New Year’s Futures Challenge - everything you need to know

A new year means new energy and a fresh opportunity to test your market strategies. The New Year’s Futures Challenge is a trading competition where decisions, consistency, and the right tactics matter. Whether you focus on precise ROI driven trades or on building high trading volume, you have two parallel paths to win rewards.

What is the New Year’s Futures Challenge?

It is a time limited futures trading challenge where users compete in two independent rankings. Each ranking has its own rules and winning criteria, but both lead to the same goal – a share of the total prize pool worth up to 13,100 USDC.

The challenge is designed to reward different trading styles. You do not need to be a day trader making dozens of trades a day. A few well planned positions or consistent activity that builds volume are enough.

Challenge dates

The New Year’s Futures Challenge runs from January 20 to February 8. Only trades opened during this period are counted in the rankings.

Two rankings – two trading styles

There are two completely independent rankings within the challenge. You can choose one or participate in both at the same time.

ROI ranking – quality over quantity

The ROI ranking is designed for traders who focus on decision quality rather than the number of trades. The ranking is based on the average ROI of your three best trades executed during the challenge period.

For a trade to qualify for the ROI ranking, several conditions must be met. The minimum margin per trade is more than 30 USDC, and at least three qualifying trades are required to enter the ranking. If you execute more trades, the system will automatically select the three with the highest ROI.

An important requirement is a positive average ROI. This means that the combined result of your three best trades must generate a real profit. Trading fees are included in the calculations, so the ranking reflects actual trading performance.

The Top 30 ranking in this category is updated every hour, allowing you to track your position and react to changes in real time.

ROI prize pool – a growing pool

One of the key features of the ROI ranking is its dynamic prize pool. The challenge starts with a pool of 5,000 USDC, but this amount is not fixed.

For every 100 new participants joining the ROI ranking, the prize pool increases by 1,000 USDC. The maximum pool can reach 11,000 USDC. This means that community participation has a real impact on the final prize value.

The more traders take part in the challenge, the bigger the rewards for the top performers.

Prize distribution in the ROI ranking

Rewards in the ROI ranking are awarded to the top 30 traders, with amounts depending on the final size of the prize pool. The reward tiers increase as the pool grows, so higher participation directly translates into higher payouts.

Volume ranking – activity matters

The second ranking in the New Year’s Futures Challenge focuses on trading activity. The volume ranking operates independently from the ROI ranking and rewards traders who generate the highest total trading volume.

Here, the total volume of all futures trades executed during the challenge period is taken into account. A minimum of three trades is required, and leverage has a direct impact on the generated volume.

The ranking is updated every hour, allowing participants to monitor their position continuously.

Volume ranking prize pool

The volume ranking features a fixed prize pool of 2,100 USDC. This pool is distributed among the top 30 traders based on final trading volume.

Participating in both rankings at the same time

In the New Year’s Futures Challenge, you can compete in both rankings simultaneously. The same trading activity can affect both the ROI and the volume rankings. A single decision can therefore bring you closer to a reward in two different ways.

One event, two rankings, and two paths to rewards. If you enjoy competition, market analysis, and making decisions in a dynamic environment, this challenge is for you. Are you in?