Upscale provides access to several markets with instant order execution. The category of trading pairs available to you is chosen when you buy a challenge.
| Category | Instruments | Maximum leverage |
|---|---|---|
| Crypto | 105 | x5 |
| Forex | 7 | x100 |
| Gold and silver | 2 | x10 |
| WTI crude oil | 1 | x5, x2 for Turbo |
| Natural gas and copper | 2 | x10, x3 for Turbo |
| Indices | 7 | x15 (US), x10 (GER40, EU50, KR200) |
| 24/7 stocks | 20 | x5, x2 for Turbo |
Asset categories
Crypto
More than a hundred highly liquid cryptocurrencies. Maximum leverage: x5.
| Group | Trading assets |
|---|---|
| Layer 1 coins | BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, GRAM, ADA, AVAX, BNB, TRX, XLM, NEAR, ALGO, ATOM, BCH, BSV, DOT, ETC, HBAR, ICP, IOTA, KAS, LTC, MNT, SUI, TAO, TIA, XTZ, VET, APT, BERA, S |
| Layer 2 solutions | ARB, OP, STRK, POL, LINEA, IMX, STX |
| DeFi and DEX tokens | UNI, AAVE, CRV, CAKE, DYDX, DEXE, PENDLE, ONDO, ENA, INJ, RAY, RUNE, SEI, JUP, JTO, BGB, HYPE, LDO, EIGEN, DEEP, AERO, PNUT, MORPHO |
| NFT and gaming tokens | AXS, CHZ, GALA, MANA, SAND |
| Meme and community tokens | DOGE, 1000PEPE, 1000SHIB, 1000BONK, FLOKI, FARTCOIN, TURBO, BRETT, WIF, POPCAT, PENGU, TRUMP, PUMP |
| Privacy coins | XMR, ZEC, DASH |
| Infrastructure and services | LINK, FIL, ENS, PYTH, RENDER, GRT, ORDI, IP, KAITO, KAIA, WLD, ZRO, FET, GRASS, CRO, SKY, QNT |
| AI and emerging trends | VIRTUAL, ASTER, 0G, WAL, JASMY, MOVE |
RWA (Real World Assets)
Traditional financial assets: currency pairs, commodities, stock indices and shares.
Forex
Available pairs (7): AUD/USD, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, NZD/USD, USDCAD, USDCHF, USDJPY
Currency pairs covering the major world currencies against the US dollar. Maximum leverage: x100.
Commodities
Available pairs (5): XAU (gold), XAG (silver), WTI (WTI Crude Oil), NATGAS (natural gas), HG (copper)
Commodity instruments reflect the value of physical assets and are traditionally used for hedging and portfolio diversification.
| Instrument | Leverage | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| XAU, XAG | x10 | hours tied to US exchange sessions |
| WTI | x5, x2 for Turbo | trades 24/7, open interest cap of $150,000 per direction |
| NATGAS | x10, x3 for Turbo | trades 24/7, open interest cap of $150,000 per direction |
| HG | x10, x3 for Turbo | trades 23/5 with a daily break, open interest cap of $300,000 per direction |
Indices
Available pairs (7):
| Ticker | Instrument |
|---|---|
| US500/USD | US Large Cap 500 Futures |
| NAS100/USD | US Tech 100 Futures |
| US30/USD | US Blue Chip 30 Futures |
| US2000/USD | US Small Cap 2000 Futures |
| GER40/EUR | Germany 40 Futures |
| EU50/EUR | Euro 50 Futures |
| KR200/USD | Korea 200 Index |
These are futures markets, not spot markets. Each instrument tracks the futures market tied to the corresponding stock index: US Large Cap 500 covers the 500 largest listed US companies, US Tech 100 the 100 largest non-financial technology companies, US Blue Chip 30 thirty first-tier industrial companies, US Small Cap 2000 small-capitalisation companies, Germany 40 the 40 largest German companies, Euro 50 the 50 largest companies in the eurozone and Korea 200 the 200 largest South Korean companies.
The price is formed by the Upscale Price Index mechanism from aggregated futures market data. GER40 and EU50 are quoted in euros, with conversion to dollars applied automatically.
