Overview
What is Helios?
Helios is a prop firm for people who trade Solana memecoins. Instead of charging you for a challenge, it's paid for by the creator fees from the $HELIOS token. Most prop firms make their money when traders fail. We don't make anything when you fail, so we'd much rather you pass.
You'll trade two practice stages on live prices. Pass both and the treasury gives you a live account with up to $500 of real money. You keep 80% of the profit, paid every 14 days.
Start here
Quickstart
- 01Get $HELIOS. Buy at least 10,000 on any Solana DEX and keep it in a wallet you control, like Phantom, Solflare or Backpack.
- 02Connect your wallet. You'll sign a message to show it's yours. It isn't a transaction, so there's no gas and nothing gets approved.
- 03Start the Evaluation. You get a $500 practice balance. Grow it by +20% while staying inside the loss limits.
- 04Pass the Funded stage. Hit +10% over at least 7 trading days to show it wasn't a fluke.
- 05Go live and get paid. Trade real treasury money and collect 80% of your profit every 14 days.
Access
Who can take part
There's really only one requirement: the wallet you connect needs to hold at least 10,000 $HELIOS.
- We check your balance when you start, every few minutes while you trade, each time you move up a stage, and every time we pay you.
- If you drop below 10,000, your account pauses rather than failing. While it's paused you can sell but not buy, the loss limits still apply, and the clock on your stage stops. Top back up and carry on.
- One account per person, please. Using extra wallets to run several evaluations will get you banned.
- Tokens sitting in a liquidity pool, a lending protocol or a staking contract don't count.
- It's up to you to make sure taking part is legal where you live.
Funding
Where the money comes from
Every buy and sell of $HELIOS pays a creator fee, and all of it goes to the Helios treasury. It's a public wallet, so anyone can watch the balance. We only use it for two things: funding live accounts and paying traders.
- Where it comes from
- Creator fees on $HELIOS trades
- Treasury wallet
- Published at launch
- What it pays for
- Live accounts and payouts
- Biggest account today
- $500
When a live trader makes a profit, 20% of it goes back to the treasury. That way the traders who do well help fund the next ones, and the more $HELIOS gets traded, the more people we can back.
Stage 01
Evaluation
This is where you show us you can trade. You'll use a practice balance, but it runs on live Solana prices and liquidity, so fills, slippage and the big swings all behave the way they would with real money.
- Account
- $500 simulated
- Profit target
- +20%
- Max drawdown
- 15% trailing
- Daily loss limit
- 8%
- Minimum trading days
- 5 trading days
- Time window
- 30 days
Reach the target over at least 5 trading days without breaking a loss limit and you'll move to the Funded stage straight away. It's free, and you can try as many times as you like.
Stage 02
Funded stage
Anyone can catch one good run. This stage is here to check that you can do it again. The target is lower and you get a bit longer, with the same loss limits as before.
- Account
- $500 simulated
- Profit target
- +10%
- Max drawdown
- 15% trailing
- Daily loss limit
- 8%
- Minimum trading days
- 7 trading days
- Time window
- 30 days
Stage 03
Live account
Once you pass the Funded stage, the treasury opens a live account for you with real money on Solana. You make the trades. The money itself stays in a Helios-controlled account, so you never hold the principal yourself.
- Capital
- Up to $500 real
- Your share
- 80% of profits
- Max drawdown
- 15% trailing
- Daily loss limit
- 8%
- Paid out
- Every 14 days
- Paid in
- USDC
There's no target on a live account. Keep trading within the limits for as long as you want, and as the treasury grows, the accounts will grow with it.
Rulebook
Trading rules
These apply to every stage unless we say otherwise.
| Rule | 01Evaluation | 02Funded | 03Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account | $500 simulated | $500 simulated | Up to $500 real |
| Profit target | +20% | +10% | None |
| Max drawdown | 15% trailing | 15% trailing | 15% trailing |
| Daily loss limit | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Minimum trading days | 5 trading days | 7 trading days | — |
| Time window | 30 days | 30 days | Ongoing |
| On success | Unlocks the Funded stage | Unlocks a Live account | 80% of profits, every 14 days |
What you can trade
- Any coin launched on pump.fun, whether it's still on the bonding curve or has migrated. You trade them all from the Helios terminal.
