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Entry: any $25K+ account bought during the promo

🤖 “Hey Claude, open a BTC long” You can now do that with Upscale. And that's just the start – calculate position sizes, check trading limits, and analyze your trades, all right from your chat. We put together a step-by-step guide to help you get started – from connecting ChatGPT or Claude to placing your first orders with an AI agent. And there's a little bonus waiting in the video comments – a cheat sheet with our best prompts. 📹 Watch the video and start automating your trading ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🤝 Your questions about the offer, answered How do you get up to 50% off upfront? How many accounts can you buy? And how do you join the private tournament? Here’s what you need to know. 1️⃣ How do I get the discount? Choose your account and enter a promo code at checkout: 40% off upfront – Basic $100K and $200K accounts. Codes: VIP01, VIP02, VIP03, VIP04, VIP05 50% off upfront – all other eligible accounts. Codes: SALE1, SALE2, SALE3, SALE4, SALE5 At your first payout, an additional 100% of the standard account fee will be deducted from your profits. 2️⃣ Can I buy multiple accounts? Yes – that’s why we’ve provided multiple codes. Each code can be used once, with a maximum of 5 account purchases per user during the offer. You’ll find the codes in question 1. 3️⃣ What if I don’t reach a payout? Then you don’t pay anything extra. The additional fee is deducted only when you withdraw profits. Bought three accounts but reached a payout on just one? The additional fee applies only to that account. 4️⃣ What’s the benefit? You need less money upfront to get started. For accounts eligible for 50% off, starting two identical accounts costs the same upfront as starting one at the regular price. Complete your challenges at your own pace and pay the additional fee only on accounts you receive a payout from. 5️⃣ Can I combine this offer with my personal discounts? No, discounts can’t be combined. The maximum upfront discount during this offer is 50%. 6️⃣ How do I join the private tournament? Buy any account of $25K or more during the offer and receive a $10K tournament account with access to all markets. • Entry is exclusive to participants in this promotion • The tournament will run for two days – we’ll choose the dates together • Tournament accounts have a 10% trailing drawdown • Traders with the highest profits win 50 prize-winning places: 🥇 1st: 1,000 USDT + winner’s trophy 🥈 2nd: Basic $100K account (all markets) + 500 USDT 🥉 3rd: Basic $100K account (crypto or RWA) + 250 USDT • 4th: Basic $50K account (crypto or RWA) + 125 USDT • 5th: Basic $25K account (crypto or RWA) + 125 USDT • 6th–10th: Basic $10K account (crypto or RWA) + 100 USDT each • 11th–20th: Basic $5K account (crypto or RWA) + 50 USDT each • 21st–50th: Basic $1K account (crypto or RWA) each 7️⃣ Can I pay by card? Yes. You can pay by card or use any of the other available payment methods. We covered all available payment options in this post. 🗓️ Don’t miss out: Offer ends November 5 at 10:00 UTC. 👉 Enter your code and get started with up to 50% off ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🔥 Start your challenge with up to 50% off On average, funded traders’ first payout is 6 times their account fee. But not everyone wants to pay the full price upfront for a larger account. For just 48 hours, we’re cutting the upfront cost more than ever! 🤝 How does it work? 1️⃣ Choose your account and enter a promo code at checkout: 🔥️️️️ 40% off upfront: Basic $100K and $200K accounts 🎟 Codes: VIP01, VIP02, VIP03, VIP04, VIP05 🔥️️️️ 50% off upfront: All other accounts (Basic up to $50K, all Accelerated and Turbo) 🎟 Codes: SALE1, SALE2, SALE3, SALE4, SALE5 2️⃣ Complete your challenge at your own pace 3️⃣ Reach your first payout? An additional 100% of the standard account fee will be deducted from your profits 4️⃣ Don’t reach a payout? Nothing more to pay 💎 Make the most of this offer • Go for the account size you’ve had your eye on, with 40–50% less to pay upfront. • Buy multiple accounts using different codes – the additional fee applies only to accounts you receive a payout from. 🏆 Every account purchase of $25K or more also gets you entry to a private tournament with 3,000 USDT and over $400K in accounts up for grabs. 🗓️ Don’t miss out: Offer ends November 5 at 10:00 UTC. 👉 Enter your code and get started with up to 50% off ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

