> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fundingperpetuals.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Funding Perpetuals Documentation

> Learn how to start a challenge, trade simulated perpetual futures, manage risk, configure your account, and use the developer API.

Funding Perpetuals is a paper-trading platform for crypto perpetual futures in
the funded-challenge model. You trade simulated accounts against real market
data and order books. Fills, balances, positions, and payouts remain part of
the Funding Perpetuals simulation.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Getting Started" icon="rocket" href="/guides/getting-started">
    Choose a challenge, understand its terms, and place your first trade.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Trading Guide" icon="chart-candlestick" href="/guides/trading-guide">
    Learn order types, sizing, margin, execution protection, and exits.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Challenges and Rules" icon="shield-check" href="/guides/challenges-and-rules">
    Understand targets, drawdown, account states, and funded progression.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Challenge Lifecycle" icon="route" href="/guides/challenge-lifecycle">
    Follow purchase, evaluation, funding, payouts, billing, and rewards.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Settings" icon="gear" href="/settings">
    Configure your profile, trading defaults, API keys, sounds, and billing
    history.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/api-reference">
    Build programmatic paper-trading integrations with the REST API.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  The challenge selector and the rules shown inside your account are the source
  of truth for plan-specific targets, limits, profit splits, and payout terms.
</Note>

## Quick links

* [Open the trading platform](https://fundingperpetuals.com/trade)
* [Review challenge options](https://fundingperpetuals.com/#pricing)
* [Open your dashboard](https://fundingperpetuals.com/dashboard)
* [Search troubleshooting and FAQ](/guides/troubleshooting-and-faq)
* [Look up a term in the glossary](/guides/glossary)
* [Create an API key](https://fundingperpetuals.com/settings?section=api-keys)