🧨 Less than one day left until the $545K giveaway

Winning an Upscale challenge has never been this easy.

🤝 Invite 3+ friends by the end of today (00:00 UTC) and you will automatically enter the giveaway taking place tomorrow.

Just share the link from your referral page with friends and make sure they appear in your referrals list.

🫶 Bonus: if any of your invited friends purchase a challenge before the promotion ends, you are guaranteed to receive a $1,000 challenge.

👉 Full giveaway terms are available here

Good luck!
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🎉 $545K Giveaway Winners

The moment has arrived. The draw is complete - and we have our winners!

Congratulations to everyone who got lucky today. You’re taking home well-deserved trading accounts and prizes 👏

🚀 $50K (Basic, Crypto)
1. FQHY2
2. 7BYJV
3. 5WKU8
4. W8EEL
5. W6PFN

🚀 $25K (Basic, Crypto)
1. 5FS8X
2. P15P2
3. CDDGS
4. 1MGUT
5. W6CM9

🚀 $10K (Basic, Crypto)
1. 3F2T7
2. LPQW1
3. PGPSR
4. PLH9Q
5. UH249

🚀 FUN DED T-shirt
1. IDYS5
2. GW1PU
3. 6IU38
4. 4JA3W
5. POO6A

🚀 $25K (Turbo, Crypto)
1. PXF75
2. 5OQHL
3. SUSNE

🚀 $10K (Turbo, Crypto)
1. WYCKF
2. PG90A
3. TTD6B

🚀 $5K (Turbo, Crypto)
1. T8AZY
2. BL936
3. 2AWZS

🔍 To check your result, find your referral code in the list above. You can view your code on the referrals page.

🤝 All prizes will be credited within 2 days. If you won a T-shirt, please contact us via @storm_support_bot and provide your delivery details.

This was a big giveaway - and we’re just getting started. Turn on notifications so you don’t miss what’s coming next.
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💸 Withdrawal Guide: how to take profits on Upscale

You’ve passed the challenge and you’re now on a funded account - nice. Let’s break down how and when you can withdraw your profits.

⏰ When can you withdraw?

After moving to funding, a bit of time is needed for trading to settle into a stable rhythm:

• 14 days from the moment you switch to funded
• 5 profitable days (not necessarily consecutive, at a comfortable pace)
• Risk parameters respected

After those 14 days, the profitable-day counter does not reset. Profitable days keep accumulating until your first withdrawal.

💰 How much can you withdraw?

• You can withdraw profits starting from 1 USD, as long as they are not used in open positions
• Your share is 80-90% of the profit (80% is standard, +10% can be added when purchasing a challenge)

💸 Withdrawal limits

• Each account size has a per-period withdrawal limit - for example, $30K for a $200K account or $4K for a $10K account
• Made more than the limit? No problem. The remaining profit does not expire. It stays on the balance, adds a buffer against drawdown, and can be withdrawn in the next period

The full limits table is available in the documentation.

🤝 Important details

• One withdrawal request per period, even if you don’t withdraw the full amount
• After a withdrawal, the balance is reduced, but risk limits are not recalculated - you can keep trading normally
• Risk violations → account closure and profit cancellation. No exceptions.

🤝 The Upscale philosophy

Upscale is a marathon, not a sprint. Withdraw when your trading is stable - not when you’re rushing to “grab it faster”.

Upscale is built to support traders over the long run, not to push them into rushed decisions.
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🔥 $399 in. Over $40K out

Sometimes it’s worth looking not at “perfect” stories, but at the ones that actually work 👇

Trader Wade Wilson (known in the Katana community and through his own Telegram channel) took a $50K challenge for $399 and withdrew profits multiple times, earning over $40K in total (100x+ on the initial cost).

He also reinvested part of that profit into new $50K and $200K accounts to scale his results even further.

You might think this was just luck. But here’s the key detail: the winrates on his two funded accounts are 47% and 29%. Yes, that means most of his trades are losers.

🫢 So how do you make money with win rates like that?

It’s simple. Wade doesn’t try to be right all the time. He accepts losses as part of the strategy and trades so that one strong winner covers multiple mistakes.

• Average profit: +$1,133
• Average loss: -$470

He cuts losing trades quickly, usually within an hour. Winning trades are held for 3+ hours.

No rushing. No panic. He gives the market time to work the idea out.

🦁 His trading style can be aggressive: he often works with maximum leverage and increases risk when current profit allows it.

And this is where the environment really matters 🤏

Upscale’s limits don’t allow a normal drawdown to turn into a critical mistake. They consistently bring the focus back to a simple idea: protecting the result is more important than revenge trading.

💡 The takeaway is simple: Upscale isn’t about being perfect or guessing the market. It’s about rules, control, and repeatability.

If you’ve been thinking about prop trading but keep postponing it 👉 a challenge is still the most honest way to test your strategy without risking your own deposit.

P.S. Want an interview with Wade Wilson? Drop some reactions under the post - if there’s enough interest, we’ll invite him to share his strategy 🤝
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😱 $BTC < $65,000. Extreme fear in the market

The Fear and Greed Index is a simple sentiment indicator.
It factors in volatility, trading volumes, and trader behavior, reducing everything to a scale from 0 to 100.

