Where they differ
- Cheapest challenge
- CoinProp$24 ($5K Booster)
- Upscale$59 ($5K Basic, RWA)
- Daily loss limit
- CoinProp3%
- Upscale3% to 5%, or none on some
- Maximum loss
- CoinProp3% to 6% static
- Upscale6% to 10% static or trailing
- Bitcoin leverage
- CoinProp10x
- Upscale2x to 5x
- Account sizes
- CoinProp$2.5K to $100K
- Upscale$5K to $200K
- Sizes only this firm sells
- CoinProp$2.5K
- Upscale$200K
- Steps
- CoinPropInstant and 1-step
- UpscaleInstant, 1-step and 2-step
- Challenges
- CoinProp14
- Upscale51
- US traders
- CoinPropYes
- UpscaleNo
- Country
- CoinPropSaint Lucia
- UpscaleSeychelles
Every rule, side by side
| Rule | CoinProp | Upscale |
|---|---|---|
| The firm | ||
| Country | Saint Lucia | Seychelles |
| Founded | Not stated | March 2025 |
| Years in operation | Not stated | 1 |
| Platforms | CPX | Upscale web terminal, Telegram Mini App, Upscale API |
| Trades on | CoinProp's own CPX terminal, on simulated accounts priced and filled from Bybit's live perps order book, with TradingView charts | own platform (TradingView-based terminal, oracle-priced perpetual contracts) |
| Markets | Crypto, stock, ETF, commodity (gold, silver, WTI and Brent oil) and FX (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY) | Crypto, FX, commodity, index and stock |
| Some trades on-chain | No | No |
| Rules | ||
| Model | 1-step evaluation (Signature or Booster), or Instant (no evaluation) | 2-phase (Basic) or 1-phase (Accelerated) evaluation; instant funding (Turbo) |
| Account sizes | $2.5K, $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K | $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K |
| Profit target | 10% (Signature, with or without the Extended Drawdown add-on) / 9% (Booster); none on Instant or once funded | Basic: 5% phase 1 / 8% phase 2; Accelerated: 10%; Turbo: none |
| Daily loss limit | 3% (Signature, Booster, Instant; 4% with Signature's Extended Drawdown add-on): a fixed amount of the initial balance below equity at each 00:00 UTC rollover, checked against equity | 5% (Basic) / 3% (Accelerated) / none (Turbo), from start-of-day balance, reset 00:00 UTC |
| Maximum drawdown | 6% (Signature; 7% with the Extended Drawdown add-on) / 3% (Booster, Instant), static from the initial balance, checked against equity, in the evaluation and the funded account | 10% static (Basic; 8% at Phase 2 and funded on $200,000 Basic challenges bought since July 2026) / 6% static (Accelerated) / 6% trailing from highest balance (Turbo); funded static limits re-base on the balance left after each payout |
| Max leverage | 10x on BTC and ETH; 5x on SOL, BNB, HYPE, DOGE and XRP; 2x on other crypto, PAXG, XAUT and stablecoin pairs; 50x on forex (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY); 10x on gold (XAUUSDT); 8x on silver and oil; 5x on stock and ETF perps; the same on both programs, evaluation and funded | Basic and Accelerated: 100x forex, 15x US indices, 10x gold, silver, natural gas, copper, GER40, EU50 and KR200, 5x crypto, stocks and WTI; Turbo: 30x forex, 5x gold, silver and US indices, 3x natural gas, copper, GER40, EU50 and KR200, 2x crypto, stocks and WTI |
| Profit split | 80%; 95% on Signature or 90% on Booster with the Reward Split add-on, bought at purchase for 30% more; 80% on Instant, with no add-ons | 80%; 90% with an upgrade bought with the challenge |
| Payouts | From day one, on any day the account is flat: one request per UTC day, paid after the day closes, from $50 after the split, with no payout cap; each position adds at most 3% of the starting balance to a payout, the rest staying in the balance; paid in USDC on-chain, after KYC (rules of November 9, 2026) | Every 14 calendar days with at least 5 profit days; per-cycle cap of 15%-50% of account size; USDT on TON, Base or BSC |
| Starting price | from $24 for a $5,000 account (Booster); Signature from $59; Instant from $75 for $2,500 | from $69 for a $5,000 crypto Basic account ($59 for the RWA version) |
| Minimum days | None (Signature, Booster: both can pass on the first trading day); none for a funded payout | 3 profit days of 0.5%+ (Basic Stage 1, Accelerated); 5 (Basic Stage 2, each payout) |
| Consistency rule | None (from November 9, 2026; free, trial and points accounts keep a 5-green-day payout rule) | No day at 30%+ of profit (Turbo, API accounts); none (Basic, Accelerated) |
| US traders | Yes (its restricted list names five countries and five regions, none in the US) | No per its terms of use (its FAQ says it is available worldwide) |
| Fee refund | Only if unused: within 14 days of purchase, before any trade | Only at the firm's discretion, per its terms of use |
| News trading | Allowed | Allowed; US stocks and Forex go close-only 5 min around US macro releases |
| Weekend holding | Allowed, overnight too | Allowed; index positions opened or increased late Friday are closed in full |
| Current offer | None now | None now |
| Rules checked | November 9, 2026 | November 2, 2026 |
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Prices at each account size
| Account | CoinProp | Upscale |
|---|---|---|
| Sizes both sell | ||
| $5K | $24Booster3 challenges at this size | $59Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size |
| $10K | $49Booster3 challenges at this size | $99Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size |
| $25K | $109Booster3 challenges at this size | $219Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size |
| $50K | $199Booster2 challenges at this size | $349Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size |
| $100K | $449Booster2 challenges at this size | $699Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size |
| Sizes only one sells | ||
| $2.5K | $75Instant | Not sold |
| $200K | Not sold | $1,299Basic, RWA6 challenges at this size |
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What each daily limit means on Bitcoin
How far Bitcoin has to move against a position at each firm's full leverage to use up the daily loss limit, and how often it has in the last 30 days.
| Firm and program | Bitcoin cap | Daily limit | Move that uses it up | Days Bitcoin moved that far |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoinProp · Signature and Booster | 10x | 3% | 0.3% | 30 of 30 |
| Upscale · Accelerated | 5x | 3% | 0.6% | 27 of 30 |
| Upscale · Basic | 5x | 5% | 1% | 19 of 30 |
Recent rule changes
Profit target
Raised the Signature profit target from 9% to 10%, with or without the Extended Drawdown add-on; Booster stays at 9% (rules v2.0).
Other
Dropped Signature's minimum of 2 trading days, so both evaluations can pass on the first trading day (rules v2.0).
Payouts
Moved paid funded accounts from a payout every 5 qualifying days, with a consistency rule on the share of profit from one day and a cap on each request, to payouts from day one on any day the account is flat, with no consistency rule or cap; each position adds at most 3% of the starting balance to a payout (rules v2.0).
Program
Added Instant, a funded account with no evaluation from $75 for $2,500 to $750 for $25,000, with a 3% daily and 3% maximum loss, an 80% split and a 90-day life (rules v2.0).
Other
Changed its news trading rule from "Allowed; US stocks go close-only 5 min around US macro releases" to "Allowed; US stocks and Forex go close-only 5 min around US macro releases".
Account sizes
Added $50,000 and $100,000 Turbo accounts, at $1,499 and $2,999 for crypto; Turbo had stopped at $25,000.
Markets
Added 15 markets: nine US stocks, three South Korean stocks, the Korea 200 index, natural gas and copper.
Other
Began closing US index positions opened or added to between 19:00 and 21:00 UTC on a Friday at 20:59 UTC, so they are not held over the weekend.
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