Question 1

What is a funded trading challenge?

Accepted Answer

A funded trading challenge is an evaluation process where you demonstrate your trading skills by meeting specific profit targets while managing risk. Once you pass, you receive a funded account to trade with our capital and keep a significant portion of the profits you generate.

Question 2

What is a crypto prop firm (crypto proprietary trading firm)?

Accepted Answer

A crypto prop firm gives traders access to firm capital to trade crypto after passing an evaluation. At Velotrade, we go further — you trade crypto alongside forex, stocks, indices and commodities in a simulated environment with real-time market pricing. One funded account, five asset classes, payouts based on performance under clear risk rules.

Question 3

Is my personal capital ever at risk?

Accepted Answer

No. You only pay the challenge fee. Once funded, you trade our capital exclusively, breaches end the account, but your own money is never touched.

Question 4

How fast are payouts?

Accepted Answer

Payouts are processed within 24 hours of approval in USDC or USDT. The first payout may be requested after 14 calendar days from your first funded trade and after completing the required qualifying trading days. Subsequent payouts may be requested weekly. The minimum payout amount is USD 100.

Question 5

Do you trade against me?

Accepted Answer

No. Our AI-driven hedging and institutional liquidity bridges neutralise selected positions in the real market from day one. We both make money from your consistent performance.

Question 6

Are there hidden rules or restrictions?

Accepted Answer

No. All rules, profit targets, drawdown limits, leverage, and allowed instruments are published before purchase. No consistency rules, no trailing drawdown, no forced weekend closures — except for single stock instruments, which carry specific restrictions around earnings, dividends, and overnight holding. Those are documented in full at velotrade.com/rules.

Question 7

Is there a maximum risk per trade?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no cap on how much of your account you can risk on a single position, no forced maximum lot size, and no per-trade risk limit. You can size any trade however you want — your only hard limits are the daily loss limit and the static maximum drawdown. This is one of the biggest differences between Velotrade and firms that impose position-size or per-trade risk caps.

Question 8

How long does it take to get funded?

Accepted Answer

The timeline depends on your trading performance. Each phase has a minimum trading period and no maximum time limits. Many traders complete the evaluation within 2-4 weeks, though you can go at your own pace without any time constraints.

Question 9

What trading instruments can I trade?

Accepted Answer

Over 230 instruments across five asset classes: crypto, forex, stocks, indices and commodities. All accessible from a single funded account.

Question 10

What am I actually trading when I trade a single stock?

Accepted Answer

You are trading an instrument that follows the price of a single listed company within your simulated account. It may appear as a stock or as a contract for difference. You do not own the underlying shares and have no shareholder rights — no dividends, no voting rights, no claim against the company. The price is used only as a reference to measure your trading performance.

Question 11

What do I need to do around company earnings when trading single stocks?

Accepted Answer

You must close any position in that company at least 24 hours before its scheduled earnings release. You may not reopen a position earlier than 24 hours after the release. This also applies to any instrument that tracks or provides leveraged or inverse exposure to that company. It is your responsibility to monitor the corporate calendar.

Question 12

Are there restrictions around dividends and corporate actions on single stocks?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You must close any single stock position at least 24 hours before the stock trades ex-dividend, and may reopen no earlier than 24 hours after. For corporate actions (splits, mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, delistings, and similar events announced at least one day in advance), you must close before the action takes effect and may reopen once normal trading resumes.

Question 13

Can I hold single stock positions overnight or over the weekend?

Accepted Answer

Single stock instruments may carry tighter holding rules than other instruments on the account, including reduced maximum size, no weekend holds, or required closure outside the market hours of the underlying company. Where holding is permitted, you hold at your own risk — prices outside market hours are indicative and can gap when the market reopens. A daily holding charge may also apply for positions held outside regular market hours.

Question 14

Can anybody join?

Accepted Answer

Anyone over 18 can sign up to take our evaluation challenge, no experience required. We accept traders from most countries (excluding sanctioned regions).

Question 15

What is the maximum drawdown limit?

Accepted Answer

All Velotrade challenges use a static maximum drawdown: a fixed dollar floor set on account activation, calculated as a percentage below your starting balance. It does not move whether the account grows or shrinks.

CLASSIC 2-Step: 10% below the starting balance, recalculated to the new balance at the start of Phase 2. CLASSIC 1-Step: 7% below the starting balance. PRO 1-Step: 3% below the starting balance.

For example, on a $100,000 CLASSIC 1-Step account the floor is fixed at $93,000. You can always see your exact drawdown level on the platform dashboard.

Question 16

When does the drawdown reset?

Accepted Answer

The daily loss limit resets every day at 00:30 UTC and is recalculated on your current balance, so each trading day begins with a clean slate. This applies to all challenges.

The maximum drawdown does not reset. It is a static dollar floor set at account activation and does not move for the life of the account. On CLASSIC 2-Step it is recalculated to the new starting balance when Phase 2 begins.

Question 17

Do payouts or trading losses affect my maximum drawdown limit?

Accepted Answer

No. All challenges use a static maximum drawdown, a fixed dollar floor set at activation. Neither trading losses nor payouts move it. For example, on a $5,000 PRO account it is fixed at $4,850 for the life of the account. After a payout, the funded balance resets to its starting value and the floor stays where it was set.

Question 18

Can I track my drawdown and daily loss limits on the platform?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. Your Maximum Drawdown limit and Maximum Daily Loss limit are displayed on your trading dashboard at all times. The platform handles all the calculations for you automatically, so you never need to track anything manually.

Everything is in one place: your drawdown limit, your daily loss limit, and the exact dollar room you have left. One glance and you know exactly where you stand.

Both limits update automatically. The daily loss limit refreshes every day at 00:30 UTC with a new calculation based on your latest balance. The Maximum Drawdown limit is a fixed dollar floor set at account activation and does not move. The platform does the work so you can focus on trading.

Question 19

Does floating PnL affect my maximum drawdown limit?

Accepted Answer

No. All challenges now use a static maximum drawdown, a fixed dollar floor set at account activation from your starting balance. It does not move with your equity, so unrealised gains or losses from open positions have no effect on it. There is no High Water Mark and no moving target.

For example, on a $100,000 CLASSIC 1-Step account the floor is fixed at $93,000 for the life of the account, regardless of intraday swings.

Question 20

How is daily drawdown calculated?

Accepted Answer

Your daily loss limit recalculates every day at 00:30 UTC based on your account balance at that time. For CLASSIC 2-Step accounts, the limit is 5% of that balance. For CLASSIC 1-Step accounts, it is 4%. For PRO 1-Step accounts, it is 3%. For example, if your balance at 00:30 UTC is $100,000 on a CLASSIC 2-Step account, your daily loss limit is $95,000, giving you $5,000 of room for the day.

Instrument	Bid	Ask	Spread	Trade
BTC Bitcoin	64,075.80	64,075.90	0.164,075.80 / 64,075.90	Start
EUR EUR/USD Euro · Dollar	1.14602	1.14609	0.000071.14602 / 1.14609	Start
XAU XAU Gold	4,013.40	4,014.10	0.74,013.40 / 4,014.10	Start
SPY SPY S&P 500 ETF	748.74	748.75	0.01748.74 / 748.75	Start
ETH Ethereum	1,841.30	1,841.31	0.011,841.30 / 1,841.31	Start
GBP GBP/USD Pound · Dollar	1.35012	1.35025	0.000131.35012 / 1.35025	Start
CL CL Crude Oil	82.62	82.64	0.0282.62 / 82.64	Start
NVDA NVDA NVIDIA	205.58	205.74	0.16205.58 / 205.74	Start

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