Question 1

What is Hyperstack?

Accepted Answer

Hyperstack is an Authorized Marketing Partner of Vanta — a Vanta Powered Partner. It is a Vanta-powered, partner-branded way to take the Vanta Trading Challenge, a simulated trading evaluation operated by Vanta (Taoshi VT Services). You trade on Hyperliquid with your own wallet and your performance is evaluated against a simulated scaled account. There is no funded or live trading account and no real-money payouts. Traders who pass may be invited into Vanta’s Scaled Trader Program, where performance-based rewards are paid as independent-contractor compensation.

Question 2

Do I need to create an account?

Accepted Answer

You connect your Hyperliquid wallet at hyperstack.trade. No email address, no username, no password. Your wallet is your identity.

Question 3

Which countries are eligible?

Accepted Answer

Eligibility is determined by Vanta and its approved jurisdictions. The Challenge is currently offered in English to participants in approved jurisdictions and is void where prohibited. KYC is required by Vanta before any payout.

Question 4

How does the one-step challenge work?

Accepted Answer

Select an account size (free $1K, or paid $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, or $100K), pay the one-time registration fee to Vanta, and start trading on Hyperliquid. Vanta’s protocol reads your public trade data and mirrors it into a simulated scaled account. Hit a 10% profit target while staying within both the 5% daily loss limit and 5% EOD trailing loss limit to pass. The Challenge uses simulated assets only — no funded or live trading account is created.

Question 5

Is there a time limit to pass the challenge?

Accepted Answer

There is no fixed deadline to pass the challenge. However, 30 consecutive days of inactivity (no trades placed) will result in elimination. You may re-register and start a new challenge at any time.

Question 6

What is the daily loss limit?

Accepted Answer

During the challenge, your account equity cannot drop more than 5% from the day's opening equity at any point during the trading day. On scaled accounts the limit widens to 8%. The trading day resets at 00:00 UTC.

Question 7

What is the EOD trailing loss limit?

Accepted Answer

End-of-day account equity cannot drop more than 5% from your end-of-day high water mark during the challenge. On scaled accounts the limit widens to 8%.

Question 8

Can I trade during news events?

Accepted Answer

Yes. News trading is explicitly allowed with no restrictions.

Question 9

Can I trade algorithmically?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Algorithmic and automated strategies are permitted. The only prohibited strategy is martingale or martingale-like approaches (progressively increasing position size after losses) — see the full disqualification rules for details.

Question 10

What happens if I breach a drawdown rule?

Accepted Answer

During the challenge, breaching either the daily or EOD trailing drawdown rule terminates the challenge immediately. On a scaled account, the same breach closes the simulated scaled account. In either case you can re-register and start a new challenge at any time by paying the registration fee again.

Question 11

What happens if I stop trading?

Accepted Answer

30 consecutive days with no trades placed will result in elimination — this applies to both challenge and scaled accounts. There is no minimum trading frequency otherwise. You can re-register and start a new challenge at any time.

Question 12

What changes once I'm scaled?

Accepted Answer

On a simulated scaled account the profit target is removed, and your drawdown limit increases to 8% (from 5% during the Challenge). Invited Scaled Trader Program participants may receive monthly USDC rewards based on simulated performance, paid by Vanta as independent-contractor compensation. Rewards are not guaranteed.

Question 13

When and how are rewards paid?

Accepted Answer

Rewards apply only to traders invited into Vanta’s Scaled Trader Program after passing the Challenge. Performance-based rewards are calculated at the end of each monthly cycle and paid in USDC by Vanta to your connected wallet as independent-contractor compensation — not a share of real trading profits. Passing a Challenge does not guarantee an invitation to the Scaled Trader Program or any compensation.

Question 14

How are rewards determined?

Accepted Answer

Vanta retains 0% of performance-based rewards for invited Scaled Trader Program participants. Rewards are based on simulated performance and paid as independent-contractor compensation, not a share of real trading profits. Passing a Challenge does not guarantee an invitation to the Scaled Trader Program or any compensation.

Question 15

Do I need to hit a profit target to receive rewards?

Accepted Answer

No. For invited Scaled Trader Program participants, performance-based rewards are based on simulated performance during the monthly cycle; there is no minimum profit target. Rewards are independent-contractor compensation paid by Vanta and are not guaranteed.

Question 16

How does account scaling work?

Accepted Answer

Scaling is automatic and based on simulated performance thresholds — no application, no additional fees — and is administered by Vanta’s autonomous onchain protocol. To qualify for an account-size increase you need a 5% quarterly return on your current simulated account size and an all-time Sharpe ratio greater than 1, up to a maximum of $400K. Scaling and any associated rewards are determined by Vanta and are not guaranteed.

Question 17

Do I need to submit KYC documents?

Accepted Answer

No KYC is required to register or trade. KYC is required by Vanta only before your first payout. Vanta (not Hyperstack) collects and processes this identity verification through its provider — no trading history or bank details required.

Question 18

Why is KYC required for payouts?

Accepted Answer

Payout KYC is a compliance requirement applied by Vanta for USDC distribution (AML and sanctions screening) before any transfer. Hyperstack does not handle KYC or payouts — Vanta does. It has no bearing on your ability to take the Challenge or trade.

Question 19

What is Hyperstack built on?

Accepted Answer

The Vanta Trading Challenge is operated by Vanta (Taoshi VT Services) and built natively on Hyperliquid using Vanta’s autonomous onchain protocol. All payouts are made by Vanta in USDC and are verifiable onchain.

Question 20

Do I need to share my API keys?

Accepted Answer

No. Vanta’s protocol reads your trade data from Hyperliquid’s public data stream via websockets. No API keys, no custody permissions, no access to your account controls.

Question 21

Do I need to install anything?

Accepted Answer

You access your challenge dashboard at hyperstack.trade. No separate software installation is required to participate.

Question 22

What perpetuals can I trade?

Accepted Answer

You can trade any perpetual available on Hyperliquid. However, only 60 predefined trading pairs across crypto, commodities, indices, and stocks are tracked and counted toward your Hyperstack trading performance.

Question 23

What are the weight limits?

Accepted Answer

Hyperstack enforces two independent weight limits: a per-pair limit (max exposure to a single trading pair) and a portfolio limit (max aggregate exposure across all tracked positions). During the challenge, all account sizes use Weight Tier A (50% per pair, 200% portfolio). On a simulated scaled account, $1K–$100K use Tier B (100% per pair, 200% portfolio), and accounts scaled to $200K–$400K use Tier C (150% per pair, 300% portfolio). All limits are enforced automatically by the platform.

Question 24

What fees do I pay to trade?

Accepted Answer

Transaction fees are 0.045% for market orders and 0.015% for limit orders. Slippage on market orders is simulated from Hyperliquid's live L2 orderbook; limit orders have zero slippage. Funding is settled every hour using Hyperliquid's actual settled funding rate (when the rate is positive, longs pay and shorts receive; when negative, longs receive and shorts pay). No other fees apply.

Question 25

What pairs are available to trade?

Accepted Answer

There are 60 predefined trading pairs across crypto, commodities, indices, and stocks. Although you can trade any pair on Hyperliquid, only these 60 pairs are tracked and counted toward your Hyperstack trading performance.

Questions traders actually ask.

Getting Started

The Challenge

Scaled Accounts & Rewards

KYC & Identity

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