
Surge Season 4 is the latest installment of dYdX’s flagship trading competition, a high-energy contest where traders compete for a share of up to $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:
- No registration is required. Rewards are calculated and distributed automatically in the first week of the following month.

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