
dYdX Surge Season 2 - $2.2 Million On The Line
Surge Season 2 is the latest installment of dYdX’s flagship trading competition, a high-energy contest where traders compete for a share of $2.2 million in $DYDX rewards. Structured around transparent leaderboards, evolving market boosts, and anti-gaming filters, Surge offers a competitive environment where every trade counts.
How it works
- Taker trades on eligible markets automatically generate points, automatically tracked and ranked on a public leaderboard.
- Rewards are distributed monthly across three leaderboard categories:
- General – based on trading fees paid by all takers (50% of rewards)
- Retail – tailored to smaller traders using the official web or mobile interface (25%)
- Activation – designed for reactivating wallets, stakers, and participants in newly boosted markets (25%)
- Bonus points can be earned by:
- Trading in designated boosted markets (e.g. XRP, SUI, AIXBT, KAITO)
- No registration is required. Rewards are calculated and distributed automatically every month based on on-chain activity.
How to Check Surge Points
Surge points are tracked automatically and can be viewed through multiple community tools:
- Live Leaderboard – hosted by Chaos Labs, displaying rankings and point totals in real time
- dYdX Dashboard – includes user-specific insights and trading metrics
- Discord Bot Command – use
/lookup [wallet address]
in the official dYdX Discord server