dYdX has partnered with Voltrade, a popular DEX trading competition platform, to launch a two-week ETH-USD trading competition on dYdX - complete with a live leaderboard, a $5,000 prize pool including a $50 Daily Lotto.
Registration is now live, with the competition officially starting on September 2, 2025 at 12:00 UTC. The competition will run for two-weeks ending on September 16, 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
The competition at a glance
- Pair: ETH-USD perpetuals on dYdX, via Voltrade
- Registration: Opens Aug 18 and stays open throughout the competition
- Competition: Tuesday, Sept 2 - Tuesday, Sept 16 (14 days)
- Scoring: 0.1 point per $1 notional value traded
- Daily cap: Up to $250,000 notional value per day counts toward points
- Leaderboard & rewards: Top 60% of traders (by points) share $5,000 prize pool (inclusive of Daily Lottos)
- Daily Lotto: $50 to one lucky winner per day (trade >$5,000 notional value that day to qualify)
Note: Points start accruing after you register (not retroactive). Leaderboard is hosted on Voltrade.
How the competition works
1) Register
- Registration is now open and remains open throughout the duration of the competition.
- You can register at any time, however, only trades after registration count toward your points.
2) Trade ETH-USD on dYdX (via Voltrade)
- Every $1 notional value traded = 0.1 point.
- A daily cap of $250,000 notional value counts toward points (per trader). You can trade more, but capped volume won’t add points for that day.
3) Climb the Voltrade leaderboard
- The leaderboard ranks all eligible participants by total points.
- At the end, the top 60% of traders by points are eligible for rewards.
Prize pool & payouts
Total pool: $5,000
Eligible traders (top 60% by points) receive a pro-rata share:
Your Reward = Your Points / Total Eligible Rewards x $4,300
Example:
If you finish with 300,000 points, and the Total Eligible Points (sum of points from the top 60%) is 2,000,000, your payout is:
300,000 / 2,000,000 × $4,300 = $750.
$50 Daily Lotto
- One lucky winner gets $50 each day of the competition.
- How to qualify: Trade more than $5,000 notional value in a single day.
- Qualifying volume still follows the daily cap rules for points.
Rewards will be distributed by the Voltrade team within the standard payout window after the competition ends.
Key rules (quick recap)
- Registration required: Points accrue only after you register.
- Pair & venue: ETH-USD perpetuals on dYdX, traded via Voltrade.
- Scoring: $1 notional value = 0.1 point; $250k/day point cap.
- Leaderboard eligibility: Top 60% by points share the prize pool pro-rata.
- Daily Lotto: Trade >$5k notional value on a given day to enter that day’s lotto draw.
- Timing: Dates above; day-to-day timing follows UTC conventions (final timestamps on the Voltrade leaderboard page).
- Fair play: Abusive or manipulative behavior will result in disqualification.
How to get started
- Go to the Voltrade competition page.
- Register for the event.
- Trade ETH-USD on dYdX via Voltrade and watch your points update on the leaderboard.
- Check daily to see if you won the $50 Daily Lotto.
Terms & Conditions
By entering or participating in this competition, each entrant or participant (“Entrant”) represents that they have read, and agree to comply with, the dYdX Terms of Use (available at https://www.dydx.xyz/legal/terms-of-use), as well as with the following terms and conditions.
- This competition is in no way associated with 𝕏 or any social media channels.
- To enter the competition on social media platforms, follow the requirements in the announcement tweet.
- Eligible entrants must trade a register for the competition on Voltrade and trade the ETH-USD market during the competition period in order to receive a reward.
- The top 60% of traders by points will be eligible to receive a share of $5,000, with $50 per day going towards a lucky daily lotto winner.
- Notional volume is capped at $250,000 per day (per trader). Participants can trade more, but capped volume won’t count towards points that day.
- Winners can expect their prizes to reflect in their dYdX Chain wallet in no more than 30 days after the campaign end date.
- An eligible user is someone that has completed all of the requirements listed in the social media announcement post.
- dYdX reserves the right to disqualify any participant immediately due to any improper behaviors. Example: if the participant was proven to be a batch user who creates multiple accounts to win rewards. Illegally bulk registered accounts or sub-accounts shall not be eligible to participate or receive any rewards.
- dYdX reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition or the applicable terms and conditions at its sole discretion at any time.
- dYdX’s decision on the winners is final and binding.
- dYdX reserves the right to retweet, repost, or use the image/video entries (at the moment, and in the future) related to the competition as shared by participants for its marketing purposes.
- Users who violate these terms may be barred from entering future dYdX community contests or reward campaigns.
- Participants who are citizens of or residing in the Restricted Jurisdictions as per the dYdX Software Terms of Use, accessible via https://dydx.exchange/v4-terms (including the Crimea
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