US and European indices trade on a 23/5 schedule. KR200 is available around the clock, including weekends and holidays.
| Parameter | US indices | GER40, EU50 and KR200 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum leverage | x15, x5 for Turbo | x10, x3 for Turbo |
| Open interest cap | no individual cap | $300,000 per direction |
24/7 stocks
Available pairs (20):
| Market | Trading assets |
|---|---|
| USA | AAPL, AMD, AMZN, COIN, CRCL, CRWV, GOOGL, INTC, LITE, META, MRVL, MSFT, MU, NVDA, PLTR, SKHY, SPCX, TSLA |
| South Korea | HYUNDAI, SMSN |
Synthetic shares in the largest companies, tradable around the clock — including weekends and holidays, when traditional exchanges are closed.
SKHY represents depositary receipts of SK hynix that trade on a US exchange, so SKHY follows the same schedule and spreads as US stocks.
- Leverage: x5 for one- and two-stage challenges, x2 for Turbo.
- Open interest cap: applied per challenge and per direction, with long and short counted independently. The current cap is shown in the terminal.
For every pair the terminal shows the maximum open interest cap, the volume used and the remaining allowance — separately for long and short.
ALL
Full access to every category: Crypto and RWA, including all Forex, commodity, index and 24/7 stock pairs.
Trading hours
Around the clock, with no breaks and no weekends off.
Trading runs around the clock, including weekends and holidays.
The spread on stocks depends on the trading session: it is at its lowest during the main session of the US or South Korean exchange and wider outside it and at weekends. The rates are on the Fees page.
Daily technical close for 24/7 stocks — 10 minutes around the start of the main exchange session, on regular trading days only:
| Stocks | Closing window |
|---|---|
| US, including SKHY | 09:25–09:35 ET, Monday to Friday, on US trading days |
| South Korean | 23:55–00:05 UTC (08:55–09:05 Seoul time), on South Korean trading days |
During this window prices do not update, trading is unavailable and pending orders are not executed. After the pause trading resumes; the first tick may gap away from the last price before the halt, and orders are filled at the first available market price.
Hours follow New York time (America/New_York).
- Open: Sunday, 17:00
- Close: Friday, 17:00
- Monday to Thursday: trading around the clock
- Pause: from Friday 17:00 to Sunday 17:00
Hours follow New York time (America/New_York).
- Open: Sunday, 18:00
- Close: Friday, 17:00
- Monday to Thursday: a daily technical break from 17:00 to 18:00
- Pause: from Friday 17:00 to Sunday 18:00
A 23/5 schedule for US500, NAS100, US30 and US2000. All times are New York time (America/New_York).
- Weekly open: Sunday, 18:00
- Weekly close: Friday, 17:00
- Monday to Thursday: a daily technical break from 17:00 to 18:00
- Pause: from Friday 17:00 to Sunday 18:00
Positions opened or increased on Friday after 15:00 ET are closed automatically before the weekend. See Challenge & Trading Rules for details.
A 23/5 schedule for GER40 and EU50. Opening times follow the seasonal schedule of the European market, so the summer and winter timetables differ by an hour.
| Event | Summer schedule | Winter schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly open | Sunday, 20:10 | Sunday, 19:10 |
| End of the daily session | 16:00 | 16:00 |
| Start of the next daily session | 20:10 | 19:10 |
| Weekly close | Friday, 16:00 | Friday, 16:00 |
| Weekend pause | from Friday 16:00 to Sunday 20:10 | from Friday 16:00 to Sunday 19:10 |
Positions opened or increased on Friday after 14:00 ET are closed automatically before the weekend. See Challenge & Trading Rules for details.
KR200 trades around the clock, including weekends and holidays.
The spread depends on the trading session: it is at its lowest during the main session of the Korean market and wider outside it, at weekends and on holidays. The rates are on the Fees page.
Daily technical close: 23:40–23:50 UTC (08:40–08:50 Seoul time), on South Korean trading days. During this window prices do not update, trading is unavailable and pending orders are not executed. After the pause orders are filled at the first available market price.
Price source
Prices for cryptocurrencies and the classic RWA instruments come from the Stork and Pyth Network oracles. The 24/7 stocks, WTI crude oil, natural gas, copper and indices are quoted through Upscale's own pricing mechanism, the Upscale Price Index — in the terminal these instruments carry a "Powered by Upscale Price Index" label.
Demo mode
A demo account gives access to every category of trading pair — Crypto and RWA — so a strategy can be tested in full.