Built by traders
Not by marketers chasing a niche. Every rule reflects how a real desk operates.
Your Journey
At IQ Capital, we don’t sell dreams. We fund execution.
Performance over credentials
We don't care where you went to school. We care about your edge, repeated.
Designed for longevity
Risk parameters protect your career. Daily payouts protect your motivation.
Christoph Radecker
Founder & CEO
The Founder Story
Seventeen years on the desk before the firm.
Christoph Radecker built IQ Capital after nearly two decades of trading his own capital — first equities, then futures, finally crypto when the cycle made it inevitable. The firm exists because the prop-firm landscape didn't.
Christoph Radecker
Founder & CEO
01
A trader, first
Started trading in 2008. Spent the next decade as a full-time discretionary trader across futures and equities — long enough to learn that most "edges" aren't edges at all, just bull markets in disguise.
02
Why this firm exists
Tested every major prop firm on the market. Found the same pattern: rules that punished consistency, payouts that mysteriously vanished, marketing dressed up as opportunity. So he built the firm he actually wanted to trade for.
03
The bet
$10M+ in institutional capital. Daily payouts from $250. 100% on the first $10K. No reset gimmicks, no consistency rules buried in fine print. Win-win or it doesn't scale.
01
A trader, first
Started trading in 2008. Spent the next decade as a full-time discretionary trader across futures and equities — long enough to learn that most "edges" aren't edges at all, just bull markets in disguise.
02
Why this firm exists
Tested every major prop firm on the market. Found the same pattern: rules that punished consistency, payouts that mysteriously vanished, marketing dressed up as opportunity. So he built the firm he actually wanted to trade for.
03
The bet
$10M+ in institutional capital. Daily payouts from $250. 100% on the first $10K. No reset gimmicks, no consistency rules buried in fine print. Win-win or it doesn't scale.
I built IQ Capital because it's the firm I couldn't find when I was the trader. Honest rules. Real capital. The respect of being treated like a professional.
Christoph Radecker
Founder & CEO
The Trader Behind IQ Capital
Christoph’s Verified Performance
+97.3% in 90 Days — 2nd place, World Cup Trading Championship (Futures) 2022
Discipline, sizing, and rule-driven risk produced the gains. Public ranking confirms edge, consistency.
Five-figure monthly payouts across major prop firms incl. Topstep, Apex, and MFF
Discipline, sizing, and rule-driven risk produced the gains. Public ranking confirms edge, consistency.
Over $250,000 in cumulative verified payouts — all documented
Discipline, sizing, and rule-driven risk produced the gains. Public ranking confirms edge, consistency.
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What makes IQ special
300+ Partners trusting IQ Capital
What makes IQ special
300+ Partners trusting IQ Capital
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.
4.8 ★ FROM REAL TRADERS
2,340+ FUNDED TRADERS
TRUSTED IN 52 COUNTRIES
$3.5M+ PAID OUT
4.8 ★ FROM REAL TRADERS
2,340+ FUNDED TRADERS
TRUSTED IN 52 COUNTRIES
$3.5M+ PAID OUT
4.8 ★ FROM REAL TRADERS
2,340+ FUNDED TRADERS
TRUSTED IN 52 COUNTRIES
$3.5M+ PAID OUT
