Funded trading, explained.
Guides on prop firm challenges, risk management and getting paid — written by Usman Khalid, founder and owner of IXU Capital, and the IXU team.
Who Owns IXU Capital? Usman Khalid, Founder and Owner
Usman Khalid is the owner and founder of IXU Capital, a proprietary trading firm. Here is who runs the firm, how it works and what it has paid out.
Daily Payouts Explained: Withdraw Any Day From an IXU Funded Account
How IXU Capital's Daily Payouts accounts work — the 1% profit trigger, targets, static drawdown, the 90% split, funded risk limits and how fast approved payouts are sent.
Static vs Trailing Drawdown: What Every Prop Trader Should Know
A trailing drawdown follows your profits up; a static drawdown doesn't. How each works, with a worked example — and the limits on every IXU Capital account.
How Payouts Work at IXU Capital: Cycles, Speed, KYC and Your Fee Refund
Every IXU payout cycle explained — Standard, Instant Funding and Daily Payouts — plus how fast approved payouts are sent, the 50% late bonus, KYC and the fee refund.
IXU Capital Rules Explained: Every Limit in One Place
Every IXU Capital trading rule in one guide — loss limits, targets, minimum days, risk per trade, hold time, news, weekends, margin and prohibited strategies, and which are warnings vs breaches.
Getting Funded From Pakistan: A Practical Guide to IXU Capital
How traders in Pakistan can start an IXU Capital challenge — choosing a model, paying in crypto, the IXU Terminal, KYC with your CNIC and getting paid to your wallet.
What Is a Prop Firm, and How Does Funded Trading Work?
A plain-English guide to proprietary trading firms: how funded accounts work, what an evaluation is, and how traders keep up to 90% of the profits.
Five Risk-Management Habits That Pass Prop Firm Challenges
The traders who get funded aren't the ones who gamble — they're the ones who manage risk. Five habits that keep you inside the rules and get you paid.
1-Step, 2-Step or Instant: Choosing the Right IXU Challenge
Three routes to funding at IXU Capital. Here's how the 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant models differ — targets, limits, payout cycles and splits — and which suits your trading style.
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