Catalyst is built around one profile per person. Your profile is tied to your identity: one name, one email address, and one phone number. This is not negotiable and is enforced across the platform.
Profile, challenge, and account
These three terms mean different things on Catalyst:
Profile is your permanent identity on Catalyst. It's tied to one person: one name, one email, and one phone number. You have one profile for as long as you trade, and every challenge, account, and payout you ever have lives under it.
Challenge is the five levels you work through on your profile. You hit a qualifying-trade target at each level while staying within the Max Loss rule, and you run one challenge at a time. When a challenge ends, you can start a new one or buy a reset.
Account is the trading account inside your challenge. You get a new account at each level, and a new account every time you reset.
You will have more than one account over the course of a challenge, and that is by design. What stays fixed is your profile: one per person, for as long as you trade on Catalyst.
If your challenge ends because you hit the Max Loss or the timer expired, your profile still exists. You can purchase a new challenge or a reset and keep going from the same profile.
Once you successfully complete all five levels, you have finished the challenge in full. You may not enter another challenge until we release new challenge sizes. When new sizes become available, you will be able to start a new challenge from the same profile.
What is allowed:
Trading multiple markets at the same time
Holding multiple open positions simultaneously
Purchasing a new challenge or reset after your current challenge ends, unless you have already passed all five levels
What is not allowed:
Creating or operating more than one profile
Sharing your profile with another person
Allowing someone else to trade on your behalf
Coordinating activity across multiple profiles
Profiles that show activity inconsistent with single-trader use may be placed under review. If a violation is confirmed, payouts may be forfeited and the profile may be permanently closed.
For the full list of platform rules, see What's prohibited on Catalyst.