📹 Split the cost with friends – paid off his debt Five years of trading. $100 in your account, credit card debt hanging over your head. You keep trying to grow the first to pay off the second. Sound familiar? That's Vlad's story, the guest of our latest interview. He couldn't afford an Upscale account on his own, so he literally pooled money with his friends to enter our tournament. 👨‍💻 How did that gamble turn out? Second place, a $100,000 funded account, and $5,000 in total payouts – enough for Vlad to pay off his credit card debt in full. 🤨 But here's the surprising part – Vlad admits he barely has a trading strategy. He even calls himself a "survivorship bias case." Why did he keep losing when trading with his own $100, but start withdrawing profits on a much larger funded account? 👇 🍿 Watch the interview on YouTube or ⚡️ Read the text version ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🔐 Binance got hacked. What now? Last night, around $6.3 billion was drained from Binance’s hot wallets in a matter of minutes. The biggest hack in crypto history – roughly four times the size of the Bybit hack in 2025. Early findings suggest the attackers gained access through a DevOps engineer’s laptop. 📉 And it’s not the first time: • Bybit, February 2025: $1.5 billion • Bitget, September 2026: $388 million 💸 “Don’t keep your money on CEX.” We hear it after every hack. For savings, that makes sense: a self-custody wallet, your own keys, no exchange holding your funds. But damn it, you need funds on the exchange to trade. “Keep them somewhere else” is easier said than done. 🫡 There’s a way out of that trade-off: trade with someone else’s capital With a prop firm, you pay for an account and trade the firm’s capital. Your account fee is at risk, rather than your entire trading deposit. 👀 But can you trust the prop firm? Not every firm. You need evidence: • How many payouts has it processed, and how consistently does it pay? • Can you verify the transactions onchain? • Is the team accessible? • What are traders in the community saying? 🤝 At Upscale, we put those answers out in the open: over $3.5M paid to traders, verifiable onchain transactions, trader interviews, and an open community. Keep your money under your control. We’ll provide the capital to trade. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🔥 AI Agents, Position Reversal & Advanced Analytics: Upscale Update One of our biggest platform updates yet is here! New features for traders, algo traders, and partners. Let's break it down: 🤖 Connect AI Agents to Your Account You can now manage your Upscale trading account using natural language through ChatGPT, Claude Code, and other AI tools. Go to Settings → MCP and follow the setup instructions. You'll need an API key and an account with API trading enabled. 🔄 The Long-Awaited Position Reversal Switch from long to short and back with a single click. Your current position closes, and a new one opens in the opposite direction. You'll need to set your Stop Loss and Take Profit again. We've also added separate displays for spreads and price impact, adjustable maximum price deviation, and a daily drawdown risk warning before placing a trade. 📊 Advanced Partner Analytics See which accounts your audience prefers, how often they return to make another purchase, and what generates the most revenue. Available to partners with at least 5 active referrals. 🤲 What Else? • New markets: ORCL, AVGO, TSM, and JP225 • Maximum number of active accounts increased from 4 to 5 • Improved platform stability What do you think of the update? Open Upscale, try out the new features, and share your thoughts in our community chat! ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

