80% after 5 consecutive profitable payout cycles).

$50. No maximum. Request as often as once per week.

USDT-TRC20 (fastest, lowest fees), USDT-ERC20, Bitcoin, SEPA/SWIFT bank transfer, or local methods (Click, Payme, UzCard, Humo for Uzbekistan; PayTR for Turkey).

For payouts above $1,000 cumulative, yes. We require government-issued ID, proof of address, and a selfie with your ID. KYC typically takes 2–24 hours. Below $1,000 — no KYC required.

Yes. You are responsible for reporting and paying income/capital-gains taxes per your country's rules. We are not a tax advisor and do not withhold. We issue payment records on request.

MetaTrader 5 (primary), cTrader, MatchTrader, and TradeLocker. Choose your platform at checkout. Platform switching after account creation is not supported.

Forex (all major, minor, and exotic pairs), indices (US30, NAS100, SPX500, UK100, GER40, JPN225, etc.), precious metals (gold, silver), energies (WTI, Brent), and crypto (BTC, ETH, and top 20 by market cap).

Forex: 1:100. Indices: 1:50. Metals: 1:50. Energies: 1:20. Crypto: 1:2. Leverage is fixed at account creation.

Institutional raw spreads from 0.0 pips on majors, plus a small commission ($3.5 per standard lot round-turn). No markup, no hidden fees. We earn on commission, not on spread inflation.

Vertex Funded is an educational/prop-trading company, not a broker or financial services provider. We are registered in Dubai's IFZA Free Zone. We are not regulated as a broker because we don't provide brokerage services — we provide evaluation-based access to our capital.

We maintain 6 months of operational reserves in segregated accounts. Upon any shutdown, pending payouts would be processed from reserves. All historical payouts remain verifiable on-chain — they can never be erased or denied retroactively.

Two mechanisms: (1) All funded accounts are backed by a regulated liquidity partner — your fills are real market fills, not internal quotes. (2) Our risk engine matches across the portfolio so no single trader breaks the firm.

Yes, up to 5 accounts per user. However, cross-account hedging (opposite positions on different accounts to game drawdown) is prohibited and will result in termination of all accounts.