How to choose a crypto prop firm account size

Every challenge comes in several simulated account sizes. The rules are the same at every size; they are shares of the starting balance, so the dollar amounts scale with the account. The fee scales too, though not always in step. This guide shows what changes with the size and what does not.

Classic 1-Step, size by size

Classic 1-Step: amounts in USD on each simulated account size.

Account	Fee	Target	Daily room	Total room	Largest payout	Fee ÷ total room
$5,000	$60	$400	$200	$400	$250	15%
$10,000	$110	$800	$400	$800	$500	13.75%
$25,000	$280	$2,000	$1,000	$2,000	$1,250	14%
$50,000	$500	$4,000	$2,000	$4,000	$2,500	12.5%
$100,000	$800	$8,000	$4,000	$8,000	$5,000	10%

2-Step, size by size

2-Step: amounts in USD on each simulated account size.

Account	Fee	Target	Daily room	Total room	Largest payout	Fee ÷ total room
$5,000	$50	$400 then $250	$250	$500	$250	10%
$10,000	$100	$800 then $500	$500	$1,000	$500	10%
$25,000	$250	$2,000 then $1,250	$1,250	$2,500	$1,250	10%
$50,000	$400	$4,000 then $2,500	$2,500	$5,000	$2,500	8%
$100,000	$700	$8,000 then $5,000	$5,000	$10,000	$5,000	7%

The target column is the profit to reach in each phase. Daily room and total room are the distances to the daily and max-loss floors on day one. The largest payout is the cap on one reward on the funded account. The last column divides the fee by the total room: what each dollar of room costs at that size.

What scales with the size

• Targets and room. All of them are fractions of the starting balance, so the dollar room and the dollar target grow in proportion to the account.
• The cap on one payout. It is a share of the starting balance, so it grows with the size.
• Position size. Leverage is capped at 5x on BTC and ETH and 3x on SOL, applied to your equity, so the largest position you can open grows with the account.

What does not scale

• The minimum payout, $50, and the lifetime cap per funded account, $100,000, are fixed amounts.
• Minimum trading days and the payout cycle of 14 days are the same at every size.
• The market. Fills come from the same live order book. A large order on a large account walks more levels of the book and pays more slippage than a small one.

Choosing

A larger account does not make a target easier: the target and the room grow together, so the same plan in percentages passes or breaches at any size. What changes is the fee you put at risk and the dollar size of every number that follows. Pick the size whose daily room you can trade within comfortably, with positions you would take anyway, and whose fee you can afford to lose.

To see one size of both models side by side, open 1-Step vs 2-Step. To size a trade inside the room, use the position size calculator.