Weekly Trading Leagues Are Back

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Weekly Trading Leagues Are Back

The dYdX community is bringing back one of its most popular competition formats - Trading Leagues - with a new pilot program launching on November 1. Each week, up to $250,000 in DYDX from the community treasury will fund competitive trading designed to drive activity, engagement, and liquidity on dYdX. The twist? Traders with high or low PnL will walk away with prizes.

What to Expect

For traders, the leagues represent an opportunity to compete, learn, and earn with transparent rules and additional upside. The weekly structure means anyone can join at any point and still have a fair shot at rewards, with each week functioning as a self-contained contest. No additional registration is needed, placing a trade is enough to enter. The weekly trading leagues will run on the following dates:

Week 1: Nov 1-7
Week 2: Nov 8-14
Week 3: Nov 15-21
Week 4: Nov 22-28

As with any experiment, the community will closely track results and adapt quickly based on trader feedback to ensure the leagues are as successful as their predecessors on v3.

How the Pilot Works

Here’s how the Trading Leagues work:

Duration: 4 weeks, starting November 1, 2025
Weekly prize pool: Up to $250 000 in DYDX, depending on trading volume
- Under $550M weekly volume → $100K pool
- $550M–$700M volume → $175K pool
- Over $700M volume → $250K pool
Eligibility: Non-API traders on dYdX*. No registration needed. Trade to enter.
Trading venues: Perps traders on dydx.trade, iOS and Android Apps, Pocket Pro, Thorwallet and Crypto.com's Onchain Wallet are included
Reward structure: Week 1 will reward traders with the highest and lowest PnL

Tier based Reward Structure

In order to tie rewards to protocol performance, the community has included volume-based thresholds which unlock larger reward pools. These are:

Tier 1: Below $550M (Total Pool: $100,000)

Placement	Reward (USDC)	Total (USDC)
1st	$20,000	$20,000
2nd	$15,000	$15,000
3rd	$10,000	$10,000
4th–10th (7 traders)	$2,500 each	$17,500
11th–25th (15 traders)	$1,000 each	$15,000
26th–50th (25 traders)	$500 each	$12,500
Bottom 5 by P&L (5 traders)	$2,000 each	$10,000
Total		$99,000

Tier 2: $550M–$700M (Total Pool: $175,000)

Placement	Reward (USDC)	Total (USDC)
1st	$25,000	$25,000
2nd	$20,000	$20,000
3rd	$15,000	$15,000
4th–10th (7 traders)	$5,000 each	$35,000
11th–25th (15 traders)	$2,000 each	$30,000
26th–50th (25 traders)	$1,000 each	$25,000
Bottom 5 by P&L (5 traders)	$5,000 each	$25,000
Total		$175,000

Tier 3: Above $700M (Total Pool: $250,000)

Placement	Reward (USDC)	Total (USDC)
1st	$40,000	$40,000
2nd	$25,000	$25,000
3rd	$15,000	$15,000
4th–10th (7 traders)	$7,500 each	$52,500
11th–25th (15 traders)	$3,000 each	$45,000
26th–50th (25 traders)	$1,500 each	$37,500
Bottom 5 by P&L (5 traders)	$7,000 each	$35,000
Total		$250,000

If the pilot proves successful, the community could decide to extend or scale the model, potentially transforming weekly leagues into a standing feature of the dYdX experience. Either way, this initiative shows that the community is working hard to make dYdX the most attractive venue for traders.

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