Neutral Trade in September and October 2026

The last two months were the busiest stretch in Neutral Trade's history. We launched two new strategies, our first SOL vault and a new CTA strategy, and took Neutral Autopilot to Ethereum. We also removed the deposit lock on every vault, moved every strategy to a fixed redemption schedule, completed a fourth security audit, and opened Neutral Marketplace.

Here is everything that shipped, where every strategy stands today, and what comes next.

New Strategies

SOL Yield Vault, by Xanthas

Our first SOL-denominated vault is live. You deposit SOL and the vault grows your position in SOL, so you keep your exposure without converting to stablecoins first. It runs the Options Market Making strategy from Xanthas, the firm behind our USDC Options Market Making vault, and accepts both SOL and wSOL.

Target APY: 27.9%.

We launched it on 21 October, the day Alpenglow went live on Solana.

Deposit SOL.

Related posts on X: SOL Yield Vault launch

CTA - Momentum LongShort, by AdverseGuard Alpha

AdverseGuard Alpha, the firm behind Mid-frequency Market Making, now also runs CTA - Momentum LongShort: systematic long-short momentum on liquid crypto majors. It is a directional strategy, for depositors who want exposure to trends in either direction.

Target APY: 70.0%, based on the strategy's last 90 days.

See the strategy.

Related posts on X: CTA - Momentum LongShort launch

Neutral Autopilot Is Live on Ethereum

In partnership with Accountable, Neutral Autopilot is now open to Ethereum-based capital. NTA is a vault on Ethereum Mainnet, curated by Neutral Trade and powered by Accountable NAV Vaults. It allocates to Neutral Autopilot, our strategy of strategies, which spreads capital across the Neutral Trade vault lineup and rebalances automatically.

To deposit, open Neutral Autopilot, select "Deposit on another network", and choose Ethereum.

Related posts on X: Introducing NTA · Autopilot opens to Ethereum · How to deposit from Ethereum

Simpler Withdrawals

Deposit locks are gone

The lock after each deposit is now zero on every vault. After you deposit, you can request a withdrawal at any time.

Related posts on X: September product updates

One fixed redemption schedule

Withdrawals used to differ from vault to vault. Since 12 October 2026, every Neutral Strategy Vault follows a fixed schedule. You can submit a request on any day, and it settles on the next redemption day for that vault.

• Once weekly (Friday) — Mid-frequency Market Making, CTA - Adaptive Alpha, HFT Multi-factor, CTA - Longshort Alpha, CTA - Systematic Alpha
• Twice weekly (Monday and Friday) — Delta Neutral Arbitrage, Hyperliquid Funding Arb, Options Market Making
• Neutral Autopilot (Saturday) — Request any day, Monday to Sunday

The full schedule, with cutoff times, is in the fee and redemption documentation.

Related posts on X: Withdrawals are getting streamlined

Security

Audited by Adevar Labs

Adevar Labs completed an independent audit of the Neutral Strategy Vaults infrastructure. The final report, dated 3 October 2026, found no Critical issues. Every High and Medium finding was fixed, and Adevar Labs verified each fix.

Adevar Labs is the fourth security firm to audit the vault infrastructure. You can download every report from the Security page.

Related posts on X: Fourth independent audit

Firms can trade. They cannot withdraw.

On Neutral Trade, trading firms get trading authority only, never withdrawal authority. Exchange capital stays in off-exchange custody with Ceffu or Copper, perp DEX accounts sit under Fordefi MPC policies, and withdrawals go only to the wallet that deposited. This does not remove trading risk, because a strategy can still lose money. It removes one risk: the firm leaving with your deposit.

Related posts on X: Can traders run away with your deposit?

Neutral Marketplace and Voltr Vaults

Neutral Trade has always curated its strategies with care. Every firm went through full due diligence and live testing before you could deposit.

Traders told us that process was too rigid and too slow. We required three months of live testing before a strategy could list. In fast markets, the alpha can be gone by then. We also turned capable teams away, for reasons such as these:

1. The strategy was correlated with strategies already on the platform.
2. The team managed less than $10M.
3. The team had no traditional finance background.
4. The team had no multi-year track record.

These are fair filters for a curated lineup. They are also the filters that have kept talented traders away from capital for decades. Crypto is about democratization, and giving capable boutique managers a chance has been the mission of Neutral Trade from day one.

So Neutral Trade now has two tiers: Neutral Curated, and Neutral Marketplace, which lists both Marketplace strategies and Voltr vaults.

• Neutral Curated — Who it is for: Established firms; Checks: Full due diligence; Tested with Neutral capital: Yes; Autopilot allocation: Yes; Firm can withdraw your deposit: No.
• Marketplace strategies — Who it is for: Newer boutique firms; Checks: Full KYB and basic due diligence; Tested with Neutral capital: No; Autopilot allocation: No; Firm can withdraw your deposit: No.
• Voltr vaults (in Marketplace) — Who it is for: Any team; Checks: Permissionless; Tested with Neutral capital: No; Autopilot allocation: No; Firm can withdraw your deposit: Curator controls the funds.

Marketplace strategies run on the same Neutral Trade vault infrastructure as every curated strategy: firms can trade, and they cannot withdraw your deposit. Everything in Marketplace is listed apart from Neutral Curated and clearly labeled, so you always know how far our checks went before you deposit.