- No more than 25% of your balance in any one token at a time.
- Spot trading only. No leverage, perps or options.
How we measure the limits
- Max drawdown follows your highest end-of-day balance. If your account falls more than 15% below that, it's closed.
- Daily loss is counted from your balance at 00:00 UTC, including any open positions.
- A trading day is any UTC day where you close at least one trade.
- Limits count while you're away. If the terminal was closed, we rebuild your equity from each coin's price history when you come back, and judge the limits over that time too.
- When the window ends you can only sell. If you're at target, you have 24 hours to close your positions and lock in the pass.
What isn't allowed
- Trading $HELIOS on any Helios account.
- Trading a token you launched, or one where you hold a team or insider allocation.
- Wash trading, coordinated pumps, or trading against your own wallets.
- Taking advantage of price feed delays, simulator bugs, or MEV against the platform.
- Copy-trading between Helios accounts, or letting someone else trade yours.
Getting paid
Payouts
Live accounts settle every 14 days. Anything you've made above your starting balance is split 80/20, and your share is sent in USDC to the wallet you verified.
- The minimum payout is $25. Anything less rolls over to the next one.
- We check that you still hold 10,000 $HELIOS when we pay you.
- After each payout your account goes back to its starting balance, and the drawdown limit resets too.
- Every payout is an on-chain transaction, so anyone can check it.
Growth
Bigger accounts
Live accounts are capped at $500 for now. That number comes from how much is in the treasury, not from wanting to keep you small. As fees build up we'll add bigger accounts, starting with traders who've been paid out consistently.
We'll announce new account sizes on X and Discord before they go live.
Enforcement
When things go wrong
- Hard breach. If you hit the max drawdown or the daily loss limit, the account closes. You can start a new Evaluation after 7 days.
- Rule breach. If you trade a token that isn't allowed or go over the position limit, we cancel those trades. If it keeps happening, the account closes.
- Abuse. Multi-accounting, wash trading or gaming the platform means a permanent ban, and any unpaid profit is forfeited.
- Paused. Dropping below 10,000 $HELIOS pauses your account. It doesn't count as a fail.
Help
Common questions
Does it cost anything to try?
No. If you hold 10,000 $HELIOS, you can start the evaluation for free. We don't sell challenges, and we don't make money when you fail. The creator fees cover everything.
So where does the money come from?
From people trading $HELIOS. Every buy and sell pays a small creator fee, and all of it goes into the Helios treasury. It's a public wallet, so you can check the balance yourself whenever you like. That's the money we fund traders with.
Am I trading real money during the evaluation?
Not yet. The Evaluation and Funded stages use a practice balance, but the prices are live, so it behaves like the real thing. You only touch real money once you reach the Live stage.
What am I allowed to trade?
Any coin launched on pump.fun, whether it's brand new on the bonding curve or has already migrated. The one exception is $HELIOS itself. Trading the token that funds you would be a conflict, so it's off limits.
How big are the accounts?
Up to $500 right now. We know that isn't huge. It's what the treasury can honestly support today, and it will grow as the treasury does.
How do I get paid?
Every 14 days we send you 80% of your profit in USDC, straight to your wallet. The minimum is $25. If you're under that, it rolls into the next payout.
What if I sell some of my tokens?
Your account pauses. It doesn't fail. You can still sell while it's paused, and the clock on your stage stops. Buy back up to 10,000 and you carry on where you left off.
I blew the evaluation. Can I go again?
Of course. Wait 7 days, then start fresh. There's no limit on how many times you can try. Everyone has a bad week.
Can't find what you need? Message us and a real person will get back to you.
Important
Please read this part
Memecoins are some of the most volatile things you can buy, and prices can fall to zero very quickly. Buying $HELIOS to take part means taking on that risk, so only put in what you can afford to lose.
The Evaluation and Funded stages use practice balances, and doing well there doesn't guarantee you'll do well with real money. Helios isn't a broker, exchange, bank or financial adviser, and nothing in these docs is financial, legal or tax advice. Payouts come from the treasury and depend on what's in it.
