Upscale

A crypto prop company with its own exchange: crypto, forex, indices, commodities and stocks 24/7. Accounts up to $200,000, up to 90% profit, payouts in USDT without KYC.

Upscale

Country

Seychelles

Website

upscale.trade

Founded

2025

years in market

1 year

Views

4.4

★★★★★

i0 reviews

Links to company websites are affiliate links: we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Terms of use

Upscale — Firm Details

About Company

Upscale has been operating since March 2025 and is registered in the Seychelles. It is a crypto prop firm on its own non-custodial perpetual futures exchange: according to the company, citing DeFiLlama, it is among the world's top 15 such exchanges by monthly volume. Upscale's terminal, algorithms and backend are its own. The trader chooses a market (Crypto, Classic or All Markets) and a format: Basic in two stages, Accelerated in one stage, or Turbo with no evaluation, straight onto a funded account. Accounts from $5,000 to $200,000, up to $400,000 in total across funded accounts, trader's share 80% or 90% with an option. Payouts are made in USDT on the TON, Base and BSC networks, and each one can be verified by transaction hash: the latest payouts with wallet address and transaction link are shown on the upscale.trade homepage. No KYC is required, and you can log in via Telegram, Google or a crypto wallet. You can trade in the browser and in the Telegram app. Counters on the Upscale website as of November 13, 2026: $316.8 million paid out to traders, total trading volume $213.4 billion, 338 thousand traders, $3,845,353 paid out. There is a free demo account, tournaments and an AI mentor at all stages.

Firm Overview

Platforms:

Web TerminalTelegram Mini App

Markets:

CryptoForexMetalsEnergiesIndicesStocks

Payment Methods:

CardCryptoApple PayGoogle PayTelegram StarsСБП

Demo Account:

Available

Instruments and Assets

Forex

EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, USD/CAD, USD/CHF and 1+ more

Crypto

BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, и ещё 100 криптовалют (всего 105)

Metals

XAU (золото), XAG (серебро), HG (медь)

Stocks

NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, MSFT, META, и ещё 18 акций 24/7 (всего 23)

Indices

US500, NAS100, US30, US2000, GER40, EU50 and 2+ more

Energies

WTI (нефть), NATGAS (природный газ)

Leverage

Crypto

1:5 (Turbo 1:2)

Energies

oil 1:5 (Turbo 1:2), gas 1:10 (Turbo 1:3)

Forex

1:100 (Turbo 1:30)

Indices

US 1:15 (Turbo 1:5), others 1:10 (Turbo 1:3)

Metals

gold, silver 1:10 (Turbo 1:5), copper 1:10 (Turbo 1:3)

Stocks

1:5 (Turbo 1:2)

Leverage determines the position size you can open relative to your balance. Higher leverage increases both potential profit and risk.

Commissions

CategoryCommission

Crypto

0.008% (Turbo 0.06%)

Energies

0.003% (Turbo 0.02%)

Forex

0.0035% (Turbo 0.007%)

Indices

0.0035% (Turbo 0.01%)

Metals

gold, silver 0.0035% (Turbo 0.007%), copper 0.0035% (Turbo 0.01%)

Stocks

0.003% (Turbo 0.02%)

Commissions are charged for trade execution. Some instrument categories are commission-free — the cost is already included in the spread.

News

Official trading rules and prohibited practices

Trading rules

Challenge formats
Three formats: Basic, Accelerated and Turbo. Account size from $5,000 to $200,000, for Turbo from $5,000 to $100,000. At purchase you choose a market: Crypto (cryptocurrencies), Classic (forex, metals, oil, gas, copper, indices, stocks 24/7) or All Markets (everything at once).
Basic: two stages on one account. Profit target 5% in stage 1 and 8% in stage 2. Daily drawdown 5%. Maximum drawdown 10% of the initial balance. Minimum profitable days: 3 in stage 1 and 5 in stage 2. For new $200,000 Basic accounts, the maximum drawdown is 8% in stage 2 and on the funded account, while stage 1 remains at 10%.
Accelerated: one stage. Target 10%, daily drawdown 3%, maximum 6% of the initial balance, minimum 3 profitable days. The same 3% and 6% limits apply on the funded account.
Turbo: no evaluation, trading starts right away on the funded account. There is no profit target and no daily drawdown. The maximum drawdown is dynamic: 6% of the highest balance reached. To withdraw, you need 5 profitable days and to meet the 30% rule.
The profit target is calculated from the initial balance and only on closed trades. On a $10,000 account that is $500 in stage 1 and $800 in stage 2. There is no time limit to complete it.

