How two burnt-out prop traders — Karazeris and Snapy — turned frustration into the smartest way to trade real funded capital.
It was 3:47 a.m. in a small apartment in Chicago. Karazeris stared at his screen — another $4,800 payout request denied because he hit the 40% consistency rule on day 27 of a $150K Apex challenge. He had already paid $1,299 for the evaluation, reset it twice ($2,598 total), and lost sleep for weeks. Across the country in Miami, Snapy was going through the exact same nightmare — except his Lucid account had just been blown on a single news spike. That night they both messaged the same thing in a Discord group: “There has to be a better way.”
We were both profitable retail traders. We had the skills. We had the psychology. But the prop-firm model was built to extract money from us, not to let us succeed. Every month we watched friends lose thousands chasing “funded accounts” that came with:
Karazeris had already spent $18,400 across four different prop firms in 2024. Snapy was at $14,200. We were both consistently profitable on our personal accounts, yet the system made it nearly impossible to access real size without risking bankruptcy. That’s when the idea hit: what if we pooled our capital, shared one real funded account, and split the profits fairly?
We met in person for the first time at a futures trading meetup in Las Vegas in late 2024. Over cheap tacos we sketched the entire model on a napkin:
“We buy the account once. Five disciplined traders share it. Everyone risks only 0.25%. Profits split 80% to the pool, 10% to the account owner, 10% to keep the lights on.”
“No more resets. No more gambling. Just clean, professional trading with real capital and real payouts every two weeks.”
We spent the next nine months building everything from scratch. We negotiated bulk purchases with Apex, Topstep, and Lucid so we could buy accounts at scale. We wrote bulletproof risk engines that enforce 0.25% daily loss per trader automatically. We created the 40% consistency rule that actually protects traders instead of punishing them. And most importantly — we made the entire profit split transparent and automatic.
By March 2026 we had our first 100K pool live. Within 48 hours it was full. The second pool sold out in four hours. Traders were finally getting what they always wanted: real funded capital without the stress, without the resets, and with an 80% profit split.
Here’s the cold truth we discovered after running 47 pools:
In our first six months we have:
The average pool member is withdrawing $2,800–$4,100 every two weeks. Many have already upgraded to solo accounts. The stress is gone. The gambling is gone. Just clean, professional trading.
We’re not stopping at shared pools. Here’s exactly where we’re taking PropShare next — fully transparent and fully funded by our own profits.
Every single milestone above is already funded by the profits from our current pools. No VC money. No dilution. Just traders building for traders.
If you’re reading this and you’re still grinding solo evaluations, we know exactly how you feel. We lived it. The late nights, the reset emails, the “one more try” mindset that quietly drains your savings. PropShare exists so you don’t have to do that anymore.
You don’t need to be a hero trader. You just need to be consistent, respectful of risk, and willing to trade with four other professionals who want the same thing you do — sustainable profits with real capital.
Last updated March 2026 • Written by Karazeris & Snapy, Co-Founders of PropShare
Not affiliated with Apex, Topstep or Lucid • © 2026 PropShare LLC