Right now, the reading is 5.
That’s extreme fear.
The last time the market was at this level was in 2022, during the Terra (LUNA) collapse.

In phases like this, the market turns sharp and decisions become rushed.
Attempts to catch the bottom or time a reversal often lead to excessive risk - exactly where caution is needed most.

Over the past 24 hours, more than $2.7B has been liquidated, most of it BTC long positions.

🤲 This is exactly when prop trading becomes especially useful. It allows you to:

• risk only the cost of the account, not your entire capital
• survive sharp market moves without fatal consequences
• run multiple strategies in parallel

Put simply, prop trading is a bodyguard for your deposit.
It takes the hit when the market is running on adrenaline.

If the current situation feels unsettling, that’s normal.

What matters is trading in a way that leaves you room for mistakes and the ability to keep going.

That’s exactly what Upscale is built for.
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📈 Share your trading ideas and win up to $100,000

Hey traders, how’s the market treating you?

Given everything that’s going on, we’re launching a new trading ideas contest 👇

1️⃣ Post your trading idea for assets traded on Upscale in the Trading topic
2️⃣ Add the hashtag #idea to your post
3️⃣ Deadline: February 10 (inclusive)

One post = one idea. You can submit multiple ideas, but only your best one will be considered.

💡 Requirements

Your trading idea must include:
• a chart with key levels
• direction and entry point
• clear reasoning behind the idea
• SL and TP
• price targets

Explain your logic clearly and in detail.

🤑 Prize pool

• $100K challenge (crypto)
• $50K challenge (crypto)
• $25K challenge (crypto)

🧨 How winners are selected

• depth and clarity of the analysis
• reactions and discussion from the community confirming the idea’s usefulness
• actual execution of the scenario (screenshots with positive P&L are a strong plus)

🫡 Not in the chat yet?

Join, complete the captcha in the Welcome section, and win together with Upscale!
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🪧 Complete Overview of the Upscale Platform

You often ask how specific Upscale features work and what to pay attention to before entering a trade.

That’s why we recorded a detailed walkthrough of the Upscale platform.

Denis, the platform’s lead developer, walks through the full trader journey - from registration to profit withdrawal.

🤲 In this video:

• Challenge types, how they differ, and who they are for
• Trading terminal, order types, and spread mechanics
• Drawdowns, profit days, and risk parameters
• Tournaments and the referral program
• And many small but critical details that are often learned only through costly mistakes

🔗 Watch the platform overview

We added timestamps so you can jump straight to the topic you’re interested in.

Trading doesn’t start with entering a position. It starts with understanding the environment you trade in.
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⭐️ Trading Ideas Contest Winners

You turned this into a real intellectual storm.
Over 300 setups - with calculations, wave analysis, risk management, and cold discipline. Choosing the best was anything but easy.

Meet the winners:

🥇 1st place - $100K Challenge

A well-argued ZEC idea based on Elliott Wave theory. Clear structure, defined entry logic, precise targets, flawless execution.

🥈 2nd place - $50K Challenge

15 ideas across different assets with strictly limited risk. Discipline > emotions.

🥉 3rd place - $25K Challenge

Several strong setups that fully played out according to plan.

🚀 And that’s not all

The level was so high that we expanded the winners list beyond the original prize pool.

🏅 4th place - $25K Challenge

A set of well-structured ideas with clear targets and quality chart markup.

🏅 5th place - $25K Challenge

For submitting a large number of thoughtful ideas, consistency, and strong engagement throughout the contest.

🏅 6th place - $10K Challenge

A clearly structured and well-presented setup.

🏅 7th place - $10K Challenge

An original approach and a solid, well-explained idea.

🏅 Team Choice Award - $10K Challenge

For adding a touch of humor to a serious game.

This contest proved one thing: the Upscale community trades with intention. Ideas here are not emotional reactions - they’re calculated decisions.

Thank you to everyone who participated. Winners have already received their prizes.

New contests? Coming soon. Turn on notifications so you don’t miss what’s next.
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😡 THIS ISN’T FAIR! I did everything right!

If you’ve ever heard that voice in your head, we get it. You’re not a bad trader. You’re in a moment where emotions start driving decisions.

1️⃣ You’re angry at the market: “That damn MM hunted my stop again.”
2️⃣ You’re angry at yourself: “I knew I shouldn’t have taken that trade. I messed it up.”
3️⃣ After a series of stops, you feel the urge to win it back at any cost.

Each of these scenarios looks different.
But they all end the same way: breaking your risk rules.

We’ve seen strong traders lose their accounts not because of a bad strategy, but because of one emotional impulse.

That’s why we adapted Jared Tendler’s system, performance coach to world-class poker champions and prop traders in 45 countries, to the reality of Upscale:

1️⃣ 5 types of tilt with fast self-diagnosis
1️⃣ Practical techniques you can apply during live trading
1️⃣ A 30-day discipline reset plan

👉 Read the article

Stop fighting your emotions. Learn to manage them.

