Kraken Funded vs Upscale rules, prices and codes side by side

Where they differ

Cheapest challenge

Kraken Funded$20 ($1K Challenge)

Upscale$59 ($5K Basic, RWA)

Daily loss limit

Kraken FundedNone

Upscale3% to 5%, or none on some

Maximum loss

Kraken Funded3% static

Upscale6% to 10% static or trailing

Bitcoin leverage

Kraken Funded1:1

Upscale2x to 5x

Account sizes

Kraken Funded$1K to $25K

Upscale$5K to $200K

Sizes only this firm sells

Kraken Funded$1K

Upscale$5K, $50K, $100K, $200K

Steps

Kraken Funded1-step

UpscaleInstant, 1-step and 2-step

Challenges

Kraken Funded3

Upscale51

US traders

Kraken FundedYes

UpscaleNo

Country

Kraken FundedBritish Virgin Islands

UpscaleSeychelles

Founded

Kraken FundedJuly 2026

UpscaleMarch 2025

Every rule, side by side

Rule	Kraken Funded	Upscale
The firm
Country	British Virgin Islands	Seychelles
Founded	July 2026	March 2025
Years in operation	Under 1	1
Platforms	Kraken app	Upscale web terminal, Telegram Mini App, Upscale API
Trades on	The Kraken app (mobile only), in its Funded tab, on a simulated balance	own platform (TradingView-based terminal, oracle-priced perpetual contracts)
Markets	Spot crypto (50+ coins; not perps), plus stocks (a selection, in most countries outside the US)	Crypto, FX, commodity, index and stock
Some trades on-chain	No	No
Rules
Model	1-step challenge, one at a time	2-phase (Basic) or 1-phase (Accelerated) evaluation; instant funding (Turbo)
Account sizes	$1K, $10K, $25K	$5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target	12%	Basic: 5% phase 1 / 8% phase 2; Accelerated: 10%; Turbo: none
Daily loss limit	None	5% (Basic) / 3% (Accelerated) / none (Turbo), from start-of-day balance, reset 00:00 UTC
Maximum drawdown	3% static below the starting balance, in the challenge 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	1x: spot buys and sells in dollar amounts, with no added leverage	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%	80%; 90% with an upgrade bought with the challenge
Payouts	On request, as often as wanted, from $20 of profit; USD to the trader's Kraken account, typically within 24 hours; each withdrawal resets the funded balance to its start	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 $20 for a $1,000 account	from $69 for a $5,000 crypto Basic account ($59 for the RWA version)
Minimum days	None	3 profit days of 0.5%+ (Basic Stage 1, Accelerated); 5 (Basic Stage 2, each payout)
Consistency rule	None	No day at 30%+ of profit (Turbo, API accounts); none (Basic, Accelerated)
US traders	Yes (crypto only; not in Maine, Massachusetts or New York)	No per its terms of use (its FAQ says it is available worldwide)
Fee refund	No	Only at the firm's discretion, per its terms of use
News trading	Allowed (its FAQ: how you trade is up to you)	Allowed; US stocks and Forex go close-only 5 min around US macro releases
Weekend holding	Allowed (crypto and stocks trade 24/7)	Allowed; index positions opened or increased late Friday are closed in full
Current offer	None now	None now
Rules checked	November 4, 2026	November 2, 2026

Kraken Funded: source 1source 2source 3source 4Upscale: source 1source 2source 3source 4source 5source 6source 7source 8source 9

Prices at each account size

Account	Kraken Funded	Upscale
Sizes both sell
$10K	$90Challenge	$99Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size
$25K	$250Challenge	$219Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size
Sizes only one sells
$1K	$20Challenge	Not sold
$5K	Not sold	$59Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size
$50K	Not sold	$349Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size
$100K	Not sold	$699Basic, RWA9 challenges at this size
$200K	Not sold	$1,299Basic, RWA6 challenges at this size

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Current offers

Kraken Funded

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Buy

Upscale

No code seen in the last seven days.

Buy

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 29 days.

Firm and program	Bitcoin cap	Daily limit	Move that uses it up	Days Bitcoin moved that far
Upscale · Accelerated	5x	3%	0.6%	26 of 29
Upscale · Basic	5x	5%	1%	18 of 29

Kraken Funded states no single Bitcoin leverage cap.

Recent rule changes

Kraken Funded

1. Nov 4Account sizes

   Dropped the $5,000 challenge ($50) and added a $25,000 one at $250; $1,000 stays at $20 and $10,000 at $90.

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Upscale

1. Nov 2Other

   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".

   Firm's page

2. Sep 27Account sizes

   Added $50,000 and $100,000 Turbo accounts, at $1,499 and $2,999 for crypto; Turbo had stopped at $25,000.

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3. Sep 27Markets

   Added 15 markets: nine US stocks, three South Korean stocks, the Korea 200 index, natural gas and copper.

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4. Sep 27Other

   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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