Once you successfully complete all required phases of your evaluation -
Thunderbolt (1 Phase),
Ascended (2 Phases),
Astral (3 Phases),
Obsidian (4 Phases),
Breakout (3 Phases),
your account does not immediately become funded.
There are several final steps that must be completed, and they always follow in this exact order before your funded account is activated.
1. Automated validation
Immediately after passing the challenge, our system will automatically verify that:
All profit targets were met
Minimum trading days were met
No trading rule (drawdown, single-trade limit, risk rule, etc.) was breached
No other conditions were violated
If everything is confirmed, your account moves to the manual review stage.
2. KYC identity verification (if not done earlier)
Funded accounts and payouts can only be issued to verified individuals.
If your KYC has not yet been completed, you will be prompted to finish it now through Veriff.
The process normally takes 2-4 minutes.
If you already completed KYC (for example through a previous program or Vanguard purchase), you will not be asked again.
3. Signing the Trader Agreement
Once your trading activity has been approved and KYC is complete, a Trader Agreement will appear directly in your Upcomers administration panel.
It can be reviewed and signed online in a single click.
This step is mandatory for all traders entering the funded phase.
This agreement is signed only once, just like KYC.
Once you have signed the Trader Agreement for the first time in your Upcomers account, you will never be asked to sign it again - even if you pass another challenge or receive multiple funded accounts in the future.
If you have already entered the funded phase in the past and signed the Trader Agreement, you will not be required to sign it again for future funded accounts.
4. Manual risk review (strategy compliance check)
Before granting funded access, our risk team manually reviews your trading activity (typically within 24 hours) to confirm that:
You did not use any banned or restricted strategies (for example grid/martingale, arbitrage, copy-trading, latency abuse, etc.)
You did not violate any rule or condition specific to the challenge program you purchased, including all risk limits, profit targets, trading restrictions and strategy limitations defined for that particular program.
Your trading behavior aligns with our risk standards and consistency expectations.
This step applies even if you already completed KYC.
5. Activation of the funded account
After all previous steps are completed:
Step
| Typical Duration
|
Phase completion
| Depends on trader
|
KYC verification
| 2–4 minutes
|
Signing the Agreement
| Instant, one click
|
Strategy compliance review
| 24–48 hours
|
Then, your funded account is activated and appears in your dashboard.
Important to know
You cannot enter the funded phase or request a payout without completing KYC.
We cannot activate a funded account until your trading activity has passed the risk compliance review.
The Trader Agreement is also signed only once — it will not be required again for future funded accounts.
KYC is required only once — it does not repeat for future accounts unless legally required.