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# How to buy a Challenge

Everything happens on one page: pick your market, account type, size and options, then pay in USDT or USDC.

It takes a couple of minutes: the account is instant and there's no KYC.

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### Open New Challenge

In the left-hand menu, click **New Challenge**. The whole configurator is a single page, and the **Your order** panel on the right updates live as you choose.
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### Choose your market and account type

* **Market**: **Crypto + TradFi** (BTC, ETH, NASDAQ, S\&P, metals, oil and gas; trades 24/7) or **US Stocks** (new): 11000+ NYSE and NASDAQ stocks. The market also decides which terminal you'll trade in, and which sizes and types are available: see [Trading US Stocks](/hashhedge-user-guide/trading-terminal/stocks-terminal.md).
* **Account type**: **Two-stage** (Standard), **One-stage** (faster to funded), or **Instant** (no evaluation, trade right away, coming soon). The table shows the profit target and loss limits for each stage. See [Challenge types](/hashhedge-user-guide/start-here/challenge-types.md) for the full breakdown.

<figure><img src="/files/fRUnEP7s9iIdPJy3JtEJ" alt=""><figcaption><p>Choosing the market</p></figcaption></figure>
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### Choose your account size and options

Pick an **account size**, from **$5K to $100K**, or up to **$150K** on Two-stage. On the **US Stocks** market the largest account is **$100K**. Each card shows the fee and the value per $1,000; **$10K** is the most popular and **$100K** is the traders' choice. **$300K** and **$500K** are coming soon.

Then choose your **options**:

* **+10% to profit share**: raises your profit share by 10% at the **Trader** stage, where you trade a funded account.
* **Daily Loss Protection**: a one-time safety net for your daily loss limit: it refreshes the limit once instead of ending the Challenge. See [Rules, stages and loss limits](/hashhedge-user-guide/rules/challenge-rules.md).
* **No options**: no add-ons: 80% profit split and the standard limits.

You can take both add-ons, one of them, or neither.

Option prices scale with your account size.

<figure><img src="/files/cpU45TlDQq8w3m8vxLhv" alt=""><figcaption><p>Choosing the account size</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/h5gGoDafwuDHZwt36eBP" alt=""><figcaption><p>Options at checkout</p></figcaption></figure>
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### Review your order and pay

The **Your order** panel sums up your choices (account size, type, profit split and the **Total**) and shows the **average payout** for that account. Have a promo code? Click **Have a promo code?**, enter it and apply. A code must be added **before** you pay. When you're ready, click **Proceed to payment**. Payment is in **USDT or USDC**, the account is **instant**, and there's **no KYC**.

<details>

<summary>If a code doesn't work</summary>

Check that you typed it correctly and that it hasn't expired. A promo code must be applied **before** you pay; it can't be added to an order you've already paid for.

</details>

<figure><img src="/files/a5uAi4kAFdJTfJeVZBhT" alt=""><figcaption><p>The Your order panel at checkout</p></figcaption></figure>
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### Pay in USDT or USDC

Hash Hedge accepts **USDT or USDC**: no cards or bank transfers.

Choose the currency and the network your wallet uses:

* ERC-20
* TRC-20
* BEP-20
* Arbitrum
* Optimism
* Solana

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Pick the currency and the network your wallet supports, and always send funds on the **same network** you select on the payment screen. Sending on a different network can result in lost funds.
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<figure><img src="/files/Rp168GX2I5iErkuQSzhj" alt=""><figcaption><p>Choosing USDT or USDC</p></figcaption></figure>

You'll see the amount, a deposit address and a QR code. Send the **exact** amount on the network you chose.

<figure><img src="/files/sCSqiSSnRDZz6s72kf3u" alt=""><figcaption><p>The network and the deposit address</p></figcaption></figure>

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You have **30 minutes** to complete the transfer. The page checks for your payment automatically and updates once it's received. USDT and USDC are stablecoins pegged to the US dollar (1 USDT ≈ 1 USDC ≈ 1 USD), so the price stays predictable.
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## After payment

Your order appears in Orders and their statuses, and once the payment is confirmed a new account shows up in Your accounts and stages. If a payment window expires, just start the order again from **Orders**. You're ready to start trading the Challenge.


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