Monthly report · data to 1 Nov 2026
State of Trading Competitions: November 2026
By Julian Stafford, Co-Founder, Surgence Labs · 1 Nov 2026
81
Campaigns active
58
Platforms
$12.6M
Cash prize pools
49 days
Median length
Key figures
- 81 trading campaigns were active on 58 trading platforms in November 2026 so far.
- Published cash prize pools in trading competitions totalled $12.6M across 12 competitions.
- Decentralised exchanges ran the most campaigns: 26, or 32% of the total.
- Points seasons were the most common type of campaign (22 of 81).
- The typical campaign ran for 49 days (median of 25 with published dates); the average was 66.3 days.
- 21 of 81 campaigns (26%) state that identity verification (KYC) is required.
- 46% of campaigns exclude at least one country or are open to a single region only.
- The largest published prize pool was Gate WCTC S9 Global Trading Competition: up to 6,000,000 USDT.
The month is still running. These figures update daily and are frozen on the 1st of next month.
By platform category
| Category | Campaigns | Platforms | Cash prize pools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decentralised exchanges | 26 | 21 | $100.3K |
| Prop firms | 19 | 13 | $1.0M |
| Crypto exchanges | 12 | 7 | $11.2M |
| Mobile trading apps | 10 | 6 | – |
| Brokers | 9 | 6 | $19.5K |
| Prediction markets | 5 | 5 | $250.0K |
By campaign type
| Type | Campaigns |
|---|---|
| Points season | 22 |
| Fee discount | 14 |
| Trading competition | 12 |
| Demo contest | 9 |
| Sign-up bonus | 7 |
| Deposit bonus | 6 |
| Prop challenge | 4 |
| Prize pool | 3 |
| Referral | 2 |
| Airdrop | 1 |
| Listing | 1 |
By market
| Market | Campaigns |
|---|---|
| Crypto | 44 |
| Stocks | 23 |
| Commodities | 23 |
| Indices | 22 |
| Forex | 19 |
| Event contracts | 10 |
| Futures | 8 |
| Options | 4 |
Platforms running the most campaigns
| Platform | Campaigns |
|---|---|
| moomoo | 5 |
| Binance | 3 |
| Blue Guardian | 3 |
| EVEDEX | 3 |
| Gate | 3 |
| OANDA | 3 |
| The5ers | 3 |
| Variational | 3 |
| Audacity Capital | 2 |
| Extended | 2 |
Largest published cash prize pools
Method and citation
A campaign counts for the month if it ran on any day of it; campaigns without published dates count as running. Cash prize pools add up trading competitions, prize pools and demo contests that pay cash with a published USD or stablecoin amount; token, points and voucher rewards are left out. Every campaign links to its official source. Methodology
Cite as: TraderComps, "State of Trading Competitions: November 2026", https://tradercomps.com/reports/2026-11
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