What Breakout Trading Group does

Breakout Trading Group is a crypto-native proprietary trading firm founded in November 2023 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The company enables individual cryptocurrency traders to access institutional-grade trading capital by passing performance-based evaluations rather than depositing their own funds. Successful candidates receive funded accounts ranging from $5,000 to $200,000, retain 80–90% of generated profits, and can request withdrawals on demand in USDC. Since launch, Breakout has issued more than 20,000 funded accounts and disbursed over $50 million in trader payouts, with $30 million paid out in 2025 alone, and claims zero payout delays across all market conditions since inception.

The core product suite consists of two evaluation formats — a 1-Step test offered in Classic, Pro, and Turbo tiers and a 2-Step test — supported by an integrated trading infrastructure. Trade execution is available through the proprietary Breakout Terminal (built on Kraken exchange infrastructure) and via DXtrade, with TradingView powering advanced charting. The platform lists 62 crypto pairs, supports up to 5x leverage on BTC/ETH and 2x on altcoins, and is delivered via web and native iOS/Android applications. Supporting assets include a free multi-module educational course (Mayne's Notes), a 20,000+ member Discord community, a weekly email newsletter, and an affiliate program that converts existing funded traders into referrers.

Breakout's commercial model combines non-refundable one-time evaluation fees ($20–$400 depending on account size and tier) with a 10–20% share of funded-trader profits retained by the platform (the inverse of the 80/20 standard and 90/10 upgrade splits). Distribution is fully self-serve: traders discover the platform through content marketing, Discord community engagement, and affiliate referrals, then purchase evaluations directly via the website with no sales interaction. Following Kraken's 2025 acquisition, Breakout now operates as a Kraken-backed entity, leveraging the parent exchange's tier-1 liquidity, custody, and brand trust, and intends to use prior seed proceeds from RockawayX to expand into Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

Name

Breakout Trading Group

Legal name

Breakout Trading Group, LLC

Website

https://www.breakoutprop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Crypto-native prop trading firm that lets individual traders pass evaluations to receive funded accounts up to $200K, retain 80–90% of profits, and withdraw on demand in USDC, now operating as a Kraken-backed entity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Proprietary Trading / Funded Trading Programs

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231), Commodity Contracts Intermediation (523160)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221)

akta.pro primary industry

Crypto Derivatives Exchanges (Futures, Options & Perpetuals) (FSADAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brokerages & On/Off-Ramps (fiat rails, instant buy/sell) (FSAPADAG), Cross-Margin, Portfolio Margin & Risk Engine Providers (FSADAGAH)

Keywords

• Crypto prop trading
• Funded trading accounts
• Trader evaluation program
• Proprietary trading platform
• Leverage crypto trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Evaluation Fees: One-time evaluation fees charged to traders for taking the trading test. Fees vary by account size and plan type (Classic, Pro, Turbo). Fee is non-refundable once trading begins.
2. Profit Split: Breakout retains 10-20% of trading profits from funded accounts. Standard split is 80/20, with optional upgrade to 90/10 for additional fee at checkout.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Breakout is a crypto-native proprietary trading firm that issues funded trading accounts of up to $200,000 to individual traders who pass performance-based evaluations (1-Step Classic, Pro, Turbo, and 2-Step). Funded traders trade with company capital across 62 crypto pairs with up to 5x leverage, keep 80–90% of profits, and withdraw earnings on-demand as USDC. Evaluation fees and profit splits are the two revenue drivers, with the platform operated by Breakout Trading Group, LLC and backed by Kraken following its 2025 acquisition.

Product overview

Breakout Trading Group operates a crypto-native proprietary trading platform that provides qualified traders with funded accounts up to $200,000 after passing performance-based evaluations. The core offering consists of the 1-Step Evaluation (with Classic, Pro, and Turbo tiers) and 2-Step Evaluation options, where traders pass trading tests to receive funded capital and keep 80-90% of profits. The platform is backed by Kraken following its 2025 acquisition. The ecosystem includes the proprietary Breakout Terminal and DXtrade for trade execution, the Breakout Dashboard and mobile apps for account management, the free Breakout Intro Trading Course for education, the Breakout Newsletter for market insights, and a Discord community for trader engagement. On-demand USDC payouts are available 24/7.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Breakout Prop Trading Platform Crypto-native proprietary trading platform allowing traders to pass a performance evaluation and receive funded accounts of up to $200,000, keeping 80–90% of profits with on-demand USDC payouts.
• 1-Step Evaluation (Classic, Pro, Turbo) One-phase trading evaluations where traders pay a one-time fee, hit a profit target while staying within drawdown limits, and upgrade automatically to a funded account. Fees range from $20 to $400+ depending on tier and account size.
• 2-Step Evaluation Two-phase trading evaluation with lower per-phase profit targets, available account sizes from $5,000 to $200,000, and a 4% daily loss limit.
• Breakout Terminal Proprietary trading terminal built from scratch on Kraken infrastructure, providing advanced charting and trade execution for Breakout traders.
• Breakout Dashboard All-in-one trader command center with real-time equity monitoring, automatic test passing, drawdown limit tracking, on-demand payout requests, and a leaderboard.
• Breakout Mobile App Mobile application for iOS and Android devices that lets traders manage funded accounts, monitor equity, and request payouts while away from desktop.
• Breakout Intro Trading Course (Mayne's Notes) Free educational trading course with five modules covering risk management, price action, trade execution, trading psychology, and trading styles, plus Mayne's Notes addendums.

Quantifiable outcome

• $50M+ paid to traders since launch
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• FTMO: FTMO is the largest evaluation-based prop trading firm globally and the category leader. It uses a similar evaluation-to-funded-account model and is the primary benchmark against which Breakout's trader-friendly rules compete.
• FundedNext: FundedNext is a fast-growing prop trading firm with evaluation-based funded accounts and aggressive trader-friendly rule sets. It is one of Breakout's most direct competitors in the evaluation-fee segment.
• The5ers: The5ers runs an evaluation-based prop firm offering funded accounts across multiple asset classes, including crypto. It competes for the same retail-trader audience as Breakout.
• MyFundedFX: MyFundedFX is a prop trading firm offering evaluation-based funded accounts with similar profit-split economics. It targets the same self-directed trader segment as Breakout.
• Topstep: Topstep pioneered the evaluation-based funded-trader model for futures traders. While traditionally futures-focused, it overlaps with Breakout on crypto-derivative futures and the trader-funded-account value proposition.

Emerging players

• Bitfunded: Bitfunded is a crypto-focused prop trading firm offering evaluation-based funded accounts, directly competing with Breakout in the crypto-only funded-trader niche.

Broad incumbents

• Binance: Binance is one of the world's largest crypto exchanges and has explored or offered prop-style and copy-trading programs. As a parent infrastructure and broad incumbent, it represents the strategic ceiling of Breakout's competitive landscape.
• OKX: OKX is a top-tier crypto exchange with deep derivatives liquidity and increasingly overlapping prop/copy-trading features, making it both a potential infrastructure peer and a competitor for crypto-active traders.
• Bybit: Bybit is a derivatives-heavy crypto exchange with leverage products that overlap Breakout's offering. It competes for the same leveraged crypto trader demographic.
• Phemex: Phemex is a crypto derivatives exchange offering leveraged trading products. While not a pure prop firm, it competes for traders who might otherwise pursue Breakout's funded-account model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/breakoutprop
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Breakout_prop
• Instagraminstagram.com/breakoutprop
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/breakout-trading-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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