Trade with discipline. Trade with Upscale!
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😘 We love you. So here are the gifts

Dear traders, did you really think Valentine’s Day would pass without us? The market can be cold. We’re not.

We’ve prepared 3 special activities for tomorrow👇

😘 Drawdown Protection

Everyone who purchases a challenge on February 14 from 00:01 to 23:59 UTC gets free drawdown protection.

😍 Love Stories

• Share in the contest topic why you love Upscale and why you choose to trade with us.
• The most genuine stories will win challenges worth $25K, $10K, and $5K.
• Deadline: February 16, 23:59 UTC.

🥹 Bouquet or SPA Gift for Your Other Half

• Bought an account from the moment this post goes live until 14:14 UTC on February 14?
• You’re automatically entered into a giveaway for a bouquet or a SPA certificate.

Because a trader can be ruthless in the market
and soft in real life.

🍑 Ready to grab your challenge?

With love, Upscale.
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😊 Check your challenges

Daily drawdown protection has been credited to everyone who purchased new accounts on February 14.
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💰 How does the Upscale referral program work?

Today we want to break down a mechanism that many traders unfairly overlook.

They open the “Referrals” tab, see 10%, and assume it’s not much.

But what most people don’t realize is that 10% in Upscale can be more rewarding than 50% on CEX exchanges. Here’s why 👇

Centralized exchanges, or CEXs (such as Bybit, Binance, OKX), typically pay you a percentage of the trading fees generated by the trader you referred.

Some platforms offer up to 50–70% commission sharing. It sounds impressive.

🍆 But here’s the catch…

Let’s look at a simple example.

Exchange fee: 0.1%
You receive 50% of that.
Your friend trades $250 in volume.

Calculation:
$250 × 0.1% × 50% = $0.125

That’s 12 cents.

Even with $10,000 in trading volume, you’d only receive $5 in cashback.

Because the reward is calculated from trading fees, the actual payout depends entirely on how much and how long your friend trades.

💸 Upscale takes a different approach

Our trading fees are among the lowest on the market, starting from 0.0035%. We intentionally keep them low without compromising referral conditions.

Instead of sharing trading fees, we share a portion of the challenge fee.

If your friend purchases a $250 account, you receive $25 immediately at the moment of purchase.

If they purchase a $1,300 account, you receive $130.

This model keeps trading costs low for traders while making referrals meaningfully rewarding.

🔗 If you’re already recommending Upscale, make sure you’re getting paid for it
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😘 Story Contest Winners

Friends, you sent us SO many stories that choosing the best ones was honestly tough… the best kind of tough.

So many of you mentioned our strong community, the amazing activities, and the smooth, user-friendly trading terminal. Just know this: we love you right back. If it were up to us, we’d reward every single one of you.

But rules are rules. Here are the ones who hit us right in the heart:

🥇 1st place – $25K Challenge

The winner sent us… a song. Yes, an actual song. And we’ve attached it to this post.
Author: @vladislav170305

🥈 2nd place – $10K Challenge
Author: @BlummulB

🥉 3rd place – $10K Challenge
Author: @NBRKIN

🏅 4th place – $5K Challenge
Author: @Pyles0s

🏅 5th place – $5K Challenge
Author: @theloserN1

🏅 6th place – $5K Challenge
Author: @upscale_cat

🏅 7th place – $5K Challenge
Author: @MotiMacro

🏅 8th place – $5K Challenge
Author: @Aichipd

👉 See your username?
Message @storm_support_bot and let us know which account to credit the prize to. We’re ready.

Congrats to the winners and thank you to everyone who shared their story with us 🫶
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🛌 A $300 loss hits harder than a $300 profit feels good

This is called loss aversion.

Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman proved that the pain of a loss is about 2.5 times more intense than the pleasure of an equal gain.

Evolution wired our brains to survive, not to make money.

☕️ So how does this affect trading?

• You hold a losing trade longer than you should. “Maybe it’ll bounce.”
• You close a winner too early. “Better take it while it’s there.”
• One red day wipes out an entire green week in your mind.

Sound familiar? You’re not a bad trader. It’s brain chemistry shaped over thousands of years.

🗿 So what can you do about it?

You can’t outsmart your brain. Fighting emotions doesn’t work.

But there is a solution.

When your risks are defined before you enter the market, your stop is exactly where it should be. Your daily loss limit is set before you even open the terminal. A loss stops feeling like a catastrophe.

That’s how prop trading works.

😙 At Upscale, risk parameters are built directly into your account

You’re not deciding in the moment how much you can lose. That’s already defined. Your only job is to trade within the rules.

And when you do that, losses stop being a punch to the gut. They become part of the process.

The trader who understands this is unstoppable!
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⚡️ 23% off Turbo and Accelerated accounts - today only

Most traders delay getting started. Then delay it again. Not today.

Get 23% off any Turbo or Accelerated account and take the next step toward funded trading.

🚀 Promo code: 23FEB

Enter it in the promo code field on the account selection page and shorten your path to funding.

The offer is valid until 00:00 UTC.
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