The Sivex Rating: your skill, ranked
What is the Sivex Rating?
The Sivex Rating is one number for how skilled a trader is — and it is the number the leaderboard ranks by.
It starts from your TradeLab practice, then becomes a live measure of your tournament results — so your standing reflects how you actually perform in competition.
What feeds it?
| TradeScore | Your TradeLab practice rating. Every session updates it — and for new traders it sets your starting Sivex Rating. |
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| Tournament Rating | Your competitive rating. Updated after every tournament you play, based on how you finished against the lobby. |
| Sivex Rating | Your headline rank. It starts from practice, then tracks your tournament results once you start competing. |
Practice in TradeLab is never wasted — it sets you up. But tournaments are what carry your rating to the top.
Why can't TradeLab practice alone get me to the top?
Practice can lift your Sivex Rating to about 1,200 — and no further. The top of the leaderboard is earned in tournaments.
TradeLab stays free — it builds and proves your skill with no entry fee. But climbing past 1,200 means competing: tournaments are the only way higher.
How does playing tournaments move my rating?
Your rating updates after every tournament you play. How much it moves depends on the lobby size and how you finished against it.
Three things set the size of the change:
- Lobby size. The same finish is worth far more in a big tournament than a small one — bigger lobbies carry bigger swings.
- How you did versus expectation. Beating a lobby you were expected to beat earns a little; an upset against a stronger lobby earns a lot. A weaker-than-expected finish costs rating.
- How established you are. Once you have played 30 or more tournaments, your rating moves at half speed — steadying it against a single off day.
As a rough guide, a trader of average strength for the lobby who takes a top finish gains about:
| Small tournament (~5 players) | about +9 |
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| Medium tournament (~50 players) | about +21 |
| Large tournament (~100 players) | about +25 |
An upset against a stronger lobby can be much larger; a win you were heavily favoured for, smaller.
Does practice still matter once I'm competing?
Once you are competing, your Sivex Rating is your tournament results — practice no longer changes it.
But your TradeScore keeps its own rating and leaderboard, and sharper reads in TradeLab make you a better tournament trader — so practice still pays off where it counts.
How do I climb the Sivex Rating?
Build your starting rating in TradeLab toward ~1,200, then compete in tournaments to climb beyond it.
- Start in TradeLab. Regular practice builds your starting rating up to the cap.
- Then compete. Finishing well — especially in larger lobbies — is what lifts you past 1,200.
- Trade for risk-adjusted results. Tournament placement comes from your risk-adjusted score, so consistent, controlled trading climbs faster than one big swing.
What does a high Sivex Rating unlock?
A high Sivex Rating pays. The headline reward is the Rating Drop: every two weeks, the platform pays $5,000 to the top 1% of the rating.
There is no separate entry and no extra buy-in — play at least 6 ranked matches in the two-week window and finish in the top 1% of the rating, and your share of the Drop is paid straight to your wallet. See the Rating Drop for the full rules.
Alongside it runs the Community Pool — a rake-funded pool distributed by a provably fair draw among the most active ranked players (Grinders) and the biggest rating gainers (Climbers), so the reward arc reaches beyond the very top of the board.
As the platform grows, top-rated traders are also first in line for recurring sponsor-funded tournament tickets — free entries you play, with the profit shared between you and the sponsor. That layer activates with critical mass, so a high rating now is your place in line.
Common questions
- What is the Sivex Rating?
- Your overall skill rank on Sivex Play. TradeLab practice and the free onboarding tournament build your starting rating; after that, it is earned in competition — every tournament you play moves it based on how you finish against the lobby.
- Can I reach the top of the leaderboard with TradeLab practice alone?
- No. Practice can build your rating to about 1,200. Past that, the leaderboard is earned in tournaments — competing is the only way higher. That keeps TradeLab the free way in, and the leaderboard a measure of real competition.
- How much does one tournament move my rating?
- It depends on the lobby size and how you finish against it. A strong finish in a large tournament moves your rating far more than the same finish in a small one. Once you have played 30 or more tournaments, your rating settles and moves at half speed.
- Does TradeLab practice still count once I play tournaments?
- Practice always builds your TradeScore — its own rating and leaderboard. But once you start competing, your Sivex Rating is driven by your tournament results. Practice is how you start; tournaments are how you climb.
◆ Keep learning
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