Profitable day
A day is profitable if the balance grows by at least 0.5% of the account's initial balance within 24 hours. The threshold is not recalculated for the entire life of the account. Days run on UTC, and a new day starts at 00:00 UTC. The balance includes the floating result of open positions, so profit counts on the day it appears, not on the day the trade is closed. Profitable days accumulate with no time limit: if you take a break from trading, the days you have accumulated are preserved.
Drawdown
All limits are calculated from the balance including open positions. A losing open position reduces the balance immediately and can breach the limit before it is closed.
Daily drawdown is measured from the balance at the start of the day (00:00 UTC) and resets every 24 hours; yesterday's loss does not affect today's limit. On a $10,000 account: Basic closes if it falls to $9,500, Accelerated to $9,700. Turbo has no daily drawdown.
Maximum drawdown on a $10,000 account: Basic closes at $9,000, Accelerated at $9,400. A $200,000 Basic account in stage 2 and on the funded account closes at $184,000.
Turbo: if the balance grows from $10,000 to $12,000, the new closing threshold is $11,280 (6% of $12,000). After a $1,000 withdrawal, the maximum drops to $11,000 and the threshold to $10,340.
A trade will not open if the spread and commission would immediately breach the daily limit: the platform will show a warning with the remaining buffer.
Funded account conditions
After Basic: daily drawdown 5%, maximum 10% of the initial balance (8% for new $200,000 accounts).
After Accelerated: daily drawdown 3%, maximum 6% of the initial balance.
Turbo: no daily drawdown, maximum 6% of the highest balance.
To withdraw in all formats, you need 5 profitable days with growth of at least 0.5% per day.
Leverage
The first value is for Basic and Accelerated, the value in parentheses is for Turbo.
Cryptocurrencies: x5 (x2)
Forex: x100 (x30)
Gold and silver: x10 (x5)
WTI oil: x5 (x2)
Natural gas and copper: x10 (x3)
US indices (US500, NAS100, US30, US2000): x15 (x5)
European and Asian indices (GER40, EU50, KR200, JP225): x10 (x3)
Stocks 24/7: x5 (x2)
Minimum position size $10.
Instruments
Crypto: 105 cryptocurrencies, trading around the clock with no days off.
Forex: 7 pairs (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, USD/CAD, USD/CHF, USD/JPY).
Commodities: gold, silver, WTI oil, natural gas, copper.
Indices: US500, NAS100, US30, US2000, GER40, EU50, KR200, JP225.
Stocks 24/7: 23 US and South Korean stocks (NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, MSFT, META and others), traded on weekends too.
Prices are provided by the Stork and Pyth Network oracles; for stocks, indices, oil, gas and copper, Upscale's own price index is used. Execution is market and instant.
Trading costs
Commission is charged when opening and when closing a position. The first value is for Basic and Accelerated, the value in parentheses is for Turbo.
Cryptocurrencies: 0.008% (0.06%)
Forex, gold and silver: 0.0035% (0.007%)
Indices and copper: 0.0035% (0.01%)
Stocks 24/7, WTI oil and gas: 0.003% (0.02%)
Funding: for stocks 24/7, oil, gas, copper and indices, 0.025% is charged once a day in both directions of the position. For US, European and Japanese indices and copper, there is a triple rate of 0.075% on Friday for the weekend.
Spread: on forex it is fixed at 0.0015%. For BTC and ETH the spread is zero on closing and on opening if an hour or more has passed between openings. For other cryptocurrencies the spread is market-based; for metals, indices and stocks the spread depends on the trading session.
Market restrictions
Forex: 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after important US macroeconomic data, you cannot open or increase positions.
US500, NAS100, US30, US2000, JP225, GER40, EU50 indices: positions opened or increased on Friday within two hours of market close are closed automatically before the weekend.
While the forex, metals or indices market is paused, new positions cannot be opened, and a withdrawal request cannot be submitted with such an open position.
Hedging and copying
Hedging within a single account is allowed: you can hold a long and a short on the same instrument at the same time.
