Driven by real traders. Designed to fund real talent.

About IQ Capital

A team of seasoned market operators who built the prop firm we always wished we had.

At IQ Capital, we don’t sell dreams. We fund execution.

We’re a crypto-native prop trading firm built by real traders — designed for those who know what the industry has become, and what it needs to be.

Where others sell hype, we build structure. Where others trap talent, we scale it.

The Founders’ Story

The Trader Behind IQ Capital

Christoph Radecker

IQ Capital was born from frustration and experience.
Christoph Radecker had been trading professionally for over 20 years. He earned his edge the hard way:

01After thousands of hours in live markets and consistent five-figure payouts across firms, he ranked 2nd globally in the 2022 World Cup Trading Championship (Futures) with a +97% return in 90 days — and kept seeing the same pattern: great traders blocked by bad systems.
02He didn’t just trade for prop firms — he helped build them. As co-founder of The TradingPit and former advisor at NinjaTrader, Christoph shaped the rules most firms follow today — and knew exactly where they fall short.

The Trader Behind IQ Capital

Christoph’s Verified Performance

+97.3% in 90 Days — 2nd place, World Cup Trading Championship (Futures) 2022

These results highlight not just short-term wins, but a proven track record of discipline, risk control, and consistency over time.

Five-figure monthly payouts across major prop firms incl. Topstep, Apex, and MFF

Consistent five-figure monthly payouts across top prop firms including Topstep, Apex, and MFF

Over $250,000 in cumulative verified payouts — all documented

These results highlight not just short-term wins, but a proven track record of discipline, risk control, and consistency over time.

I didn’t build IQ Capital to experiment. I built it because it’s the firm I couldn’t find when I needed it most.

Christoph Radecker

What makes IQ special

The IQ Management

At IQ Capital, we’ve built one of the strongest tech teams in prop trading — engineers, quants, data scientists, and product leaders from leading exchanges, top prop firms, and high-performance tech companies, with experience in systems handling billions in volume and zero downtime.

We work alongside top traders and developers who’ve built mission-critical infrastructure for global markets. This blend of market expertise and advanced engineering lets us move faster, think bigger, and solve problems most firms avoid.

Our culture thrives on collaboration and precision: risk teams, quants, and engineers work together to refine models, sharpen execution, and build tools traders truly need. Every feature, rule, and payout is crafted by industry experts driven to create the fairest, most trader-focused prop firm in the world.