UpsideOnly Reaches 100,000 Users as Traders Embrace a No-Loss Alternative

Can trading work if users never risk their own money? More than 100,000 people have already decided it's worth finding out.

UpsideOnly, developed by Perpetuals.com Ltd. (Nasdaq: PDC), has surpassed 100,000 users within weeks of launching on May 19, suggesting growing demand for an alternative to traditional retail trading.

Rather than rewarding brokers or market makers that profit from retail losses, UpsideOnly is built around a different idea: if users generate valuable market signals, they should share in the upside without bearing the downside.

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A Different Take on Retail Trading

Instead of asking users to risk their own money, UpsideOnly asks them to predict where markets are heading.

Perpetuals' proprietary BayesShield AI analyzes millions of those predictions, identifying users who consistently demonstrate forecasting skill rather than short-term luck. The strongest signals are then used to place real trades using the company's own capital across equities, commodities, foreign exchange and cryptocurrencies.

If those trades generate profits, users whose predictions contributed to the winning signals share in the upside. If the trades lose money, Perpetuals absorbs the loss, effectively separating market forecasting from financial risk.

The platform's early traction has been significant. Since launching, UpsideOnly reports:

• 100,000+ registered users

• Users across more than 180 countries

• $38.4 billion in cumulative platform trading volume

• More than 1.1 million completed trade fills across 25 markets

Interestingly, WTI Crude Oil Futures emerged as the platform's most actively predicted asset, ahead of Bitcoin, highlighting demand that extends beyond cryptocurrencies into broader financial markets.

According to Perpetuals, users have also avoided approximately $28.6 million in potential trading losses they would have incurred had they traded with their own funds. The company says one individual user would have lost more than $235,000 under a traditional trading model.

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Turning Predictions Into Profits

Rather than generating revenue from customer losses—a criticism often directed at parts of the retail trading industry—Perpetuals says its business model is designed to monetize forecasting accuracy instead.

"Reaching 100,000 users this quickly is more than a growth milestone. It is proof that the current model is broken and traders are looking for a better approach," said Patrick Gruhn, CEO of Perpetuals.

"Prediction markets have become some of the most extractive products in finance, using powerful technology to keep users engaged while most of them lose. UpsideOnly shows that the same forces—AI, market prediction and crowd intelligence—can be used in a way that rewards users instead of exploiting them."

Can Risk-Free Trading Become Mainstream?

The rapid growth of platforms like UpsideOnly reflects a broader shift taking place across financial technology.

AI is increasingly being used to improve market forecasting, while prediction markets continue attracting attention as an alternative way of measuring crowd sentiment. UpsideOnly combines those two trends while removing one of retail trading's biggest barriers: the possibility of losing personal capital.