Opposite positions on the same instrument across different accounts of your own are prohibited. Identical trades in the same direction across several of your own accounts are allowed.
Similar strategies among different traders are not prohibited. Systematically copying another Upscale trader's trades manually, with a bot or via a signal service is prohibited: this may be treated as a multi-account.
Options at purchase
+10% to the profit share (90/10): 20% of the challenge price, for all formats.
Daily drawdown protection: 15% of the base challenge price (before discounts), Basic and Accelerated only. It triggers once for the entire life of the account: positions are closed, trading is blocked until 00:00 UTC, and the next day the challenge continues without protection. The option does not cover the maximum drawdown.
API trading: currently free, for accounts from $10,000. It lets you connect a bot, your own scripts or an AI agent. Along with the option, the 60-second rule and the 30% rule are enabled on the account, and the option cannot be disabled.
Options can only be purchased together with the challenge (API can also be added to an active account before the funded stage). Discounts and promo codes do not apply to options.
60-second rule (accounts with the API option)
After each opening or increase of a position, profit from closing is not counted for 60 seconds. Loss is counted in full, and commissions and funding are charged as usual. The rule applies at all stages, including funded, and to manual trades as well.
Transition between stages (Basic)
When the stage conditions are met, a transition button appears on the account. If only one profitable day remains before the transition, the account transitions automatically. On transition, all positions are closed at market and pending orders are cancelled. The platform then reconciles the actual result with the target: if they do not match, the account goes to manual review.
Violations
Minimum profitable days not reached: the account keeps running, only withdrawal is unavailable.
Daily or maximum limit breached: the account is closed immediately, accumulated profit is lost, and positions are closed at market.
Funded account recovery
If a Basic or Accelerated account breached a limit at the funded stage, the platform may offer a paid recovery within 48 hours. The decision is made by an algorithm based on trading quality, and recovery is not guaranteed. Turbo and demo accounts are not recovered.
The trader chooses the recovery balance: for Basic from 92% to 100% of the original, for Accelerated from 96% to 100%. The lower the balance, the cheaper it is. Promo codes and discounts do not apply. History, payouts and certificates are preserved, and the profitable-day counter and the billing period start over. Limits and profit to be paid out are calculated from the original starting balance.
Scaling
You can hold up to 5 paid accounts at the same time. The largest account is $200,000. The total nominal value of Basic and Accelerated funded accounts is up to $400,000, calculated on starting balances. If a new funded account exceeds the limit, it is paused and waits until a slot frees up. Turbo has a separate limit of $100,000.
Trader requirements
KYC is not required: registration via Telegram, Google or a crypto wallet. This is stated in the documentation and on the Upscale website. The user agreement contains a clause on passport and selfie verification before withdrawal.
Age 18 and over. Under the user agreement, the service is unavailable to US residents and persons subject to US, UK, EU and UN sanctions. Circumventing restrictions via VPN is prohibited.
Upscale is not licensed or regulated, and trading takes place in a simulated environment. Governing law: Republic of Seychelles.
Payment
Telegram Stars, GRAM and USDT on the TON network in the app and on the website. Website only: USDT on the TRC-20, BEP-20, ERC-20 and Solana networks, USDC on the ERC-20 and Solana networks, SOL, ETH, BNB, TRX, bank card (Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay) and SBP. The payment method does not affect the challenge conditions.
Free
The demo account replicates the conditions of a paid challenge. For a withdrawal request from a demo funded account, a one-time 20% discount on a real challenge is given. The AI mentor and AI error analysis are included at all stages.

