How it works

Scoring, ranking and the rewards that sit on top — explained simply, with worked examples. The same rules apply to every trader in every event.

You're ranked by your score — not your raw P&L. Everyone starts the window with the same $10,000 and trades the same live market, so the leaderboard rewards skill and risk control, not who gambled hardest. Two things shape your score, and one rule shapes every trade:

Your closing P&L %

Where your equity finishes the window, as a percentage of the $10,000 start.

A drawdown penalty

Dip more than 10% below your peak and the part over the line is charged back at 1.5×.

The position lock

A new position is locked for 30 seconds. It cannot be closed, in full or in part, until the lock ends. No new positions in the final 30 seconds of a match. A rule of the match, not a penalty.

score = closing P&L % − drawdown penaltydrawdown penalty = max(0, max drawdown − 10%) × 1.5 · Drawdown is the only penalty.

Stayed in control

Starting balance$10,000

Worst drawdown−8%

Over the 10% line—

Penalty (×1.5)0

Closing P&L+4.0%

Final score+4.0

Risk stayed inside the line, so the full +4% counts.

Crossed the line

Starting balance$10,000

Worst drawdown−15%

Over the 10% line5%

Penalty (×1.5)−7.5%

Closing P&L+6.0%

Final score−1.5

A green +6% close turns negative — 5% over the line cost 7.5%.

Blew the limit

Starting balance$10,000

Worst drawdown−22%

Over the 10% line12%

Penalty (×1.5)−18%

Closing P&L+10.0%

Final score−8.0

The biggest raw gain, the worst score — reckless drawdown sinks you.

Stop loss and take profit wait for the lock too. They are checked from second 30, at the price of that moment. Every open position closes at tournament close, locked or not.