> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.upscale.trade/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.upscale.trade/how-upscale-works/withdrawal_rules.md).

# Withdrawal Rules

After passing the challenge stages, you move to a funded account, where you start trading real capital. This section describes the conditions and rules for withdrawing profit at this stage.

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## ✅ Conditions for requesting a withdrawal

To be able to withdraw profit from a funded account, you must:

* Spend at least 14 calendar days in the payment period.
* Have at least 5 profitable trading days within this period.
* Not breach the established risk parameters.
* After moving to a funded account, a 14-calendar-day countdown starts before the first withdrawal becomes available.
* After each successful withdrawal, a new 14-calendar-day countdown starts, after which you can submit the next withdrawal request.
* Withdrawals are available on any day once these 14 days have passed.
* **Amount:** from 1 USD up to the available profit (subject to the limits below).
* **Free margin:** the amount must be available as Free Margin (not used in open trades).
* **Wallet:** you must provide a wallet address to receive USDT.

### 🌐 Available withdrawal networks

Payouts are processed in **USDT** on one of the following networks:

* **TON**
* **Base**
* **BSC (BNB Smart Chain)**

Before requesting a withdrawal, make sure your wallet supports the selected network — sending to an address on an unsupported network may result in loss of funds.

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Use only non-custodial wallets — exchange addresses may restrict transfers or access to funds.
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## 💰 Withdrawal limits

Each trading period on a funded account, you can withdraw profit only within a set percentage of the starting capital:

| Account size | Maximum limit, % | Maximum limit, $ |
| ------------ | ---------------- | ---------------- |
| $5,000       | 50%              | $2,500           |
| $10,000      | 40%              | $4,000           |
| $25,000      | 40%              | $10,000          |
| $50,000      | 25%              | $12,500          |
| $100,000     | 20%              | $20,000          |
| $200,000     | 15%              | $30,000          |

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**Important:** The limit is calculated from the account's **starting capital**, not the current balance.
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**Note:** For traders with existing $1,000 accounts, a **50%** limit applies ($500 per period).
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### 📋 Examples

**Example 1: $10,000 account**

* Maximum withdrawal limit: **40%** = **$4,000**
* You earned $2,000 → you can withdraw the **full amount** ($2,000)
* You earned $6,000 → you can withdraw only **$4,000**; the remaining $2,000 carries over to the next period

**Example 2: $200,000 account**

* Maximum withdrawal limit: **15%** = **$30,000**
* You earned $45,000 → you can withdraw only **$30,000**
* The remaining $15,000 can be withdrawn in the next trading period, provided all of its conditions are met

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If your profit exceeds the limit, the remainder stays on your balance and can be used in further trading and future profit withdrawals. It increases your safety cushion against the maximum drawdown. To withdraw the remainder in the next period, you must meet all the requirements again: minimum trading days, profitable days, and compliance with risk parameters.
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## ⚠️ What if a risk parameter is breached?

* The account is **automatically closed**.
* All profit on the account is **forfeited**.

### 💸 Upscale fee

A fee of **10%** to **20%** of the withdrawal amount is charged on each request.

* Before confirming, you will see the amount you will receive **with the fee applied**.

### ⚠️ Restriction

After submitting one request:

* **You cannot submit another request** until the end of the current period.
* Even if you withdrew only part of the available amount — the window closes until the new period.

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## 🛡️ Fair trading environment

Upscale operates on the prop trading model: we provide capital to scale your trading strategy, as long as it works under real market conditions.

This means that trading results must come from market price movement — not from technical errors, incorrect quotes, or other non-market situations.

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**What counts as a non-market situation?**

These are cases where a trade cannot be correctly reproduced under normal market conditions. For example:

* Execution at incorrect quotes due to a price provider error
* Trades made during a technical failure of the platform
* Operations based solely on exploiting price anomalies in the first seconds of a market open
* Exploiting bugs or incorrect operation-processing logic on the platform
* Situations where the external broker to which trades are routed cancels operations because execution occurred during abnormal market conditions — for example, during price manipulation on the underlying market
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In such rare cases, Upscale may review the result of individual operations or decline a payout if the profit was generated specifically as a result of a non-market situation.

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If you trade a normal market strategy, these restrictions do not affect you in any way. We want strong traders to grow consistently and scale together with the platform's capital.
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## 📊 How a withdrawal affects the account

A decrease in Equity does not affect the calculation of the daily or total risk limits.

🧠 **Tip:** Request a withdrawal when you are confident in the stability of your trading and in meeting the risk requirements.