Neutral Trade in August 2026

August was the busiest month in Neutral Trade's history. We welcomed a new investor, launched Neutral Autopilot to the public, filled our first vault on Accountable to capacity, and shipped two new programs — the VIP Club and the Builders Code — alongside a simplified fee structure that takes effect this month.

Here is everything that happened, and where every strategy stands today.

Backed by YZi Labs

Neutral Trade has received a new investment from YZi Labs as part of EASY Residency Cohort 4.

EASY Residency is YZi Labs' founder program built around Gelephu Mindfulness City, Bhutan's new Special Administrative Region for blockchain, AI, and frontier tech. Cohort 4 focuses on next-generation DeFi, global payments, and the agentic economy — exactly where we are building.

We are proud to have YZi Labs on board as we scale hedge fund strategies on-chain, for everyone.

Product Updates

VIP Club

The Neutral VIP Club is live. It rewards committed depositors with a discount on the management fee for Neutral Autopilot, with more strategies joining soon.

Three tiers, and two ways to qualify — whichever gets you further:

• Silver — 10% off, with 20,000 NT Points or $100K in Autopilot
• Gold — 20% off, with 60,000 NT Points or $1M in Autopilot
• Diamond — 30% off, with 200,000 NT Points or $3M in Autopilot

The points path requires a minimum $10K Autopilot balance. Every tier includes a private Telegram group with the team. Your discount is not automatic — press “Claim VIP” on the VIP Club page, sign the transaction, and it is applied within 2 business days. Tiers are maintained: if your balance or points fall below the threshold for more than 30 days, your tier adjusts down.

Builders Code

The Neutral Builders Code is our new program for partners who bring capital to Neutral Trade — wallets, apps, communities, and distribution platforms.

Builders earn a share of the management fee on the net deposits they refer, per vault:

• $100K+ — 10% of the management fee
• $500K+ — 20% of the management fee
• $3M+ — 30% of the management fee
• $5M+ — 40% of the management fee
• $10M+ — 50% of the management fee

Your tier is live, not frozen at signup, and applies to your whole referred book. Earnings accrue as vault shares and are claimed from the builder dashboard. Builders also earn NT Points: every day, 10% of your referred balance counts as if it were your own deposit.

Onboarding takes three steps: pick your vaults, sign once, connect the SDK. Register at neutral.trade/builder/register — full details in the docs.

Fee Update

From September 1, 2026, a standard 1% annual management fee applies across all vaults, except NT Earn, which remains free of management fees. Performance fees are unchanged.

One flat rate across every strategy makes costs predictable and easy to compare — and the VIP Club and Builders Code both key off this same fee, so committed depositors and partners pay less. See the fee documentation for details.

Strategy Updates

Neutral Autopilot, our strategy of strategies, opened to the public in early August. One deposit spreads your capital across our vault lineup and rebalances automatically — read the full story in the launch announcement.

Our first vault on Accountable's yield marketplace, the Meridian Liquidity Provider vault — reached its full 2.5M USDe capacity — 100% subscribed. Depositors earn the strategy yield plus 30x Ethena Rewards and 20% of Meridian Trade points.

30-Day Performance

Trailing 30-day performance for every live strategy, as shown on our analytics dashboard. APY figures are gross of fees and annualized from the 30-day return; where a strategy posted a loss, we show the actual 30-day return instead — annualizing a loss is misleading. Data as of September 1, 2026.

• CTA - Adaptive Alpha — +71.31% gross APY
• HFT Multi-factor — +43.92% gross APY
• Options Market Making — +27.12% gross APY
• CTA - Systematic Alpha — +16.81% gross APY
• Delta Neutral Arbitrage — +14.23% gross APY
• Hyperliquid Funding Arb — +10.43% gross APY
• Multi-Asset Volatility Arbitrage — +6.92% gross APY
• NT Earn — +4.57% gross APY
• Neutral Autopilot — +4.30% gross APY
• Mid-frequency Market Making — −2.52% 30-day return
• CTA - Longshort Alpha — −4.20% 30-day return

Every figure above matches the live analytics dashboard, where you can also compare each strategy against buy-and-hold BTC, ETH, SOL, and the S&P 500, switch between gross and net of fees, and inspect Sharpe, Sortino, and max drawdown.

Looking Ahead

September starts with the new fee structure, the VIP Club, and the Builders Code all live. If you have been waiting to put stablecoins to work, there has never been a simpler time to start.

Get started with as little as $100.

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Gross APY figures exclude fees; see each vault page for net figures and full terms. Products are not available in restricted jurisdictions.