Challenges

Terms, schedule and withdrawal methods

Payout policy

Profit share
By default, 80% to the trader and 20% to the platform: on a $1,000 profit, the payout is $800.
With the 90/10 option, the trader gets 90%: the payout is $900. The option costs 20% of the challenge price and can only be purchased together with it.
Withdrawal request conditions
Billing period: at least 14 full calendar days. The first period starts at 00:00 UTC on the day after the transition to the funded account (for Turbo, from account launch), and each subsequent one starts at 00:00 UTC after a successful withdrawal.
At least 5 profitable days in the current period.

Drawdown limits not breached.
Balance above the starting balance of the current iteration.
Amount from $1 up to the available profit within the limit, and it must be free rather than tied up in open positions.
A wallet for USDT on one of the supported networks is required.
For Turbo and for accounts with the API option, the 30% rule must be met.
Positions on forex, metals and indices markets that are currently paused must be closed.
30% rule
If the most profitable day accounts for 30% or more of all profit, withdrawal is closed. Example: five profitable days +$200, +$300, +$1,500, +$300, +$200, totaling $2,500. The best day accounts for 60%, so there is no withdrawal. It will open when total profit exceeds $5,000.
For Turbo this is a withdrawal condition. For accounts with the API option, it is a condition for moving to each next stage and a payout condition on the funded account.
Limit per payout
Calculated from the starting nominal value of the funded account, not from the current balance:
$5,000: 50%, up to $2,500
$10,000: 40%, up to $4,000
$25,000: 40%, up to $10,000
$50,000: 25%, up to $12,500
$100,000: 20%, up to $20,000
$200,000: 15%, up to $30,000
For older $1,000 accounts, the limit is 50%, i.e. $500 per period. Profit above the limit remains on the balance and is withdrawn in subsequent periods when all conditions are met again.
Iterations
Each payout closes a trading iteration and opens a new one. Its starting balance equals the balance after the payout, and the next request is possible only when the balance rises above it. The amount of the next payout is calculated from the original nominal value. Example on a $100,000 account: the balance grew to $130,000, $20,000 was withdrawn, leaving $110,000. A new request becomes available above $110,000. With a balance of $115,000, up to $15,000 can be withdrawn: that is all the profit above $100,000, and it fits within the $20,000 limit.
Platform commission
20% or 10% of the amount is deducted from each request, depending on the profit share on the account (80/20 or 90/10). The amount to be received is visible before confirmation.
Networks and timelines
Payouts in USDT on the TON, Base or BSC (BNB Smart Chain) networks. A non-custodial wallet is required: exchange addresses may restrict transfers. Each payout goes on-chain and can be verified by transaction hash. Processing takes up to 48 hours.
Restrictions
One request per period, even if only part of the available amount was withdrawn.
Breaching limits closes the account, and all accumulated profit is lost.
How withdrawal affects drawdown
Basic and Accelerated: the maximum drawdown is still calculated from the starting balance and does not change after a withdrawal.
Turbo: the highest balance from which drawdown is calculated is reduced by the withdrawal amount.
Recovered accounts
If a funded account is recovered with a balance below the original, only profit above the original starting balance is eligible for payout. The payout limit is also calculated from the original balance.
Non-market situations
The result must come from market movement. Upscale may review trades or refuse a payout if profit was obtained on erroneous quotes, during a technical failure, on price anomalies in the first seconds of market opening, on platform errors, or if an external broker cancelled operations due to non-standard market conditions.
Identity verification
According to the documentation and the Upscale website, payouts are processed without KYC. The user agreement contains a clause on passport and selfie verification before withdrawal (up to 48 business hours).

Public Payouts

Amount	Status	Date

Country Restrictions

United States

Traders from these countries cannot participate in this prop firm's programs.

STAY CONNECTED

Upscale

Upscale — Firm Details

About Company

News

Additional Information

Subscribe for fresh news and exclusive prop offers

Latest firm news