Voltr is now part of Neutral, and Voltr vaults are now listed in Neutral Marketplace. Anyone can launch a vault on Voltr, with their own exchange accounts or RWA yield sources. On a Voltr vault the curator has full control of the funds, and APY and share price are self-reported. Curators building on Voltr include Loyal, Vectis, Hubra, Vega, Kurtosis Labs, Backyard and Dawn Labs. Voltr curators get a new way to reach Neutral Trade users, and existing Voltr depositors earn NT Points at 1x.

Explore Neutral Marketplace.

Related posts on X: Introducing Neutral Marketplace and Voltr Vaults

Product Updates

Referral revenue share

Your referral link has always earned NT Points. Since 7 September, it can also pay you a share of the 1% management fee on the deposits you bring. You turn it on with one signature on the referrals page. The people you refer pay nothing extra.

• $10K+ — 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

Full details are in the Referral Revenue Share guide.

Related posts on X: Referral Program launch

VIP Club on individual strategies

The Neutral VIP Club now covers individual strategy vaults too, with discounts of up to 30% on the management fee. Autopilot qualifies through your vault position or your NT Points. Strategy vaults qualify through your vault position. Ledger users can now claim their tier as well.

Light Mode

Prefer a bright screen? Flip the theme toggle in the header and the whole app follows: strategies, portfolio, analytics and charts. Dark stays the default, and your choice is saved.

Related posts on X: Light Mode is live

Analytics in three tabs

The analytics page is now split into Performance, Risk and Protocol. Performance compares every strategy against buy-and-hold benchmarks. Risk shows drawdown and correlation. Protocol shows TVL and capital raised, now including Voltr.

Related posts on X: Analytics page update

Clearer strategy pages

Every strategy page now has an APY window switch: 30 days, 90 days or All. Where a strategy has a track record from before its listing on Neutral Trade, the chart marks that period as "Pre-Neutral", so you always know which returns were earned on the platform.

Easier wallet connection

One connect drawer now handles Solana and EVM wallets together, so you can hold a Solana position and an Ethereum position in the same session. Neutral Trade is listed in the Binance Wallet dApp browser, and Jupiter and Rabby open directly from your phone.

Related posts on X: Neutral Trade in Binance Wallet

A new RWA category and a faster mobile list

The strategies list has a new RWA category, home to Multi-Asset Volatility Arbitrage. On phones, the list is now compact, with filter and sort.

Meridian Liquidity Provider in the app

The Meridian Liquidity Provider vault, curated by Kappa Lab, is now open in the Neutral Trade app. You can deposit on Robinhood Chain through Accountable without leaving Neutral Trade.

Strategy Updates

• Neutral Autopilot reached $4.2M in TVL on 2 October, with a 10.80% net APY over the previous 30 days.
• Options Market Making, from Xanthas, closed Q3 with three positive months in a row, including a 3.1% net return in September.
• Delta Neutral Arbitrage, from Velox, set a new all-time high on 8 October and has had a positive return in every full month since listing. Read the strategy deep dive.
• CTA - Systematic Alpha, from Hyperithm, set two all-time highs in September, then gave back part of those gains in October as trends reversed. Directional strategies move with the market in both directions.

Related posts on X: Autopilot at $4.2M TVL · Options Market Making Q3 · Delta Neutral Arbitrage all-time high · Delta Neutral Arbitrage deep dive · Systematic Alpha all-time high

30-Day Performance

Trailing 30-day performance for every live strategy with a full 30-day record, 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, because annualizing a loss is misleading. Data as of 23 October 2026.

• HFT Multi-factor — 22.23% gross APY
• Mid-frequency Market Making — 14.57% gross APY
• Options Market Making — 10.82% gross APY
• Neutral Autopilot — 7.95% gross APY
• Hyperliquid Funding Arb — 7.72% gross APY
• Multi-Asset Volatility Arbitrage — 7.47% gross APY
• Delta Neutral Arbitrage — 5.91% gross APY
• CTA - Longshort Alpha — −0.28% 30-day return
• Meridian Liquidity Provider — −0.35% 30-day return
• CTA - Adaptive Alpha — −1.62% 30-day return
• CTA - Systematic Alpha — −13.63% 30-day return

The SOL Yield Vault and CTA - Momentum LongShort launched in October and do not have 30 days of history yet. On the analytics dashboard you can 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.

On the Road

The team was in Singapore for Token2049. At Solana Summit Canada, Velox, the firm behind Delta Neutral Arbitrage, moderated the Frontier Traders Connect panels. Thank you to every depositor, trading firm and partner who made time to meet us.

Related posts on X: Hello from Singapore · Velox at Solana Summit Canada

Coming Next

Neutral Tokenize

Neutral Tokenize will turn a Neutral Strategy Vault position into a token you hold in your own wallet: a token that represents your share of the vault, whose value follows the vault's share price. Vault deposits stay available as they are today. Neutral Tokenize is not live yet, and no launch date is announced. Read the overview in our docs.

More Marketplace strategies

Neutral Marketplace is new. More firms and Voltr curators are in onboarding, and we will introduce each one as it lists.

Looking Ahead

You can now choose between Neutral Curated and Neutral Marketplace, deposit in USDC or SOL, on Solana or Ethereum, with no deposit lock and a fixed redemption schedule.

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.