About
Nexetro is a simulated proprietary trading platform. Phase 1 is crypto perpetual futures. Traders pay an evaluation fee, pass published risk rules, and can request a payout of eligible profits.
The story
Most prop firms exist on the back of a mathematical illusion: that retail forex traders are profitable enough to fund. They almost never are. The industry survives by selling evaluations to traders who fail, then selling them resets, then selling them more evaluations. It's a working business model, but it isn't one we wanted to build.
Crypto perpetuals are the first market. The account is simulated, the rules are published, and the risk engine decides whether an order is accepted. Traders do not deposit trading capital. Their maximum direct loss is the evaluation fee.
The rules cover profit target, max drawdown, daily loss, consistency, and leverage. A breach flattens positions and locks the account. Eligible profits can be requested as a payout.
We treat the firm like an exchange of trust: we extend capital and rules, you bring skill and discipline. Both sides need each other to make money. The whole product design follows from that.
Team
Alex Karpov
Co-founder & CEO
Previously quant developer at a Chicago options market-maker. Builds the evaluation and risk engine.
Mira Chen
Head of Risk
Built risk systems at a digital-assets prop firm. Specializes in tail-risk on event-priced books.
Tom Reilly
Senior Trader / Coaching
Perpetuals trader. Leads coaching for funded traders.
Sam Okafor
Engineering
Full-stack and platform. Previously infrastructure lead at a fintech that processed $4B/yr in payments.
The thesis
Phase 1 is a crypto perpetuals prop firm. Traders prove skill in a transparent simulated environment, trade with up to 10x leverage, and can earn up to 85% of eligible profits. Reference prices come from the market. Nexetro owns acceptance, risk, fill, position, and the ledger. No order is sent to an exchange.
Press
The Block
Inside the prop firms launching on crypto perpetuals
2026-03-22
Bloomberg
Simulated prop trading, in three companies
2026-02-14
Risk.net
The math of a crypto perpetuals prop firm
2026-01-30