💰 How much do Upscale funded traders actually make? People get into prop trading to make money. But when you see a screenshot of a payout worth several thousand dollars, you can't help but wonder: "Is that really achievable? Or is it someone's all-time record?" We analyzed 1,462 real payouts specifically for our community. We calculated the median payout for each account size and compared it to the account price: 💵 $5K → $234 – 3.4× the account price 💵 $10K → $410 – 3.4× 💵 $25K → $1,081 – 4.3× 💵 $50K → $2,049 – 5.1× 💵 $100K → $4,086 – 5.7× 💵 $200K → $9,798 – 7.8× 💡 What's interesting here? • These aren't record-breaking payouts. These are median values, meaning half of the payouts in our dataset are even higher. • A single payout can cover your entry cost several times over. For example, the median payout on a $50K account is $2,049 – roughly five times the account price. • Your account stays active after a payout. You can keep trading and receiving payouts as long as you follow the rules. Of course, not everyone makes it to the payout stage, and everyone trades at their own pace. But among those who do receive payouts, these amounts are far from exceptional. 🫡 What if you could pay less to access the exact same account? More details coming soon. Turn on channel notifications so you don't miss the announcement. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

💻 A prop firm with its own trading platform. Why should you care? Imagine this: you're trading with a prop firm, following the rules, and withdrawing profits. Then one day, instead of your charts, you see an announcement: "We're shutting down." The broker providing the firm's trading platform has stopped supporting the service. You haven't broken any rules. But suddenly, you have nowhere to trade. 💀 For Funds For Traders users, this wasn't hypothetical In August 2024, the firm announced its closure after Eightcap decided to stop supporting MT4 and MT5 for prop trading. Without access to these platforms, the firm couldn't continue operating. 🤐 Someone else's platform. Someone else's decisions For a prop firm, integrating an existing platform is easier than building one from scratch. But that convenience comes with dependency: when a partner changes the rules, traders face the consequences – even though they never chose that partner in the first place. 🫡 Upscale took a different approach We built our own trading platform and continue improving it to reduce our dependence on third parties. Here's what that means for you: 🧰 All markets and features in one place Crypto, stocks, indices, forex, and commodities – all in one platform. Track your account progress, manage risks, and request payouts without jumping between services. 🤝 Your feedback shapes the product Missing an order type or important trade details? We don't have to wait for someone else's platform to release an update. Share your ideas in our community chat or with support – your suggestions help us decide what to improve next. 🐈‍⬛ Upscale is expanding globally We're expanding into new markets worldwide, making Upscale accessible to more traders. Trade from your desktop or smartphone – in your browser, through Telegram, or via our PWA app. Having our own trading platform doesn't eliminate every risk. But it gives us more freedom to build Upscale into the product we – and our traders – want it to be! ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

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🏆 Comment contest results: Kirill’s interview! Thanks to everyone who watched the interview and shared their thoughts in the comments. We’ve selected the winners – each receives a $5,000 prop trading account. Congratulations! Over a year of trading on the same funded account and 12 payouts – Kirill’s story shows the value of consistency. That’s the kind of track record we hope to see you build, too. 🫶 To claim your prize, message @storm_support_bot with your Upscale ID and preferred account type: Crypto or RWA. See you in the next episode! ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🫡 Tournament registration closes today at 16:00 UTC

🤝 $200K in accounts up for grabs in our partner tournament Traders, we're hosting a tournament with Sparkling on October 22–23. 🏆 What are the prizes? 🥇 1st place – $100K Basic (Crypto or RWA) 🥈 2nd place – $50K Basic (Crypto or RWA) 🥉 3rd place – $25K Basic (Crypto or RWA) 🏅 4th place – $10K Basic (Crypto or RWA) 🏅 5th place – $5K Basic (Crypto or RWA) 🏅 6th–15th places – $1K Basic each (Crypto or RWA) 👨‍💻 How to participate? 1. Create an account using this link 2. Fill out the Google Form by October 21 to enter the tournament 3. Everyone who submits the form will be added to the Upscale tournament ✍️ Tournament details Dates: October 22, 00:01 UTC – October 23, 23:59 UTC Tournament account: $10K, all markets Trailing drawdown: 10% Join the tournament, climb the leaderboard, and compete for prizes! ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🤝 The exclusive tournament starts today at 10:00 UTC Bought an account worth $10K or more during our "Second Account Free" promotion? Then this tournament is for you! 🔥 What's in store? 🏆 50 prize spots – 3,000 USDT and accounts up to $100K up for grabs. 📈 $10K tournament account with trailing drawdown. Winners will be determined by their final P&L. ⏰ Updated tournament schedule: Start – October 19, 10:00 UTC End – October 21, 10:00 UTC Good luck and happy trading. See you on the leaderboard! ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🎁 5 x $5K accounts for the best comments Have you watched our interview with Kirill yet? He's kept the same funded account active for over a year. How long did your longest-lasting account survive? 🤔 Share your trading experience on YouTube Watch the interview and leave a comment: What helps you keep your account alive? Which mistakes cost you the most? Or do you trade without strict rules? ☁️ We want to hear your real experiences, so AI-generated comments won't be considered. 🗓️ Leave your comment by October 21 (inclusive). After that, we'll pick the 5 most interesting ones and reward each author with a $5K Basic account! 🍿 Watch the interview and share your story ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

