A $100,000 prop account may reserve its advertised 1:100 figure for forex while placing crypto several steps lower. One standard lot of a major currency pair then needs about $1,000 of margin, so the daily loss limit is more likely to end the account than the margin requirement. The same account at 1:1 consumes $100,000 of margin for $100,000 of crypto exposure. At 1:2, it consumes $50,000.

Those margin requirements create a different account behind the same login. A trader who sizes a crypto position the way the platform allows a forex position will run out of margin long before reaching the loss limit.

Crypto leverage can fall again when an evaluation converts to a funded account, so the checkout figure may not apply afterward. A…