Rules & Documentation

Overview

Vanta is a trading platform built on top of Vanta Network's decentralized infrastructure. Traders complete a one-step evaluation to demonstrate consistent profitability, then receive a scaled account with 100% reward splits, weekly reward distributions, and the ability to scale up to a $2.5M account. Reward distributions are determined by the network and facilitated by Vanta — not subject to human discretion.

Vanta is built by the team behind Taoshi, one of the leading decentralized trading infrastructure providers in the Bittensor ecosystem. All reward distributions are verified on-chain and distributed exactly as calculated.

Account Tiers

Vanta offers five account tiers, each available across Crypto, Forex, Commodities, Equities, and All Markets.

Evaluation Rules

The Vanta Evaluation is a one-step All Markets challenge. Most rules are consistent across tiers, with some variation by asset class as noted below.

Profit Target

• 10% of account balance

Max Drawdown

• Rule 1 — Static Equity Loss Limit (5%): account equity (including unrealized PnL) cannot drop more than 5% below the starting account balance at any time.
• Rule 2 — Daily Loss Limit (5%): account equity (including unrealized PnL) cannot drop more than 5% from your start-of-day equity at any point during the UTC day. For example, if you start the day with $102K in account equity, it cannot be lower than $102K × 0.95 = $96.9K at any point in time.
• Breaching either rule results in immediate elimination.
• Rule 1 is static — it is measured against your starting account balance and never trails your profits upward. Rule 2 resets at the start of each UTC day against your start-of-day equity.

Time Limits & Minimum Days

• Time limit: None. The trading period is unlimited.
• Minimum trading days: None. You can pass in a single day if you hit the target.
• Activity requirement: You must place at least one trade within 60 days of account activation. Accounts with no trading activity within 60 days will be removed.
• The evaluation completes when you either hit the profit target (pass) or breach the drawdown limit (fail).

No Consistency Rule

There is no single-day profit cap or consistency rule. You may generate any proportion of your profits in a single day.

Other Evaluation Rules

• The full rule set is: profit target + max drawdown. There are no hidden rules.
• You receive new trading credentials for each evaluation account.

Scaled Account Rules

Once you pass the evaluation, your scaled account is activated immediately.

Drawdown Limits (Scaled)

• Rule 1 — Static Equity Loss Limit (5%): account equity (including unrealized PnL) cannot drop more than 5% below the starting account balance at any time.
• Rule 2 — Daily Loss Limit (5%): account equity (including unrealized PnL) cannot drop more than 5% from your start-of-day equity at any point during the UTC day. For example, if you start the day with $102K in account equity, it cannot be lower than $102K × 0.95 = $96.9K at any point in time.
• Breaching either rule closes the scaled account. You may attempt the evaluation again.
• The same two limits apply on scaled accounts as in the evaluation: Rule 1 is static, and Rule 2 resets at the start of each UTC day against your start-of-day equity.

Profit Target (Scaled)

• None. There is no profit target on scaled accounts.
• You trade for 7-day cycles and receive reward distributions based on realized profits.

Reward Split

• 100% of profits go to the trader. Vanta takes 0%, including on scaled accounts.

Leverage & Buying Power

Vanta's platform expresses leverage as buying power rather than traditional leverage ratios — how much of your account balance you can deploy. Every order is checked against up to three limits at once, and is approved only if it satisfies all of them:

• Per-pair cap — the maximum leverage on any single pair.
• Per-class cap — the maximum combined leverage across all pairs in one asset class, applied as a sub-cap beneath your overall account cap.
• Overall portfolio cap — for All Markets accounts only, a cross-class ceiling that is strictly tighter than the sum of the per-class caps, so no single account can stack every asset class to its individual limit at once.

All limits are enforced automatically by the platform. Your tier (A–D) is set by your account type and size, as shown below.

Account Size & Leverage Tiers

A = challenge accounts · B = funded accounts under $200K · C = funded accounts $200K–$1M · D = funded accounts $1M+.

Per-Pair Cap (Single Position)

The maximum leverage on a single position, by asset class. Values are multiples of your account balance.

