Guides

Learn how challenges work

Plain guides to the rules, risk and markets of a trading challenge, with worked examples and how each works on Runtiler.

The basics

How prop firm challenges workWhat a trading challenge is, why firms use them, the rules most of them share, and how a challenge works on Runtiler, from buying to your first reward.
1-step vs 2-step challengesThe trade-offs between one profit target and two smaller ones, how price and time differ, and how to pick the shape that fits the way you trade.
Instant funding explainedWhat an instant funded account is, what you get and give up compared with a step challenge, and how claims work from your first day.
How payouts workWhen you can claim a reward, how much it is, how it's checked and paid in USDC, and what happens to your account after, with a worked example.
Runtiler vs traditional prop firmsA fair comparison of Runtiler with a typical prop firm: who makes the rules, how prices are set, refunds, payouts in USDC and what stays the same.

Rules explained

Risk and sizing

Markets and costs

Making challenges

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