Press Release\\ \\ Jun 17, 2026\\ **Arizet Labs Launches The Desk After 6,000+ Traders Join and $3B+ USD Notional Trades in First Week of Soft Launch**

# Arizet Labs Launches The Desk After 6,000+ Traders Join and $3B+ USD Notional Trades in First Week of Soft Launch By: [Press Release](https://www.fxempire.com/author/pressrelease) Published: Jun 17, 2026, 07:53 GMT+00:00 [Add as a preferred source on Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.fxempire.com) The Desk gives traders a free $10K Open account, day-one earning paths through Rooms and Daily Funded Sessions, as well as a merit-based path toward funded capital up to $10M.  [PREMIUM\\ \\ Read what the experts are trading this weekExclusive analysis from FXEmpire top analysts — curated insights you won't find on the free site.\\ \\ In-depth analysis\\ \\ Curated reports\\ \\ Top analysts\\ \\ Unlock Premium](https://www.fxempire.com/primex/subscription-plans?redirect=%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Farizet-labs-launches-the-desk-after-6000-traders-join-and-3b-usd-notional-trades-in-first-week-of-soft-launch-1604920) NICOSIA, CYPRUS — June 17, 2026 — Arizet Labs, the fintech infrastructure company behind A-Trader and the Meritix quality-scoring framework, today announced the public launch of The Desk, a competitive trading career platform built to challenge the traditional retail prop-firm model. In less than 12 days of early marketing, The Desk has attracted more than 6,000 traders to its Open Tier and processed over $3B USD in notional trading volume within the first week of soft launch. This signals strong demand for a model that lets traders start free, instead of paying upfront to pass a challenge. The Desk allows every trader to start with a free $10,000 Open account. From that account, traders can build a public trading record, compete in live Rooms for prize pools, open a Daily Funded Session for one day of quality-scored payout eligibility, and work toward Junior and higher funded memberships as their Rating grows. The core premise is simple: traders should not have to pay repeatedly to prove they can trade. The Desk is designed around progression, transparency, and trading quality rather than pass/fail challenge fees. ## A New Category: Career Platform, Not Challenge Seller The Desk is not positioned as a conventional prop firm. It does not sell a one-time evaluation as the main product. Instead, it gives traders an Open account first, then provides multiple ways to prove skill and earn: short-term competition, one-day funded sessions, and long-term funded career tiers. “The challenge-fee model made failure too central to the business,” said [Shervin Arian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shervin-arian/), Chief Strategy Officer at Arizet Labs. “The Desk starts from the opposite idea. Give traders a free starting account, measure the quality of their trading, and let capital access grow from that record.” The result is a platform where the first milestone is not buying another evaluation. It is building a track record. ## Day-one Earning Paths: Rooms and Daily Funded Sessions The Desk introduces two short-term earning paths available from Open: - Rooms on The Floor: live, small-field trading competitions where traders enter from their Open account, trade on a shared clock, and compete for prize-pool payouts based on placement and risk-adjusted performance. - Daily Funded Session: a one-day funded session priced at $29.95, where a positive session P&L receives a profit share based on Snap Quality Score, the platform’s automated and transparent short-session scoring system. Disciplined, skillful trading can earn a higher share, potentially up to 100%. This distinction is central to the platform. Rooms are competitive. A Daily Funded Session is individual. Junior and higher memberships are the long-term funded career path. Get real-time market updates Follow FXEmpire on X for instant news reactions and market insights. [Follow us on](https://x.com/FXEmpirecom) “Two things have to coexist,” said [David Davtyan](https://linkedin.com/in/davitdavtyan), Founder and CEO of Arizet Labs. “Traders need something real to do today, and they need a long-term path that does not reset every time they hit a bad stretch. The Desk was built for both.” ## The Open Account: A Base Layer. No Card, No Challenge, No Audition The Open account is the trader’s base layer. It allows traders to build history, enter eligible Rooms, and access Daily Funded Sessions. It also begins the Rating profile that determines eligibility for Junior and higher funded tiers. No card and no document uploads are required to start, which gives traders the flexibility to complete KYC verification only at the point of withdrawal, in accordance with the platform’s controls and compliance norms. Where the firm wins when you do. → [Join The Desk Now and Claim Your Free 10k Account.](http://the-desk.arizet.com/?src=ifx-expo-pr4) ## From Open to Funded Career The Desk’s long-term funded path begins at Junior and scales through Pro, Elite, Master, and Legend. Funded capital starts at $25,000 at the Junior tier and can scale to a $10 million Legend allocation for the rare traders who earn that level through Rating, Meritix quality, sustained performance, and platform review. Unlike a pass/fail challenge model, The Desk treats drawdown as a quality signal rather than a one-click career reset. Risk still matters heavily. Poor risk control can reduce profit share, pause progression, or move a trader into recovery mechanics. But the model is designed to evaluate the trader continuously rather than erase the entire career after one bad day. ## Meritix and Snap Quality: Profit Quality, Not Just Profit Size The Desk is powered by Meritix, Arizet Labs’ trading-quality framework. Meritix evaluates how profits are produced, including risk control, consistency, concentration, sizing, engagement, and behavioral signals. In funded membership cycles, a trader’s Meritix Quality Score determines the profit share available for that cycle. Daily Funded Sessions use Snap Quality Score, an automated and transparent short-session scoring system built on the same philosophy. A profitable day is not automatically treated the same as a disciplined, high-quality day. Snap Quality Score measures factors such as high-water-mark drawdown, top-trade concentration, symbol concentration, exposure, news-event timing, holding behavior, and integrity checks. High-quality P&L can receive a higher profit share, potentially up to 100%, while lottery-like or over-leveraged behavior can receive little or no payout share. The purpose is to reward skill that appears controlled and repeatable, not isolated windfalls created by excessive risk. ## Built on Trading Infrastructure, Not a Marketing Shell The Desk is operated by Arizet Labs ME Limited (Reg. HE 488153), Nicosia, Cyprus, and built on infrastructure developed by Arizet Labs across trading technology, execution platforms, CRM systems, and risk tools. The same team developed A-Trader and the Meritix scoring architecture that powers The Desk’s quality-based payout logic. Arizet Labs has spent years building infrastructure for trading operators, prop platforms, asset managers, and institutional finance clients. The Desk represents the company’s move into a direct-to-trader career platform using the same underlying product, analytics, and risk philosophy. ## Availability The Desk is live now at the-desk.arizet.com. Traders can open a free $10,000 Open account with no card required to start. Rooms are available on The Floor, and Daily Funded Sessions are available as the platform’s first individual funded-day product. Payout eligibility depends on performance, quality scoring, risk controls, review, KYC, and the platform terms. Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone.