# Numerai Tournament Custom Staking The process for custom staking has changed following the recent upgrade of the NMR token. Custom staking now requires a two step process. 1. Approve tournament to perform token transfer. 2. Stake on the tournament. ## Approving Token Transfer We recommend approving the tournament to transfer the maximum amount of tokens in order to avoid repeating this approval step every week. The easiest way to do this is to go to [myetherwallet](https://www.myetherwalle