📹 12 payouts and 22x returns from a single Upscale account! Meet Kirill. He's been trading with us since August 20, 2025, keeping the same funded account active for over a year. 💰 $130 – spent on a $10K challenge 📈 $2,922 – withdrawn across 12 payouts 🔥 х22,5 – his total payouts compared to the challenge cost 🤝 We decided to scale up his success! To reward almost 14 months of consistent trading, the Upscale team gifted Kirill a new $25K funded account, with no challenge required. While other prop firms limit payouts, we believe successful traders deserve more opportunities to grow. 🎬 How did Kirill keep his account active for so long? How did he secure 12 payouts with just a 50% win rate? And how does he balance trading with a full-time job? 🍿 Watch his story in our new video or ⚡️ Read the full interview ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

Upscale 🤝 Sparkling We’re teaming up with @SparklingAI – a trading app with a built-in AI agent for swaps, perps, and prediction markets. Next week, we’re launching a trading tournament with up to $200K in prizes. Let's make trading great again 🔥 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

⌛️ Our best Turbo offer ends in one hour! Get two accounts for the price of one: ⚡️ Turbo up to $100K – get a second identical account for free, no challenge required. 🎁 Basic and Accelerated – get a second account for free after reaching the funded stage. 🏆 Buying an account from $10K also gets you an entry to our tournament with 50 prize spots: 3,000 USDT + accounts up to $100K. 👉 Choose your account before 10:00 UTC ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🤝 Your questions about the promotion, answered How do you get a second account? Does Turbo qualify? Who gets into the private tournament? Here are all the details. 1️⃣ How do I get a second account for free? Purchase one or more accounts during the promotion: • Basic or Accelerated – pass the challenge and reach the funded stage. We’ll give you a new account of the same type and size. • Turbo – get another account of the same type and size without passing a challenge. Example: Purchase a $50K Basic → reach the funded stage → get another $50K Basic for free. 2️⃣ Do I need to pass the challenge within 24 hours? No. You only need to purchase the account while the promotion is active. Complete the challenge at your own pace. You’ll receive the free account after reaching the funded stage. 3️⃣ Can I purchase multiple accounts? Yes. The promotion applies to every account purchased within the 24-hour period. Purchase three Basic or Accelerated accounts and take all three to the funded stage – get three new accounts for free. 4️⃣ What if I want to start funded right away? Choose Turbo up to $100K and start trading on a funded account without a challenge. Turbo is also included in the promotion: you’ll get another account of the same type and size without passing a challenge. 5️⃣ How do I enter the private tournament? Purchase any account with a size of $10K or more during the promotion – you’ll automatically receive a $10K tournament account with access to all markets. • Two full days: October 19, 00:00 – October 20, 23:59 UTC • Trailing drawdown applies • Traders with the highest profit win There are 50 prize-winning places: 🥇 1st: 1,000 USDT + winner’s trophy 🥈 2nd: $100K Basic (all markets) + 500 USDT 🥉 3rd: $100K Basic (Crypto or RWA) + 250 USDT • 4th: $50K Basic (Crypto or RWA) + 125 USDT • 5th: $25K Basic (Crypto or RWA) + 125 USDT • 6th–10th: $10K Basic (Crypto or RWA) + 100 USDT • 11th–20th: $5K Basic (Crypto or RWA) + 50 USDT • 21st–50th: $1K Basic (Crypto or RWA) 6️⃣ Can I pay by card? Yes. You can pay by card or use any of the other available payment methods. We covered all available payment options in this post. 🗓 Available for 24 hours: until October 16, 10:00 UTC 👉 Choose one market and trade them all for the same price ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🔥 Pass the challenge – get a second account for free Have a strategy that works? Great! Pass the challenge, reach the funded stage, and get a second account for free. 🎁 How does it work? 1️⃣ Purchase one or more accounts during the promotion 2️⃣ For Basic and Accelerated accounts – pass the challenge, reach the funded stage, and get a new account of the same type and size 3️⃣ For Turbo – get a new account without passing a challenge Don’t want to wait? Choose Turbo up to $100K and start trading on a funded account right away. 🏆 Purchase from $10K = a tournament entry Two full days of trading and 50 prize-winning places. The prize pool includes 3,000 USDT + accounts up to $100K. • $10K tournament accounts with trailing drawdown • October 19, 00:00 – October 20, 23:59 UTC 🗓 Available for 24 hours: October 15, 10:00 – October 16, 10:00 UTC 👉 Choose your account and get more from your trading ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🤝 Upscale traders withdrew $39,015 this week Getting a take-profit notification feels good. Seeing money hit your wallet? Even better. This week, we processed $39,015 in payouts. The average was $1,147, with the largest reaching $7,041. 🫡 Every payout has a transaction behind it While other firms show certificates, we back our payouts with on-chain transactions at upscale.trade. A public payout history is the Upscale standard. 👨‍💻 So how did traders get there? What did they trade? Which strategies worked? We cover all this in our trader interviews on YouTube. And if you've received a payout yourself, come show it off in our community's Payout Hall. 🔥 A little spoiler for those planning to get started Tomorrow, we're launching a promo that makes getting started on your journey toward a payout with Upscale even more rewarding. Turn on notifications so you don't miss the launch. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🤖 What happens when you give AI $10K to trade with? Alpha Arena decided to find out: they gave six AI models $10K each and complete freedom to trade. We looked at the results and came up with an even more interesting question: 💡 Could any of these AI models pass an Upscale challenge? We took our rules, compared them with the trading results, and made some interesting discoveries. 👉 Read how it all turned out P.S. Do you use AI in trading? 🔥 - Yes, as a trading assistant 🚀 - Yes, it trades for me 🗿 - No, I rely on my own judgment ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

Grabbed a screenshot from the demo for you. We were told “only for our people”. You’re our people 😏 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

😏 Used to trading in lots? We’ve made you a cheat sheet “Hey guys, is there a guide to managing positions on Upscale? I’m used to lots, and I’m finding this a bit confusing.” Sound familiar? We’ve seen this question come up in chat more than once. 🫡 So we put together a quick guide to lots and position sizing, so you don’t have to dig through messages for answers. 🤝 Inside – how to size your position based on your stop loss and risk per trade, how much margin you’ll need, and what to watch out for when switching from lots. All on one page. No signup. No SMS codes. 🔗 Download the PDF and keep it handy for your next trade. Still have questions? Drop them in the chat. We’ll work through them together! ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🤝 The move is complete The @storm_support_bot is now running on the new service. You can contact our team as usual. If you had an unresolved issue, please send us a new message. We’ll see your previous conversation and continue from where we left off. The Upscale Team ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support

🤝 Making Upscale support easier to use We’re moving our support bot @storm_support_bot to a new service to make it easier to reach our team. The switch will take about 30–45 minutes. The bot will be temporarily unavailable during this time. We’ll let you know here as soon as the move is complete. The Upscale Team ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆙 App | Web | Chat | News | Twitter | YouTube | Support