Dear Trader,
Let's be real:
The prop trading industry today is broken.
It's full of flashy marketing, hidden rules, and firms that earn when you lose.
They sell you the dream, but behind the curtain their business model is built on your failure.
No wonder so many talented traders end up trapped in the same cycle — paying endless fees, hitting moving targets, and watching payouts slip away because of rules that were never clear from the start.
I know. Because I was there too.
I joined prop firm after prop firm, hoping for a real chance to scale.
But instead of opportunity, I found shifting rulebooks, sudden disqualifications, and business models that profited more from my resets than from my results.
At some point the truth became obvious: the problem wasn't trading — it was the system itself.
That's when the real question became impossible to ignore:
What if prop trading was actually built by traders — for traders?
That's how IQ Capital was born.
Here's where the partnership begins: you bring skill and discipline; we bring real capital, up to $2,000,000.
Our upside is tied to your results. That's why the framework is strict. It protects both sides so performance decides the outcome.
We're building a high-caliber community that shares playbooks, pressure-tests ideas, and holds standards.
If you're good, we'll help you get bigger, step by step, without drama.
And we're open about our ambition: to develop 10,000 top traders who can operate at institutional size with professional risk discipline. That's the mission. That's the bar.
We're not another prop firm copy-pasting the same broken model. We're building a trader-first community where we support the best traders to perform at their highest level, scale with real capital, and finally trade in an environment that rewards skill instead of punishing it.
Welcome to IQ Capital.
This is our Manifesto.
The Founder of IQ Capital
The Problem
Somewhere along the way, prop trading lost its way.
It stopped being about funding real talent.
It became about selling accounts.
Other firms rely on hidden rules, unrealistic profit targets, and payout structures that are designed for you to fail.
They earn on resets, not results.
We believe this is more than a flaw. It's a systemic failure.
Because while traders dream of scaling their accounts, most prop firms dream of exploiting that dream.
We built IQ Capital to flip that script into a true partnership: if you bring skill and respect clear limits, we can responsibly supply capital and grow together.
Trading's Lost Opportunity
Every trader sooner or later asks themselves the same thing:
Is there any way to scale a trading account predictably without gambling and without burning through savings?
For most, the answer has always been no.
Retail trading is a cycle of starting small, blowing up, and starting over. Prop firms promised a way out and wanted to be the bridge between retail talent and institutional scale. But most firms turned it into a casino.
Our answer is different: let's partner up.
You bring discipline and a repeatable process; we bring a transparent framework and the capital to make your edge count.
At IQ Capital, we believe the answer can finally be yes.
We want to give skilled traders the platform, the capital, and the trust to perform at their highest level.
Not against the house. But with the house, as partners.
Because scaling a trading account should not be a lottery. It should be a process — fair, structured, and built on trust.
That's the gap we exist to close.
And it's why our rules are strict: when both sides operate inside firm limits, risk stays bounded and the business becomes scalable for you and for us.
The IQ Capital Difference
IQ Capital was built on a single, powerful principle: we trade fair — and expect fairness in return. Everything we do is guided by this law.
Our rules are simple and measurable.
Your maximum overall loss is 6%, and your risk per trade is capped at 1% in the Challenge and 0.5% once funded.
Respect those limits, and every opportunity remains open — because disciplined risk is the only way to grow sustainably.
No hidden conditions, no moving targets. The same rules apply to everyone, every time.
For the first time, ambitious traders can trade with up to $2,000,000 in real capital — without putting their own savings on the line.
Christoph, our founder, has spent his entire career in trading managing capital, leading teams, and living the reality of professional trading day after day.
He knows exactly where most prop firms go wrong. They see their traders as opponents.
IQ Capital is a community of traders who push each other forward, share experience, and grow together.
Here, your success fuels ours: you keep the majority of your profits, and we only win when you win. That alignment makes us partners.
We were traders long before we became a prop firm — and that, ultimately, is what makes all the difference.
Our mission is clear: develop 10,000 top traders who can operate at institutional size inside a fair, disciplined framework.
Conclusion
We believe prop trading can once again mean opportunity, not exploitation.
We believe talented traders deserve a fair shot at scaling.
IQ Capital exists for one reason: to prove that prop trading can finally work with traders, not against them.
It's not for everyone.
It's for those who are ready to trade fair, grow with discipline, and partner with us to reach the next level.
Welcome to the future of prop trading.
Welcome to IQ Capital.
Let's partner up — you bring the skills, we bring the capital.