Equities positions held as spot are hard-capped at 2x by the Reg T overnight rule.

Per-Class Cap

The maximum combined leverage across all pairs in one asset class. It acts as a per-class sub-cap beneath the overall portfolio cap on your All Markets account.

Overall Portfolio Cap (All Markets accounts)

For All Markets accounts, total exposure across every asset class is also capped at the account level — on top of the per-class caps above.

Trading Conditions & Restrictions

What's Allowed

• Manual trading
• Algorithmic trading / EAs / bots (must be your own strategies)
• News trading — no restrictions on trading during news events
• Overnight and weekend holding for all supported markets
  • Crypto: 24/7 market, always available
  • Forex: follows standard Forex market hours
  • Commodities: follows standard commodities market hours
  • Equities: follows standard equity market hours

What's Not Allowed

• More than one active evaluation — Vanta offers a single challenge type, the All Markets evaluation, and you may hold only one active evaluation at a time. You may start a new evaluation once your current one is complete.
• Third-party copy trading — using signals, copy trading services, or strategies that are not your own is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification from your evaluation or scaled account. Using your own copy trading setup (mirroring your own strategy across your own accounts) is permitted.

Account Activity Requirement

You must place at least one trade within 60 days of account activation. Accounts with no trading activity within 60 days will be removed. Once you have placed your first trade, the trading period remains unlimited.

No Consistency Rule

There is no single-day profit cap or consistency rule. You may generate any proportion of your profits in a single day.

Platform

All trading is conducted through the Vanta Trading Desk, which provides access to institutional-grade simulated trading execution.

Spread, Fees & Slippage

Reward Distributions

• Frequency: The Vanta Trading Desk pays out weekly (every 7 days), based on realized profits from your scaled account.
• Reward Split: 100% — traders keep all profits
• Payment methods: USD via Stripe. Reward distributions via PayPal and in Cryptocurrency are coming soon.
• Processing: Currently manual; automatic processing coming soon
• Minimum reward distribution amount: None
• Verifiability: Every reward distribution is calculated and verified on-chain via decentralized infrastructure. Provided a trader has followed all rules and policies, reward distributions are processed exactly as calculated — without alteration or delay.
• Evaluation fee refund: The evaluation fee is not refunded upon passing. It is a participation fee, not a deposit.

Scaling Program

Scaling promotions occur once per quarter. To qualify, a scaled trader must meet both of the following requirements during the quarter:

• Return: 5% or more quarterly return
• Sharpe Ratio: 1.0 or above

Scaling Path

Scaling Cap

• All paid tiers (Starter through Tier IV): Can scale up to $2,500,000
• Kickstarter ($1K): Not eligible for scaling

Bonus Program

Scaled traders who meet the following quarterly requirements are eligible for a performance bonus:

• Requirement: 2% or more quarterly return and a Sharpe Ratio of 1.0 or above
• Bonus Amount: 25% of quarterly realized PnL
• This bonus is paid in addition to the standard 100% reward split.

Tradable Markets & Instruments

The All Markets evaluation covers 1000+ instruments across every asset class in a single account. Click each category to expand the full instrument list.

KYC & Identity Verification

• Standard KYC verification through Stripe is required when activating your scaled account in order to receive reward distributions.
• KYC is not required to begin an evaluation.

Policies & Safety

• Regulation: Vanta is a trading platform and technology facilitator, not a broker or prop firm. It does not handle customer deposits or trade against users. All trading activities occur in a simulated environment built on top of Vanta Network's decentralized infrastructure.
• Reward distribution security: All reward distributions are calculated and verified on-chain through decentralized infrastructure. Traders who follow all rules and policies will receive their reward distributions exactly as calculated. Reward distributions may be withheld if a trader is found to have violated Vanta's rules or policies.
• Data security: All account data, reward distributions, and performance records follow strict security and privacy standards.
• Account breach: If a scaled account is breached (exceeds either the 5% static equity loss limit or the 5% Daily Loss Limit measured from start-of-day equity), the account is closed. The trader may purchase a new evaluation to start again.

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