The BREAKOUT CONTROL Challenge is a performance-only simulation and behavioral evaluation with a fixed $10,000 research incentive.
• It runs on a demo (simulated) account.
• It does not include a funded account, scaling, profit split, or payout cycles.
• It is designed purely to test your consistency, discipline, and risk control and to generate a high-quality behavioral dataset.
This is not real-money trading and not a financial product.
All numbers are simulated and used only inside the evaluation environment.
What is the reward?
If you successfully complete all 3 phases of the BREAKOUT CONTROL Challenge, and pass all audits, you may receive a one-time fixed research incentive of $10,000, paid in cash:
• one-time,
• fixed amount,
• no funded phase,
• no profit split,
• no ongoing payouts.
This is not a payout from trading profits and not a funded account – it is a fixed research incentive for completing the entire simulation and delivering a full SDCD Dataset (behavioral dataset).
Currently, in the CONTROL (10K) configuration, only full completion of all 3 phases can result in the $10,000 reward. Partial completion does not receive any payment.
Trading account size (simulated)
• Trading account size: $10,000 demo balance (simulated, not real money).
• No time limit to complete the challenge – you can progress at your own pace, as long as you follow all rules.
All profit targets and risk limits are calculated using this $10,000 demo balance.
Challenge Structure
The challenge consists of 3 phases with the following parameters:
Phase parameters
Phase | Profit Target | Max loss (trailing) | Daily drawdown | Single trade loss | Minimum trading days | Additional condition |
Phase 1 | 10% | 4% | 2% | 1,5% | 5 | Max 20% profit/day |
Phase 2 | 8% | 3% | 1,5% | 1,5% | 5 | Max 20% profit/day |
Phase 3 | 6% | 2,5% | 1,2% | 1,5% | 5 | Max 20% profit/day |
✔ Positions must be closed to complete a phase
✔ Each “Minimum Trading Day” counts only when closed profit ≥1% of initial balance
✔ No time limit - complete at your own pace
How Minimum Trading Days Work
A trading day (in the simulation) is counted only when:
1. Your net closed profit for that day is at least 1% of the initial balance for the current phase.
2. Only closed trades count - floating (open) trades are excluded.
3. Trades opened before midnight and closed after midnight count for the next day.
4. Trading days are based on UTC time (00:00–23:59).
If you don’t close at least +1% on a given day, that day does not count towards the minimum trading days.
How does the Trailing Drawdown work?
BREAKOUT introduces a brand-new concept: Trailing Drawdown which never lock, designed by Upcomers the first implementation of this mechanism in any trading challenge worldwide.
How it works
Traditional trailing drawdown usually:
• follows the High-Water Mark (HWM) based on equity,
• stops trailing (“locks”) after reaching initial balance or a profit threshold.
In BREAKOUT:
• The Trailing Drawdown continually follows your real-time High-Water Mark (HWM) – based on equity.
• It never locks, never freezes, never resets back to the starting balance.
Key Characteristics:
Feature | Standard Trailing | Nonstop Trailing (BREAKOUT) |
Follows HWM (equity)? | Yes | Yes |
Stops trailing at initial balance? | Yes | Never |
Locks after profit threshold? | Yes | Never |
Always follows equity upward? | No | Yes |
Simple explanation:
• Trailing limit always moves up when your equity reaches a new high.
• It never freezes, never locks and never resets to the starting balance.
• If your equity falls below the active trailing limit → breach.
This creates consistent, real-time risk control with zero buffer and no protection zones after profit.
What happens when I reach the profit target?
To complete a phase:
1. Your closed profit (not just floating equity) must reach or exceed the profit target for that phase.
2. All positions must be closed when you hit the target.
3. You must also have completed the minimum number of trading days for that phase.
4. You must not have breached any risk rules (trailing drawdown, daily drawdown, single trade loss).
If your floating equity reaches the target but trades remain open → the target is not considered completed.
Once closed profit equals or exceeds the target and all other conditions are met, you advance to the next phase.
When Is the Account Breached?
Your simulated account is considered breached if:
• You exceed your daily drawdown limit, or
• Your equity breaches the trailing drawdown limit, or
• Your single trade loss limit (based on equity) is reached.
If a breach occurs:
• the current challenge run is failed,
• you lose further progress in that run,
• the $10,000 reward for that run cannot be paid,
• you can start a new run by purchasing a new challenge.
Is there any funded phase?
No.
Unlike other products, CONTROL BREAKOUT is purely a performance simulation with a fixed research incentive:
• no funded account,
• no profit split,
• no scaling,
• no ongoing payouts.
You are never trading real funds from Upcomers; everything is simulated.
Final Objective
Your objective in the CONTROL BREAKOUT Challenge is to:
• Trade through all 3 phases on the $10,000 demo balance,
• Hit all profit targets,
• Respect all risk rules (trailing drawdown which never locks, daily drawdown, single trade loss),
• Complete the required minimum trading days in each phase,
• Pass all audits and integrity checks,
and then receive a one-time $10,000 cash research incentive, paid directly.