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Trade the S&P 500 with our money using Kraken Prop
Trade the S&P 500 with our money using Kraken Prop

TL;DR

  • Second flagship index: The S&P 500 joins Nasdaq 100 on Kraken Prop, giving traders access to the world’s two most-tracked equity indexes.

  • Same rules, new market: Buy an evaluation from $20, with no consistency rules, no time limits, 80–90% potential profit, and payouts to your Kraken wallet typically within 24 hours. See full challenge rules.

  • 5x leverage, $1M notional cap: Trade the S&P 500 across Starter, Intermediate, and Advanced eval plans, with wallet sizes $5K–$200K.

We’re bringing the S&P 500 to Kraken Prop, our funded trading program, marking our second TradFi market after Nasdaq 100. Between the two, we now carry the world’s largest and most-traded equity indexes, funded and available around the clock.

Aug 12, 20263 min read


Chart Decoder Series: Rate of Change: How Traders Measure Momentum Behind A Move
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Few things frustrate traders more than a false breakout. You sell the breakdown, only to watch the price recover yet again. You buy the recovery, only for momentum to disappear. After months of Bitcoin remaining stuck in a sideways range, the challenge is no longer spotting the breakout. It’s knowing whether it has the strength to last.

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